His eyelids felt unusually heavy. Xu Yunfan slowly closed his eyes and sank into a deep sleep.
As Xu Yunfan's breathing grew long and steady, the surface of the Extreme Dao Relic Shell he had carefully tied into a vest began to show fine, dense, scale-like patterns.
The supposedly lifeless husk suddenly seemed to come alive, emitting a fluorescent glow like moonlight. The entire Relic Shell began to squirm like an earthworm, and the knots Xu Yunfan had tied loosened with incredible smoothness, as if soaked in oil.
The Relic Shell unfurled completely, resembling a human silhouette, and silently pressed itself flat against Xu Yunfan's body.
The sleeping Xu Yunfan was completely unaware. The Pure Yang Inner Breath, dormant deep within the flesh of his abdomen, began to stir. As if triggered by some unknown force, it formed a trickling stream, flowing continuously into a dark-red scab over the heart of the Relic Shell.
