The warship came alive, and Kunpeng was born anew. At once, a long cry like a dragon's roar rang out in every direction. Spiritual vitality surged within the many grotto-heaven worlds inside its body, and as the void trembled, countless auspicious clouds and blessed rains seemed to descend amid falling petals.
Within the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, Li Chen could clearly sense that immense, Sacred Spirit-like aura undergoing a transformation. Kunpeng seemed to be combining its mechanical components with the life origin he had bestowed upon it, becoming an entirely new form of existence.
Now, the name Bone Kun Warship perhaps no longer suited it. Its true name should have been "Kunpeng."
Soon, Li Chen sensed an immense consciousness, like that of a newborn infant, reaching toward him with curiosity, radiating an instinctive affection and joy.
This resembled the imprinting phenomenon found in living creatures. The newborn young of certain species would instinctively regard the first living being they saw upon opening their eyes as their parent, following its actions, imitating it, and learning the skills necessary for their own survival and development.
Li Chen had already achieved great success with his artificial primordial spirit techniques. Previously, in Great Qian territory, he had also refined multiple virtual personalities, including Xiao Qian and Hu Ze. Yet to accommodate the Sacred Spirit origin and inscribe the core restrictions, he had not bestowed a complex personality upon Kunpeng, but rather a set of grander, vaster instincts approaching those of the Heavenly Dao.
Thus, Kunpeng possessed only the four simple emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. This was not an imperfection, however, but a way to discard all redundant thoughts and mental signals so they could be transmitted more efficiently.
Its body was simply too enormous. Even optical and electrical signals took several