Taihuang buried himself in the earth veins of the Eternal Dragon Lair.
Dragon qi spread everywhere, enveloping him.
He still had a long time left in his second lifetime, but he had already decided to comprehend the Saint Spirit Transformation Method immediately and attempt to transform into a Sacred Spirit.
Eighteen thousand years later, Li Ming returned to the Eternal Dragon Lair.
By then, Taihuang's flesh and Primordial Spirit had reached the end of his second lifetime and were about to decay.
Yet wisps of dragon qi and scattered points of divine light appeared across his body. Clearly, he had already entered a state of Dao Dissolution.
But Taihuang's Dao Dissolution was vastly different from the usual kind.
His flesh did not disappear. Instead, it steadily turned to stone.
Countless profoundly mysterious auras flowed through the Eternal Dragon Lair, enveloping Taihuang.
For a time, the Immortal Light there shone with unparalleled brilliance.
Li Ming watched Taihuang closely as he transformed into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo, guarding against any mishap.
Taihuang's transformation into a Sacred Spirit Stone Embryo was extremely slow, but it continued without pause.
At last, at the end of his life, Taihuang turned completely to stone.
Strange fluctuations also began to emerge from his Immortal Platform.
His Primordial Spirit gradually dimmed, flickering between presence and absence, on the verge of extinction.
His body had already turned entirely to stone. Once his Immortal Platform turned to stone as well, his transformation into a Sacred Spirit would be complete.
Taihuang still had a faint trace of divine consciousness, which he transmitted to Li Ming.
Then, amid those faint fluctuations of divine consciousness, he sank into extinction.
Like a candle flame in wind and rain, he went out in an instant.
The stone became a rough humanoid statue, sitting cross-legged