"Make the flesh a boat, and cross the sea of suffering."
"An undying body, an imperishable soul-beneath the eternal skies, my being shall endure!"
Slowly, as though a drop of sweet dew had fallen upon parched earth, Shi Qingyun's expression gradually returned to normal.
The clash of metal ringing from within his body was no longer as fierce as before, gaining a touch of variation and softness.
The sounds of the Dao issuing from his body also gradually weakened, but the oppressive force of his flesh grew ever stronger.
As time passed, specks of divine light were nurtured within his flesh and blood, and Shi Qingyun's cultivation reached its final step.
Seated cross-legged in midair, Shi Qingyun trembled slightly. The Great Sun behind him instantly shattered into specks of crimson light that fell upon him.
In the next instant, his entire body seemed to have been coated in a crimson film of light, suffused with divine brilliance.
Crack.
A crisp sound rang out in the void, and all the crimson brilliance surrounding him merged into his body.
Web-like cracks appeared across his white jade skin, which was branded with runes and wreathed in precious radiance.
Specks of divine radiance shone through those fissures, and all the imposing power around Shi Qingyun instantly withdrew into his body.
Only the cracking of his skin echoed through this space.
Before long, dense cracks covered his entire body, as though he would shatter in the next instant.
Subtle, profound fluctuations rippled from his body, and Shi Qingyun's consciousness slowly returned from the scenes of Ferocious Beasts fighting.
His eyes snapped open, and an incomparably powerful aura erupted from him. Beams of divine light shot out through the cracks across his skin.
"Shatter!"
With Shi Qingyun's explosive shout, the surface of his body instantly shattered,