The glow was extremely blinding and a sensation of warmth ran through Le Chang's body.
After the light faded, the majestic dragon gave way to the image of a gray-haired, long-bearded white-robed gentleman, but in his chest was a fist-sized hole that ran through his body.
Le Chang stunned at the lord in front of him.
"How… hope you're not a dragon? How were you hurt like that? "
" Oh, oh, humans, humans. This is not the time for you to know how I was injured. Listen, boy, I am a Dragon and a special one, when we reach a level of power we can change our appearance to other life forms. Come here, go up to the altar. "
Without hesitation, Le Chang jumped, but he did not expect his body to be so strong after those injuries and ended up jumping five meters into the air almost crashing straight into the stone disk.
Le Chang stared at his body in a daze but didn't have time to inspect it as there was something more important in front of him.
"What's your name?" Said the Dragon.
"I'm Le Chang," he answered.
The Dragon stared at him and thought: "This boy is strange, surviving this fall is minimal, but when I was healing his body I felt an extremely old aura, could be considered on the same level as mine or even stronger. He still has an interesting character and a praiseworthy personality, it seems I've found who I've been waiting for thousands of years. "
"Le Chang, I have a proposal for you. What do you think about making a contract with me? "
" What kind? "
" Well, the contract is called the Inheritance Contract. With it, I will put in your body my essence of life and as a result, you will have a much more powerful body, but I must tell you that the risk is great and few humans have survived a Dragon's Inheritance Contract, even lower than my Level. "
" I accept! No matter what pain I need to endure, I need to grow strong to make my parents proud and happy, and there are some problems to be solved. "Le Chang clenched his fist and a slight killer aura leaked from his body.
'Determined… very good, very good.'
"Come sit there." The old man pointed to the middle of the altar.
Le Chang sat in the lotus position.
The old man then approached Le Chang and put his hand on his head and said, "I the Lord of Dragons, the King of all Magic Beasts, the Sovereign of a Thousand Worlds, the Holy Dragon, I grant Le Chang my Essence of Life, we will become one and one will be. Our enemies will be one and our allies will be one. Can you accept my Inheritance Contract? "
" I do. "As soon as Le Chang spoke the flame that was on the ceiling came out of its spot and like a meteor headed toward his body.
As soon as the flame struck and covered his entire body, his garments were incinerated and his skin began to burn, Le Chang's screams echoed in the cave that had returned to its original pitch.
"Hang on kid, if you go through this, amazing things await you," said a voice in his head.
Le Chang felt his body burn, his eyebrows disappeared, his hair disappeared, his skin was raw, but as the flame burned him it also healed him. New skin appeared and was incinerated shortly thereafter, the hair and eyebrows growing, but they were turned to ashes instantly.
The pain was harrowing, but Le Chang stood like a mountain and didn't move an inch.
After his body had been burned and regenerated by the flame for about an hour, his white skin and dark black hair shone amid the pitch blackness of the cave, his eyes had golden rays and an ancient aura emanated from his body.
The flame around Le Chang's body still burned, but it did nothing to him.
"We've been through the first phase boy, first we needed to temper your fragile human body to receive my power." The voice sounded imposing inside Le Chang.
As soon as the voice ceased the flame began to absorb into his body, his blood began to boil and his bones crackled like burning wood.
Blood spilled over his skin, but it evaporated soon after.
Excruciating pain struck Le Chang again, his teeth grinding and tears streaming from his eyes.
"Hold on kid."
The pain was insane, but Le Chang kept repeating in his mind the image of his father and mother arguing with the Le Clan elders to give them money to care for their son. His mother Lin Bo's smile, her honey-colored eyes and long brown hair, his father Le Shen's loving gaze on him, even though he knew his son could never cultivate.
The flame that burned his body was ancient and powerful, but the flame that burned inside Le Chang's heart was renewed every second for the love of her parents.
After a day the insane pains passed.
"Your blood and bones have been transformed, as have your Qi Channels and meridians."
"We will now enter the most important part, your Qi Core. The pain will now be much stronger and if you surrender to it your Qi Core will explode and kill you instantly. "The voice again rang in his head.
Le Chang nodded.
The flames, which looked more like burning lava, began to enter Le Chang's Qi Channels and as dragons drove into his head.
All Qi Channels converge on the Qi Core in the center of a human's head.
Le Chang's Core was empty and there was not a shred of Qi.
Immediately like a black hole sucking the energy of a star, Le Chang's Qi Core began to suck the flame.
A river of energy flowed into the Le Chang Core, immediately a boom was heard followed by something insane.
'What is happening?' Thought the old man.