The Divine Transformation Realm involves three things: Integration of Body and Soul, the sublimation of the Mind into the Divine Consciousness, and elevating one's "status". This realm is a huge threshold, a watershed. It is the boundary separating an immortal cultivation from a high-level immortal cultivator. All three stages require massive amounts of high grade spiritual qi—the ones suitable for Divine Transformation Realm.
Shi Tian shook his head and began the first stage.
His golden blood started to boil. Its circulation speed throughout his entire body became faster. More than a dozen Dharma Laws emanated from him. The glow his physical body emanated soon became far more dazzling than that of the Sun's.
Shi Tian's Nascent Soul flew out of his body. This child-like version of himself, sculpted from pure white light, followed his actions and sat cross-legged. It did not take long before it emanated a similar glow as his physical body's.
This entire process took an entire decade. Everyone on Earth saw a second Sun appear in the sky. Glancing at it remained harmless due to the upgraded formation set-up around Earth.
In the eleventh year, the second Sun experienced new changes.
The light surrounding Shi Tian turned pure golden. Its scorching brightness could easily blind one's "perception", rendering their sight "useless".
The Nascent Soul grew to Shi Tian's current size. Its position overlapped with Shi Tian's physical body.
HUM-!
A vast tremor originated from his very being. Layers upon layers of dimensions shook under his presence. Its fluctuations were blocked by the imaginary barrier, only for a portion of it to seep through. Like an ink in a blank canvas, this small ink stained the entire universe black.
The signal awakened countless beings. All of them, whether weak or strong, followed the urge to look at the shooting star in their worlds' skies.
{The fusion of Body and Soul is successful.}
{Realm: Nascent Soul Realm > Half-step Divine Transformation Realm}
Shi Tian did not stop for a second. The successful integration of body and soul gave him unprecedented strength, but it also made him feel a sense of 'incompleteness'. His thoughts could no longer follow the strength he could exert, much like an outdated program inside a high-end phone.
The urge for his Mind to transcend became more apparent… and so he did.
Crack-!
Crack-!
Web-like cracks appeared in Shi Tian's mind. Like a butterfly breaking free from a cocoon, it appeared pure and unfettered. It is desolate yet approachable, free from all of the world's worries. New stars emerged out of nowhere. All because of reality following his wishes.
Such is what constitutes the divine.
{The sublimation of Divine Consciousness is successful.}
{Realm: Half-step Divine Transformation Realm > Divine Transformation Realm (Unanchored, Temporary)}
'I knew it. Status is important.' He thought. 'It is based on one's Dharma Avatar. I can finally experience the typical protagonist treatment.'
Due to the degree of completeness of the golden orb's immortal cultivation, it placed no distinctions on one's "foundation". There are no human, mysterious, earth, and heavenly grades of Foundation Establishment. There are no nine-pattered and dao patterned Golden Cores. There is no earthly or heavenly Nascent Soul. A genius' advantage manifests in their cultivation speed and capability to leapfrog through realms, nothing else.
However, it is different starting the Divine Transformation Realm. The more 'complete' and aplenty the Dharma Law held by one's Dharma Avatar, the higher their "status" will be. A protagonist-level cultivator can match the average Pinnacle Divine Transformation Realm cultivators, not to mention a hacker like Shi Tian.
"Status" is the most special aspect belonging to high-level cultivators. It represents one's "weight" of existence. It is turning a three-dimensional object into a higher-dimensional one. The heavier the weight, the more they can affect the more complex spatial dimensions as well as the special temporal dimension.
'Divinity.'
Shi Tian's boundless mind calculated every possibility present before arriving into one.
'Light the flames of Divinity. A mark that transcends all dimensions. A proof that I exist.'
Gradually, a small silver dot emerged out of his pure golden self. It swirled one after another, mixing various colors as it did so.
The Dao of Five Elements came first, followed by Sword, Cloud, Life…
All of Shi Tian's comprehended Dharma Avatar Aspects came together to form a unique "status". It is an ethereal "thing" existing in conceptual state. It is also closely tied to the Dao one would take at the Dao Integration Realm.
A status' function is simple: to elevate one's plane of existence. In the truest sense, he had moved one step towards the Cocoon of Finality's level of "existence".
'The status of All Creation…'
His ultimate grade ten elements spirit root and Ten Lights Immortal Physique are keys to step onto the Dao Integration Realm, with the Dao of All Creation as the endpoint. The rest of his Dharma Avatar Aspects complemented the power belonging to All Creation—the mix of Ten Elements, Yin-Yang, Extremity, and Void.
'Seventeen different Divine Laws… no, Authorities.'
Shi Tian watched as the status turned into a dazzling silver halo floating atop his head. It brought forth yet another surge of power. He felt he could turn the world upside-down with the swing of his hand. He can now affect all ten dimensions to a greater extent, going as far as to easily manipulate the reality within the three-dimensional plane.
{The establishment of Divinity is successful.}
{Realm: Divine Transformation Realm (Unanchored, Temporary) > Early Divine Transformation Realm}
The updates brought by his Encompassing Eyes no longer has the unanchored state.
It confirmed his entry to the Divine Transformation Realm.
Bang-!
The mystical golden light surrounding his body dispersed everywhere. It blessed the creations within the solar system. The stars began to exhibit signs of mutation. Spiritual qi began to be formed at the depths of their core. Given enough time, they would produce precious spiritual materials.
At some dwarf planets, patches of green arose. The mere thought of a Divine spanned across billions of years of natural development. Life was granted to the previously desolated planets.
Shi Tian opened his eyes to the "new world". Every single information inside the solar system entered his mind—be it simple or complex. His divine consciousness vastly differed from spiritual consciousness. It is not wrong to say that everyone below his current realm can be affected with a single thought. He is now a bonafide reality warper, although severely limited.
Out of them all, two stood out from everyone.
Seele and Veliona possessed a very special connection with the Sea of Quanta. They are its beloved daughters, but also its experimental approach towards immortal cultivation.
Kiana is the most special person chosen by the Cocoon of Finality. She is the only one who Embraced this high-dimensional entity throughout billions of years.
These two people possessed a "status" with a weight no lesser than Shi Tian's, if not heavier. It also enabled him to "see" the statuses of other "beings".
'I can see them now.'
Unconsciously, a smile crept up to his lips. He was not deterred by the extreme difference between them. He was motivated by it.
'I couldn't see it before…'
Back then, the difference between him and these colossal entities (Aeons) was so huge. It is just like the vastness of the sea. The difference was so huge he could not see the end of it.
It is different now.
'Void Refinement, Dao Integration, and Tribulation Transcendence. I can see them now.'
Shi Tian saw the ends of the sea. What was once an insurmountable mountain became surmountable.
The Cocoon of Finality has the "status" of a Void Refinement Realm;
The Aeons has the "status" of a Dao Integration Realm;
The Sea of Quanta has the "status" of a semi-Tribulation Transcendence Realm.
While his current estimates might not be accurate, it is within these ranges. The main problem came from these entities themselves. To Shi Tian, they felt incomplete, much like the fake immortal cultivation of the Herrschers.
'They are fraud cultivators too.'
Just then, a certain Tuna interrupted his thoughts.
"Have you seen enough..?"
The smile in Shi Tian's lips froze.