Pan Huang had actually realized it.
But by the time he did, Ling Xiao had already blasted away half his body. In an instant, his true body within the [Heavenly Palace] rose to its feet.
"How bold!"
Before the words had faded, boundless mystical profundities came crashing down from Pan Huang's true body and poured into the Response Body within the [Human World], causing the profundities surrounding it to swell ever greater.
The Deification Method distinguished between the three bodies: response, reward, and true.
Until now, Pan Huang had always appeared through his Response Body. Only by stirring his mystical profundities now did he elevate it into a Reward Body, capable of displaying the vast majority of his strength.
The next second, a shadow of mystery lit up in Ling Xiao's eyes. Before him was an enormous fist, towering like a mountain, smashing straight toward him with an irresistible force. Wherever it passed, myriad phenomena shattered, carrying an Image of something unshakable and capable of crushing all resistance.
Ling Xiao remained calm and raised a single finger.
Fist and finger collided, yet it was the slender finger that prevailed. The mighty fist seal struck its fingertip as though it had crashed into a bronze wall and an iron rampart.
"Dharma Body Path."
Ling Xiao furrowed his brow, then shook his head. "No. It is not a Dharma Body—merely hard, nothing more. At its root, it is something entirely different."
Immediately afterward, he took a step back.
Behind his head, with [Great Forest Wood] as the core, the radiance of five Fruit Positions flared at once, transforming into rings upon rings of colored light that rippled outward.
Within those layers of colored light, a palace slowly emerged: the [Attaining-Enlightenment Hidden Profound Residence]. The moment it appeared, it displayed incomparable dominance. It