Ability Awakening

Compared to the massive bodies of demonic beasts, humans looked incredibly small.

Although the size of demonic beasts did not always correspond to their true strength, a python of such enormous scale usually indicated a creature capable of reaching the Nascent Soul realm.

“Everyone, move!”

“Let’s work together to kill this beast. As for the rewards, it will depend on each person’s own ability.”

The white-robed youth spoke calmly.

With that, he drew his sword and took the lead, charging toward the demonic python.

Since someone had taken the initiative, the others naturally followed.

One after another, they launched attacks.

Most of the techniques used were only low-grade Rank Nine techniques.

Brilliant multicolored energies rained down onto the demonic python.

Individually, these attacks were not particularly strong.

But with nearly fifty cultivators attacking at once, the combined power was something even the python could not ignore.

The demonic python roared furiously as the attacks struck its enormous body.

With so many enemies surrounding it, it had no time to gather strength to use its demonic arts.

Instead, it could only rely on its massive body to crush its enemies.

Bai Lan and the others quickly scattered.

None of them intended to confront its brute strength directly.

If the python chased a single person, it would immediately be exposed to the attacks of dozens of others.

Under such circumstances, its defeat was only a matter of time.

With so many people participating, no one felt the need to reveal their true strength.

For them, using their full power against this demonic beast simply wasn’t worth it.

After all, with nearly fifty people present, there was no need for anyone to go all out.

However—

Once the python died, the treasure chests that appeared would trigger a fierce scramble.

That was when true ability would matter.

According to the memories Bai Lan had inherited from Xue Yue, the BOSS of a random secret realm would drop three types of rewards upon death.

The first type was a personal reward granted to those who dealt sufficient damage to the BOSS.

The second type was the reward for delivering the final blow.

This reward was also personal.

Therefore, if someone slacked off too much, they might miss out on the extremely valuable last-hit reward.

The third type of reward required open competition.

These rewards appeared as treasure chests.

Opening them could yield rare materials, cultivation techniques, or magical artifacts.

Whoever grabbed them kept them.

However, the treasure chests could not be placed into spatial artifacts.

One had to either open the chest immediately or escape while carrying it.

But running with a treasure chest would inevitably attract attacks from others.

Therefore, the moment the treasure chests appeared would be when everyone truly unleashed their full strength.

Meanwhile, Bai Lan continued attacking the demonic python.

Relying on her speed, she constantly unleashed sword winds.

Although she appeared to be fighting seriously, she was not using any internal spiritual power.

She was relying purely on physical strength.

This was one of the advantages of body cultivation.

Her sword winds struck the python repeatedly.

However, they could only leave shallow marks on its scales and could not deal any real damage.

Suddenly—

Bai Lan froze.

She abruptly stopped attacking.

A strange fluctuation had appeared within her Chaos Divine Bone.

That surge instantly pulled her consciousness into a strange space.

The space was empty.

Almost nothing could be seen.

‘What is this place?’

‘What’s happening?’

Bai Lan looked around in confusion.

Everything was covered in a faint mist.

Then—

A voice echoed throughout the space.

“The primordial chaos is the origin of heaven and earth.”

“Primordial yin transforms into the radiant moon.”

“Primordial yang transforms into the blazing sun.”

“Yin and yang give birth to the five elements.”

“The five elements cycle through creation and destruction, forming all things in the world.”

“When yin and yang merge, chaos is born.”

“When yin and yang separate, solitary yin cannot survive, and solitary yang cannot endure.”

The voices continued to echo.

Bai Lan gradually realized what was happening.

This was an inheritance.

The inheritance of the Chaos Body.

The Ten Great Heavenly Bodies each possessed their own innate inheritance.

These abilities could not be learned from outside sources.

They could only be awakened through the power contained within their divine bones.

Bai Lan had waited for this moment for a long time.

And now—

The inheritance of the Chaos Body had finally awakened.

It was a gift left behind by an ancient divine beast.

Bai Lan possessed the Chaos Divine Bone because her true body was the Chaos Body.

But why had the inheritance suddenly appeared now?

And why at this moment?

Could it be related to her body cultivation?

Her true body was the Chaos Body, which had now fused with the divine bone.

The power within her body had undergone a fundamental transformation.

This was why she had constantly felt changes in her internal power during battle.

Her physique was already evolving.

She was transforming—

From a body cultivator into a true Chaos Body.

This meant Bai Lan had broken free from the limitations of body cultivation.

From this moment onward, she had become a genuine Chaos Body.

This physique embodied the yin and yang of heaven and earth.

Normally, those who possessed the Chaos Body would become genderless.

However, Bai Lan’s Chaos Body had undergone a mutation.

It possessed only yin energy and lacked yang energy.

Because of this, she could only inherit the legacy of the Moon Goddess.

The Moon Goddess’s inheritance granted several abilities.

The first ability was Primordial Yin Qi.

Her spiritual energy would be completely replaced by Primordial Yin Qi.

This allowed Bai Lan to transform the attribute of any technique she used into extreme yin power.

She was already aware of this ability.

It was the only passive ability she had discovered before the inheritance awakened.

The second ability was Light of Purification.

This power contained extremely strong purifying energy.

It could cleanse corrupted forces such as ghost qi, demonic qi, death qi, and other negative energies.

This meant Bai Lan naturally suppressed ghost cultivators, demonic cultivators, and various evil spirits.

The third ability was the Moon Goddess Physique.

This passive ability prevented any corrupted forces from invading Bai Lan’s body.

She also possessed a natural affinity with water-attributed energy.

At the same time, she was immune to most toxins and harmful external forces.

The fourth ability was Sun and Moon Conjunction.

When bathed in both sunlight and moonlight, Bai Lan’s power would increase by thirty percent.

At the same time, she could continuously absorb their radiance to replenish her internal energy.

The fifth ability was Frigid Moon Divine Radiance.

This was currently her only ability with powerful destructive force.

However, it required a short period of energy accumulation.

Once activated, it could instantly turn a hundred-meter area around her into a frozen world of ice and snow.

Using this ability would leave her somewhat weakened.

But if successfully unleashed, everything within the area—including living beings—would be instantly frozen.

Of course, the ability had its limits.

It could not affect beings two major realms above her.

Since Bai Lan was currently in the Qi Refinement realm, this ability was effective only against targets at the Foundation Establishment realm or below.

As her cultivation improved, the ability would naturally become stronger.

The higher the enemy’s realm, the weaker the freezing effect.

Targets below Bai Lan’s realm would be frozen for fifteen seconds.

However, the ability required about three seconds to fully activate.

During those three seconds, the freezing field would expand.

If someone reacted quickly enough, they might escape the area.

Still—

Freezing a hundred-meter radius in three seconds meant that only Foundation Establishment cultivators would realistically have time to escape.

At the moment, Bai Lan had only awakened five abilities.

But even these five were already extremely powerful.

Especially Light of Purification and Frigid Moon Divine Radiance.

One was an absolute counter against evil spirits and demonic cultivators.

The other was a devastating large-scale freezing attack.

Unless the opponent possessed an extremely powerful yang body or overwhelming physical strength, it would be extremely difficult to break free within those frozen seconds.

The inheritance process itself was instantaneous.

Bai Lan quickly regained her senses.

No one around her noticed anything unusual.

A faint smile appeared on her face.

Then she calmly resumed attacking the demonic python.

‘I knew it.’

‘How could the Chaos Body possibly lack special abilities?’

‘And this awakening came at the perfect time.’