Azure Heaven Saber

Chapter 31: Chapter 20: The First Enlightenment Chapter 31: Chapter 20: The First Enlightenment “Ee-mmm, ee-mmm…”

The little guy excitedly called out to Feng Yin with his mouth wide open, bubbling with the exhilaration of “I can crawl now, come and praise me,” filled with joy and pride.

He looked as if he had achieved a major accomplishment, brimming with pride.

“Impressive indeed!”

Feng Yin genuinely gave a thumbs up from the bottom of his heart, smiling from ear to ear.

The little one was overjoyed and called out ‘ee-mmm’ a couple of times before he was ready to show off his new talent, striving to take a step forward…
then tumbled and rolled.

He tried again, took a step, and tumbled once more…
Excitedly rolling and constantly ‘ee-mmm-ing’ towards Feng Yin.

Seeing this “grand” performance, Feng Yin nearly burst into laughter.

So this is how you made that messy crawling path – that explains the chaotic tracks.

But he still lavished praise on him.

“Awesome! Amazing! Wow…”
He applauded loudly.

After all, even though the crawling skills were only half learned, the rolling had been fully mastered, which in a unique and different way, was a huge step forward indeed!

The only regret was the lack of modern tools like cameras or smartphones to capture this adorable rolling-crawling performance…

With such adorable looks, the little one could literally print money with his cuteness!

And it would also be the ultimate embarrassing incident, an epic piece of history!

The little one kept ‘ee-mmm-ing’, contentedly rolling around in Feng Yin’s palm, proudly demonstrating his newfound techniques, oblivious of the fear of falling.

At the height of his tumbling enjoyment, Feng Yin suddenly tilted his hand and whoosh, the little thing dropped onto the bed. Soft as the bed was, and as light as it was, the fall made it dizzy. It lay on the bed for a moment and called out in bewilderment: “Ee-mmm??”

Feng Yin coughed slightly, quickly picked it up, and coaxed it for a while. The little creature had already forgotten the fall and began rolling around again.

This time even faster, as if it had become addicted to it.

And then it fell onto the bed again with a thud.

This time the fall was harder, as the height was greater.

The little one lay on the bed for a good while, utterly flabbergasted.

After three such experiences, the little one who had hit the south wall learned from the bitter fruit of his recklessness, became more cautious. When it wanted to tumble again, its tiny claws began to cautiously test the edges.

Safety awareness began to sprout from that moment.

Feng Yin didn’t want to resort to such measures, but the little one couldn’t understand anything now. Any teaching would be in vain; only such practical, hard-hitting training would work.

Indeed, the results were very obvious.

He watched from the side, making sure the little one fell onto the bed where it wouldn’t get injured, only slightly shaken. But if he wasn’t there and it fell from the bed to the ground or from an even higher place… far from a minor injury, it may even lose its life. Right now, this little creature is just a cub, its constitution is definitely not stronger than a newborn kitten.

Now, seeing the little one finally developing a sense of safety, he felt relieved.

I didn’t drop you three times for nothing…

He put the little one back on the bed. Even though it was still crawling and rolling around, extremely lively, but as soon as it reached the edge of the bed, it would extend its tiny claws to test the edge, its little head bobbing in and out…

After testing a few times, it turned away…

“Success!”

A wild smile appeared on Feng Yin’s face: “Turns out, I’m a child-rearing genius, achieving visible results immediately after starting!”

“However, this little one is indeed smart; all things considered, it’s only been three days since it was born…”

“Impressive!”

“A human baby would probably need at least three months to do this…”

After taking care of the little one, Feng Yin began his training. Because he felt that the first vortex of Spiritual Transformation Technique in his dantian was about to form fully!

Concerning this, he had been impatient for a while, so he didn’t pay as much attention to the constantly updating goals on the Heavenly Judgment as he used to.

Thus, he didn’t notice that Xu the Fourth had gone out on a mission again.

Xu the Fourth didn’t realize his timing was perfect this time.

There must be some gains from this journey.

Feng Yin immersed himself in his training all day until late at night. The vortex of Spirit Gathering finally formed as he wished.

With the formation of the Spirit Gathering vortex, he had a very clear and tangible feeling: he could perform the first real transformation.

Of course, right now it is only ‘Spirit Gathering Transformation,’ not Spiritual Transformation.

After this transformation, there needs to be a day’s interval before he can gather enough energy to transform again. Each being can only undergo Spirit Gathering Transformation a maximum of nine times.

Spirit Activation, Spirit Opening, Spirit Shaping, Spirit Comprehension, also can only be done up to nine times each.

And when the second vortex forms, it will be the stage of Spirit Activation.

Spirit Gathering enhances the foundation of spiritual intelligence, starting to shed the monster nature.Open Spirit, bears a similar effect, enhances the foundation, and transforms the demon fetus completely into a cultivation base.

