Living Proof
With each strike, his soul, which had nearly expanded to the height of the sky, gradually shrank.
At first, Liao Pantu was so shaken that he had to use all his strength to stay calm and avoid being struck by the lightning. But later, he became used to it and could close his eyes and empty his mind, letting the lightning strike him without feeling any pain or discomfort.
Perhaps a very, very long time has passed.
The thunder and lightning suddenly disappeared without warning.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that his soul had returned to its original normal size.
I thought this was the end.
But unexpectedly, a series of sharp sounds suddenly erupted from his Sea of Consciousness, piercing out in all directions like needles!
They seemed to be summoning something.
Liao Pantu seemed to sense something, and he suddenly looked up into the distance.
It's here!
I'm back!
In the distance, a human-shaped gust of wind swept in.
Or to be more precise, it should be described as a gust of wind carrying an unseen humanoid object hurtling towards them.
If it were not wind, if it were not dust, if it were not light, then there would be nothing.
But this wind, stirred up by Yin Qi, dust formed from Yin Qi, and light enhanced by Yin Qi, were precisely what carried that humanoid object, which should have been invisible and formless, as it rushed toward Liao Pantu.
In an instant, Liao Pantu collided head-on with it.
Suddenly, he felt his previously cold soul become warm.
He raised his hands and looked down.
The originally jet-black, semi-transparent soul body now had blood vessels gradually spreading throughout it.
"Knock knock."
A long-lost voice reached his ears.
He looked down at his chest.
There, a bright red heart had grown!
It's pulsating!
Liao Pantu raised his hands, trembling as he gently covered his chest, feeling the rise and fall of his heart.
This is a unique and vibrant testament to the physical body.
With a heart, blood vessels spread rapidly to every corner of his body as if they had a source, covering his entire body almost in the blink of an eye.
Blood flows from the beating heart, trickling down the blood vessels.
The next moment, bones gradually formed from his soul, as if a scaffold had become the pillar of his soul.
Then, flesh and blood gradually grew on the pale white bones.
The red flesh expanded outwards, enveloping the blood vessels and slowly enveloping the entire soul.
Finally, a layer of skin forms over the entire surface of the flesh.
The moment his body fully recovered, a head of long, jet-black hair sprouted from his scalp.
It stops growing only when it reaches the ground.
When everything was over, a cool breeze blew around, gently lifting strands of hair and causing clothes to flutter.
Liao Pantu stared blankly as he felt his body return to normal and the changes he had undergone. The shock in his heart had long since turned into an unreal joy.
But he knew it was true.
Because he not only recovered his physical body, but also advanced to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
The lightning strike just now was the Lightning Tribulation he underwent when he Spirit Transformation stage.
Everything that had happened before was crystal clear in his Sea of Consciousness.
Because of his advancement in his cultivation technique, he was able to Spirit Transformation in one step.
Because of his Spirit Transformation, he was able to break through the shackles of space and seals to retrieve the last part of his soul that had been left outside, and he also reshaped his physical body after the Lightning Tribulation.
Liao Pantu filled with mixed emotions.
In the end, it all turned into a feeling of exhilaration.
"Hahahaha--" He spread his arms and laughed loudly at the sky.
This feeling of exhilaration, this feeling of completeness, it's been so long since I've felt this way!
When his consciousness returned, he realized he had left that void and was still in Everbright Mountain.
The white fox Everbright squatted to the side, licking its paws. Seeing that he had woken up, it narrowed its long, narrow fox eyes and said leisurely:
"Congratulations Elder Liao successfully Spirit Transformation. The Sect Master has instructed Little Fox to return to the Floating Island after you emerge from seclusion."
Looking at the white fox, Liao Pantu somewhat dazed.
He felt as if a long time had passed, but looking at Everbright's leisurely demeanor, it seemed as if only a short time had gone by.
A quick calculation revealed that it had only been a little over a month.
Looking around, he found that there was no sign of the area having undergone Lightning Tribulation.
The white fox observed his expression and narrowed its eyes again, saying:
"Elder Liao, rest assured, the little fox isolated you from the outside world during your tribulation, so it will not have any impact on you."
It was not clearly spoken, but Liao Pantu understood it.
During his own tribulation, this tomb guardian isolated a space within Everbright Mountain, which may have also concealed the strange phenomena that were outside Everbright Mountain.
He was extremely surprised. This Everbright was clearly just the array spirit of Everbright Mountain, which was personally created by Sect Master Lin Xiao Everbright Mountain. Yet this array spirit, which depended on Everbright Mountain, was able to autonomously isolate a space that allowed him to undergo the Spirit Transformation Tribulation, ensuring that the outside world was completely unaffected...
Their sect's Everbright Mountain is incredibly powerful!
"Thank you, Protector. I will now return to see the Sect Master." Liao Pantu bid farewell to Everbright and left Everbright Mountain, flying towards the floating island.
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Yin Xuanzi, who was far away in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, was meditating in his cave abode when he suddenly Sea of Consciousness.
He opened his eyes, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Not long after, he suddenly sensed that something had changed about the stone coffin deep inside his cave abode.
He immediately got up and went to check.
If Liao Pantu were here, he would definitely find this stone coffin very familiar.
That was the exact same stone coffin that suppressed every part of his soul.
However, the one inside Yin Xuanzi's cave abode is not Liao Pantu's soul, but his physical body.
Yin Xuanzi arrived in front of the stone coffin. The exterior of the stone coffin was unchanged and showed no signs of damage.
But the internal changes that just came out were not false.
Because of the special material of the stone coffin, it was impossible to see directly inside, so he pushed the coffin lid open with some doubt.
However, the moment Yin Xuanzi pushed open the stone coffin, he discovered that the once lifelike body of Liao Pantu, which was sealed inside, was gradually turning into powder!
He was startled and quickly cast a spell to try and stop the unexpected turn of events.
But it was all in vain.
The physical body that he had carefully preserved using Secret Method vanished into thin air before his very eyes.
Yin Xuanzi was somewhat stunned as he looked at the now empty stone coffin.
"Junior brother..."
He reached inside and touched the powder at the bottom of the coffin, his eyes somewhat vacant.
His junior brother, whose talent inspired envy and whom he had hated for centuries, was just gone...?
Yin Xuanzi stood before the stone coffin, remaining silent for a long while.
wrong.
His junior brother had been hunted down by him for so long, and his soul had been divided for so long. He had chosen secret realms that were comparable to the cultivation level of the junior brother's soul body. Even if his strength was weakened, he was still Nascent Soul Cultivator. No one who could enter could completely kill him. Moreover, he had added a barrier to the stone coffin... How could he have died so suddenly?