Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

"Master, I can't be sure about that, especially since you already have three forms now. If you transform into him, it might affect one or even all three."

Ma Kuangyu nodded in agreement. "Yushu is right, kid. Your transformation might affect one or all three of your forms, or you might create your fourth form."

"Why don't you use this guy to transform one of them into him, husband?"

Zhang Xiaolong [3] shook his head at Yan Jinwu. "The Calamity Demon Dragon is no ordinary beast, remember? Even Long Wuzhao couldn't kill him in the past, and he was forced to seal him in this place. If I turn one of them into one, she won't be able to live peacefully outside, and people will hunt her down if they know that she is the calamity bringer. Therefore, I considered transforming myself into him, as I believe his abilities will be beneficial to me in the future."

"Doesn't that mean you'll be the calamity bringer yourself?" Yan Jinwu curiously asked.

"Hahaha." Long Zhaihuo laughed at that. "Little girl, even without transforming into the Calamity Demon Dragon, he's no different from a walking calamity, and he always brings calamity wherever he goes."

"You're right, he is indeed a walking calamity." Yan Jinwu immediately agreed. "Before he came to this realm, all the beast races lived peacefully. Everything changed because of his arrival, and some of them have become his slaves now."

[Master, you don't need to think about that and can leave everything to the system. I believe the system knows what's best for you, and it will give you the results that match your expectations.]

Zhang Xialong [3] nodded slightly before taking out the item Long Wuzhao had given him, which Tianshi Shengjie had given him some time ago. The item looked more like a dagger made from a golden dragon scale. "I don't think I need to use this dagger to kill this guy."

"This dagger is clearly made from the scales of Long Wuzhao, husband. However, I don't understand why he chose to use his precious scales to make this dagger." Yan Jinwu spoke as she seriously looked at the dagger.

"I don't know Long Wuzhao's reasons, but this dagger is mine now. Therefore, I will keep it, and who knows, it will be useful in the future." Zhang Xiaolong [3] kept the dagger again. "Yushu, release his soul now, and you can confine him in my tiny soul world after I separate it from his body."

Long Zhaihuo first reverted to his dragon form before releasing his soul, and Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately used his soul domain. He then used his soul manipulation ability to separate the dragon's soul from his body, causing his body to fall lifeless to the ground.

Since Long Zhaihuo's soul was still under her control, Nalan Yushu immediately brought him into Zhang Xiaolong [3]'s tiny soul world, imprisoning him there.

Ma Kuangyu looked at Long Zhaihuo's corpse for a moment before following Nalan Yushu, and Zhang Xiaolong [3] summoned Tian Kui and Serpentera out of the beast space after he sent Yan Jinwu back to the training space.

"Oh?" Tian Kui and Serpentera were taken aback as soon as they saw Long Zhaihuo's corpse. "Hey! I didn't expect you to beat him this fast, kid!"

"Haha." Zhang Xiaolong [3] laughed at that. "Old Kui, I wouldn't have been able to defeat him if I hadn't borrowed your and Serpentera's strength, okay? Moreover, he was so afraid of the Golden Crow Flame, and Nalan Yushu also helped me control his soul, which made it easier for me to defeat him."

Serpentera immediately squatted by the side of Long Zhaihuo's corpse, and he extracted his Calamity Demon Dragon Bloodline before taking his cultivation core. He gave the Calamity Demon Dragon Bloodline and cultivation core to Zhang Xiaolong [3], who immediately stored them in the system inventory.

After Serpentera finished, Tian Kui dissected Long Zhaihuo's corpse, separating several important parts of his body, such as his eyes, heart, nails, mane, bone marrow, and skeleton.

"Are you really going to turn yourself into this dragon, kid?" Tian Kui asked as he destroyed the unused remains of Long Zhaihuo's corpse.

"Yes." Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in reply. "The Calamity Demon Dragon is no ordinary mythical beast; his aura caused you two to tremble before, right? Therefore, I will not waste the opportunity to strengthen myself by transforming into him, and I will implant his cultivation core into my body after I transform."

Serpentera immediately voiced his concern. "Won't that affect your other three forms? If you transform from a heavenly fox into another demon form, you might never be able to evolve to ten tails, and the writing left behind by the ten-tailed fox will never be fulfilled."

"Honestly, I'm worried about that too, but I trust the thing within me, and I'm sure everything will be fine." Zhang Xiaolong [3] then opened the gate to the Sovereign Realm. "You two can return to that realm first, and I'll go to my private place to go through the process."

After Serpentera and Tian Kui left, Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately closed the gate. However, he sensed something from the mountaintop, so he hurriedly left the place and went there.

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Sometime later, Zhang Xiaolong [3] arrived at the mountaintop and rushed into the Golden Shrine all the way to the final chamber, where he found Long Wuzhao's avatar waiting for him.

