Gulu’s entire dragon face was filled with a radiant glow of happiness. His dragon horns shone brightly as he tilted his head to look at the entrance to the Emperor’s World, his two dragon whiskers twitching provocatively.
A cold snort came from outside, filled with jealousy. This Little Turtle had been looked after by Gulu all the way, with all the guidance and care naturally falling on Gulu’s shoulders.
The dozen or so little turtles he had cared for had not yet reached the point where they needed to cross the Heavenly Tribulation – in fact, for hundreds of thousands of years, apart from the three ancestral Dragon Turtles who had retired, the remaining four Dragon Turtles had been doing this job.
Silently watching the Little Turtles embark on the path of the Dragon Turtles, advancing and perishing, time and time again filled with hope, and time and time again disappointedly withdrawing their gaze.
This Gulu, he’s so lucky! Twenty thousand years ago, the White Spirit he looked after crossed the Heavenly Tribulation, and twenty thousand years later, Su He also crossed the Heavenly Tribulation to become a Dragon Turtle.
Does this guy have such good luck?
Or is he better at raising children, better at looking after Little Turtles… looking after a turtle egg! The White Spirit took care of itself, and after becoming a Dragon Turtle, only Gulu sought the White Spirit’s help.
This Little Turtle took only one year to become a Dragon Turtle, including four months of hibernation and two months in the White Spirit’s tomb.
What else did it do besides hiding the Little Turtle’s talent for duplication?
I’ll go find Uncle Red later, catch this guy and dissect him once, his luck is a bit too good, it’s not normal!
Gulu opened his mouth and let out a long chant, his voice filled with joy.
Lei snorted, his deep voice echoing in, “The Beast Transformation Chapter is a strange one, it would be considered a divine technique in the ancient times, be careful not to hurt your foot while moving stones, you might lose your turtle face!”
“Don’t worry!” Gulu was confident, looking down at the little one at his feet, “If it doesn’t work, we’ll use other methods.”
The Little Girl’s paternal origin was damaged, so he simply replaced her paternal origin, changed her father! It’s just a bit complicated to operate.
If that doesn’t work, just find a Divine Beast race that doesn’t get along, and ride a wave of Heavenly Tribulation. Not all Divine Beasts are friends, it’s just a fight afterwards. It’s a celebration for the Little Dragon Turtle.
His eyes shone as he looked at Su He, “Little guy, the issue of origin is easy to solve, let’s put it aside for now. Are you—ready to become a Dragon Turtle?”
The origin was just damaged, it wasn’t a big problem, the big deal was that the clan had one more junior, it was a cause for universal celebration!
True universal celebration, the heavy rain in the two worlds and the two battlefield realms was proof.
Su He raised his head.
Gulu looked down at this little one, the heavy rain gathering on his turtle shell and flowing down. His mountain-like body moved slightly, causing a flood.
Gulu’s expression was serious, “Dragon Turtles have been in the world for an unknown number of years. Not to mention the ancestors, even I can’t remember my own age… Over such a long period of time, Dragon Turtles have had kin like the merfolk, friends like the Kylin, and also many enemies who wish to devour our flesh and suck our marrow.”
He looked at Su He, his mane fluttering back, majestic, “With the identity of a Dragon Turtle, you receive the blessings of a Dragon Turtle, and also bear the karma of a Dragon Turtle. Little guy, do you know what to do when you encounter these guys?”
Su He straightened his expression, he was very satisfied with the Dragon Turtle clan—he was not blind, he could see the formations arranged with countless treasures around him.
Although Su He didn’t understand formations. But the instinct of a Divine Beast told him that this formation was extremely beneficial to him!
Greatly beneficial!
These treasures piled up, I’m afraid they could fill the Listening Sea Lake.
Su He didn’t know how rich the Dragon Turtle clan was, but no one’s money was blown in by the wind. Although it’s vulgar, sometimes money can explain a lot of problems.
Su He nodded, “Uncle Luo, don’t worry, if they are enemies, it’s a fight to the death!”
If he doesn’t die, I won’t give up.
Su He was righteous.
Thump!
