Several days later, deep within the quiet chamber of Su Bai's residence.
Su Bai stood tall, his gaze calm as he stared at the space before him.
There, an almost perfect "physical body" stood silently.
Its entire form was a lustrous jade-white, its texture fine, its lines smooth and brimming with strength.
Its facial features were identical to Su Bai's main body, except its eyes were shut and it held no trace of life, like an excessively lifelike statue.
A careful probe with Spiritual Sense would reveal an alarming energy structure hidden within this shell.
Fine, dark-golden patterns faintly showed through its bones and meridians.
Beneath its skin, an exceedingly faint obsidian glow flowed slowly, carrying a deep, restrained demonic aura.
"Star Marrow for bones, Soul-Nourishing Jade for meridians, Void Cloud Crystal to harmonize them, then my Blood Essence as the catalyst, fused with a wisp of the Undying Demonic Rune drawn from the Jinyuan Yanmo Bloodline... The strength of this shell is enough to rival an ordinary early Spirit Transformation Body Cultivator."
Su Bai murmured inwardly.
"The key lies in how that wisp of demonic rune is employed. It must grant it physical strength and recovery beyond the Nascent Soul limit, while completely cleansing and transforming the demonic qi into pure, neutral source power. It cannot reveal the slightest characteristic of the Demonic Path, retaining only its overwhelming essence."
He extended a finger and lightly touched the space between this avatar's eyebrows.
Where his fingertip landed, the faint dark-purple glow beneath the jade-white skin flickered, then vanished completely without a trace.
In its place, a pure Spiritual Power Fluctuation at the peak Nascent Soul level naturally emanated from within the shell.
Perfectly rounded, without a single flaw.
"The body has been completed. Its strength rivals Spirit Transformation, but the