C2198 The Gods Had a Physical Body
The ethereal spiritual body shimmered with the combined essence of Mother Earth's consciousness and the laws of nature, akin to the soul of a living being with flesh and blood.
The female figure seated on the ground, resembling a porcelain statue, was a vessel for Mother Earth's stored energy.
This vast and potent energy, when refined to its utmost, became a piece of Colorful Land.
Somehow, this Colorful Land had transformed into a female form, complete with discernible blood energy pulsations, leaving her somewhat bewildered.
She was aware that during her deep contemplation within the Creation Pool, as she sought to understand the laws of her deceased kin, something extraordinary must have occurred.
Her consciousness floated, recalling the event as she gazed upon the porcelain-like figure below, unable to shake the image of the woman she yearned to craft. As her thoughts persisted, the figure began to morph.
The seated woman, nearly three meters tall, boasted a statuesque and curvaceous body.
"She seems a bit too large."
No sooner had this thought arisen than the woman below shrank, adjusting in response to her will.
The vibrant, Mother Earth-infused veins that adorned the "nude" female body were strikingly vivid.
"Too conspicuous."
The intricate colorful patterns vanished just as quickly.
"Not quite beautiful enough."
The woman's indistinct features were as if sculpted by a divine hand, refining towards the ideal image she envisioned.
The female form continued to diminish until it reached the stature of an average woman, her smooth head crowned with dark green, wavy hair.
Gradually, she developed a prominent nose, a broad forehead, deep brown eyes, and fuller lips.
Her neck's collarbones were distinct, her bust ample and proud, her figure exquisitely graceful.
Her skin took on a healthy, wheatish hue, the once-visible colorful markings now concealed within her flesh, her body radiating a soft, multicolored glow that enveloped her completely.
Mother Earth's spiritual consciousness lingered silently above her, contemplative.
She seemed to ponder whether to attempt entry with her own spiritual essence.
Boom!
Yu Yuan's Yang God, assailed by a barrage of sharp stones, finally crashed amidst a heap of rocks.
The tumbling layers of stone buried him beneath their weight.
Yu Yuan's consciousness was in disarray, having just lost connection with his physical self, struggling to grasp the situation, and feeling somewhat weakened.
In what seemed like a fleeting moment, he had expended a vast amount of life essence and lost some Life Stoste.
Yet, in his haze, he appeared to have become entangled with a beautiful woman.
He strained to remember amidst the rubble.
"You all..."
At this juncture, the Light Origin Spirit within the City of Light finally regained consciousness. It observed Mother Earth's spiritual awareness and the female form crafted from Colorful Land.
Within this female form, the Light Origin Spirit detected a surge of life energy!
Mother Earth, a source spirit akin to itself, now seemed to possess a special body.
This body wasn't a being fashioned by Mother Earth, nor was it a supreme entity like Sekou, inheritor of the profound mysteries of the laws.
It belonged to itself!
From the inception of its consciousness, the Light Origin Spirit had never known of any of its kind possessing a special body capable of housing a source spirit's thoughts and the laws of nature.
Not even the mightiest Abyss Origin Soul had managed to forge a body to traverse the mortal realm.
The most powerful Origin Souls, too, required the possession of Cao Jiaze and the body of the Undead Sovereign, unable to manifest their full might without a corporeal vessel.
All source spirits must inhabit a flesh-and-blood creature through possession to wield their powers.
This was the unyielding truth and eternal law of the source spirits!
Now, within this cavern, Mother Earth, having diminished innumerable times and nearing death, not only had its spiritual consciousness abruptly returned, but it also radiated complex emotions. Moreover, due to the mingling of the soul consciousness of Yang God Yu and itself, this peculiar body had emerged.
The Light Origin Spirit was profoundly moved.
"Enter! Go on, try entering it, quickly!"
Unable to contain itself, the Light Origin Spirit shouted, more animated than Mother Earth itself.
"Source spirit, none have managed to create a body like this! You are the first! I must see what marvels will unfold once you merge your spiritual consciousness and laws with this body!"
