Inner Landscape Space.
Azure immortal light hung high like a bright moon, yet also like a blazing sun suspended overhead, poised at the very crown of the heavens.
The immortal light spilled down, carrying a trace of serenity and calm as it enveloped the entire Inner Landscape Space.
Deep within the immortal radiance stood a blurry figure.
As time passed, the goddess statue suddenly opened her eyes.
Her gaze was bright and profound, like stars eternal since antiquity, yet also like a bottomless abyss, as though it could see through the essence of all things in the world.
As if sensing something, the goddess statue looked toward the Inner Landscape Sea in the distance. Her gaze then crossed the Bridge of Longevity spanning the void, finally settling beneath the Enlightenment Tree that towered into the clouds.
There sat a figure cross-legged.
It was a man with a powerful, muscular build. A faint golden sheen suffused his skin, as though he had been cast from ancient bronze.
His features bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Lin Fan's, yet his temperament was utterly different from that of the original body.
Demonic power surged and roiled around him like raging tides. The aura spilling from him was wild and unrestrained, as though he were an ancient demon god gradually awakening from a long slumber, carrying primordial ferocity and untamed arrogance.
Seemingly noticing the goddess statue's gaze, Lin Yao, the avatar, suddenly opened his eyes.
During this time, he had remained within the original body's Inner Landscape Space, cultivating the Myriad Demon Body-Tempering Art day after day.
Demonic qi repeatedly washed over and tempered his sinews and bones like the tide, each circulation accompanied by faint, thunder-like rumbles.
Now, the sinews and bones within his body had become incomparably tough and powerful,