All indicators were stable.
Chu Ming put away the Verification Mirror.
All components, connections, and operating logic of the Ten-Bone Ring had passed verification.
This divine art had completed its transformation from "concept" to "reality," becoming a complete finished product.
He spoke and named it, "Order-Setting."
The two words dissipated into the wasteland air without an echo.
Yet at the instant his voice fell, the Ten-Bone Ring emitted an exceedingly faint resonance.
The seven Law Bones, Return to Source, the Tenth Bone, the Focusing Ring, and the Harmonizing Ring—each of their pulses briefly overlapped at the same frequency, like five strings plucked at once.
After traveling once through the Source Dew Membrane, the resonance naturally faded, leaving no aftershock.
It was the divine art's response to its name.
At the moment of naming, the shell of the Dao Lord Seed changed.
Previously, the seed's shell had possessed a solid texture, like a densely compacted walnut: thick-walled but lacking translucency.
Now, the shell changed from solid into a semi-transparent membrane, thin yet resilient. It was less than a third as thick as the previous shell, with a texture approaching the hardness and toughness of an eggshell.
Through that membrane, the operation of the Ten-Bone Ring within was plainly visible.
Return to Source's dark golden radiance shone through the membrane. The pulses of the seven Law Bones cast uniform shadows across its surface, while the Source Dew Membrane's circulation appeared within as faint streams of light.
That membrane signified that the seed had entered a "solidified state" from its "malleable state." Its resistance to external interference had increased dramatically, and the Order-Setting Divine Art would no longer deform from external impacts while operating within it.
At the very instant the membrane formed, the outline of the second condition surfaced in his perception.