Mother Earth's spiritual consciousness paused, deep in thought.
The fragmentation of the cave had ceased.
With the return of Mother Earth's spiritual consciousness and its subsequent act of pushing Yu Yuan from its form, Creation Peak stilled, no longer requiring the gathering of Earth's essence to feed the Creation Pool.
The mountain now lay within its dominion, its knowledge encompassing the location of the Origin Blood.
Its silence and contemplation were due to its observation of the battle between Yuan Li and Zhiya outside Creation Peak. It could see Zhiya leveraging the power of both the Beast Temple and Phoenix Shrine to give Yuan Li a tough fight.
Sekou was eager to join the fray, but Yuan Li had commanded him to stay at Creation Peak and find a way to refine him.
Zhiya's sudden surge in power made him suspect that the Origin Blood of this realm had possessed Zhiya with its spiritual consciousness, manifesting its strength through the Demon Phoenix.
Yet, he also took note of the Snow Child, who had been affected by the Origin Blood and was now lingering in the midair above Creation Peak. A distinctly powerful consciousness emanated from within the Snow Child.
It was assessing the external situation, the conditions within the cave, and observing the Creation Pool in the pit, surrounded by nine layers of resplendent barriers.
It was indecisive.
In a corner of the cave, amidst a pile of rubble, Yu Yuan's Yang God abruptly rose to his feet, his gaze peculiar as he observed Mother Earth's spiritual consciousness and the body beneath it.
She was a woman of regal grace and beauty, the embodiment of Mother Earth's inner image.
Yu Yuan's soul consciousness, mingling with her spiritual consciousness and the earth's energy within the nine layers of the Creation Pool's barriers, perceived her in this very form.
As Yu Yuan's soul energy enveloped her earth's mysteries and essence, directing it toward his true self, it was as though he had abducted her, stripping away much of her power.
In a haze, Yu Yuan and this projection of his seemed to have engaged in a struggle of consciousness.
Ultimately, she could not withstand the pull. A portion of her soul energy and the secrets she commanded of the earth entered his own sea of consciousness, resulting in the formation of a new plateau.
Whoosh!
As Yu Yuan stood, the combined consciousness and laws of Mother Earth abruptly descended.
Entering that peculiar body, it instantly became ensouled, transforming from a mere statue into a deity.
Her deep brown eyes suddenly shone with astonishment as she moved her unfamiliar limbs, acquainting herself with the presence of this body.
She quickly discovered that her spiritual consciousness could express itself more effectively in this body than in the giant bear named Sekou.
This was her ideal vessel!
In the throes of her consciousness succumbing and entwining with Yu Yuan, she had unwittingly sculpted for herself the perfect form.
Yu Yuan harnessed the earth energy and the earth laws he had comprehended as he soared toward his true form.
He, too, was drawing power, siphoning strength from Yu Yuan's body.
He had succeeded in extracting an immense amount of life energy from within Yu Yuan, the Yang God, and there seemed to be a trace of... Life Stoste?
Yu Yuan, having merged with the Origin Blood of both the Desolate Realm and the Origin Realm, and thus embodying two types of life laws, possessed not only life energy but also the Life Stoste, which signified a higher echelon of existence. This might be one of the most wondrous treasures in the universe, a repository of infinite life force and creation.
This treasure, combined with the Colorful Land that symbolized his earth essence, gave birth to a miracle.
He now possessed a wondrous body.
And this body brought him feelings of profound contentment and perfect satisfaction.
As Yu Yuan emerged from the rubble, he recalled how he had used him as a bed to lie upon while shrinking.
Then, he remembered being fragmented, losing himself in the Creation Pool, and how he was impaled to the ground after being torn asunder by the blood-red prismatic crystals.
It was Yu Yuan who had intervened, shattering the prismatic crystals and rescuing him from the clutches of the Origin Blood.
The colors in his eyes shifted unpredictably, displaying a maelstrom of complex emotions—anger, embarrassment, gratitude, confusion—emotions unique to sentient beings.
Suddenly, he realized he had transformed; he was no longer the same as he once was.
