The next instant, blood-red light blazed.
They could clearly see strange ripples spreading at a visible speed. In mere moments, that immense true body transformed into a great mountain before their eyes.
The mountain towered between heaven and earth, like a replica of Buzhou Mountain in the Primordial World.
Although its power had yet to reach Buzhou Mountain's level, the aura it radiated was far from weak, and it supported this heaven and earth with remarkable stability.
"This..."
"He abandoned his true body to turn it into a heavenly pillar?"
"Hadn't he already refined four heavenly pillars?"
"What's going on? Daoist Minghe, that's his own true body! Those clones can't compare to it."
"Once he abandons his true body, he won't be able to restore it, or even take it back. This is simply..."
For a moment, everyone present erupted into an uproar.
No one had expected Minghe to make such a decision and take such action.
The consequences were even graver than they had imagined. From the looks of it, Minghe was effectively crippling his own cultivation.
Without his true body, even as a half-step Dao Ancestor, the upper limit of his combat strength would suffer an enormous loss.
"Interesting!"
Tongtian, however, spoke with some surprise. "He really does have tremendous resolve."
"He's leaving himself no way out. Only then can he truly handle this properly, and even resolve certain aspects of it perfectly!"
At these words, Yuanshi and the others caught on.
Minghe's actions were baffling, even hard to believe.
Yet the truth seemed to be just as Tongtian had said. This was a matter of staking everything on a single throw, but with a retreat still open, there would always be room to choose otherwise.
Now, however, Minghe had directly abandoned his true body, sealing off his