Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1385: 745: Great Success of Dharma Body, One Punch Startles the Enemy!

The sky remained cloudless as the Great Sun blazed from its zenith.

High above the Wolong Mountain Range, a colossal cloud vortex rotated, casting a shadow that smothered the earth below. This massive spiral was forged entirely from the world’s spiritual energy, concentrating an inconceivable amount of power within its core.

Reaching upward to the Heavenly Vault and anchoring down into the Hidden Dragon Valley, the spiritual energy vortex resembled a gargantuan pillar of light connecting heaven and earth, standing majestically amidst the peaks.

This celestial phenomenon had begun to manifest six months prior. By now, it spanned thousands of miles, leaving countless observers in a state of trembling awe. Even though the Divine Artisan Zhao Clan attempted to suppress the news, a spectacle of this magnitude was impossible to hide from the eyes of the world.

Suspicious figures had started prowling the edges of the Wolong Mountain Range four or five months ago. As the spiritual energy vortex expanded, the scouts and spies sent by rival factions grew more numerous and daring with each passing day.

Realizing that secrecy was no longer an option, the Zhao Family declared a total mountain closure. They activated the Mountain Protection Array, completely isolating their core territories and the Hidden Dragon Valley from the outside world.

However, Zhao Jinmin, Zhao San Yue, and the other Divinity Transformation experts of the Zhao Clan were oblivious to the fact that a figure with an unfathomable aura was hiding behind a cloud bank a hundred miles above the vortex.

This individual sat cross-legged in the center of the void. With eyes closed and surrounded by drifting breezes, he sensed every subtle, mysterious shift occurring within the swirling clouds. If Zhao San Yue had been present, she would have instantly recognized him as Feng Bo Jie Xing, the Returning to Void Ancestor who had appeared at the Kunyuan Meeting!

Clearly drawn by the celestial disturbance, Feng Bo Jie Xing had arrived in secret to investigate. No one could say how long he had been watching or what secrets he had uncovered, but his presence certainly carried no good intentions.

Meanwhile, deep within the Yuxu Cave Mansion beneath the Hidden Dragon Valley, Zhao Sheng remained immersed in a thick spirit cloud, unaware of the external world. Beside the Jade Pond, streams of source energy poured into the hundreds of apertures across his frame. His Will had transformed into radiant beams of light that scoured his internal and external tissues, forcing a fundamental evolution within his primordial cells.

After many years of tempering his body, Zhao Sheng had arrived at the ultimate crossroads; a qualitative breakthrough was finally within reach.

As the process intensified, his skin began to glow with a crystalline clarity, making him look like a piece of flawless, carved crystal. His apertures sparkled like Xing Dou, while his meridians and blood vessels resembled translucent rivers flowing through him. His flesh and skin became so jade-like and transparent that his bones and organs were visible, all of them emitting a soft, brilliant golden radiance.

The blinding light of his Will suddenly solidified, turning from a conceptual force into a tangible, fierce "flame" that incinerated his being from the inside out, turning him into a creature of pure fire and light.

At that precise moment, Zhao Sheng’s eyes snapped open. As he exhaled a long breath of murky black air, the surrounding Mystic Crystal Origin Qi ignited like oil meeting a spark.

Violent fire surged, triggering an internal transformation. Clusters of source energy flames burned with intensity, following the path of his Original Spirit to refine every single cell. As the final traces of impurities were purged, his body became perfectly pure and nearly translucent.

Above the Wolong Mountain Range, the spiritual energy vortex seemed to "ignite" from its center. It erupted into a magnificent display of flame and auspicious light, creating a breathtaking vista of steaming clouds and celestial fires that lit up the Heavenly Vault.

In truth, the Golden Skin Jade Bone state was the pursuit of total purity, the refining of a flawless Dharma Body from an acquired form. While such a Dharma Body lacked the natural advantages of an Innate Dao Body, it was vital for his future Cultivation.

The achievement of a Great Success Golden Skin Jade Bone Dharma Body did not simply mean a massive boost in physical power or a longer Life Span. Its true value lay in the heightened resonance between the physical vessel and the Taoist Law. It allowed the cultivator to align more closely with nature’s spiritual energy and their own Dao, making the comprehension and control of the Power of Laws much easier.

One could say the Golden Skin Jade Bone Dharma Body was modeled after the legendary Innate Dao Body. The closer one came to that state, the smoother the path of cultivation became. That Zhao Sheng reached Great Success while only at the Returning to Void Seventh Layer was a testament to his body reconstruction and the 'Big and Small Ruyi Immortal Skill'.

Staring down at the soaring auspicious lights, Feng Bo Jie Xing’s face twisted in shock. He cried out, "The Dharma Body is finished, the heavenly light has appeared!… It’s him, he’s returned!"

By "him," he did not mean Zhao Sheng, but Zhao Xuanjing—the man known as the "Divine Artisan."

Only Zhao Xuanjing could provoke such a violent reaction from Feng Bo Jie Xing, born from a deep-seated terror. The Zhao Clan’s rise in Yellow Wind Immortal City had been paved with blood. Before Zhao Xuanjing reached the Returning to Void stage, he had fought every Divinity Transformation True Monarch in the Spirit Domain alone to carve out a place for his Sect in the Wolong Mountain Range.

Having been defeated by Zhao Xuanjing many times in the past, Feng Bo Jie Xing lived under a shadow of fear that had never truly faded.