The world outside Zhang Wei's room remained unaware of the cosmic storm unfolding inside.
While Zhang Wei lay in serene sleep, his body unknowingly embarked on a transformation that would change the fate of countless worlds.
Suddenly, the fan of the Human Sage resting quietly in the center of the room began to tremble.
Golden threads of merit emerged like strands of starlight, weaving themselves into the air. Golden threads of merit twined through the air like drifting fireflies, wrapping around Zhang Wei's body like a cocoon. His Divine Consciousness began its subtle transformation, unnoticed by the world outside. Words and symbols, glowing with ancient Daoist light, spiraled around Zhang Wei's head:
Array… Talisman… Strategy… Calligraphy… Wisdom… Painting… Dao… Righteousness… Humanity…
The air turned heavy as thousands of ancient runes emerged from the bronze fan, their light soft and sacred. They flowed into Zhang Wei's Divine Sea of Consciousness one by one, like a gentle river of knowledge.
Zhang Wei's body remained perfectly still only the soft rise and fall of his chest gave sign of life. The System, in full control of his physical body, oversaw the transfer with meticulous care.
From the bronze fan, the legacy of the Human Sage was being first absorbed by the System Core, and from there, infused directly into Zhang Wei's Divine Consciousness a safe route to prevent overloading the mortal mind.
Outside, the alchemy furnace quietly glowed, the Divine Bloodline Pill forming inside it had turned a deep violet-red, emitting golden and silver pulses every few moments. The legacy and the pill were being synchronized to ensure harmony of soul and flesh.
As the legacy entered his soul, a dark black fluid began seeping from Zhang Wei's pores. His body trembled slightly as all impurities mortal fatigue, hidden ailments, and useless bodily Qi were expelled.
Suddenly, a soft projection of a golden lotus bloomed above his sleeping head.
Then a second. A third. A fourth.
One by one, nine sacred lotuses appeared above Zhang Wei each glowing brighter than the last. These were not illusions… they were true projections of the Dao recognizing a Sage.
At the peak of the ninth lotus, an ethereal figure appeared a middle-aged scholar in white robes with a faint smile and immeasurable depth in his eyes.
"Congratulations… to the new bearer of my legacy."
It was the Human Sage, now an Immortal Sage, standing high above the clouds of fate. One by one, dozens of ancient sages, robed in various traditional Taoist and scholarly garments, appeared around him.
They nodded respectfully, offering silent congratulations to the slumbering figure below.
But Zhang Wei remained fast asleep, unaware of the honor bestowed upon him.
Instead, the System, using Zhang Wei's body as a vessel, stepped forward spiritually and offered a deep bow.
"Thank you, Ancient Ones. Your legacy will not be wasted."
Just then, the fan of the Human Sage projected its image into the air, followed by an elegant white brush-pen a symbol of wisdom and creation.
Both sacred relics hovered above the nine lotus platforms, and then, in a burst of celestial light, a tenth lotus blossomed above all others.
Zhang Wei's spirit, in his sleep, gently rose and laid atop the final lotus, his form wrapped in divine light. His ascent to Sagehood had been witnessed and marked by the universe.
But this power was far too immense.
System Notification:"Host's body currently incapable of bearing full legacy. Sealing 99% of Sage Legacy.""Host will be able to use 1/100th of the Human Sage's legacy temporarily. Unlock rate will grow with cultivation and comprehension."
Then one by one all divine projection vanished and Zhang Wei falls on his bed and then the system made the sound.....
Congratulation to Host for Inheriting the Human Sage Legacy..
Dingg..... A sound was made from the Alchemy function of the System, It was the sound of the completion of the pill.
Then came the moment of fusion.
The Divine Bloodline Pill was ready.
With the celestial event stabilizing, the System released the pill into Zhang Wei's mouth and gently guided it into his Qi Center (Dantian).
"Initiating Bloodline Reconstruction… Activating full-body transformation protocol…"
The room exploded in chaos.
