Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 464 - 461: Transformation

But Ao Li was different. Lu Ren still couldn't discern what level of existence he belonged to, despite the fact that Ao Li had once been trapped inside the Withered Dragon's body, attempting to seize his body.

Now, only a wisp of True Soul had been released.

Thinking like this was a huge mistake. Who knew what means Ao Li possessed? He had abilities that completely bewildered Lu Ren.

Lu Ren had imprisoned him for so long, and once released, given Ao Li's narrow-minded and vindictive nature, the Human Race would inevitably suffer.

One could say they had reached a point of life-and-death struggle. Even if Lu Ren died in an instant, he would drag Ao Li down with him.

Unless one day his strength surpassed Ao Li's, allowing him to easily control him, only then would Lu Ren consider otherwise.

After all, signing a master-servant contract or imposing a restriction spell on a being of Ao Li's level would have no effect at all.

Seeing Lu Ren leaving without hesitation, Ao Li said wistfully, "You've been to Wang City, right? The things in Wang City are not so easy to obtain..."

Lu Ren's footsteps paused slightly but in the end, he still left the Inner Realm without hesitation.

Watching Lu Ren's disappearing figure, Ao Li's eyes went wild, his aura like the Primordial Chaos. The unimaginable life level pressure he unleashed silenced Chang'e, Xu Fu, and the others nearby.

He snorted coldly, finally coiling back, remaining motionless as if the earlier conversation had been a mere illusion.

While Xu Fu and the others exchanged glances, only Subodhi sat silently, eventually gazing towards the outside of the Inner Realm, his eyes showing traces of inexplicable emotion.

Lu Ren slowly opened his eyes, then closed them again, continuously digesting the contents of the Ta Li Body Forging Technique.

The Tali Civilization, like human modern society, developed continuously, surviving numerous extinction-level disasters to eventually become a pinnacle super-tech civilization in a distant supercluster region.

In the end, their extraordinary technology was concentrated on the individual, granting them limitless power.

One person became an entire cosmos. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Yet such a civilization suddenly vanished in a single day millions of years ago, completely disappearing from this universe, leaving behind relics that became prized possessions fought over by various factions and civilizations.

The Ta Li Body Forging Technique was once a part of the Tali Civilization's military forging techniques. If revealed, it would undoubtedly attract many mysterious forces to hunt down Lu Ren.

That Supreme Venerable... How did he obtain these things? Did the giant tree, with roots nearly touching the entire planet and drawing nutrients from its core, truly exist in this universe?

The disappearance of the entire Tali Civilization millions of years ago—was it due to touching upon some taboo and being erased, or did they collectively ascend to a higher dimension of the universe? Is there truly a higher-level universe?

After all, in this universe where Lu Ren currently resides, there are multi-dimensional perspectives, and beings exist on these levels.

For example, the Seeking Truth Realm is also a dimensional level.

There are far too many questions that Lu Ren currently cannot explore or explain.

Even the Original Path in the Inner Realm — Lu Ren was certain it wasn't naturally formed. Rather, after the Six Steps of Bright Awakening, it seemed he had connected with something in the void, forming this path under an implicit mechanism.

As the initial sun gradually rose from the horizon, the thick Innate Purple Qi bathed him under the first rays of sunlight, and after he fully absorbed it, Lu Ren stood up feeling refreshed and vigorous.

As time passed, the spiritual mechanisms on Earth grew thicker. Originally mere initial sunlight rays now contained incredibly miraculous Innate Purple Qi that could nurture the divine soul and strengthen the physical body, comparable to three or four days of hard cultivation from merely one breath of purple qi.

Nowadays, Hua-xia's Martial Path members seldom missed the first morning Innate Purple Qi. From primary school through university, without exception, it was either teachers or parents guiding purple qi breathing cultivation.

This era is far better than the one three or forty years ago when Lu Ren had to wander everywhere bitterly for cultivation opportunities.

Next, his body began to slowly assume an extremely bizarre posture. During the process, his bones issued a series of muffled collisions, sending waves of pain through his body.

Lu Ren furrowed his brow, his eyes flashing an odd color.

This level of pain had already reached his divine soul, with waves of increasing intensity like tides continually pushing at him.

After stopping the movement, Lu Ren could clearly sense an imperceptible strengthening of his body.

"Ding, your Constitution Skill Level has increased."

"Ding, your Spiritual Proficiency has increased."

Seeing the notification of Skill Level upgrades repeatedly flashing on the system interface once again after resting as initially, Lu Ren felt energized. Indeed, the Ta Li Body Forging Technique had brought him back to the point of training at the very start, rapidly accumulating skill levels.

He never imagined, considering his Physique and Spirit to have no room for advancement, only to be further enhanced through qualitative change, would rapidly begin to show effects just by adopting the first body forging posture.

Moreover, the most crucial aspect —assuming the first peculiar posture— seemed to immerse Lu Ren into an extremely rare frequency.

Intertwining with certain beneficial cosmic frequencies, this allowed his body and spirit to slowly enter a peculiar space, a space composed of frequencies.

To Lu Ren, this felt as if he were returning to the mother's womb, with countless nutrients swarming towards him. Astonishingly, Lu Ren discovered that the peculiar factors he absorbed during his long-practiced Breathing and Exhaling Technique existed within this frequency.

This filled him with surprise and joy, knowing this was one of the key reasons for his current progress in power despite failing to condense the Human Immortal Path Fruit. His initial system-suffix Breathing Technique, allowing him to intermittently hear system notifications of his Constitution and Spirit improvements, was indispensable.

Lu Ren did not rush to proceed to the next Body Forging Technique posture but continued repeating the first practice method of the Ta Li Body Forging Technique, quietly sensing his body and spirit undergoing comprehensive changes.

His muscles became tighter, while the original mortise-and-tenon structure, like spiral steel bones, began to change, as if endowed with spring-like capabilities, causing Lu Ren's normal physique to further condense and shrink.

His original height of around one meter ninety-seven shrank to one meter ninety. His once taut muscles deflated, giving his body the appearance of a streamlined, golden ratio human physique.