Dharma Form First Takes Shape!

Lu Chen did not dare slacken. He immediately gathered every ounce of focus, guiding the power within his body and the insights of his divine soul, doing all he could to nurture the condensation of this nascent Dharma Form.

Outside.

At the bottom of the seven-colored lake, Lu Chen sat cross-legged, his body enveloped within an enormous seven-colored cocoon of light over thirty feet in diameter.

Violet-gold lightning slithered across the cocoon's surface, dark-gold dragon patterns emerged, murky green Killing Intent coiled around it, and nine tiny phantoms of Azure Dragons circled it, emanating an increasingly powerful pressure.

The surrounding Life Creation Spring water continued to stream endlessly into the cocoon, supplying it with energy.

The scene above the colossal cavern had also changed completely.

That heart of resentment, once pounding madly, had now shrunk to less than a hundred feet across. Its entire surface had taken on a pure dark-gold hue. It no longer radiated resentment and madness; instead, it carried a calmness and weathered antiquity born of enduring countless trials.

The giant dragon face on the heart's surface had vanished as well.

The purifying light of the Nine Dragons World-Purifying Curse continued to wash gently over the entire colossal cavern like tender ripples, restoring the seal and dispelling the lingering resentment.

The battle had long since ended.

Ye Qingtian knelt on one knee atop a protruding boulder in the distance. His face was pale and his aura weak. Although more than half the cursed black patterns over his body had been purified, they had not been completely eradicated, severely dragging down his condition. He stared fixedly at the cocoon in the depths of the seven-colored lake, his eyes filled with unwillingness, venom, and a trace of... fear.

Beside him, Li Zhan Tian leaned on his massive axe, covered