"The body may transform, but the will cannot change."
"I am still myself."
"I am Yang Chan."
Yang Chan sensed the transformation of his body. At the same time, the subtle mental influence that had crept in was met by an instantaneous eruption of his soul body and spiritual power.
His Martial Cultivation had transformed into that of a god, but his will still had to remain his own. It could not transform along with it.
At his core, he was human. That could never change.
He cultivated to make himself stronger, to possess invincible strength and a longer lifespan—not to become another person, or another god.
"So this is the test of will for breaking through to the Divine Body level. It truly is formidable, arriving without a sound and imperceptibly altering the mind."
Only after Yang Chan's body had completed its transformation and that test of will had faded did he finally let out a long breath.
He had known about this change from the very beginning, because the Nirvana Longevity True God Method granted by the Hengyuan Divine Vein contained relevant records. Even so, he had nearly fallen for it.
This trial did not actually affect the breakthrough itself. However, if one failed to retain one's own will after breaking through, one's original consciousness would gradually be gnawed away and dissipate, until the entire person became someone else.
In a sense, you would no longer be yourself. You would become a god, retaining only an exceedingly rational conviction.
It was like a virtual personality replacing the original one. By all signs of life, you were still alive, but in terms of will, you had already perished.
And you would fade away bit by bit without even realizing it, feeling nothing at all.
Yang Chan had made many