Unlike their first encounter, Long Wuzhao's avatar wasn't his complete dragon form but his human form. However, Zhang Xiaolong [3] didn't expect him to look so young, appearing more like a teenage boy with waist-length golden hair. "You came because you sensed Long Zhaihuo's death, right?"

"That's right." Long Wuzhao nodded at him. "I sensed Long Zhaihuo's death, but you didn't kill him using my dagger, and you killed him using another method."

"Why do you seem disappointed that I didn't kill him using your dagger?" Zhang Xiaolong asked as he showed the golden dagger to Long Wuzhao. "This dagger is made from your golden scales, so it's too valuable to just kill it. Since you gave it to me, it's mine now, and I won't give it back to you."

"Hahaha," Long Wuzhao laughed in response. "I will never ask for anything I've given to others back, so you can keep the dagger and use it as you wish. If you sell it at auction in the Forbidden Realm, you'll likely get billions or even trillions of golden jewels."

"Selling a gift from someone else is an act of disrespect, and I would never do that. Furthermore, this golden dagger is still useful for other things, right?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] put the dagger away before he asked the golden dragon a question. "Since I've helped you sort out the mess you left behind in this realm millions of years ago, I can at least ask one favor of you, right?"

"You want to take advantage of me, eh?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] responded to Long Wuzhao with a broad smile. "What do you want as a reward?"

"Tianshi Shengjie." Zhang Xiaolong [3]'s request took Long Wuzhao aback. "That female dragon toyed with me a few years ago, and I couldn't possibly defeat her with my current strength. However, you are different from me, and you can force her to come to me, so I ask for her from you."

Long Wuzhao had naturally heard about the matter from Tianshi Shengjie's report, but he immediately refused Zhang Xiaolong [3]. "Unfortunately, I cannot fulfill your request regarding her, especially since she is the princess of the Celestial Dragon Race. Indeed, I can order her to come to you and stay with you, but her race members will never be willing to let her go. If I force your wishes on her, they will consider you an enemy and attack you directly. Furthermore, she is the goddaughter of the Void Dragon Race, and they are the second strongest dragon after me. If you want her, you must increase your strength and evolve to the ten tails first; otherwise, you'll never be able to get through them to get to her."

"Hmm?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] frowned deeply when Long Wuzhao revealed this information. "How strong is the Void Dragon Race?"

"Long Xukong's cultivation is at the Celestial God Realm, just like mine. He dotes on Tianshi Shengjie very much, and he will do anything to give her the best. Apart from him, the Void Dragon Race still has ten dragons with cultivation at the 3-Sun Celestial Venerable Stage. Moreover, you already understand the power of the Void Element, so you should be able to guess their strength, right?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] exhaled softly before nodding to Long Wuzhao. "So, what are your plans for Long Zhaihuo next? Do you truly intend to transform yourself into the Calamity Demon Dragon?

Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in acknowledgment. "Just like you and the ten-tailed fox, there is only one Calamity Demon Dragon in this universe. Therefore, I will never let his race vanish, and I will become the second dragon of his race. Moreover, I know more about this universe than you do, and my gut feeling is that we're going to face some incredibly big challenges in the distant future. Thus, I want to be a living being that is different from all other living beings in this universe; only then can I face all those challenges."

"You mean the Primordial Nihility Beast and the Primordial Genesis Beast, right?"

"No." Zhang Xiaolong [3] shook his head at Long Wuzhao. "Those two primordial beasts are indeed powerful, but there are still some people who are much stronger than them. I know two people whose strength surpasses those two beasts, and they are fully capable of eradicating them without breaking a sweat. However, I can't say too much about them for now because one of them keeps watching me, but I have a feeling that they will come to you someday, so you just have to wait for the day to come."

"At least, you can give me a name, right?"

"Empress Huo Yanling."

Long Wuzhao took a deep breath after Zhang Xiaolong [3] mentioned the name. "So, you've met Empress Huo Yanling's reincarnation before, huh?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded at him. "Not only have I met her reincarnation before, but we have quite a close connection, and she has helped me too many times."

"Empress Huo Yanling defeated me too many times in the past, and I couldn't move a step when facing her. Before I realized her movement, I was already lying on the ground. Therefore, I don't understand why she chose to reincarnate even though her strength was already that high, and no one in the Paradise Realm could defeat her." Long Wuzhao fell into contemplation for quite some time. "Since she has returned, she will come to me soon, and I'm looking forward to it. I will return now, and I hope that your decision to become the next Calamity Demon Dragon will not bring disasters to you or those closest to you."

"Hmm?" Long Wuzhao instantly disappeared from Zhang Xiaolong [3]'s sight, causing him to let out a soft sigh. "What does he mean by his last sentence? What kind of disaster is he referring to?"

