Chapter 1268: Combined Form

Zhou Yuan’s attempt to excuse himself naturally failed.

"Elder Zhou Yuan," Ai Tuanzi said sincerely, looking at Zhou Yuan, "today's matter is extremely important to Myriad Beasts Heaven. We earnestly hope you can assist us. Myriad Beasts Heaven will surely remember this favor."

The pseudo-Law Domain experts from the other clans also nodded slightly.

Chi Xuan's three hundred billion Genesis Qi foundation had almost driven them to despair. Now that a glimmer of hope had finally appeared, how could they be willing to give it up?

Zhou Yuan felt a bit helpless. He glared at Tun Tun and said, "I've never heard you mention anything about a fusion ability."

In fact, not only had he never heard of it, but Ai Tuanzi and the others nearby also looked at Tun Tun with curiosity and doubt, clearly equally uninformed about it.

Tun Tun grinned, its large mouth stretching, and lazily wrote on the stone slab: "Primeval Sacred Beasts are just that awesome!"

Everyone was speechless.

"Can Lord Ancestor Taotie fuse with others?" a pseudo-Law Domain expert asked. "Because, considering strength, perhaps fusing with Elders Ai Tuanzi and Zhuang Xiaoming would be better?"

Tun Tun immediately shook its head: "Only Zhou Yuan can do it!"

"Why?" Zhou Yuan also found it strange.

Tun Tun explained on the stone slab: "Because you once refined my Sacred Beast essence blood, you are able to undergo a brief fusion with me."

There was another reason Tun Tun didn't mention: once fused, its body would enter Zhou Yuan's Divine Dwelling. The Divine Dwelling is crucial for cultivation, the source of Genesis Qi, and the most vital place for every cultivator. Any mishap there would be a devastating blow to the cultivator.

Furthermore, in that state, it would become extremely vulnerable. If anyone harbored greed towards it, they might attempt to act maliciously, putting Tun Tun in an extremely difficult situation.

Therefore, both parties in the fusion must possess immense trust in each other.

Tun Tun could trust Zhou Yuan, but it was less willing to trust Ai Tuanzi and the others.

Hearing Tun Tun's explanation, the others stopped asking questions.

"Elder Zhou Yuan, then we can only rely on you two," Ai Tuanzi said gratefully.

Seeing their expectant gazes, Zhou Yuan could only nod, then asked Tun Tun, "How exactly does this fusion work?"

Tun Tun directly jumped onto Zhou Yuan's head, and then a thought entered his mind.

Zhou Yuan pondered the information contained within the thought, and a moment later, he had a faint realization.

The so-called fusion was essentially Tun Tun entering his Divine Dwelling in a special form, then forming a profound link with his Nascent Source, ultimately achieving the temporary merging of the two.

If the fusion succeeded, their powers would temporarily merge.

Although it sounded simple, Zhou Yuan understood that the difficulty involved was certainly not low. After all, one was human and one was a beast, with different Genesis Qi and different bloodlines; trying to merge them was simply preposterous.

"We can only try it first," Zhou Yuan said.

Whether it would succeed or not, they would know after trying.

As his voice fell, he sat cross-legged in the air, and above his head, Tun Tun also maintained a cross-legged posture.

Ai Tuanzi and the others spread out around them, protecting the human and the beast in the center.

Meanwhile, on the Supreme Battle Stage, Chi Xuan also noticed this scene. He immediately frowned slightly, feeling a bit puzzled, but ultimately sneered.

"Playing tricks," Chi Xuan stood on the Supreme Battle Stage, closing his eyes slightly. "Once I gain the Supreme Battle Stage's recognition, whatever you do will be useless." He then began to gradually establish a connection with the Supreme Battle Stage beneath his feet.

"Zhou Yuan, relax your mind and let me enter your body!"

As Tun Tun's thought descended, its body gradually twisted, seeming to form strands of black light, which then entered through the crown of Zhou Yuan's head.

However, its entry was unsuccessful. With a flicker of Zhou Yuan's soul between his eyebrows, the strands of black light were directly repelled.

"Don't resist!"

Zhou Yuan said sheepishly, "It's a reflex."

Immediately, he focused his mind, strenuously suppressing his body's natural rejection of the foreign substance. Thus, the strands of black light formed by Tun Tun passed through his body, followed his meridians, and finally entered his Divine Dwelling.

The black light directly reached the location of the Nascent Source, revealing Tun Tun's form. It curiously examined Zhou Yuan's Nascent Source, then sat cross-legged in front of it. The black light transformed into chains, linking the human and the beast together.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan could feel a strange power emerging within his body.

