At this moment, deep within the scorching core of the Sun, Zod sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.
His Natal Divine Pagoda slowly rotated above his head, ancient Sunlight runes flowing across its body.
Perfectly synchronized with Zod's breathing, it continuously absorbed the endless Sunlight essence from this stellar energy ocean.
In this extreme environment, where temperatures reached fifteen million degrees Celsius, ordinary matter would have long since turned into elementary particles, but Zod's body greedily absorbed every bit of energy like a black hole.
Even more miraculous changes were taking place within him—the moment the divine power of the Tiger Talisman was completely refined, two distinct poles of Yin and Yang naturally formed within his body.
The power of the Sunlight God-Making Project, Krypton bloodline, and the supreme Yang mana obtained from cultivating the Sun True Scripture—these forces, intensely Yang and unyielding, instinctively gravitated towards the Yang pole, allowing the power of the Yang Tiger to easily overshadow the Yin Tiger.
With such a disparity in power, a severe imbalance of Yin and Yang should have occurred, but the special rules contained within the Tiger Talisman caused a portion of the extreme Yang power in the Yang Tiger to spontaneously transform into extreme Yin power, continuously replenishing the Yin Tiger.
This phenomenon of 'Yang generating Yin,' akin to creation itself, should only be accessible at extremely high cultivation realms.
However, Zod was now perfectly replicating it within his body, thanks to the mysterious properties of the Talisman.
If the power of the Tiger Talisman were considered in isolation, it would undoubtedly be as weak as the power of the Sheep Talisman, the weakest of the weak.
But if placed within Zod's current body, its ability to balance Yin and Yang was nothing short of a bug!
"The ultimate truth of the universe truly lies in the word 'balance,'" Zod mused inwardly, feeling the Yin Tiger within him gradually growing stronger.
When the Yin and Yang Twin Tigers truly reached perfect balance, the two forces would re-merge, and he would break through the shackles of the Second Heaven of the Immortal Platform in one fell swoop.
He had a vague premonition that this breakthrough would bring not just a quantitative increase in power, but a qualitative transformation of his life essence.
At that time, the genetic power of his Kryptonian bloodline, the Sunlight God-Making Project, the supreme Yang mana of the Sun True Scripture, and the divine power of the Zodiac Talismans would all be forged into one in this transformation, becoming the innate talent of his new body.
He would truly transcend the limits of mortal life, becoming the 'Immortal' or 'God' of legend!
And the cluster of cosmic primordial law obtained from Prankster was the most crucial catalyst for this evolution.
This 'little trinket,' which was merely casually collected by Prankster, was an unparalleled treasure to the current Zod.
It was like a line from Journey to the West in his previous life, when Sun Wukong asked the White Dragon for his dragon urine as a medicinal ingredient, the White Dragon said:
"If I urinate in the water, the fish that eat it will become dragons; if I urinate on the mountain, the plants and trees that taste it will turn into spirit ganoderma, which immortal children will pick to gain longevity!"
Even a tiny gift from a higher-dimensional being is a life-changing opportunity for a lower-dimensional life.
As a five-dimensional being transcending the multiverse, a mere wisp of Prankster's true power would be enough to shatter Zod's entire universe.
Even though he was considered a strong individual in the three-dimensional world, even in front of Prankster's clone, if the other party were to get even slightly serious, he would still be nothing more than a slightly larger ant.
However, the path of cultivation is inherently a process of defying fate and changing destiny.
Zod firmly believed that one day he too would reach such a realm, and even surpass those naturally divine beings.
What needed to be done now was to completely refine this cosmic primordial essence and build the ladder to a higher level.
Under normal circumstances, Zod would need at least several decades or even longer to fully refine and control this cluster of cosmic primordial essence.
But now, with the blessing of World Power, his refining speed had greatly increased; even so, it would probably still take several years.
"I hope the universe can remain stable during this time," Zod murmured inwardly.
Although the refining process, even if interrupted, would not result in side effects like qi deviation, he still wished to avoid any complications.
According to the original timeline of this world, there should be no universe-level major crises for the next twenty-odd years.
But ever since his arrival in this world, the destinies of many people and events had quietly diverged, and who could truly predict the variables of the future?
Moreover, sometimes crises might not originate from his own world, but from other universes.
However, thinking too much now was useless, so Zod immediately cast everything aside and gradually entered a deep state of seclusion within this stellar furnace.
Cultivation knows no time; time flowed away like water, never to return.
The energy fluctuations at the core of the Sun became increasingly intense; if anyone were to approach the Sun at this moment, they would probably have the illusion that the Sun had a heartbeat.
Zod's body sat quietly within it, his Natal Divine Pagoda suspended above his head, emitting ten thousand rays of golden light that shimmered against the violent energy of the Sun's core.
The Yin and Yang Twin Tigers slowly circled within him, forming a still somewhat imperfect Taiji diagram-like energy cycle.
The cosmic primordial law, like threads, merged into the depths of his divine soul; every bit of refinement deepened his understanding of cosmic rules.
At the same time, subtle changes were occurring in his bloodline.
The Kryptonian gene chain, fused with the Sunlight God-Making Project, began to reorganize under the dual action of stellar energy and primordial law.
The mana of the Sun True Scripture and the divine power of the talismans merged seamlessly; every cell in his body was evolving towards a more perfect state.
Mysterious golden patterns occasionally flashed across the surface of his skin, a manifestation of the cosmic primordial essence reshaping his physical body.
He felt as if he were at the origin of the universe, witnessing the formation and annihilation of countless galaxies, perceiving the essence of time and space.
This experience far surpassed the improvements brought by any cultivation technique; it was the most direct insight into the essence of life.
During this process, Zod's eyes were also frequently filled with various illusions from his past life, making him feel as if he had experienced a very long dream.
In the dream, he seemed to have reverted to Zod, the ordinary person from his previous life, without extraordinary powers, still struggling to survive in a mundane life.
"Could it be that the so-called transmigration and rebirth were just my imagination, and now is the reality?"
As Zod himself began to doubt, a brilliant azure light began to flow over his body, and in an instant, he cast aside all distracting thoughts.
At this moment, he understood that it was the power of the Horse Talisman at work.
After this experience, he felt that his divine consciousness had greatly improved.
In this process, five years passed in a hurry.
Now, the Yin and Yang Twin Tigers within Zod's body were already nearing balance.
He had refined nearly ninety percent of that cosmic primordial essence, needing only one final step to fully integrate it into himself and complete the ultimate transformation in one leap.
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