The rift burst open.
Golden light gushed out, spreading along Qi Wu's brow ridge and covering his forehead, eye sockets, cheekbones, jaw, neck, collarbones, chest, arms, waist, abdomen, and ankles.
His body began to swell, growing taller inch by inch. His bones gave off dull rumbles as his muscles lengthened, thickened, and solidified.
The boundary of Boundless Myriad Phenomena expanded, its range growing from ten zhang to a hundred, then from a hundred to a thousand. The dome was forced apart. Broken stone peeled away, only to be sliced into powder by the boundary before it could hit the ground.
Within a few breaths, Qi Wu was no longer that white-haired young man in human form.
A golden colossus over a hundred zhang tall stood beneath the dome, its outline sharply defined and its face identical to Qi Wu's. Flowing golden patterns covered his entire body, like a divine statue cast anew.
Divinity Unleashed: Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation.
Across from him, Di Tian did not retreat.
He watched Qi Wu's golden colossus take shape, fell silent for a moment, then raised his right hand.
"Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation."
Dark red light surged from deep within his patterns and spread across his body. His body began to swell, his figure rising and his outline lengthening as his bones and muscles rearranged themselves. Dark red patterns rose from his skin like a cast shell.
The remaining energy of the Four Fiends Formation poured out from the depths of the void and gathered inside Di Tian. Taotie merged into his left arm, Qiongqi into his right, Hundun into his spine, and Taowu into his legs. The outlines of the four Fiend Beasts appeared in turn across his enormous body, like four overlapping layers of armor.
Within a few breaths, Di Tian had also become a dark red