Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 455

Chapter 453 Change the Name

“Visualization, Divine Transformation… The actual operation is much more difficult than I imagined.” Li Nian’er was distressed. The six elders each had their own unique characteristics, but none of them were suitable for her.

Jiang Li reminded her: “If you really can’t think of what to transform into a Divine, you can use dragon blood to skip this step and directly become a Divine.”

Li Nian’er was a human-dragon hybrid. The dragon race did not care about perception or the like when breaking through the Divine Transformation stage. As long as the power contained in the blood was strong enough and the ancestors were strong enough, they could become a Divine.

Li Nian’er could choose to become a Divine through perception or using dragon blood. There was no advantage or disadvantage between the two.

“No, I want to become a Divine through perception.” Li Nian’er was stubborn in some aspects.

Li Nian’er explained, “The original dragon race wasn’t born powerful. Instead, they cultivated and improved themselves step by step, ultimately reaching the point where they could use their bloodline to bless their descendants. If they can do it, so can I.”

Jiang Li said, “Legend has it that in the beginning, there were no cultivators. People were all mortals, ignorant of how to harness spiritual energy. Only through gradual exploration did they realize that spiritual energy could be used to become stronger—this is called drawing qi into the body.”

“The Qi Training Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, and Nascent Soul Stage were all developed through countless failures. Other realms may have evolved during this time, but none are as widely applicable as these.”

Both of them were talking about legends. After all, these events occurred in the early days of antiquity. Not only are there ancient texts, but even fragments of legend are rare.

As for the degree of truth or falsehood in these fragments, it’s unclear.

Jiang Li continued, “I admire the cultivator who created the God Transformation Stage. Faced with an uncertain future, they envisioned transforming themselves into gods, successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, and naming this stage the God Transformation Stage…”

As he spoke, an idea struck Jiang Li.

Why didn’t he also name the “Great Vehicle Stage” the “Spiritual Transformation Stage”?

He was the first and only person to reach the Great Vehicle Stage, so he could call it whatever he wanted.

Jiang Li muttered to himself, a voice only he could hear clearly: “Now, the Great Vehicle Stage will be renamed the Spiritual Transformation Stage.”

Jiang Li called up the system panel.

[Name: Jiang Li]

[Age: 528]

[Identity: Contemporary Human Emperor]

[Cultivation: Spiritual Transformation Stage]

“It actually works.” Jiang Li was surprised that this trickery actually worked.

[Congratulations to the host for visualizing all living things and finally realizing that only one’s own power is the strongest, transforming oneself into a god and reaching the Spiritual Transformation Stage]

“What nonsense is this?” Jiang Li was once again met with the system’s incoherent congratulations.

Judging from the congratulations, the person in the system’s timeline had made great achievements in the Dharmakaya Sect and ultimately achieved Spiritual Transformation.

[Do you want to settle the reward?]

“Wait a moment.”

Jiang Li noticed that while he was focusing on the system, Li Nian’er had quietly broken through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage.

This child was too independent.

“How did you achieve Divine Transformation?”

“I became a Divine in the ‘Divine Transformation Stage.'”

Even with Jiang Li’s quick reflexes, it took him a moment to grasp Li Nian’er’s meaning.

“Since the Divine Transformation Stage requires something to be Divine, then why can’t I also transform the concept of the ‘Divine Transformation Stage’ into a Divine?”

Jiang Li found Li Nian’er’s approach truly novel.

Li Nian’er soared into the air, gently striking the sky with a palm. Clouds tens of thousands of meters away were dispersed, and the palm force, still lingering, surged into the universe.

This was definitely not the power a cultivator in the early stages of Divine Transformation should possess.

Li Nian’er was astounded by her own strength; her breakthrough to Divine Transformation was beyond her expectations.

Jiang Li also thought Li Nian’er was a formidable Divine Transformation cultivator, having already reached the mid-to-late Divine Transformation stage.

However, Jiang Li didn’t dwell on it. Li Nian’er was incredibly talented, so her performance was understandable.

After all, his initial Divine Transformation performance was even more impressive than Li Nian’er’s.

Jiang Li estimated that Li Nian’er’s Divine Transformation stage was 80% of his own.

Mission accomplished, Li Nian’er successfully reached the Spiritual Transformation Stage. Jiang Li left the Dharmakaya Sect and chatted with the system.

“Change the realm name back.”

[Name: Jiang Li]

[Age: 528]

[Identity: Contemporary Human Emperor]

[Cultivation: Mahayana Stage]

Jiang Li felt this foolish system was quite easy to trick.

“Now calculate the reward.”

[Reward: Half of the Dharmakaya Sutra]

Jiang Li noticed that the Dharmakaya Sutra gifted to him by Li Er in his storage ring had been split in two by an unknown force, with the first half appearing in his hand.

This awful system rewarded the very same Dharmakaya Sutra that was in his storage ring.

And it was torn in two!

If you have the guts, tear it into two pieces and give it to me page by page.

The system, with a sense of conscience, reminded him:

[You can spend 485,530 Source Points to complete the second half of the Dharmakaya Sutra]

The first half of the Dharmakaya Sutra is only an introduction to Dharmakaya cultivation; the second half is the advanced stage and is worth a fortune.

Jiang Li’s blood pressure soared in anger, and he felt that sooner or later, this broken system would piss him off.

Was it me who was outwitting the others, or was it the system that was outwitting me?

They rewarded me by ripping my book in half, and then they had to spend Source Points to restore it.

Jiang Li pulled the second half of the “Dharma Body Sutra” from his storage ring. A magical thing happened: the two merged into one, seemingly a single entity.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the complete version of the “Dharma Body Sutra”]

“Hehe.” Jiang Li didn’t want to pay attention to the system.

The system was still distributing rewards, and three blue red spider lilies appeared in Jiang Li’s hands.

Red spider lilies are extremely precious, especially blue ones. If sold at auction, they could fetch a whopping price of thousands of high-grade spirit stones.

Blue red spider lilies are one of the key ingredients in crafting the “Tianyang Poison Pill,” a remedy for the underworld. They are incredibly valuable. If Jiang Li were only at the Spiritual Transformation stage, obtaining them would require considerable effort.

But now, at the Mahayana stage, Jiang Li can freely access them from the Alchemy Peak’s medicine warehouse.

The only key ingredient needed to refine the “Tianyang Poison Pill” is the Soul-Severing Water, which he lacks. Jiang Li suspects it will be included in future system rewards, and his blue red spider lily acquisition is proof of this.

The Alchemy Peak medicine warehouse holds hundreds of blue red spider lilies.

Jiang Li also heard that Alchemy Peak is collaborating with the Spiritual Plant Sect to explore the possibility of artificially cultivating blue red spider lilies, ideally with the goal of mass production.

Their current progress includes: green red spider lilies, black red spider lilies, yellow red spider lilies… but no blue red spider lilies.

Jiang Li didn’t know any further details, having only learned this during a casual chat with Bai Hongtu.

Jiang Li found a copy of “The Transformation of the Spirit” written by a Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivator. He saw the signature: Li Er.

“I’ve even read Li Er’s ‘The Transformation of the Spirit’, why would I need your ‘The Transformation of the Spirit’?”

When Jiang Li was teaching several Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators how to achieve the Mahayana stage, he had given them homework: to write a copy of their experience of the Tribulation Crossing Stage for Jiang Li to see.

Among them was Li Er’s.

Jiang Li flipped through it and found a few minor errors in the ‘The Transformation of the Spirit’, but they were insignificant.

The system was still as unreliable as ever.

(End of Chapter)