Gulu conjured a stone hammer and hit Su He on the head with it, making him see stars, before he scolded him in frustration, “Are you stupid? Can you handle the enemies that your elders have provoked? If you encounter them, run if you can, if you can’t run, immediately surrender! Beg for mercy, pay compensation, call for ancestors, as long as you can survive! Remember who it is, and come back to find your parents!”
Is this turtle stupid? What are you playing at, you little turtle? Just became a Dragon Turtle a few days ago? Have you forgotten the days when you hid in the mud of a small pond and fought with rats for food?
Turtles should be cowardly!
Indeed, the decision of the ancestors was extremely wise, every ten thousand years they would seal the consciousness of the Dragon Turtle in the body of an ordinary turtle, allowing the younger generation to experience the powerlessness, struggle, and desire to live of an ordinary turtle.
The frog rubbed the swelling on Su He’s forehead for him, Su He was dumbfounded, he didn’t say he was going to rush up himself!
Crazy? It’s not like he can’t see tomorrow, when a Dragon Turtle matures, it can Traverse Heaven, beg for mercy, find a place to sleep for tens of thousands of years, and then come back for revenge.
Gulu looked at him and said earnestly, “Our clan matures to become the pinnacle of cultivators, don’t be impulsive. As long as you’re alive, you have everything!”
Su He nodded.
Gulu’s eyes were filled with laughter again, “Since you’re prepared, find a place to sleep, let your body adapt to the advancement of your bloodline, and your consciousness can enter the Dao Palace to receive the inheritance.”
The inheritance is the key!
He said seriously to Su He, “The Dragon Turtle inheritance is as numerous as cow hair, don’t rush to establish your foundation, the inheritance contains all the choices of the Dragon Turtles, you might as well refer to it. It’s best to choose a small world, observe the growth of the world, advance, and then make a choice.”
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Rain gathered above Su He’s head into a question mark. He was a bit confused, what did inheritance… have to do with the world?
Gulu laughed, the Little Turtle’s stupid and cute appearance was really adorable, “People always say, when a Divine Beast matures, it can Traverse Heaven. Although it’s not accurate, it’s somewhat true.”
He poked Su He’s turtle shell, “Do you know why the World Pearl is called the World Pearl?”
Su He shook his head.Gu Luo chuckled lightly, “This is a world seed. When a cultivator reaches the Traverse Heaven Realm and opens up a pocket universe, it is imitating the world pearl. If you find a horn that has been sleeping for eighty thousand years, when you come of age, the world pearl will have grown into a complete world. However, such an inner world is too fragile, and you are only equivalent to the sixth step of the ordinary Traverse Heaven.”
Just like mortals, a healthy adult has a strength of a hundred pounds. This is the baseline, not the peak. Some people can only rely on this hundred pounds of strength to survive, while others can learn from thousands of people and conquer thousands of miles of territory!
This is the role of inheritance!
“At this moment, there is only chaos in your world pearl. You need to condense the Dao into form and open up seven heavens. Only when the inner world is completely opened can you be considered successful in cultivation.”
There are too few Dragon Turtles, and the methods of opening the heavens are different. Some condense the Dao into mountains, supporting the sky and the earth, and opening up a world. Some condense the Dao into tools, splitting open this chaotic world. And some directly refine the world pearl, not cultivating the world but only themselves.
Different choices lead to different paths!
He didn’t let Su He rush to decide, because once he embarked on the path of the great Dao, there was no turning back.
Su He was silent for a moment, then asked, “If the Dragon Turtle only opens up seven heavens, what about realms like Subdue Demons and Traverse Heaven?”
As if hearing a joke, Gu Luo burst into laughter, “Little guy, what are you cultivating? Don’t mention the great Dao! The great Dao is elusive, who can cultivate it? What cultivators seek is nothing more than eternal life and boundless magical power that can shrink mountains and reverse the sun and moon.”
He looked at Su He, whose eyes were somewhat playful, “We, the Dragon Turtles, have already achieved it!”
From the moment Su He survived the heavenly tribulation and became a Dragon Turtle, he had already achieved immortality! What he lacked was invincible combat power.
“Since you have achieved it, why should there be any realm restrictions on you?” The realms that ordinary cultivators pursue have no meaning to Divine Beasts—at least not to the Four Spirits.
