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The window paper gleamed faintly white.

Liang Qu knitted his brows.

Surging Golden Light, Manifesting Golden Figure, Solidifying Five Limbs, Emerging Five Aspects, Wearing Treasure Clothes, Living Likeness, Dignified Appearance.

These were the simple divisions of the Golden Body's seven stages, each marking a realm's characteristics from shallow to profound.

Beyond that, cultivation of the Golden Body might grow ever deeper, but there would basically be no further changes.

Liang Qu had previously cultivated to Wearing Treasure Clothes, allowing it to extend beyond his body and protect his clothing, even the places his hands and feet touched.

Logically, the next stage should have been Living Likeness. The entire little man would no longer be vague and merely similar, but indistinguishable from a true person—vivid and lifelike. Yet the Golden Body Little Man in his lower dantian had not become more animated at all. Instead, it had swollen by a full circle and sprouted thick hair! Amid this unexpected change, Liang Qu could feel the strength and power of his Golden Body soaring! The medicinal effect of the Sun Moon Epiphyllum surged like a tide. Several hours had passed since he swallowed it, yet its remaining potency was still spreading, becoming superb fuel for this transformation.

Dragon Tiger Two Qi coiled around him, continuously washing over his flesh in waves of golden brilliance.

Before long.

A great ape blazing with golden light appeared in his dantian!

Hiss! Liang Qu stared, dumbstruck.

The golden figure within the dantian was a reflection of oneself. Whatever the cultivator looked like, so too should the little golden man. How had it become a White Ape in the blink of an eye?

Wait.

It seemed this was not irreversible.

A flash of insight struck Liang Qu, and a thought stirred.

The great ape shrank, shed its