Before the Golden Dragon entered Jiang Liu's body, it had already begun shrinking at tremendous speed.
Once the shrunken Golden Dragon entered Jiang Liu's body, it immediately traveled swiftly through his meridians, following his usual circulation route.
Each time the Golden Dragon completed a circuit through Jiang Liu's meridians, its aura weakened by another fraction.
Clearly, the Golden Dragon was using its own vital energy to forge a Divine Body for Jiang Liu.
As the Golden Dragon traveled through him, Jiang Liu could clearly feel that his Saint Body, which he had thought had already been forged to flawless perfection, was soon wracked by waves of tearing pain.
From the intensity of that pain, Jiang Liu immediately knew that this was preparing him to break through into the Divine Realm.
This round of bodily forging continued for several hours before finally ending.
When it was over, Jiang Liu was drenched in sweat, and even his aura seemed far more subdued.
Even the Golden Dragon inside him had become noticeably smaller, its aura weakened beyond measure, as though it might disperse at any moment.
Clearly, this process had consumed the Golden Dragon greatly. Jiang Liu did not know whether it could hold on until he broke through into the Divine Realm.
Those several hours he had just endured could be called the most agonizing time of his life.
Even his first body forging, his first reinforced body forging, and his first baptism by lightning were mere trifles before the pain this time.
And Jiang Liu knew even more clearly that this was only the first step in advancing into the Divine Realm.
When the Golden Dragon entered Jiang Liu's body, he had already been unable to suppress the pain within him.
Soon after, the aura around him also began leaking out