At this moment, Lu Yang naturally didn't know what was happening in the outside world.
He was smugly enjoying the blessings brought by controlling the [Dharma Body], feeling his fleshly body changing, undergoing some qualitative change from the bones.
Boom!
The next second, he exploded.
Red light soared into the sky, laying a blood-dyed brilliance for the Dharma Body Great Dao. However, within this surging red light was an incomparably strong vitality.
Immediately after, the red light retracted.
Everything was reconstructed. Blood light surged like a waterfall, pouring and condensing into a human form, generating bones. Streaks of white jade-like color spread across the bone fragments.
Soon, a slender and flawless body re-condensed within the blood light. Jade bones took shape; internal organs appeared within, reflecting the five colors of green, yellow, red, white, and black, respectively. Then they were wrapped in blood light, finally generating brand new skin with texture patterns like dragon script and phoenix seal.
This was an extremely intense transformation.
There was no step-by-step process, no gradual progress. It was completely like carving with a knife and axe, using the most intense methods to achieve the best results in the shortest time.
Only after a long time did this transformation finally end.
Lu Yang stood tall like a jade tree, his hair pitch black. With a slight thought, a Daoist robe draped over his body. His wide sleeves fluttered, yet couldn't hide that majestic sense of power.
Ancient Method, mid-Golden Core!
Dharma Body's second transformation!
Now, let alone the early Golden Core of an Unorthodox Dao Fruit, even the concepts of ordinary Dao Fruits probably can't hurt me. This isn't even a gap in stature.
Generally speaking, this situation where a lower cultivator could cause absolutely no harm to a higher cultivator was inevitably caused by stature. But it was different for Lu Yang at this moment. He was simply tanky. The Dharma Body's defense was terrifyingly high; early Golden Core wielding Dao Fruit concepts couldn't penetrate it at all.
Dao Fruit wonder... might break a little skin, right?
But that was all. With his physique, such small injuries didn't even need attention. By the time he discovered them, the wounds might have already healed.
Of course, flaws weren't non-existent.
I didn't cultivate the Grotto-Heaven Method and with no Grotto-Heaven not falling, naturally no such thing as reincarnation and resurrection. In this life, I only have this one life.
Of course, the so-called thousand-year lifespan limit naturally ceased to exist.
The current him could live for a hundred thousand years!
Is this the lifespan an Ancient Method Perfected Lord should have when the Dharma Body Great Dao hasn't collapsed? No, not right... The Dharma Body Great Dao hasn't completely recovered yet.
If completely recovered, reaching the level of a Golden Core Perfected Lord should have no lifespan limit! And Foundation Establishment cultivators, even just at early Foundation Establishment, could probably have a lifespan of over ten thousand years. And at Foundation Establishment Perfection, a hundred thousand years, or even hundreds of thousands of years are possible!
This was Lu Yang's calculation.
Now that he had initially mastered the Dharma Body Great Dao, he naturally could calculate approximate numbers. At the same time, this also made him realize how broken the Dharma Body Great Dao was now.
I'm already at mid-Golden Core, but the actual lifespan, if placed in the Ancient Method era, would probably be just about the same as Foundation Establishment Perfection, or maybe even worse...
Just thinking about it made Lu Yang dizzy with anger.
Golden Core Perfected Lord! An existence that should have been immortal, tormented until only a thousand years of life remained. To live forever, one had to put shackles on oneself...
Primordial Saint! You have done all evil!
Lu Yang cursed in his heart for a good while before gradually calming down, turning to examine his own state, silently evaluating in his heart.
Dharma Body Great Dao... I probably occupy one-tenth?
He raised his head, looking at his [Past Life Aspect] and [Future Life Aspect]. Clearly they had walked quite far; the area framed by the three bodies was big enough to race a horses.
Yet, this was still only one-tenth?
According to the description of the Precious Life Perfect Form Scripture, to occupy more, either rely on talent and slowly grind with time, or cultivate more [Life Form Bodies]...