Within a breath's time, Zhang Wei's veins bulged violently beneath his skin like writhing serpents. The moment the energy of the pill surged into his bloodstream, a terrible reaction followed.
CRACK!
A sickening sound echoed through the silent room.
His muscles began twitching uncontrollably, each fiber stretching to its limit before tearing open, layer by layer. Skin split apart as if unable to contain the monstrous energy coursing through his body. Like paper soaked in acid, it peeled and bled, revealing torn muscle that bubbled and spasmed until those too burst, spraying blood across the room like a butchered animal.
The pain had Zhang Wei been awake would have been indescribable. Fortunately, the System had rendered him unconscious, shielding his mind from unimaginable agony.
His limbs jerked unnaturally. Ligaments snapped. Tendons shrieked under pressure and tore away from bone. His chest caved in slightly, then exploded outward with a brutal crack, ribs snapping like dry twigs and puncturing flesh before turning to ash, rising as silver-gold particles in the air and vanishing into the nothingness.
Soon, all that was left of Zhang Wei's body was a grotesque shell of blood and dangling meat.
Then came the bones.
Each one fractured first at the center, the cracks spreading outward like spiderwebs before disintegrating entirely. Vertebrae crumbled one by one, his spine folding like a ruined bridge. His arms and legs collapsed inward as the support of his skeleton disappeared. His clavicle and ribcage, even the tiniest bones in his fingers and toes, reduced to dust, leaving Zhang Wei's internal organs writhing in a pool of blood, suspended by nothing.
Only two things remained untouched amidst the carnage.... his still-beating heart, and his intact head, both protected by the joint effort of the Human Sage's Legacy and the System.
Then the heart paused for a moment… and glowed.
In Zhang Wei's Qi Center, the pill shattered.
BOOM.
A web of golden and black tendrils erupted from the heart, crawling outward into the void of flesh. From these tendrils, new bone structures began to emerge crafted by the System with meticulous care, each bone reinforced with the mythical energies of the divine bloodlines of the Journey to the West characters.
The process was methodical. First the spine, forged like an immortal pillar. Then the ribcage, arms, legs, fingers. The bones shimmered faintly, no longer white but a luminous crystalline gold, hard as diamond and laced with invisible inscriptions of power.
After the bones, blood vessels and meridians began to form thicker, stronger, more flexible, designed to carry many times the Qi of a normal cultivator. They pulsed to life, a blue and red web spreading like roots across newly formed bones.
Then came the organs, reconstructed and enhanced. Each organ thrummed with vitality lungs capable of holding breath for days, kidneys that refined impurities into Qi, a liver that could neutralize poisons on contact.
Finally, the muscles regenerated. But these weren't the soft tissues of an ordinary man they were dense, corded, refined, as if forged in a celestial forge. When they settled over the bones and organs, the room shook, as if the very act of creating this divine body sent ripples into the world.
Zhang Wei's skin began to close up, golden energy stitching it together like silken thread. But his face remained untouched… until the last moment.
The System then turned to Zhang Wei's head.
The legacy protection was removed, and immediately, his face exploded, eyes bursting, skin tearing, and the skull turned to ash. But the brain remained, protected.
Carefully, the System rebuilt the head from the brain outward first forming the diamond-like skull, then the muscles, nerves, and finally, a new face unlike the one he was born with.
Zhang Wei's new form was… transcendent.
His face was ethereal, as if sculpted by divine hands a mix of immortal grace and masculine perfection. His eyes were sharp, golden with hints of cosmic glow, and pulsed with hidden might. Even bullets would shatter against his skin.
His rebirth was complete.
Zhang Wei had obtained every ability from the greatest warriors of Journey to the West though they remained sealed within, waiting for their moment.
Then, a long silence…
The room was drenched in blood and radiant with golden mist. Wind whispered through the cracks, as if awed by the transformation.
Suddenly...
DING!
System Notification:"Host's complete body reconstruction is now complete.""Human Sage Legacy integration successful.""All processes stable."
"Host… you may now wake up."