The black blood mist and fragments of spiritual energy, thrown into wild turmoil by the Demonic Whale's self-detonation, now formed a bizarre absolute domain within thirty feet of Chu Bai.
On Chu Bai's bare back, the once dark-gold [Golden Body Dao Mark], repeatedly tempered by two streams of Earth Vein Essence and subjected to the crushing pressure of the Demonic Whale's death energy, had completely shed its mundane metallic hue, transforming into a deep, noble purple-gold.
Every line carried a majesty that defied a direct gaze, as though each stroke were a Divine Edict of the Heavenly Dao inscribed in primordial antiquity.
He could clearly feel the once waterlike spiritual energy in his dantian's Spirit Sea condensing at an unprecedented speed.
This solidification was not freezing, but the weight of extreme compression, like molten lead and mercury, like sinking mountains.
And because of the violent infusion of two streams of Earth Vein Essence, Chu Bai's solidification process had acquired a despair-inducing density.
"The Foundation Establishment Middle Stage..."
Chu Bai lowered his head and looked at his hands.
As his fingers closed, the air currents around him, previously thrown into chaotic frenzy by the Demonic Whale's self-detonation, were forcibly pinned in place by that single clench, then gave faint cries like shattering porcelain.
Deep within his dantian, the [Cosmic Cycle Wheel], once joined head to tail in an endless cycle, had now transformed completely into a brightly multicolored little dragon.
The little dragon coiled above the solidified Spirit Sea. Though only an inch long, it had five claws and eyes blazing like torches.
Whenever the Cosmic Cycle True Dragon breathed in and out, Chu Bai's meridians widened severalfold, like drought-stricken land receiving sweet rain.
That ceaseless vitality, that almost limitless endurance, underwent a fundamental transformation at this moment.
The sight sent