In terms of appearance, Zhao Cheng looked far more human than Sun Yuan before him. Sun Yuan had now been assimilated by a wisp of the Great Abyss Mark's power; in essence, he had already begun transforming into a fantasy species divorced from humanity.
Sun Yuan's current appearance was not some preexisting template within the Great Abyss Mark. Rather, it was born from Sun Yuan's own understanding of the abyss and hell, blended with the Great Abyss Mark's power to create this transformation.
If he believed himself to be a god or Buddha, his appearance could likewise become infinitely holy.
When the Dao reached its ultimate extreme, all phenomena returned to one source, and all laws became one body—there was no fixed form.
And in Sun Yuan's current understanding, humans were merely weak creatures, utterly incapable of being a truly powerful form. Thus, catalyzed by the Great Abyss Mark's power, he began changing into the form he believed to be powerful.
As for what a fantasy species was—
In Zhao Cheng's view, it was a form of life that had broken free of the operational laws of the low-dimensional universe, existing with higher-dimensional power as its core.
Such lifeforms could, in many ways, display traits that directly defied the laws of physics.
Still, although Zhao Cheng claimed to be human, someone had to believe him first.
Whether it was Sun Yuan, some of the people standing relatively nearby, or the two superhumans Xia Lan and Wang Qingyun, none of them believed in the slightest that Zhao Cheng was human.
The human body had limits, after all. Before powerful flames, even diamond would melt in an instant. Even the strongest superhuman could only use fire to counter fire; it was impossible to bear it with flesh alone.
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