Opening the Spirit opens up one’s spiritual intellect. From this phase onwards, one can follow the human cultivation methods, and their demon heritage will neither become a restriction nor cause any conflicts.

Moreover, the crucial point is that during normal demon cultivation, at a certain level of cultivation or foundation, or during transformation, the Heavenly Judgment would strike.

However, for the demons who have opened their Spirits, this kind of disaster won’t descend.

It becomes similar to human cultivators, who only face the Thunder Tribulations when breaking through critical levels. In contrast to demons who face life-threatening Thunder Tribulations whenever there is a minor breakthrough, the difference is immeasurable.

Of course, when it comes to the Heavenly Judgment of transforming from the mortal into the immortal, both humans and demons are treated the same. The essence of cultivation is to defy the heavens. One must bear this cost to advance further.

The subsequent Phasing Fragment corresponds to the demon’s physical transformation period. The more stages of Phasing Fragment that are completed, the more perfect the path of evolution will be for the self.

Then, the Spirit Comprehension phase opens up an even more impossible route of progress…

As for the further phases of Spirit Gathering and Spirit Transformation… at present, they are too far off — unreachable and beyond understanding.

Of course, if Feng Yin, the transformation master, reaches a certain level of cultivation, just one session of Spirit Transformation can bypass all previous steps and directly achieve the status of being transformed.

But for Feng Yin to reach that level… with his current cultivation speed, a conservative estimate would be…

“It would take a thousand years…” Feng Yin figured quietly, “Or possibly more…”

“However, I don’t need to worry about that now, it’s better to proceed steadily one step at a time. All I need to do is to carefully make the next step, that’s all.”

“Since the cyclone has formed, the first transformation should naturally be performed on this little creature. After all, we share a common fate, we will either prosper or decline together…”

Feng Yin already considers this little creature his.

As for the matter of its mother coming to take it back… Feng Yin says it’s not a big problem, at least for the next three, four, five years. By then, who knows? Maybe I’ll be strong enough to fight back?

Anyway, it is a problem for another day. I have to enjoy the good days first!

As he diligently mobilized the cyclone inside his Dantian, he felt an upsurge of qi flow from the Dantian, and strangely, he experienced a vague swelling sensation in the meridians along its path.

It travelled unimpeded from the Dantian, passing through the chest, over the shoulder, down the arm, passing through the mysterious gate, over the bent pond, connecting to the Three Yang, reaching the ‘Three Miles’… rushing all the way… eventually focusing on the middle finger.

Feng Yin looked down to find a faint light overflowing from the tip of his finger.

It was a mere spark, but in this dark night, it was dazzlingly brilliant.

He held the little creature in his arms and looked into its beautiful, trustingly innocent eyes.

The soft skin against his own had an indescribably comfortable and intimate feeling.

Feng Yin spoke softly but with conviction, “From today on, you will be called… Feng Ying.”

Feng Yin’s shadow, wherever it goes, she follows.

This name exposes Feng Yin’s ambition.

The Spirit Transformation’s light flickers.

Under Feng Ying’s puzzled and clear gaze, Feng Yin followed the instructions from the Spiritual Transformation Technique and gently but resolutely touched his glowing finger to her forehead.

A light suddenly brightened.

A mysterious halo enveloped the little creature, indescribably mystical and beautiful.

…

Once the guidance was pointed out, Feng Yin felt as if his body had suddenly become empty, as if all his energy had been transferred out with that transformation.

A feeling of emptiness rose, as if his body had been hollowed out.

Although his cultivation did not change, his spiritual power did not decrease, his combat power did not decline, nevertheless, this feeling of hollowness was so real.

At the same time, a weak flow of pure qi suddenly surged from his finger, entering Feng Yin’s body.

Barely sensing it, it was already gone, leaving him puzzled…

“Growl…”

His stomach grumbled.

Then, a slightly hungry feeling ensued…

The halo, persisting for about two seconds on the little creature, proceeded to converge into a light beam which drilled silently into the little creature’s forehead.

Little Feng Ying, with a surprised and doubtful look in her eyes in response to the changes, was uncertain…

“Chirp… Chirp…”

With an instinctual, soft call, her head shook and she lay down in Feng Yin’s hand, as if boneless, and fainted.

Her little head tilted to one side, she lay sprawled out on her back.

Her little belly slowly heaved up and down; her body’s white fur was glittering, resembling white jade.

After that, under Feng Yin’s watchful gaze, her white fur grew out inch-by-inch. When it reached a certain length and completely covered her body, it all fell off. Secretly, a new layer of pure white fur grew.

It was still crystal clear and snow-white, still soft and good-looking.

Feng Yin, with a fixed gaze, confirmed again and again. During her deep sleep and fur change, little Feng Ying’s body had grown slightly!

However, it was just a tiny bit bigger.

…

[The little princess is about to transform, please favor the little princess with your heart and grant her some glory points.]