He continued testing, discovering additional eye abilities:
Illusion Negation: Any false image, mirage, or deceptive projection was instantly recognized and dismissed. His eyes saw only truth.
Technique Copying: When observing martial techniques or energy manipulation, his eyes could record the complete execution—every movement, every energy flow, every Intent application—allowing him to replicate it perfectly after a single viewing.
Soul Gaze: By focusing on living beings, he could perceive their souls directly—seeing spiritual strength, cultivation level, even emotional states and intentions.
Bewitching Gaze: His eyes could project hypnotic patterns that captured weaker minds, creating illusions or compelling obedience.
Paralysis Gaze: Direct eye contact could freeze opponents with lower spiritual strength, their bodies locking up as his overwhelming consciousness suppressed their will.
Destructive Gaze: By channeling energy through his eyes, he could project devastating beams—not just light, but concentrated Law power that could disintegrate matter or tear through dimensional barriers.
And these are just the abilities I can identify immediately, Vaelor thought with satisfaction. I can sense other capabilities waiting to be discovered as I continue developing.
He examined his soul next—the immortal component of his existence.
Previously, his soul had been gaseous and ethereal, the standard form for Foundation Establishment cultivators. But the origin essence saturation during transformation had crystallized it into something far more substantial.
His soul was now semi-solid—retaining fluid adaptability but possessing genuine material presence. It glowed with internal luminescence that suggested cosmic significance rather than mundane biology.
This level of soul crystallization normally requires Soul Transformation Realm, Vaelor recognized. Which corresponds to King-Tier cultivation—LV100 or higher. Yet I'm still technically Foundation Establishment.
The 33rd stage threshold triggered premature life essence evolution. My soul advanced ahead of schedule, giving me capabilities that shouldn't be possible at my level.
His spirit—the vital force animating his existence—had also achieved perfect purification. Every trace of mundane limitation had been burned away by origin essence, leaving only purified cosmic energy.
My lifespan...
He checked his vital statistics and found something startling.
Previously, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his lifespan had been approximately 20000-30000 years. Extended compared to normal humans, but still finite.
Now? The number was... undefined.
His enhanced Divine Insight calculated potential lifespan based on current vitality, regeneration rate, and soul stability. The result exceeded computational limits.
Functionally immortal, Vaelor realized. As long as I'm not killed through violence, my body will maintain itself indefinitely. I've achieved biological immortality at Foundation Establishment realm.
That's...
He didn't have words for how absurd that was.
Finally, he examined the sensation he'd been noticing since waking from transformation—a new presence within his body.
Another physique was awakening.
Not just developing or emerging slowly. Fully awakening. Right now. Triggered by the massive influx of origin essence and the dramatic cultivation advancement.
Vaelor's consciousness dove deeper into his cellular structure, searching for the source of this new physique.
And found it encoded in his very atoms—a bloodline inheritance that had been dormant, waiting for the right conditions to manifest.
Mother's bloodline, he realized with sudden comprehension. She sealed my potential to hide me, but the seal also suppressed this inherited physique. When the system broke the seal, it began awakening. And now, with origin essence saturation and 50th stage cultivation...
It's fully activating.
The new physique was... different. Fundamentally different from anything he'd encountered.
His current Eternal Cosmos Physique treated his body as a universe—with cells as miniature cosmos, following cosmic principles of expansion, gravity, and dimensional structure.
This new bloodline physique was complementary but distinct. It focused not on making the body a universe, but on transforming the body's fundamental nature from biological matter to pure energy.
[Primordial Energy Genesis Physique] his Divine Insight identified.
[Origin: Unknown Cosmic Bloodline][
Effect: Gradual transformation from biological lifeform to energy-based existence]
Energy lifeform, Vaelor thought, his enhanced comprehension immediately grasping the implications.
Biological bodies—flesh, blood, bone, organs—possessed inherent limitations. They required food, water, oxygen. They aged. They accumulated damage. They had maximum capabilities determined by physical structure.
These limitations constrained cultivation advancement. Even powerful warriors were fundamentally bound by biology. Their bodies could only contain so much energy, endure so much stress, achieve so much strength before physical limitations created insurmountable bottlenecks.
But energy-based lifeforms transcended those constraints.
An energy body didn't require food—it absorbed ambient energy. It didn't age—energy doesn't degrade. It didn't accumulate permanent damage—energy regenerates infinitely given sufficient sources.
And most importantly, energy bodies had no maximum power ceiling. They could grow indefinitely strong, limited only by available energy supply rather than physical structure.
This physique will gradually convert my biological cells into energy constructs, Vaelor understood. Not destroying the cells, but transforming their fundamental nature from matter to energy.
My consciousness, my soul, my memories—everything that makes me "me"—will remain intact. But the substrate will change from biological tissue to pure energy formation.
His Divine Insight provided additional details about the transformation process:
The half-illusory, half-real universe cells created by his Eternal Cosmos Physique would serve as the foundation. Instead of being matter-based cells containing miniature universes, they would transform into atoms of energy —fundamental particles composed entirely of condensed power, each one containing a fully realized miniaturized universe within its structure.
His neural pathways—the networks of neurons that transmitted signals through his brain and nervous system—would transform into energy meridians. Thought itself would become energy flow, consciousness would operate through power circulation rather than electrochemical signals.
His entire body would essentially become a living energy formation—maintaining humanoid shape through will rather than biological structure, functioning as a self-contained power source rather than an organism.
And the defensive implications were staggering.
To kill a biological body, you destroy vital organs—heart, brain, major blood vessels, Vaelor thought analytically. But an energy body has no vital organs. Every atom is equally important and equally redundant.
You'd have to destroy me completely—down to the absolute smallest particle—to actually kill me. And even then, as long as environmental energy exists, I could potentially regenerate from even a single surviving atom by absorbing power from surroundings.
I would be functionally unkillable by any conventional means.
But the Primordial Energy Genesis Physique was still in early activation. The transformation from biological to energy-based existence would take time—months, possibly years to complete.
Unless I accelerate it through cultivation, Vaelor realized. The more I advance, the more energy I channel through my body, the faster the transformation proceeds.
Then another realization struck him.
My two physiques—Eternal Cosmos and Primordial Energy Genesis—are complementary. They work together rather than conflicting.
What if I actively merge them? Use my enhanced comprehension to fuse both physiques into a single unified form that incorporates benefits from both?
His Divine Insight immediately began analyzing the possibility.
[Fusion Compatibility: 97.3%]
[Potential Synergy: Exponential Enhancement]
[Warning: Fusion will require massive energy expenditure and may trigger additional transformation]
Vaelor smiled coldly. Worth it.