This was an eerie and surreal scene. Shi Hao’s body was riddled with cracks, like a massive boulder shattered but not yet collapsed. Yet, from those fissures, divine radiance surged forth in waves.
The transformation was violent—not a gradual process, but a cataclysmic upheaval compressed into the shortest possible time. This was true nirvana. If it were prolonged, it wouldn’t be nirvana—just slow cultivation.
*Crack!*
The bones within Shi Hao’s body fractured further, the crisp sound like firecrackers exploding, ringing in the ears of onlookers. Just hearing it was jarring, let alone enduring it firsthand.
This was akin to the torment of purgatory. An ordinary person would have fainted instantly from the unbearable agony. Yet Shi Hao gritted his teeth and endured. He wanted to witness every step of this metamorphosis, to truly understand the essence of nirvana—a revelation that would greatly benefit his cultivation.
In his earlier days as a novice cultivator, he had undergone transformations, but as his strength grew, they became increasingly rare—and now, the nature of nirvana itself had changed.
Now, the unlocking of human potential had shifted entirely. Shi Hao needed this nirvana to locate those hidden reserves, to chart his path forward.
*Splat!*
His internal organs split apart, even pulverizing into five streams of innate essence, manifesting the Five Elements.
This was the process of nirvana—pain beyond imagination.
Who could endure watching their own organs shatter?
Shi Hao was drenched in cold sweat, his body trembling. Yet, at this very moment, as he stared at his organs dissolving into elemental essence, something stirred within him.
Agony—yes.
But also inspiration. If he were to one day forge his own path, to create a cultivation system unlike any before him, could this be the way?
*Crack!*
The bones in his limbs shattered, severing his connection to the world. These were the foundations of his combat prowess, now grievously wounded.
*Roar!*
With a low growl, he straightened his spine, forcing himself upright like a true dragon surging from his back, his body glowing. Yet—*snap!*—that very spine fractured.
Sweat poured from Shi Hao as every bone in his body broke, undergoing a violent transformation.
Every true bone shattered—only to be reforged anew.
A torturous process, but one brimming with promise.
Soon, his body turned charred, his skin withered—for he was shedding his blood, his very flesh.
Black blood gushed from his pores, mingled with fragments of bone. It was a sight beyond belief, a metamorphosis too brutal.
Ordinary evolution required nothing like this.
This was like hacking away with an axe, carving out a new body from the old. For a normal person, the toll would be unbearable, the damage irreversible.
But Shi Hao’s physique was peerless. Though the pain was excruciating, he endured—and in doing so, he witnessed the immense benefits firsthand.
His blood shimmered, crimson and radiant, infused with spiritual vitality—as if a single drop were a treasure herb!
His shattered organs condensed anew, flesh and essence coalescing into rebirth.
His bones, once broken, now gleamed with marrow bright as the sun—reforged through nirvana, sprouting anew.
This was not just renewal—it was rebirth, the forging of an entirely new self. True nirvana.
Yet this was not all. A far more perilous change loomed—his skull cracked, bones reshaping, pulsing with light.
His hair had already fallen and regrown—a miracle in itself.
*Boom!*
At last, agony erupted in his skull. Within his crown, a fist-sized golden figure writhed, screaming in torment—Shi Hao’s primordial spirit.
It, too, was transforming. Cracks spiderwebbed across its form, fragments peeling away to unleash even greater brilliance.
The process resembled delicate porcelain shattering—or perhaps a divine egg hatching, its shell splintering as a mightier life emerged.
Then, his spirit’s outer shell ruptured, divine radiance bursting forth to reveal an even more resplendent golden figure.
Not just his flesh—even his spirit had undergone nirvana, emerging mightier than before!
Bones crackled, blood surged, organs renewed, spirit ascended—all unfolding at breakneck speed. This was the essence of nirvana.
With every breath, innate essence billowed from Shi Hao. He felt his power surging, eclipsing all prior limits.
Even before, his physique had been unmatched in the world. Now, it transcended the mortal coil—unrivaled in this realm, a rarity across the ages.
This was true rebirth.
The suffering had been annihilation.
Now, bathed in sacred flames, he was reborn.
A stronger Shi Hao had emerged!
His skin oozed blood—or rather, expelled the old, as his reforged bones pulsed rhythmically, tempered as if by a thousand strikes, their jade-white hardness unmatched.
His perception sharpened in every dimension, his divine intuition transcendent.
And now, his spirit’s nirvana reached its climax.
Suddenly—footsteps. Someone approached!
He had chosen a secluded spot, yet still, intruders found him. Unfortunate timing.
“Look! A man covered in black blood—he’s grievously wounded!” a young man exclaimed.
A young woman beside him frowned, her eyes gleaming with divine light. Then, her expression darkened. “No. He’s undergoing metamorphosis—achieving nirvana.”
“What?!” The others paled.
This was a group of prodigies—over a dozen young men and women, all formidable. Most strikingly, each was wreathed in immortal energy, a sight to awe any faction.
They represented the future, boundless in potential, destined for greatness. Given time, they would rise to dominate the heavens.
Shi Hao recognized them at once—they hailed from the Celestial Deity Academy, the only institution capable of gathering the most dazzling talents across the realms.
Indeed, they were students of the academy.
Originally, they had descended in groups of five to minimize losses. But in recent days, with Shi Hao in seclusion, a group had slipped past him unharmed, retreating after an unfruitful search.
This sparked a frenzy, drawing more geniuses into the Primordial Ancient Mine.
For days, their search had been uneventful. Shi Hao’s absence left them free to scour the safer zones for their missing comrades—to no avail.
The mine’s depths remained forbidden, an ominous aura making them tremble.
Even Shi Hao had shuddered before the black palace’s six terrifying figures, once coughing blood as he was sent flying.
“His nirvana—it’s from that medicinal liquid! Comparable to our academy’s True Phoenix Blood Pool!” someone cried, finally grasping the truth.
But the pool was nearly dry, its essence exhausted by the naked young man before them.
“He achieved nirvana here, seizing such fortune—while we missed it!” Another pounded their chest in regret.
“Interrogate him! He might know of our missing peers. And this man is suspicious—seize him now, while he’s still vulnerable!” a cold voice urged.
Disrupting nirvana risked catastrophe—death, deviation, or severe injury.
*Whoosh!*
Divine light erupted as several struck immediately, aiming to subdue Shi Hao.
They repeated the same mistake as their predecessors—overconfident in the Nine Phoenix Furnace’s power, believing none in their realm could resist.
They were gravely mistaken.
Shi Hao’s nirvana was complete. Rising swiftly, he brandished the Myriad Spirit Diagram and struck!
*Boom!*
His body surged with the Six Paths Reincarnation Heavenly Art, its six seals manifesting simultaneously, illuminating the ancient mine with deafening force.
“Damn it! This madman—what technique is this? Suppress him!”
“Why isn’t the Nine Phoenix Furnace working?!”
Chaos erupted.
Shi Hao’s heavenly art channeled six treasures at once, unleashing a brilliance that seemed to freeze eternity—rainbows arced, immortal light shimmered, and primal chaos churned.
The impact was devastating.
Though these prodigies were exceptional, all were sent flying, blood trickling from their lips.
“Six Paths Reincarnation… That ancient heavenly art has returned?!” a beautiful woman gasped, wiping blood from her mouth.
“Truly… Six Paths Reincarnation. Is the Supreme Hall rising again, to rule the mortal world?!” another voice trembled.
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