Crisp cracks sounded throughout Chen Cuo's body. He felt his bones gradually changing, growing ever more translucent and lustrous. Intricate patterns appeared across their surfaces, each line imbued with a strange rhythm.
As the Jade Bone formed, Chen Cuo's thoughts grew clearer and his Divine Sense sharper. The feeling of being watched and probed became increasingly distinct.
"It must be Master and the elders of the other sects probing this place. Just a few searching thoughts carry a faint pressure. Even at this crucial point in my breakthrough, with Primordial Vital Energy pouring into me, I can't shut them out completely..."
Amid the shifting light, Chen Cuo's expression remained unchanged, while countless illusory scenes flickered in his eyes.
"The union of Nature and Life truly does combine thought and blood into one. It breaks through the body's limits and lets thoughts emerge fully into the world, unafraid of biting winds or blazing sun. Even the Primordial Vital Energy of the outside world, which I could once barely sense and could only draw in through Daoist arts, becomes as easy to absorb as breathing. But that was never a problem for me. With the Nameless Breathing Technique, I was free of that restriction from the start."
As his cultivation deepened and his Dao Attainment grew, Chen Cuo became ever more aware of how precious and extraordinary that first Breathing Technique was. Yet he had no way to investigate it, so he could only set the matter aside for now.
At this moment, the Bright Moon, five-colored light, Three Flowers, and other phenomena around him had yet to fade. They shimmered and shifted, flowing over his body and gathering inward as though about to merge with him.
With a turn of his thoughts, Chen Cuo understood why.
"These phenomena came from my