Under normal circumstances, once the Universal Druid had fused the foundations of the four professions, the metamorphosis should have ended. The Gilded Providential Power had also nearly reached its end.
But Qi Ping was never one to passively accept power. he would only use his own methods to utilize every ounce of force to pave his path toward immortality.
'Although the foundations of my previous four professions have been fused into the Universal Druid, my own foundation is more than just those...'
In truth, since the day he stepped onto the path of cultivation, the accumulation he had focused on most was the Dao of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements. This had permeated his entire cultivation journey. In terms of pure accumulation, his progress in Yin-Yang and the Five Elements far exceeded any single Druid profession.
'And... in terms of concept, Yin-Yang and the Five Elements are essentially the same as the Universal Druid. They can serve as my most fundamental professions alongside the Universal!'
(Yin-Yang Druid... Awaken!)
As the thought settled, Qi Ping immediately used the Druid method to communicate and link with heaven and earth. This was an ability he had gained after awakening as the Universal Druid. Now, he no longer needed to wait for the satisfying of conditions to passively awaken a profession. He only needed a certain level of realization of a power to proactively link and contract with the world. Given his years of accumulation in the Five Elements and the Space Dao, awakening the corresponding professions held no difficulty at all.
In truth, the world and heaven and earth themselves were complex and vast existences that operated according to fundamental laws. Cultivation was simply the act of mastering those forces through a specific method—such as the Qi system of the refiners, the body-mastery of the physical cultivators, the bloodline system of spirit beasts, or even the "Manifestation of Word" system Qi Ping had once encountered.
The world itself remained constant over a period of time. Because each system utilized power in a different way, they manifested completely different forms and intensities. The same spiritual energy would display vastly different strengths when used by practitioners of different systems.
Even at the same rank, different systems—the spells of a refiner, the flesh of a body cultivator, the bloodline of a beast—would result in completely different forms of power, lifespan, and strength. Under the pressure of competition, the weak would vanish while the strong, like the refiners and body cultivators, grew into major civilizations. The Star-Sea was primarily a world of these two civilizations.
And Qi Ping's Druid power was naturally a new system!
Qi Ping now had a deeper understanding of his own transmigration and the awakening of his Druid professions. His appearance was perhaps a form of self-preservation by the Star-Sea World or some other entity—a realization that the Druid system could flourish in a cultivation world and benefit the world itself. Perhaps his development had even been predicted and guided... Thus, the Chaos Origin had been given to him, and the Druid Heritage Space had come to be.
As for how far a system could evolve... no one knew. Based on what Qi Ping could see, it was likely that no one could truly calculate the future of an entire system of cultivation. But he didn't care. He now knew how to slowly carve out a path to immortality that was free of all control. Furthermore, all of these systems were merely tools for him to understand the essence of cosmic power!
And he truly did like the Druid system.
When he first learned of the Druid profession, he had felt it shouldn't be limited to its standard intensity. The growth potential for such a system should be much higher. Now, he could finally develop it properly in a cultivation world.
"Harnessing Yin and Yang... Commanding the Five Elements..."
"Contracting with the world... Awaken!"
As Qi Ping completed the awakening ritual, the powers of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements erupted in a frenzy! The two Great Daos of Yin and Yang converged around him to form a mysterious, dreamy Taiji diagram. He sat at its center, appearing like a lord born of the fundamental duality of the universe!
The twin dragons of Yin and Yang, one black and one white, spiraled around him. Their momentum covered the entire sky, and their pressure permeated the world. Beyond them, five brilliant laws of the elements intertwined in a mysterious and unpredictable manner in every corner of the sky!
In this moment, Qi Ping's foundation in the Five Elements was fully displayed. The sheer aura and pressure he radiated surpassed any of his previous professions!
But by this stage, as the Gilded Providential Power was completely spent, his metamorphosis returned to a normal speed.
On the other side, the bizarre Black-Crystal Dragon, having recovered from its shock, lunged forward without pause!
"Die!"
The dragon held nothing back. Its temporal turbulence field was fully deployed, to the point where its own vessel began to crack under the strain. Yet those cracks were instantly healed by an eerie black demonic flame, allowing the vessel to sustain that level of power.
When the dragon's claw, seemingly intent on splitting the heavens, slashed toward Qi Ping, he felt that horrific pressure once more. It felt as if he were facing a terrifying god who stood above all living beings—a force beyond human resistance.
Qi Ping was now absolutely certain that this entity was a manifestation of a mysterious power from the Demon Realm!
But faced with such an entity once more, Qi Ping felt no fear. Even his awakening as a Yin-Yang Druid did not stop. He opened his dark eyes, and the Sovereign Dao Armor erupted with light. Gathering all his strength, he raised the Sovereign Mountain-River Seal—which held ten thousand miles of territory—and hammered it forward. The twin dragons of Yin and Yang, accompanied by the elemental laws, lunged forward with the seal as their core!
(Universal... Mountain-River!)
This was a fusion move belonging to the awakened Universal Druid. It could unify all his Druid abilities. Qi Ping had chosen the Sovereign Mountain-River Seal as the core to display his absolute strength!
His total spiritual power, his supreme physical strength, the impact of the mountains and rivers, the weight of the Sovereign Dao... and even the violent dragons of Yin and Yang were all focused into a single point, colliding with the Black-Crystal Dragon!
In an instant, mountains and rivers were annihilated, and the void collapsed!