Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree

Now that it's said, it would only add to his pressure.

"By the way, Mr. Ji wanted me to tell you before he went into seclusion that he won last night."

With Professor Zuo's words coming into her ears,

Lou Qinglan felt an inexplicable palpitation, like a night-blooming cereus quietly blooming in the deep of night, silently blossoming in her heart.

It was not joy, nor was it sadness, but rather an indescribable...

Sense of safety, or perhaps, confidence?

Lou Qinglan suddenly exhaled the air that had been building up in her lungs.

She felt that her grandfather was right.

She had indeed not misjudged the person.

...

After ending the communication,

Professor Zuo He looked at Ji Jingqiu, who was in the process of nurturing his [Dharma Body Prototype], with a look of astonishment.

To implant a "Dharma seed" in one's body and nurture divine and different cultivation bodies is a perilous process.

Because this would trigger the Dharma that was already engraved in the body to respond to the external world for the first time.

The staff, such as themselves, must constantly monitor for environmental anomalies as well as observe the condition inside Ji Jingqiu's body, ready to interrupt the process at any moment and send Ji Jingqiu to the medical bed.

Moreover, the difficulty of refining the Formless Dao Body is amongst the highest in all superior cultivation bodies.

This meant that the Dharma it represented was even more ancient and obscure, harder to comprehend, making communication even more challenging.

At this moment, however, Ji Jingqiu seemed to merge with Heaven and Earth, becoming part of the Dharma, gradually "disappearing" from their view.

In Professor Zuo He's experience, Ji Jingqiu was making very smooth progress, which could be described as unobstructed!

The most direct evidence of this was the faint shadow emerging behind him.

It was a quietly standing, faceless, formless Dharma Body.

At first glance, it felt somewhat eerie, but upon closer inspection, one could sense an indescribable charm to it, and looking longer, it seemed as though one could find the deepest shadow of one's heart on the Dharma Body...

It was like a blank sheet of paper without a single stroke of ink, inviting all viewers to paint upon it, casting their Heart Image upon it.

Reflecting the self within the viewer's heart... If Professor Zuo He remembered correctly, this was the highest grade of the Formless Dao Body, All Living Beings!

Seemingly formless, yet encompassing All Phenomena.

Is this what a genius looks like?

Even Professor Zuo He, who had assisted dozens of so-called Martial Arts geniuses in the formation of their superior cultivation bodies, couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

Even among geniuses forging superior cultivation bodies, there were vast differences.

...

At this moment,

Ji Jingqiu was like merging naturally with Heaven and Earth, falling into a state similar to the Unity of Heaven and Man.

He felt that he had become part of the vast and limitless Heaven and Earth, the smallest yet greatest existence, omnipresent and omnipotent...

This was the Heaven and Earth Law.

In this state, he could clearly perceive the strange deep red particles contained within the air around him, gradually permeating everywhere he could see.

This must be Hel's radiation field.

But he had no time to consider these, as in this state, he keenly felt the flickering of the Heart Fire within him.

Compared to several months ago, it had undoubtedly grown much stronger, but it was still far from the peak of the Heart Lamp mentioned by Daoge, where one could see the Sword God.

The next moment, Ji Jingqiu's spiritual thought shifted, like the sun and moon illuminating the mountains and rivers, shedding light on the Mountain and Water Divine Form pattern within his body, as well as the traces of Dharma that were like golden patterns, branded on the "mountains and rivers" inside him.

Every inch was filled with vibrant vitality and profound artistic conception.

When all these previously formless Dharma traces were connected together, an unprecedented sense of fulfillment spread from the "I" within.

This was the [Dharma Body Prototype].

The first step of the superior Taoist Body was thus completed.

Ji Jingqiu slowly opened his eyes.

He felt as if the world before him had become more vivid and alive.

His overall attributes had not undergone major transformations, and his vision had not increased, but this feeling was particularly strong.

Gradually, a clarity dawned in his heart.

It wasn't the vividness of light or color, nor the transformation of vision, but "reality."

After nurturing the [Dharma Body Prototype], he began to truly encounter this world's reality.

Is this the world of Dharma?

Beside him, after witnessing Ji Jingqiu's transformation, Professor Zuo He gestured for everyone to leave, leaving the training room to Ji Jingqiu.

He knew well that Ji Jingqiu had just completed a transformation and this was the best time for inner reflection and realization.

Ji Jingqiu circulated his Heart Electricity, looking back to see a formless and faceless Dharma Body Prototype, tranquility incarnate, standing behind him.

Lacking the grandeur and majesty of Mu Juncheng's Immovable Ming King, it was just simple and unadorned, exuding a tranquility and peace that transcended worldly troubles, as if it had shed all ostentation to return to its original form.

Looking at this Dharma Body, Ji Jingqiu pondered in his mind.

According to the manual sent by the Administration Bureau along with the Formless Dao Body, the next step was to manifest the faceless Dharma Body into a myriad of forms.

But Ji Jingqiu vaguely felt that perhaps this was not the path to take.

The Dharma Body he had achieved was for All Living Beings, which could already reflect the myriad aspects of the human heart, so why need to transform into other people's forms?

In his view, this Dharma Body should ultimately evolve the form of the True Self.

To command All Phenomena with the True Self.

Simply put, when the face of the Dharma Body becomes his own, he will have entered the next stage of cultivation.

Thinking this, Ji Jingqiu nodded slightly, his reasoning was sound in theory, without a doubt correct.

Yes, he certainly couldn't be wrong, the mistake must then lie with the manual from the Administration Bureau.

The instructions on the Formless Dao Body within that manual were already scant, and errors and omissions were normal.