The evolution from mortal flesh to golden muscles and jade bones is precisely the beginning of "Stone to Gold", which is essentially Body power.

In ancient legends, Immortals often possess the art of "Stone to Gold".

This legend, in fact, already hints at the mysteries above Returning to Void.

The Returning to Void Realm is merely the starting point of Body power, while the Unification Realm is the perfect fusion of Primordial Spirit, Mana, and flesh.

From then on, those in the Unification Realm completely shed their mortal flesh, not only controlling union at will but also creating avatars, roaming the heavens freely.

As for the Tribulation Crossing Realm, it probably signifies the true body, primordial spirit, and mana all beginning to embody the Law.

Though the above is still just speculation and hasn't been truly verified, Zhao Sheng is ninety percent sure his speculation is correct.

To verify his speculation, he used Thunder Tribulation Crystal as a blueprint to refine many replicas, all of which unfortunately failed.

However, he now gained new inspiration, first needing to refine the Jade Bone before proceeding.

He watched as Zhao Sheng placed the crystal in his chest, then flicked his finger, releasing a strand of purple Thunder Light from the fingertip, directly darting across most of the stone platform and landing into a palm-sized piece of Jade Crystal Bone.

The Jade Crystal Bone abruptly soared into the air, its entire body emitting a rich purple hue, surrounded by blossoms of Thunder Fire, began to calcine its bone.

Inside the cave, the Thunder Light shone brightly, the purple Thunder Fire billowed and surged, gradually emitting a faint aura of destruction.

Zhao Sheng's brow emitted Divine Light, releasing waves of Divine Thought Power, driving the Purple Cloud Thunder Power to "etch" Tao True Text "Tribulation" within the Jade Bone.

Although the "Tribulation" character True Text exists only for an instant before disappearing into thin air, Zhao Sheng patiently "writes" the complex and incomparably three-dimensional structure over and over again.

As time steadily passed away, the Jade Crystal Bone retained its original state, seemingly without the slightest change.

However, with the Ancient Thunder Tribulation Crystal as a reference, Zhao Sheng delightedly discovered the subtle changes in the essence of this Jade Bone, faint purple hues began to appear, gradually emitting a faint aura of destruction.

Everything unfolded as he envisioned, Zhao Sheng suddenly had a premonition that this experiment would yield results.

Twenty days quickly passed by.

The cave felt like a scorching furnace, the surrounding cave walls melted into a layer of glass-like smooth molten material, perfectly reflecting a myriad of colorful purple lights.

In mid-air, a diamond-shaped Jade Pearl the size of an egg slowly rotated, enveloped in a layer of purple lightning, with strands of viscous Thunder Slurry flowing inside, clearly emitting a strange fluctuation of Law.

As this fluctuation continuously intensified, the diamond-shaped Jade Pearl finally reached a certain limit, suddenly a cracking sound was heard, the surface abruptly fractured into countless cracks, from which countless blinding thunder rays burst forth, the aura of destruction instantly surged exponentially.

Not good!

Upon witnessing this, Zhao Sheng was startled, he stretched out his right hand and flicked it upward, the nearly exploding diamond-shaped Jade Pearl shot skyward like lightning, disappearing into the cave's soil and rock, leaving a smooth hole in its place.

The next second, a booming explosion was heard, the entire cave abruptly shook violently, the surrounding cave walls instantly split open into bottomless giant crevices, from which masses of Thunder Fire erupted.

Realizing the situation was critical, Zhao Sheng vanished from the cave without a trace.

Outside, the towering peak was surrounded by masses of purple Thunder Fire, the mountain body trembled violently, stones and vegetation silently perished.

Within one breath, the massive mountain collapsed with a boom, mushroom clouds erupted upwards, obscuring a range of several hundred miles.

High above, Zhao Sheng surveyed the mountain's majestic collapse, his face serene without displaying any emotional fluctuation.

...

Shortly after, countless dirt and stones were cleared away, revealing a giant deep pit three hundred feet in diameter, exposing a large uneven stone platform at the bottom where a towering figure busily moved.

The day quickly dimmed, nightfall was approaching.