After that, Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately returned to the Sovereign Heaven Realm, continuing his cultivation within the Life Pond.

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Zhang Fei, who was previously dual cultivating with one of his women, decided to stop and go to the main garden. All of his women immediately followed him there and saw him take out the science capsule.

All of them were surprised once Zhang Fei took out Long Zhaihuo's skeleton, and Jia Yuyan questioned him directly. "Are you going to merge this skeleton with your body, husband?"

"How do you plan to merge such a large skeleton with your body, husband?" Shangguan Yan asked.

"Hahaha." Zhang Fei softly laughed before squatting beside the skeleton and touching it. "Isn't that easy? I can even manipulate my bone age, so it's not difficult for me to do it, right?"

"That's true." Murong Qianying nodded in agreement. "The first time I met him, he was a ten-year-old boy, but that was just his trick, and he turned out to be a grown-up man."

"Our husband lied to us for so long." Hong Xinxin then embraced Shang Yaolin. "She intentionally brought him to the Wasteland Realm because he was such a cute little boy, but she didn't realize that she had fallen into his trap from the start because of his innocent demeanor."

Shang Yaolin released a soft sigh. "Mother! Aunt Xinxin! That matter has long passed, and we don't need to bring it up again."

"Our husband is indeed a cunning fox, and he always manages to deceive many people, especially women." Shang Yumei spoke, followed by a nod of agreement from Shang Xinyu.

"Haha." Murong Mengying laughed at that. "Unlike you guys, I've realized that he was a grown-up man since he arrived in the Wasteland Realm, but I wasn't interested in interfering in his affairs because I felt I needed him to defeat the Shang Clan, so I didn't say anything to you."

Murong Qianying, Hong Xinxin, Shao Yaolin, Shang Yumei, and Shang Xinyue glared at Murong Mengying, who responded with a shrug. "Husband, do it now, and we will continue our seclusion again."

"You're addicted to my dick after having sex with me once, huh?" Zhang Fei shrank Long Zhaihuo's skeleton until it fit into the hole of the science capsule, and he also did the same with his bone marrow. He then handed over all the other body parts and bloodline to some of his women, but he took the cultivation core with him into the capsule. "Put them into the ten holes, and I'll start the process."

After Zhang Fei closed the capsule lid, they immediately placed those items into the ten different holes. Once everything was ready, Mei immediately began the process, making all the women anxiously await the results.

"What do you guys think will happen next? Will Fei turn into a new beast species?" Chu Qing asked them, but none of them had an answer for her.

Luo Yunxiao then spoke to them. "I suspect that our husband will not transform into a new beast species, and he will probably obtain a fourth form."

"Fourth form?"

"Yes." Luo Yunxiao nodded to them. "Our husband's three identities are clearly separated from each other, unlike the new beast species that Lin'er, Sister Xue, Sister Lingxue, and the others became after their transformation. Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that he will obtain a fourth form rather than become a new beast species; however, we do not need to overthink this. We only need to wait for the process to complete, and we will know the result after that."

Unlike when Mei helped Zhang Lingxue and several other women, Zhang Fei's transformation process was much more complicated, especially since he not only wanted to use Long Zhaihuo's Calamity Demon Dragon Bloodline, but he also intended to merge his skeleton, bone marrow, and dragon core into his body.

In the end, Zhang Fei's transformation process lasted two full months in the pavilion, and all his women immediately crowded around the capsule once they realized it had stopped operating.

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[Ding]

[The Calamity Demon Dragon's bloodline has merged with the host's body.]

[The Calamity Demon Dragon's skeleton has merged with the host's body.]

[The Calamity Demon Dragon's bone marrow has merged with the host's body.]

[The host obtained the fourth form: the Calamity Demon Dragon.]

[The host obtained the Calamity Demon Dragon's abilities.]

[The host's transformation process is complete.]

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A while later, Zhang Fei opened the lid and got out of the capsule, and they immediately scrambled to check him. However, they did not find any changes in him, and he still looked like a human in general.

"You guys don't need to be curious like this, okay?" Zhang Fei immediately used his new form. Two large, black dragon horns appeared above his head. Two large, black dragon wings appeared on his back, with a dragon tail behind his hips.

Zhang Fei's skin turned black and displayed strange symbols on various parts of his body, mixed with black dragon scales. His eyes turned even redder compared to his usual demon eyes, and his ears turned pointed like an elf's. His hands and legs turned into dragon hands and feet.

"Woah! Your new form is amazing, Big Brother!" Xu Ling'er was the first to react, and she groped around her body, feeling her tough skin full of dragon scales. "Does this form of yours not affect your other three forms, Big Brother?"

- To Be Continued -