The moment his Myriad Wonders Dharma Body took shape, Li Ling felt himself draw closer to the perfection of Spirit Transformation.
Although he had yet to attain an undying, indestructible body, he already understood its secrets. It was simply a matter of using the Incense Path's properties to anchor his true spirit in something.
The ultimate goal was to anchor it within the Incense Ancestor origin itself, binding the two closely together.
This was a gradual process, no different from incorporating the laws of a dharma body's dao fruit into the flesh. The differences lay in the depth of integration and the bridge provided by Cultivating the True Through the False.
At that moment, everyone finally recovered from their shock and began searching for Mystic Heaven Emperor.
As the tribulation energy dispersed, the Emperor Venerable's figure indeed gradually emerged.
He stood in the air above the shattered ruins of the Nether King Palace, with several fallen Demonic Path powerhouses below him.
An unusual spirit resonance was rising from those Demonic Path powerhouses and merging into him.
Mystic Heaven Emperor's own cultivation realm was so lofty that he effortlessly controlled the power released from their bodies.
Star Lord Sichen Yuan Guang, Star Lord Jiuyào Zhenhui, and the Heavenly Court's divine immortals gathered around him with the experts of the Immortal Sects, bowing in greeting. "We pay our respects to the Emperor Venerable!"
Li Ling also flew over and joined the others in paying his respects.
Mystic Heaven Emperor surveyed his surroundings and nodded slightly. "There is no need for such ceremony. I have long known what happened here, but the Heavenly Dao's vastness prevented me from descending for so long that, before I knew it, the burden of supporting the Heavenly Court had fallen upon your shoulders."
"You are too kind,