Inside the deep pit, Zhao Sheng brushed away nonexistent dust from his hands, then repeatedly waved his hands, causing pieces of Jade Crystal Bone to fly upwards one after another, with strands of Purple Cloud Thunder Power falling upon them.

Instantly, blossoms of purple Thunder Fire ignited, suspending these Jade Bones in mid-air.

Now Zhao Sheng retrieved the Ancient Thunder Tribulation Crystal, gently tossing it into the center of the Thunder Fire, surrounded by the Jade Bones, which began to rotate slowly.

Zhao Sheng's brow emitted bursts of Divine Light, waves of Divine Thought like lightning striking the surface of the Thunder Tribulation Crystal.

Under repeated strikes of Divine Thought, countless diamond facets on the Thunder Tribulation Crystal occasionally splattered points of thunder rays, appearing resplendent and mysterious.

The thunder rays seemingly existed tangibly, under invisible guidance falling upon the surrounding Jade Bones, instantly merging into their interiors, yet showing no signs of explosion.

Zhao Sheng saw this, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, continually striking the Thunder Tribulation Crystal with Divine Thought, resembling forge hammering, seemingly stimulating the emergence of more new phenomena.

Seven days and nights later.

Inside the deep pit, the purple Thunder Fire still burned fiercely, the seemingly indestructible Jade Bones transformed into another form, some resembling round beads, others presenting bizarre shapes, but mostly diamond-shaped, prismatic, and spiky.

Their common trait was emanating serene and strange law fluctuation, the aura of destruction appeared to contain an indescribable vitality.

Zhao Sheng appeared somewhat fatigued, reaching out to retrieve the intact Ancient Thunder Tribulation Crystal, placing it inside Sumeru Space.

Next, he retrieved an oddly shaped Jade Bone, placing it before him, gently rubbing, his Divine Thought transformed into countless probes, gradually penetrating the Jade Bone, meticulously sensing...

Three months later.

Inside the newly excavated cave mansion, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a Beast Skin in one hand, his brow slightly furrowed, examining it meticulously, gesturing in the void with the other hand.

On the ground beside him, thousands of demon beast hides were piled messily, each imprinted with complex, multilayered and intertwined three-dimensional structures.

The higher the stacked hides, the more similar and complex the three-dimensional structures became.

Outsiders could not comprehend the meaning of these three-dimensional structures, only Zhao Sheng grew increasingly ecstatic as he drew.

Because only he understood, all three-dimensional structures were Isomers of the Destruction Dao True Text.

They might represent the same Tao True Text or could be numerous incomplete "Destruction True Texts".

In Zhao Sheng's view, everything evolved from the "Tribulation" character, truly one character, myriad forms, myriad forms, one shape!

At this moment he startledly realized, he nearly diverged down the wrong path, realizing the Tao True Text is not eternal and unchanging.

In truth, quite the opposite, the Tao True Text continuously changes.

Each person's comprehension of the "Tao True Text" is merely their own understanding and manifestation of Tao, not universally applicable.

This also implies one Tao, but infinite Tao True Texts.

Back then, the remnants of True Immortal graciously bestowed the Tao Golden Book, now evidently harbored malicious intents!

Zhao Sheng suddenly felt a chill down his spine, muttering to himself: "Could it be the Divine's treacherous heart remains unextinguished, secretly planning reincarnation through a host body? Then… the Tao Golden Book is surely..."

Thinking of the possible terrifying scenarios in the future, Zhao Sheng shivered throughout, hurriedly suppressing the unsettling thoughts within, refocusing his attention on the three-dimensional structures.

Yet, due to this momentary distraction, his thinking efficiency drastically declined, his inner spirit light slowly dried up.

A month later,

In the stone room of the cave mansion, Zhao Sheng sat still with his eyes firmly shut, seemingly in profound contemplation, unmoving even slightly, only dense lightning continued flickering in mid-air, condensing, appearing to strive in constructing something concrete.

Unknown how much time elapsed, he suddenly seemed to have sudden enlightenment, abruptly opening his eyes, his pupils radiating with brilliant Divine Light

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