Jingwei's Nirvana, the Mystery of Physique

Ji Hao took a set of white clothes from his storage bag and changed into them.

Dressed in flowing white, with glossy black hair, snow-white skin, red lips, white teeth, and eyes as bright as black crystals, he was so handsome he was almost demonic.

Although the Yellow Emperor looked rather ordinary, his mother had excellent genes. Besides, no cultivator was ugly; it was only a matter of whether they wanted to look good or not. Cultivation elevated one's life level and gradually perfected a person, whether in appearance or otherwise.

As a Great Emperor, Void's foundation was not bad either.

He soared into the air, leaving the area behind in a streak of light that crossed tens of thousands of miles. Though he was not afraid of trouble, he did not want to invite it either.

Before leaving, he glanced at the cultivators watching from afar.

At once, everyone felt a surge of danger, as though they had just walked before the god of death.

"Th-this pressure is terrifying!"

A white-haired elder said, trembling.

"Which hidden prodigy is this? How can he be so terrifying?"

"Who else could it be? Either the Desolate Ancient Ji Family or the Jiang Family. It could also be the Shaking Light Holy Land. In any case, only those ancient powers that have endured through the ages could possibly nurture such a prodigy."

"Just one glance from him made me feel as though I were about to die."

"We should leave quickly!"

The others elders immediately agreed.

A white-bearded old man gave the enormous cauldron-shaped crater one final look. "The skies of the Eastern Wasteland are about to change again."

Ji Hao landed atop an unnamed mountain peak. Dressed in flowing white and standing with his hands behind his back, he looked as though he might ascend and leave the mortal world at any moment.

He stretched his limbs, producing the sound of wind and thunder. After being tempered by the Lightning Tribulation, this body had become extraordinarily remarkable and contained terrifying power. He even felt that one punch could knock down and blast apart a Primordial Divine Bull.

"It wasn't for nothing that I provoked the Heavenly Tribulation and nearly died. I wonder just how astonishing Great Emperor Wu Shi was, getting struck by Lightning Tribulations every other day and even creating the Deceiving Heaven Formation Patterns specifically for them."

Ji Hao could not help sighing. Back when he watched Ye Fan get struck by lightning, his blood had boiled with excitement. Only now that it was his turn did he understand the hardship involved.

"Still, the young Great Emperors never even appeared. Mere Emperor Weapons already made things this difficult for me. If they came out in person, wouldn't that be even worse?"

"And here I was thinking of fighting the nine young Great Emperors, punching Emperor Zun and kicking Undying. Looking at it now, I hadn't thought it through. The Heavenly Tribulation isn't something you can provoke whenever you want. You have to pay the price."

"However, I'd still dare to do it next time!"

"If one wishes to achieve extraordinary deeds, one must employ extraordinary means." Ji Hao flicked his sleeve and gazed down at the mountain scenery.

Dressed in white, with handsome features, he looked like an incomparably noble figure. He had the bearing of a dragon and phoenix, an innate and natural aura, as though this was how Ji Hao should have been.

After a while, he said to the Jingwei Bird on his shoulder, "So, am I handsome or not?"

The ethereal image of an emperor-like figure shattered, and he instantly returned to being his usual self.

"Jingwei, Jingwei!"

The Jingwei Bird merely kept chirping.

"Forget it. I can't understand what you're saying like this anyway."

"Let the operation begin!"

Ji Hao took out nine jade boxes and opened them all. A rich fragrance immediately rushed toward him.

The Jingwei Bird kept flapping her wings, wanting to swallow the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine.

Ji Hao soothed her, saying, "Don't rush. If you eat them like this, who knows how long it will take you to recover. Let me help you instead."

Jingwei seemed to understand Ji Hao's words. She quieted down and remained motionless on his shoulder, her clever eyes fixed on the jade boxes before her.

The next moment, Ji Hao took out an ancient cauldron with four legs and two ears. The instant it appeared, the air filled with a dense medicinal fragrance.

The Shennong Ding. In ancient times, Shennong had tasted countless herbs for all living beings, and thus the cauldron had gathered the spiritual essence of innumerable medicinal herbs over thousands of years. It was the best place to help Jingwei transform.

Jingwei obediently flew into the Shennong Ding.

The Shennong Ding's artifact spirit also awakened and conscientiously lit the fire.

Since it concerned Nüwa's revival, how could Shennong possibly have failed to leave behind some preparations?

Ji Hao subconsciously wanted to add water. Just as he was about to pour it in, he seemed to feel the Shennong Ding's artifact spirit staring at him and hurriedly explained, "I wasn't trying to stew bird soup. This is Sacred Spring Water. It can help with her recovery."

"Like hell I believe you!"

The Shennong Ding's artifact spirit complained, "Brat, do you think I don't know what you were about to do instinctively?"

"Come on, I've only used you to stew soup a few times. Was that really necessary?" Ji Hao said guiltily.

"Hmph, if not for..."

"Alright, alright. Treating Nüwa is more important."

Ji Hao quickly interrupted.

One sacred fruit after another was taken out. Living Flame ignited in Ji Hao's palm as he continuously used life force to catalyze the fruits' medicinal power.

Strands of divine light bloomed. The next moment, all nine sacred fruits burst open at once, and Ji Hao controlled their juices as they flowed into the cauldron.

The patterns on the Shennong Ding grew brighter and brighter, and waves of medicinal fragrance drifted outward. Flowers, grass, and trees immediately blossomed, and Ji Hao hurriedly set up a great formation. A Saint Weapon served as its formation core: the Hidden Escape Compass that had rendered great service in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone.

Scattered fragments of laws were shaken out by the Shennong Ding with divine power. They arranged and combined within the cauldron, until incomplete Dao diagrams emerged from the sacred fruits, rising into the air and intertwining as they drew one another in.

In the end, they formed a slightly incomplete Innate Dao Diagram.

After all, it had been divided into nine and was missing a portion of its Dao laws.

However, the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine that had transformed into seeds was not incomplete. It was whole, radiating five-colored light and looking beautiful.

Under the Shennong Ding's control, the Innate Dao Diagram slowly descended into the Jingwei Bird's body. A dazzling divine light erupted from within her.

Ji Hao had no choice but to close his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw an incomparably beautiful young girl lying in the cauldron. Her delicate nose was high and refined, her cherry lips glossy and rosy with a faint sheen, and her skin was like lustrous jade, fair and tender. She looked vividly alive, as though she were sleeping peacefully.

"Ah, Nüwa..."

"So this is my little aunt. She's so beautiful."

This was Ji Hao's first time seeing Nüwa. Before he had been born, she had failed to return to her innate state and transformed into the Jingwei Bird.

"Her ambitions were simply too high."

The Shennong Ding's artifact spirit sighed. As an artifact spirit, he was, in a sense, an extension of Shennong. He had watched Nüwa grow up, and had also watched her walk down that path of no return.

"Brat, don't follow in your little aunt's footsteps," the Shennong Ding sighed.

"Don't let it be that we've only just saved one, only for another to leave."

"I understand. Physiques and all that are empty. Only one's own strength is real. Besides, I'm a super Emperor's Son. There aren't many people in the world stronger than me," Ji Hao said.

Truthfully, as a super Emperor's Son possessing the bloodlines of two Great Emperors, Ji Hao's aptitude was genuinely formidable, far stronger than that of an ordinary Emperor's Son. Yet bloodline was both his making and his undoing.

The restraints of Great Emperors were no joke. In terms of physique, Ji Hao's physique was stuck in an extremely awkward position: lacking compared to those above, yet more than enough compared to those below.