A great surge of True Force poured into Wei He's body, worsening the swelling throughout him.
Fortunately, Returning True Force was far denser than Primal Blood and Imprinted Blood. Very quickly, his body settled down at a visibly rapid pace.
The heat radiating from his body gradually cooled as well.
Before long, he sat cross-legged in the center of the stone cavern, his expression calm.
Yet that calm did not last long.
Soon, streaks of violet blotches began appearing across the skin on his back, while thick blue veins bulged across the surface of his skin.
The Mysterious Lock Vigor produced through fusion and conversion was growing at an unimaginable rate.
The sheer quantity of Mysterious Lock Vigor swiftly surpassed the combined total of all Wei He's fellow disciples of the same rank in his lineage.
More than ten times the amount of Primal Blood had all merged with True Force and transformed into Mysterious Lock Vigor.
Very soon, the Mysterious Lock Vigor within Wei He reached twice the level of others at the same rank.
And it continued to rise.
After one hour, three times.
After two hours, four times.
After three hours, five times.
After four hours, six times.
Until a full twelve hours had passed.
Wei He's body had long since returned to its original form.
After dispersing his cultivation, his height remained unchanged. His physique, tempered by vigor for many years, was still three meters tall.
But his body was now in an entirely different state from before.
Violet blotches began emerging all over Wei He's skin. They resembled scales, densely packed and layered upon layer.
At the same time, his eyes gradually took on a violet hue, with fine hairlike lines faintly radiating from around his pupils.
The Ascension State was gone, but Returning True