Formless Freedom, Grand Void Perfection (Congratulations to Old Mang, One Step Further on the Martial Path)

Mystic Spirit Mountain, residence quiet room.

Chen Ping'an was handsome, with a bearing as refined as jade. Wearing a pale blue robe, he sat cross-legged atop a jade meditation cushion.

By now, he had reshaped his sinews and bones, restoring his original appearance. He no longer resembled the decrepit, weathered old man he had been before.

For his previous disguise, he had used the Black Mystic Iron Mask's true mimicry, borrowing one of the auras imprinted within it. His face and appearance had both been fixed, exactly like that old man's.

Correspondingly, the disguise's standard had been extraordinarily high. Even experienced Second Realm Celestials had failed to spot the slightest flaw in him at close range.

This experience, this practical test of the Black Mystic Iron Mask's wonders, greatly strengthened Chen Ping'an's confidence in it and gave him a more thorough understanding.

Some judgments and speculations were ultimately no more than guesses. Only by truly putting something to use could one understand its power.

And clearly, over these past few days, Chen Ping'an had personally undergone such a test. He had gained new understanding and judgments regarding every aspect of his own abilities.

Bzzzz—

Chen Ping'an's expression was calm. The Spiritual Light between his brows gradually brightened, and soul power tinged with Black and White Intent slowly spread through the quiet room, stirring invisible ripples.

Dark cyan streams of light flickered, and a jade scroll of illustrations appeared in the air before Chen Ping'an.

A remnant volume of a treasured scroll—the Formless Freedom Method.

Rustle, rustle—

Chen Ping'an's gaze sharpened. His soul power rippled out, and the faint inherited artistic conception contained within the jade scroll spread forth.

"Formlessness has no shape or substance, no beginning or end; freedom has no restraint or bondage, no obstruction or attachment."

"Form arises