Within the Spirit Realm, a lofty mountain towered majestically.
Its mysteries were profound beyond measure, its domain secluded and deep. Endless rays of dark azure divine radiance spilled forth, illuminating all ten directions. They nurtured the principles of law, manifesting the mysteries of annihilation and utter destruction, of life and death without delusion.
Within that True Realm, a Dharma Form ten thousand miles tall was shrinking inch by inch. Its pace seemed slow but was swift in truth, transforming and ascending toward a more transcendent, more wondrous form of existence.
A Dharma Body.
In the lower four realms of cultivation, cultivators cultivated "law." Qi Refining cultivated Qi, Foundation Establishment cultivated the inner mansion, Golden Core cultivated the palace, and Nascent Soul cultivated the aspect. All of these were manifestations of law. Their purpose was to ascend into the Spirit Realm, shedding the mortal flesh and undergoing a winged metamorphosis into the true self.
The Dharma Body was one of the hallmarks of the Fifth Realm of cultivation.
It was where principles resided, the crystallization of all cultivation. It rested neither upon flesh nor upon external objects, taking only the Dao as its bones, law as its blood, and the heart as its spirit.
The Dharma Body wore a dark black Imperial Robe, with Heaven and Earth as its crown and the Nine Netherworlds as its shoes. Shrouded in the divine light of azure radiance, it shone with resplendent majesty and boundless dignity.
Just then, Chu Mo abruptly opened his eyes. Boundless light burst forth as he grasped the root origin and inscribed the Dao.
Spirit Transformation was complete!
In that instant, he felt every vista enter his sight.
The Spirit Realm was no longer an empty expanse in his eyes. Countless stars could be seen flickering, each the True Realm