After introducing the Blood Transporting Realm and the Hole Heaven Realm, Zhao Xiao began introducing the next realm, the Spirit Transformation Realm.
"The Spirit Transformation Realm is the process of reshaping one's true self. Unlike the Blood Transporting Realm and the Hole Heaven Realm, it begins with the flesh, extends to the spirit, and then connects with the Cave Heavens outside, giving rise to spirituality and undergoing transformation!"
"It starts with the blood, then the skin and flesh, followed by the internal organs, and finally the bone marrow."
"The Spirit Transformation Realm must be advanced through several major steps. First comes Fleshly Spirit Transformation, then the spiritual reshaping of one's true self, followed by nurturing spirits within the Ten Hole Heavens, and so on."
"Among these, Fleshly Spirit Transformation is the most important. It is the foundation. First, the runes and Divine Radiance condensed during the Blood Transporting Realm and Hole Heaven Realm must be fused into the flesh and blood, tempered in countless ways, guided in countless ways, reshaped in form, and evolved into spirituality."
"This step is like planting the seed of life in the soil, allowing it to take root, sprout, and flourish, so that the body may be reborn."
Although Ning Rongrong looked earnest and eager to learn, Zhao Xiao knew perfectly well that she only half understood, so he reminded her.
"Don't think it sounds simple when I explain it, but in reality, Fleshly Spirit Transformation can only be approached infinitely closely. Completely achieving it is almost impossible. If it were truly perfected, it would be incredibly terrifying. Even Pure-blooded Creatures and Ancient Desolate Species would find it difficult to truly achieve Fleshly Spirit Transformation."
"Ordinary cultivators, like me, merely temper Divine Radiance, cleanse the body, and refine their muscles and bones."
"I can even say that in every era, those who can achieve Fleshly Spirit Transformation in the Spirit Transformation Realm are exceedingly rare. Even counting the Immortal Domain, there are likely no more than a million!"
"Think about it. Whether in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands or the Immortal Domain, Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators are like drops in the sea or stars in the universe. Their numbers are vast beyond measure!"
"But if one truly achieves Fleshly Spirit Transformation, the body becomes a Spirit Embryo that can turn all kinds of Spiritual Power to one's own use. Not only will the speed of absorbing spiritual energy, comprehending the Dao, and cultivating multiply, but even when an enemy's Treasure Techniques strike, their Spiritual Power can be turned to one's own use!"
"Not only that, because the body becomes a Spirit Embryo, it enhances a cultivator in every aspect. If the Spiritual Power possessed by an ordinary Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator who has condensed Ten Hole Heavens is 1, then a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator with Ten Hole Heavens who has undergone Fleshly Spirit Transformation will possess 100, or even more!"
"The body is like a vessel. An ordinary vessel has a capacity of 1, while the Spirit Embryo formed through Fleshly Spirit Transformation has a capacity of 100!"
"One could say that only by truly reaching the stage of Fleshly Spirit Transformation can one understand its endless benefits and boundless mysteries!"
Gurulu!
At that moment, countless Soul Masters across Douluo Continent, including even the Gods in the neighboring God Realm, all swallowed hard.
According to Zhao Xiao, once a cultivator achieved Fleshly Spirit Transformation, they would practically be invulnerable. Not only would their speed of absorbing spiritual energy, comprehending the Dao, and cultivating multiply, they could even turn an enemy's Spiritual Power to their own use. In other words, the only way to fight them would be in close combat!
"That's terrifying! Fleshly Spirit Transformation in the Spirit Transformation Realm is just too terrifying!"
"Yeah, just hearing about it gives me goosebumps. If my opponent could dissolve all my Soul Skills, even my Martial Soul, wouldn't I have no ability to resist at all before him?"
"That's right. We should really be glad that Douluo Continent doesn't have anything this absurd."
"But then again, what if there were some Soul Skill that could also dissolve an opponent's Soul Power like this? Wouldn't it be invincible?"
"That's a good idea, but how would one create a Soul Skill like that?"
"I don't know..."
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi watched Ning Rongrong's Live Stream Room on the Light Screen and subconsciously stroked his chin.
"Fleshly Spirit Transformation can dissolve an opponent's Spiritual Power. Then if the Treasure Technique they use is a buff-type Treasure Technique, would its enhancing effect disappear as well?"
"Or is this so-called dissolving of Spiritual Power selective?"
"If Fleshly Spirit Transformation can truly dissolve all Spiritual Power, wouldn't that mean everything can only depend on oneself?"
In the God Realm, all the Gods looked at one another and fell silent.
Fleshly Spirit Transformation did not merely hold absolute suppression over Soul Masters; it was the same for Gods like them.
They knew their own affairs best. Although the quality of their divine power was higher than the Soul Power of Soul Masters on Douluo Continent, it was not much higher—at most, it was the difference between iron and steel. Its essence was still iron.
Of course, that comparison was not entirely accurate. Divine power utterly crushed Soul Power, but it was roughly like that.
"Should I be glad that none of us possess a Divine Skill similar to Fleshly Spirit Transformation?"
The savage expression on the Asura God's face had long since vanished, leaving only deep emotion.
As for the other Four Great God Kings, they merely rolled their eyes at him and said nothing more.
Though they could not possibly achieve something like Fleshly Spirit Transformation, Zhao Xiao had also said that under normal circumstances, the body was a vessel. The stronger the body, the more Spiritual Power it could contain. Conversely, if they also strengthened their divine bodies by cleansing their flesh and refining their muscles and bones, could they also increase their divine power?
Before today, whenever they wanted to grow stronger, they had only focused on strengthening their divine power. They had never considered that they could strengthen their own divine bodies!
Meanwhile, atop the Golden Horned Flood Dragon's back, Zhao Xiao continued explaining as he tapped his forehead. The next moment, a ball of light burned at the center of his brow, slowly releasing immortal Divine Radiance.
"This is the second step of the Spirit Transformation Realm: reshaping one's true self spiritually and condensing one's own Divine Radiance."
Feeling the burning Divine Radiance upon Zhao Xiao's forehead, Ning Rongrong was completely speechless.
Only by observing it up close could she feel that surging spiritual force!
"Did you feel it?"
"Mm, I felt it—that surging spiritual force."
Zhao Xiao nodded and moved his finger away. The next moment, that burning ball of light faded from sight again.
"Actually, the burning light you just saw was merely a manifestation I created so that you could feel it up close. Under normal circumstances, Spiritual Power is formless and intangible."
"So that's how it is."
The more Zhao Xiao explained, the more horrified everyone who heard him became.
To turn formless, intangible Spiritual Power into burning light that people could clearly see—just how terrifying did one's Spiritual Power have to be?!
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Xiao recounted what he had heard.
"I once heard that after achieving Fleshly Spirit Transformation in the Spirit Transformation Realm, the spiritual reshaping of one's true self and the nurturing of spirits in the Cave Heavens can be carried out simultaneously. The two do not conflict."
"It is said that if one reaches the ultimate limit in reshaping one's true self and nurturing spirits in the Cave Heavens, it will nourish the body in return, bringing an improvement akin to shedding one's mortal body and exchanging one's bones."
"The reason those three peerless geniuses of the Chu Family could become so overwhelmingly powerful, crushing all their peers and standing unmatched beneath the heavens, was because they not only tempered their bodies to one hundred and eight thousand jin with a single arm in the Blood Transporting Realm, and merged the Ten Hole Heavens into the one and only Supreme Hole Heaven in the Hole Heaven Realm, but also achieved Fleshly Spirit Transformation in the Spirit Transformation Realm!!!"
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