Body-Tempering Secret Art and the Origin of Life

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Divine power poured down from the mouth of the azure bottle like water from a celestial river, forming an ocean of divine power over ten million light-years in diameter before it finally stopped.

"Ownerless divine power spanning over ten million light-years... It's a little less than I imagined, but it's enough."

Li Qi stood in the void, looking down at the ocean of divine power below as waves surged across its surface. Then he slowly spread his arms and activated the first turn of the body-tempering section of the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method.

As the body-tempering secret art began to operate, he transformed directly into a streak of silver light and plunged toward the ocean of divine power below, which spanned more than ten million light-years in diameter.

Splash!

Since Li Qi had not restored his true divine body to its full height of twelve light-years, falling into that vast ocean of divine power was like tossing a small stone into an incomparably broad sea. Only because of his speed did he kick up a few splashes.

The ocean of divine power remained unchanged. Wave after wave rose in succession, crashing toward the nearly unbreakable void barriers surrounding it.

Before long, a vortex appeared within the ocean of divine power.

At first, the vortex was utterly inconspicuous, like one of the countless naturally formed whirlpools in the ocean of divine power. Yet it continued to expand, swallowing vast amounts of ownerless divine power like a bottomless pit.

Whoosh...

As the vortex expanded without end, its diameter soon reached thousands of light-years. The entire ocean of divine power shrank in area and formed spiraling ripples, while enormous quantities of ownerless divine power rushed madly into the vortex.

At the center of the vortex.

Li Qi's divine