Chapter 5: Proud Bone Golden Form

These thirty-two words were easy to understand, and Yangx Kai naturally comprehended them.

However, the unclear origins of the Black Book made Yangx Kai somewhat apprehensive. He wondered, "What if this is some kind of trap?" Thinking of this, Yangx Kai chuckled mockingly at himself. He was currently nothing more than a Trial Disciple of Lingxiao Pavilion. Who would go through so much trouble to plot against him?

But judging from the literal meaning of the last few lines, the reason the Black Stone Pillow had transformed into the Black Book was likely related to his dream earlier today. He had slept on it for over a year without any changes, yet it had turned into the Black Book today of all days. It was inextricably linked to the transformation of his Mind Realm in his dream. It was precisely his own change that had brought about the transformation of the Black Stone Pillow. He thought, "Since I facilitated the birth of the Black Book, then this Black Book was born for me! I am the master of this Black Book!"

At this thought, Yangx Kai no longer hesitated. The handwriting on the Black Book clearly required a drop of blood as a catalyst. With a mindset of giving it a try, Yangx Kai brought his hand to his mouth, bit down hard, and then extended his bleeding finger toward the first page of the Black Book.

DRIP, DRIP. The fresh blood fell onto the page. Initially, there was no reaction. As time passed, ripples of black light began to emanate from the Black Book. Yangx Kai was already in poor health and had suffered injuries earlier today; after all this exertion, he actually felt a wave of dizziness. But Yangx Kai gritted his Yar and held on. His blood continued to drain, and the light radiating from the page grew increasingly intense.

This continued for a good fifteen minutes, and Yangx Kai nearly collapsed to the floor before a substantial change occurred on the page. The surging black light writhed and contracted, unexpectedly forming a Xiaxia vortex right in the center of the page. Immediately after, a flash of golden light emerged from within the vortex. Yangx Kai struggled to maintain a clear head, his eyes locked onto the activity in front of him. From the black vortex, a bright, round, and dazzlingly golden object gradually rose.

Yangx Kai was shocked. There was actually something inside this page! Although he had held some expectations when deciding to offer his blood, he hadn’t thought it would actually succeed. But now, everything unfolding before his eyes proved that the thirty-two words on the page were not fake.

"Blood as the catalyst, the Golden Form descends!" He wondered what kind of Golden Form it was. Yangx Kai’s Cang face was full of anticipation.

A moment later, when that bright, round object fully presented itself before Yangx Kai’s eyes, he couldn’t help but gulp. No matter how rich his imagination was, he had never expected the Golden Form to look like this. It was a golden skeleton only about half a foot tall, and the shiny object that had first emerged was actually its skull. The golden skeleton simply floated above the page of the Black Book, sitting cross-legged. It was clearly in a posture of Meditation. Every single one of its bones emanated a golden light, illuminating Yangx Kai’s small cabin with a brilliant radiance.

The black vortex on the page gradually disappeared, and everything returned to tranquility. Looking at this bizarrely manifested golden skeleton, Yangx Kai didn’t know what to do for a moment. The page only mentioned how to make the Golden Form descend, but it didn’t say how to handle it afterward.

As he continued to look, Yangx Kai suddenly felt something was amiss. The golden skeleton in front of him clearly had no eyes, yet Yangx Kai felt as if it were sizing him up. It clearly had no mouth, yet he sensed it mocking his weakness. Realizing this, Yangx Kai flew into a rage and grabbed at the golden skeleton. He thought, "A mere tiny skeleton dares to be so arrogant!" Little did he know that the moment he made a move, the golden skeleton would fly right at his face, phasing directly through his hand and embedding itself into his chest.

It was a horrifying sight. The skeleton collided with Yangx Kai’s body, followed immediately by an intense burst of golden light. The golden skeleton directly dissolved into specks of luminescent light, seeping through the pores all over Yangx Kai’s limbs and bones.

In an instant, agonizing pain spread throughout his entire body. This was no ordinary pain; it originated from deep within his bone marrow! Yangx Kai let out a wretched scream and collapsed straight to the floor, his body curling into a fetal position as wave after wave of spasms racked him.

It felt as if all the bones in his body had shattered in that single moment. Yangx Kai didn’t even have the strength to twitch a finger. This was no illusion. If Yangx Kai could use Introspection, he would have seen that his bones were genuinely pulverized into nothingness. Alongside every shattered bone, a layer of golden light wrapped around it, continuously repairing the fractured skeletal structure. However, the speed of repair was far outpaced by the speed of destruction; no sooner was a bone mended than it was crushed once more.

Human bones encase bone marrow, and within the marrow are nerves. Even the slightest touch can bring immense agony. One could only imagine the sheer magnitude of the torment Yangx Kai was enduring at this moment. It wasn’t that just one of his bones was broken; rather, not a single bone in his entire body remained intact.

If it had been anyone else—even someone a thousand times stronger than Yangx Kai—they would likely have blacked out by now. But Yangx Kai did not. The excruciating pain actually made his mind somewhat clearer, the price of which was feeling the agony magnified a thousandfold.

Bloodcurdling screams echoed from the small cabin. A Lingxiao Pavilion Disciple walking nearby was severely startled and fled in a panic, not even looking where he was going.

Intuitively, Yangx Kai seemed to sense a message—a message brought by the Golden Form: Eradicate Yangx Kai’s consciousness and seize his body!

How could Yangx Kai agree to this? Even though he couldn’t move, he fought to maintain the clarity of his consciousness, absolutely refusing to let the Golden Form usurp his body. The Golden Form was equally relentless, pulverizing Yangx Kai’s bones and torturing his nerves over and over again to force him into unconsciousness. One was the Proud Bone Golden Form; the other possessed the Unyielding Soul. Who would emerge victorious and who would face defeat was impossible to determine until the very last moment.

Yangx Kai knew this was a true matter of life and death, unlike the challenge spars with his senior and junior brothers in the Sect. If he couldn’t survive this, then the person known as Yangx Kai would cease to exist in this world. Therefore, he had to pull through. No matter how much it hurt, he had to endure.

Yangx Kai’s consciousness and the destructive power of the Golden Form engaged in a grueling tug-of-war. The battlefield was Yangx Kai’s very body. They traded blows back and forth, neither side retreating or yielding a single inch.

As time flowed on, Yangx Kai suddenly realized that the unbearable pain was actually slowly subsiding. This realization greatly lifted his spirits, reinvigorating him. It wasn’t surprising; after shattering Yangx Kai’s bones, the Golden Form repaired them time and time again. In this process of destruction before construction, Yangx Kai’s body was imbued with the essence of the Golden Form. His skeletal structure grew increasingly stronger while the Golden Form’s energy progressively waned. With this ebb and flow, the pain naturally lessened significantly. Once the Golden Form fully integrated into Yangx Kai’s body, this war would come to an end.

The scales of victory were gradually tipping in Yangx Kai’s favor. The agonizing pain slowly morphed into something tolerable, then into an unbearable, tingling itch, and finally into an indescribable sense of comfort. It felt like a profound baptism, making the millions of pores all over his body unable to help but comfortably Zhang Kai.

Detecting that the Golden Form in his body was still putting up a final, stubborn resistance, Yangx Kai cursed angrily. With a single, forceful surge, his consciousness bulldozed right over it.

His body finally fell silent. By his ear, a sigh seemed to echo. It was a sigh filled with gratification, as well as a trace of profound relief.

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