The original owner had refused to confess in prison, risking his life to stir up trouble. He had even been beaten by the guards, and in the end, he had been literally angered to death. Only then had Zhang Chen's original consciousness had the chance to take control of this body and complete its awakening.
"They're all rotten bastards!" Zhang Chen sighed softly, flexing his hands again and feeling the sensation of controlling a flesh-and-blood body. A flicker of joy appeared in his eyes.
"It feels so good to be alive."
"More importantly, the world seems to have changed. I can sense a trace of spiritual energy in the air. It's faint, but it truly exists." Zhang Chen shifted his gaze away from his body, raising his head to look through the crack in the window at the gray, overcast clouds. He had indeed sensed spiritual energy in the air.
If the former Age of Dharma Decline had been a barren desert, then the current world was a blade of green grass growing in that desolate wasteland. There was still some distance to go before the true Golden Age arrived, but without question, this was already the beginning of one.
At the movement of his thoughts, the Five Elements Authority activated. It had not been affected at all, and the range he could command had actually recovered from one meter to two. Though two meters was still insignificant to Zhang Chen, it was already a good beginning.
"As long as I stay alive, I can hold on until the Golden Age. But I can't act recklessly in this era. The steam age's firearms are simply too powerful. Not only are there machine guns and cannons, but even mushroom bombs have been made. Forget controlling the Five Elements laws within two