That power was ancient and mighty, brimming with an indescribable vitality.

He felt that if he could combine with this power, his own strength would surge to an extremely terrifying level.

For a moment, he actually grew expectant of the fusion's outcome.

Ai Tuanzi and the others also sensed Zhou Yuan's suddenly swelling aura, and they all looked over curiously.

Zhou Yuan licked his lips, and meeting their curious gazes, he grinned confidently: "Everyone, are you ready?!"

"Prepare for a sight!"

A cloud of Genesis Qi burst forth from his body, instantly swept away by a strong wind. Everyone eagerly looked, and then the expressions on their faces became somewhat stiff.

They saw a figure sitting cross-legged where Zhou Yuan had been. The body remained unchanged from Zhou Yuan's previous form, but the original head had transformed into a bald beast head...

It was clearly Tun Tun's head, just without any fur.

Tun Tun's head, Zhou Yuan's body?

What a bizarre appearance.

"Did it succeed?" Tun Tun's head began to speak, but the voice was still Zhou Yuan's.

Ai Tuanzi and the others fell silent for a moment. Did this count as a success?

However, before they could speak, the Genesis Qi within Zhou Yuan's body vibrated, and his flesh squirmed, transforming him back to his original human form.

Tun Tun's furious roar echoed from within him: "Dream on! It was clearly a failure!"

Zhou Yuan's mouth twitched. This fusion was indeed not that simple. With two different Genesis Qis and bloodlines, merging them was far from easy.

"Let's keep trying..."

A moment later, a cloud of Genesis Qi reappeared.

A monster appeared, with Tun Tun's body and Zhou Yuan's head.

Ai Tuanzi and the others were left speechless.

"Hehe, let's continue..."

*Bang! Bang!*

Over the next period, Ai Tuanzi and the others' eyes were truly opened, as they discovered just how bizarre and abnormal a human-beast fusion could get.

In terms of weirdness and ugliness, it could almost rival the Fiend Beasts.

However, with each successive failure, Zhou Yuan vaguely perceived certain patterns. Whenever the fusion failed, he noticed Tun Tun's bloodline power running rampant within him. Such a Primeval Sacred Beast bloodline was far too overbearing, and he simply couldn't suppress it.

Therefore, this kind of fusion seemed fundamentally impossible!

Unless there was a bloodline capable of suppressing Tun Tun's Primeval Sacred Beast bloodline, a successful fusion between the two would be impossible.

Zhou Yuan shook his head. The bloodline of a Primeval Sacred Beast was already top-tier in the world; what could possibly suppress it?

As he thought this, Zhou Yuan's heart suddenly stirred. Of course, there was something that could suppress Tun Tun's bloodline... Yao Yao could!

Yao Yao's Divine Matter!

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up. He remembered that Yao Yao had left Divine Matter within his body.

If he could activate the Divine Matter hidden deep within his body, it should be able to suppress Tun Tun's restless Primeval Sacred Beast bloodline.

"One more time!"

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and then he sent a thought to Tun Tun, who had become somewhat sluggish from too many failures.

Tun Tun, helpless, could only steel itself and begin the connection again.

As the connection continued, Tun Tun's ancient bloodline power reappeared in Zhou Yuan's perception. That bloodline was filled with untamed arrogance, as if nothing in the world could tame it.

Zhou Yuan ignored the restless ancient bloodline. Instead, he calmed his mind, sensing the Divine Matter in the deepest part of his body.

This sensing continued for an unknown duration until a mysterious purple-gold glow suddenly flashed.

Zhou Yuan seized the moment without hesitation, directly moving that mysterious substance and pressing it down onto Tun Tun's bloodline.

When the Genesis Qi cloud once again emerged from Zhou Yuan's body, Ai Tuanzi and the others were no longer paying much attention, as there had been too many failures before.

However, at that very instant, a terrifying Genesis Qi storm suddenly swept outwards.

Ai Tuanzi and the others nearby were directly forced to retreat repeatedly by the sheer force of the tremor. Immediately afterward, their gazes shot out in ecstasy.

This time, had it really succeeded?!

And at that very same moment.

In the rear mountains of the Golden Qilin Clan.

Yao Yao, holding a jade gourd in her delicate hand, her nimble eyes suddenly flickered slightly. She raised her exquisitely beautiful face in surprise, gazing into the void.

"How are those two, Zhou Yuan and Tun Tun, having their bloodlines clash and intertwine? And even activating Divine Matter..."

"What are they doing?"