The Black Tortoise swallowed Hong Yuan whole. Looking at Hong Yuan inside his belly, he did not immediately refine him, merely intending to trap him there and teach him a lesson.
If no ancestor came looking for him later, he could refine Hong Yuan then.
Thinking this, the Black Tortoise nodded in satisfaction and prepared to close his eyes and resume his slumber cultivation.
But at that moment, the Black Tortoise suddenly discovered in shock that, at some unknown time, a figure had silently appeared atop his head, sitting there steadily!
When the Black Tortoise looked closely, his heart gave a violent jolt.
Who else could this figure be but Hong Yuan?
But wasn't Hong Yuan's figure still inside his belly?!
How had he appeared atop his head?
Could everything from before have been an illusion?
But how could that explain the incomparably real aura within his belly?
Sensing the shock deep in the Black Tortoise's heart, Hong Yuan merely lightly tapped the turtle head beneath him and asked with an unconcerned smile, "What? You don't recognize me?!"
Faced with such a bizarre situation, the Black Tortoise fell silent for quite some time before finally asking in a deep voice, "How did you do it? Could that have been your External Body just now?"
Hearing this, Hong Yuan smiled and spoke calmly. "Did you really think I was only an early Grand Unity Golden Immortal?!"
Upon hearing those words, the Black Tortoise suddenly felt that something was amiss.
Could the person before him be some ancestor who had assumed this appearance to toy with him?
But just then, Hong Yuan spoke with a self-satisfied expression. "I am... a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!!"
As he spoke, the cultivation of a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal instantly burst forth.
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