"This is a wonderful way of using inner strength." Zhao Wei mumbled to himself as he remotely controlled six palm-sized stones from where he was sitting.
He then controlled them to take the shape of a stone snake that could slither in the air.
"This awfully reminds me of old' Nokia's snake Xenzia." Zhao Wei smiled to himself before he levitated other stones to finally form something resembling a star.
"Then, bang, it goes supernova." He relinquished his control and left the stones to fall.
Zhao Wei felt that it would be worth it to continue experimenting with that psychic kind of play.
"It has been roughly seven months now and I can feel myself steadily growing stronger." Zhao Wei clenched his right hand into a fist.
"But it's not enough." He relaxedly uncurled it.
Then, all of a sudden, his cultivation base which was 24/7 always hidden under concealment became visible.
His cultivation base was at the Peak Sixth Rank of the Consolidated Realm.
"Hmm, that feels natural now." Zhao Wei realized that there was no need to continue hiding his cultivation realm.
The Sky Guards Battalion already had remarkable geniuses with cultivation bases even at the Martial Master and above. This type of situation made him seem normal and nothing special in terms of cultivation speed.
But it would have been a different story if his cultivation was the type to progress so fast that it was comparable to the older generations of a mid-tier sect or clan.
"I have already asserted my presence in the Sky Guards Battalion by one-shotting Lu Xiaoyun and now they will see me in a different light. They won't try to do anything retarded in front of this eminence unless they think my strength isn't up to par." Zhao Wei calculated the outcome of his actions which were meant to delete nuisances in his path.
"But I would deal with it the same way when the time comes. There is no need to fuss over it."
Zhao Wei then made himself comfortable on the intricately woven silk mat on the ground.
He wanted to actually speed up the formation rate of the illusory stars within his cellular environment.
He used his inner sight and found that they currently numbered 98 million illusory stars.
"Wow, so fast. It wasn't like this previously." Zhao Wei wondered what could have changed to facilitate the addition of 8 million illusory stars within five days.
"That's better. I am not supposed to care about the 'hows' at this point." Zhao Wei put the matter aside due to the expectations that were building up in his mind.
There was a feeling. A subtle call of the myriad constellations aligned in the inky night sky.
Zhao Wei quelled his mind of every distracting thought and put his concentration on siphoning the stellar and lunar energies from the limitless firmaments.
Dazzling starlight danced and swarmed his robust figure making him appear as if he was sitting within the expansive Milky Way. The shimmering lunar energies entering his pores created the illusion of an ancient dream of old and hidden mysteries.
This otherworldly artistic scene made Zhao Wei look like the incarnation of the sun, moon, and stars. He was like an ancient Immortal Venerable who had witnessed the mysteries of the Chaos's inception and could summon the stars and the moon with a snap of the fingers.
50,000 Illusory stars.
100,000 Illusory stars.
500,000 Illusory stars.
1,000,000 Illusory stars.
1,500,000 Illusory stars.
1,800,000 Illusory stars.
1,999,999 Illusory stars.
At this juncture, Zhao Wei's black hair started visibly changing into a dreamy color, alternating between a wondrous rainbow color, a dreamy glow of a supernova event, and a galactic tempest.
The temperatures inside the room gradually rose to extremes as Zhao Wei emitted a blinding stellar radiance that was quite reminiscent of the primordial light that ushered the beginning of creation.
Little by little, every inch of his being began to peel and melt. A supreme force that had transcended the restraints of the laws of Reincarnation, Time, and Space held his soul in place protecting his very existence from being turned to nullity.
This was an almighty force that even Zhao Wei was unaware of.
Time seemed to have become static and the night held its breath in anticipation as it witnessed the otherworldly scene.
A silvery starlight cocoon began to gradually cover the space he had once been sitting in. Then, slowly from the metaphysical level, that is, the Dantian, interconnected Meridians Network and his millions of acupoints began undergoing reconstruction. What followed next was the visible recreation of his cells, tissues, skeletal system, skin, and finally his entire physical body.
Zhao Wei was curled up like a baby inside the cocoon as an iridescent dreamy mist swirled around his new form.
A silvery hue radiated off his unblemished skin and his charm had experienced an exponential increase.
Just below his neck, the mystical tattoo of the three celestial bodies was nowhere to be seen and instead was replaced by a single ancient runic character that pulsated with deep profoundness. It somehow looked like an Eldritch eye that could see through everything in existence and alter all that was, is, and will be.
The ancient runic wasn't visible for long as it gradually sank deep into his skin and disappeared.
THUMP!
THUMP!
THUMP!
His heartbeat seemed eternal and full of infinite vitality as it echoed from the cocoon, like an otherworldly war drum of the gods.
CRACK!
Like a butterfly, Zhao Wei broke free from the cocoon to actualize his complete metamorphosis.
Suddenly, his attractive eyelashes fluttered once, twice, before he opened his eyes.
His irises shimmered mysteriously and reminded one of the unseen wonders of space.
His eye color was now a deep silver like the silvery moonlight cascading down from the heavens.
His appearance hadn't been amplified to jade beauty levels but he could currently be considered to have graduated from ordinariness to aesthetic handsomeness. His physique was simply flawless.
The most notable change was the intense mysterious aura that now cloaked every fiber of his being and made him look like a Lord of mysteries.
A thick starry mist momentarily escaped his lips carrying with it a secret of the ancients.
"Phase I."
With those words, Time resumed its natural flow and the night released its breath.
"The Dao of Stars." An ancient truth was spoken.
"Conceal!"
The myriad constellations subtly reacted to his words and shifted to make his law a reality. His fate star was then obscured from the peering eyes of those who sought to unveil his very existence.
This was simply a phenomenal event!
"A shift in the stars, a dream in time."
"The heavens no longer see the steps of the mortal wanderer."
"Only in the dark shall I find solace."
A mysterious smile gradually formed on Zhao Wei's face.
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