When I can master the entire Dharma Body Great Dao, that will count as breaking through to late Golden Core.
As for the Golden Core Perfection further up...
Lu Yang's thoughts came to an abrupt halt, because he found the part about Golden Core Perfection was actually obscured again. The writing was blurred, content indistinguishable.
Insufficient Dao comprehension?
Lu Yang frowned tightly: It's mean if I can't thoroughly control the Dharma Body Great Dao and use it to break through to late Golden Core, I can't see the content of this part?
Lu Yang thought for a moment and sighed.
Whatever. Having a stable path leading to late Golden Core was already good enough. At least the Precious Life Perfect Form Scripture had no traps; he could walk it with assurance.
Go back!
Lu Yang took a deep breath, restraining his aura. The surrounding [Sea of Bitterness] water quickly poured back, submerging the Dharma Body Great Dao that had just reappeared in the world.
Immortal Nexus.
As the Dharma Body Great Dao was buried by the [Sea of Bitterness] again, the anomaly in the sky finally disappeared. However, the atmosphere between heaven and earth was extremely solemn.
At overseas, the Old Dragon Lord dared not even breathe loudly.
The huge dragon body shrank deeper into the deepest part of the vast ocean, even digging another pit on the seabed and burrowing in, truly looking like an old loach.
He had no choice.
Although he actually sensed nothing and discovered nothing, even his spiritual perception giving no warning, he knew very clearly:
He came! Definitely came!
It can't be wrong. Since the Dharma Body Great Dao reappeared in the human world, it couldn't possibly not attract his attention. That old... old but vigorous lord of the Saint Sect has already arrived!
He is scrutinizing the Immortal Nexus!
Not only the Old Dragon Lord. Dao Court, Pure Land, Sword Pavilion... except for a few Unorthodox Perfected Lords in Jiangbei who remained unaware, all other Perfected Lords fell silent.
No one dared to speak, nor did anyone dare to use divine sense to sense the outside world.
An invisible, substanceless, and undetectable gaze calmly swept through every corner of the Immortal Nexus like this. Unknown how long passed before it slowly dissipated.
However, because His gaze left absolutely no trace, even if some Perfected Lords felt He should have finished looking, due to having no sensation, the group of Perfected Lords still dared not act recklessly.
They could only continue maintaining this strange silence, daring not move a muscle, fearing being targeted by Him because of this.
For a time, Perfected Lords vanished from the world.
What Mu Changsheng painstakingly managed for thousands of years and barely achieved with the Heavenly Lord's support, was now easily accomplished by a single gaze.
[Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness].
As the [Sea of Bitterness] opened, Lu Yang walked out with hands behind his back.
This was also one of the benefits of roaming the [Sea of Bitterness]. No matter how far you walked in the [Sea of Bitterness], you would always come out at the position where you entered.
I must hold back—absolutely cannot be arrogant.
Lu Yang warned himself in his heart, calming his mood.
Breaking through to mid-Golden Core this time, I'll keep a low profile when I go back. With [Heavenly Being's Remnant Consciousness] protecting me, I'll lay low for a hundred thousand years first to test the waters!
With this thought, Lu Yang intended to go to the Supreme Imperial World immediately.
Calculating the time, in another few decades, [The Mortal World] would open. At that time, finding a way to sneak in would truly be foolproof.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help smiling slightly, looking around.
And as his gaze moved, the [Past Life Aspect] behind him was also sensing. Vaguely, a lamp light seemed to quietly light up in the depths of his eyes.
Then his smile froze.
Because beside him, under the illumination of [Overturned Lamp Flame]'s glow, a figure permeated with smoke suddenly appeared in the originally empty place.
The other party stood silently by his side like this, less than ten meters away. On the hazy face, only a pair of narrow and long eyes were revealed, staring straight at him. A pale right hand extended from the smoke, holding a candle lamp. The dim lamplight instead made his figure increasingly dark.
Lu Yang was all too familiar with this appearance.
[Sky-Shrouding].