What followed immediately was a remolding of the body.0

The Blood of the Spirit was also a form of energy. Last time, Cassius had used it to break through the limits of the Stone Armor Technique, reaching an unprecedented third stage. This time, he extracted eight progress bars from Li Wei's body, adding them to the one he already possessed. Altogether, there were nine units of the Blood of the Spirit.0

All nine were funneled back into Li Wei's body, sparking another dramatic transformation. However, before that could happen, Li Wei's body first had to be in the black cocoon so he could undergo the dark creature transformation. Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, his human form would regress to a primordial state, and be surrounded by energy-rich nutrients—like a baby returning to the womb for redevelopment.0

This process was originally meant for dark creature transformation but it turned out to be a gift that had unexpectedly fallen into Cassius's lap.0

At that moment, the consciousness that had split from Cassius's soul had extremely weak. Its essence of calamity had been drained so intensely that it was almost...1