Gu Luo laughed and continued, “But if we talk about combat power, it can be roughly compared. A Dragon Turtle cub that has survived the heavenly tribulation has the combat power of a cultivator at the third step of the Subdue Demons Realm. As long as it doesn’t sleep all the way, it will have the combat power of a cultivator at the sixth step of the Traverse Heaven Realm when it opens up the fifth heaven. Roughly speaking, each heaven opened can counter two realms of a cultivator.”
Of course, this can only be a rough comparison. Cultivation never makes sense. Just like Little Turtle in front of him, with abundant world origin, he could easily defeat a group of cultivators at the fourth step of the Subdue Demons Realm, let alone the third step—this is just a newly hatched little turtle!
Isn’t surviving the heavenly tribulation just like hatching?
Su He frowned. One step of the Dragon Turtle equals two steps of a cultivator…
It sounded impressive, but for some reason, Su He felt… weak!
This was an inexplicable feeling.
Is this all there is to a highly praised Divine Beast?
Gu Luo hit him on the head with another hammer, snorting, “Don’t look down on humans. Among all the worlds, if there is a strongest race, it is none other than humans. If humans could live in harmony like Dragon Turtles, all Divine Beasts would only be fit to be mounts!”
The combat power of Divine Beasts of the same race is generally equal, with none too high or too low. As long as they cultivate diligently, even the strongest cannot face four or five Divine Beasts of the same realm at the same time.
But humans are different. The gap between humans is even greater than that between humans and Divine Beasts!
The top-notch monsters must take the Dragon, Phoenix, Turtle, and Qilin seriously.
Humans are the most capable of turning the impossible into possible! Just like Feng Yaya, when that little girl grows up, will she be worse than an ordinary Divine Beast?
Gu Luo shook his head and chuckled, “Moreover, what I’m talking about is not ordinary cultivators, but monstrous geniuses of the human race, like the woman outside who makes your heart flutter.
Besides, a Dragon Turtle at the fifth heaven is still a cub! Isn’t it natural for a cub to have weak combat power? Even when all the heavens are opened, it’s just coming of age. A mature Dragon Turtle… let’s put it this way, I can beat a bunch of them with one claw! No matter how many cultivators at the sixth step of Traverse Heaven come, I can beat them all.”
As for the seventh step of Traverse Heaven… The sixth step is called Climbing the Heavenly Ladder, and the seventh step is called Knocking on the Immortal Gate. They are no longer ordinary people and cannot be mentioned in the same breath.
Cultivators who can reach this step are already defying the heavens.
They can’t beat a bunch anymore, they can only beat half a bunch at a time!
Gu Luo said, laughing heartily, and with a flick of his fingernail, he flipped Su He over, “It’s still early for all this, you haven’t even figured out how to open the heavens yet. The first three heavens are easy to open, but if you can open one heaven in ten thousand years afterwards, you are a genius.”
It’s impossible for every Dragon Turtle to be like Little White Spirit, opening one heaven every thousand years. It took less than five thousand years to be able to beat it.
The water under Su He turned over, flipping him back, and he roared at Gu Luo.
This Turtle is so unscrupulous! Are newborn turtles in the clan just for fun?
Gu Luo’s laughter became even more unrestrained. His voice boomed, “Don’t think too much, just go to sleep. The first time you receive the inheritance, with the blessing of the Turtle Ancestor, you can directly condense it into a Divine Ability, choose carefully.”
After becoming a Dragon Turtle, Su He gained a new ability: Divine Ability!
Just call it Divine Ability!
The spells learned can be condensed into Divine Ability seeds and become one’s own Divine Ability. Of course, this is not something that can be done overnight, but it’s still against the heavens. Divine Ability and spells are completely different abilities.
One is learned, and the other is as instinctive as eating and drinking.
The first inheritance does not need to be slowly mastered, it is directly a Divine Ability.
Su He’s eyes lit up, and he lay down on the spot. When he survived the heavenly tribulation and advanced, although he did not wake up, he did not sleep either, his consciousness was always active. He was already a bit unable to hold on and needed to sleep.
After apologizing to Gu Luo, Su He slowly closed his eyes.
(End of Chapter)