"To actually refine a Primordial Spirit into something like this... this is already a transformation of the highest realm!"
Although Li Ling did not gasp and waste any air, the shock on his face was impossible to conceal.
In fact, he had heard long ago that cultivators in late Spirit Transformation seeking Dao Integration and True Refinement would refine even their own Primordial Spirits, transforming them into things of the natural world.
This was also a form of incorporating laws into the Primordial Spirit and making it wholly natural, sharing the same lineage as the Dharma Body and Dao Fruit.
But knowing was one thing; accomplishing it was another.
Many Spirit Transformation powerhouses could only handle this step crudely, muddling their way through it. They were nowhere near the seamless perfection that the Mystic Heaven Emperor Venerable now displayed.
This thunderbolt incarnation was truly a manifestation of the origin of the Tribulation Path within the Great Dao of heaven and earth.
It no longer bore the slightest trace of a "human." Naturally and effortlessly, it could bear boundless power.
Its might had become entirely the might of the Great Dao of heaven and earth. It was no exaggeration to say it could leverage a million times its own Dharma Power.
The sight stirred Li Ling's heart and brought him insight.
No amount of reading could rival the value of witnessing this scene with his own eyes.
Vaguely, Li Ling felt his understanding of the Dao Path ahead deepen.
But this was no opportunity for him to break through and advance, for the battle was still raging.
After the Mystic Heaven Emperor Venerable transformed into thunderbolts and slew a Demonic Path Spirit Transformation cultivator, the others recoiled in terror and retreated.
The Blood Sea Demon Venerable advanced instead.
He had only