Ye Ningze looked at the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus before him and nodded gently. To him, the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus was indeed a good thing.
However, everything needed to unleash its true power before him to be considered good.
If the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus could not be absorbed by him, then it was merely a bomb to him.
Therefore, only the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus that was absorbed by him held meaning. Ye Ningze took the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus from the other's hand.
Then, the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus in Ye Ningze's hand gradually turned into a wisp of smoke and completely drilled into Ye Ningze's body.
After the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus entered Ye Ningze's body, Ye Ningze immediately felt a vast power surge within him.
This vast power roamed ceaselessly within Ye Ningze's body, and it could be said without exaggeration that this vast power was cleansing Ye Ningze's limbs and meridians.
Ye Ningze's body was also undergoing constant changes and transformations due to this power, accompanied by immense pain.
This pain was unbearable for ordinary people; enduring it meant transforming into a dragon upon encountering wind and rain, while failing meant completely losing everything previously possessed.
Ye Ningze knew very clearly that he was at a critical juncture.
If he lacked the determination to endure and accept the powerful force within his body, then no matter what he encountered in the future, he would be unable to overcome it completely.
Thus, Ye Ningze suppressed the pain within his heart time and again, breaking through his limits again and again.
Eventually, even flames began to burn on his body.
First, his skin turned red as if it were a heated branding iron. Then, this branding iron began to emit wisps of smoke, until Ye Ningze's body was completely engulfed in flames.
This burning from the inside out was a pain that ordinary people could not bear, and it was the best way to temper one's soul and mental power.
In other words, Ye Ningze was not only tempering his body through this process but also his mental power and soul.
Ye Ningze continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of this space into his body, and through this opportunity, he aimed to achieve a transformation.
A transformation towards a higher-dimensional life form. The black shadow, upon witnessing this, felt dazzled and entranced.
He never imagined that his master was transforming into a higher-dimensional life form. The so-called gods and demons of the past were merely higher-dimensional life forms.
And the current so-called demonic beasts were merely things they had created. Therefore, Ye Ningze had already possessed the qualifications to evolve into a god or demon.
As long as Ye Ningze gained enough power, he was confident that he could become a higher-level life form.
The Nine-Colored Golden Lotus continuously altered Ye Ningze's bodily structure. His original human-like bodily structure gradually began to become incredibly complex.
It could even be said without exaggeration that he was now diverging from the human bodily structure.
As for whether he could still be considered human now, no one could provide an answer.
However, one thing was certain: both Ye Ningze's body and his spirit had been greatly enhanced, making his strength terrifying.
The black shadow watched from the side with great trepidation, for he knew that if things were not handled properly, the entire space would be buried with Ye Ningze.
Although he desperately wished to avoid such a situation, events had far exceeded his ability to control.
He tried to change the outcome time and again, so he continuously gathered the surrounding power.
The more surrounding power that was gathered, the greater the chance that Ye Ningze could overcome this tribulation with that power.
But if the surrounding power was insufficient, the consequences were something even the black shadow could not foresee.
Finally, the entire space underwent a complete transformation due to the accumulation of power, and Ye Ningze madly absorbed the surrounding power into his body.
And after absorbing the surrounding power into his body, he suddenly discovered another issue.
The surrounding power seemed to be prepared for him, as this power was somewhat different from any power he had encountered before.
It was precisely because of this that he was able to completely absorb the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus into his body.
And after the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus was completely absorbed into his body, Ye Ningze began to refine it.
Refining the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus was also a considerably slow process, after all, to perfectly integrate the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus into his body.
Patience was the most basic requirement, and Ye Ningze also knew that the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus was no ordinary item.
Even though his body had absorbed a portion of it, to completely absorb it would still require his continuous effort.
Ye Ningze looked at the black shadow and said faintly:
"Now that I can completely control the power of the Nine-Colored Golden Lotus within a certain range, I think it's time for us to proceed to the next step."
After Ye Ningze finished speaking, the black shadow, without any hesitation, began the next phase.
The next step was much easier, at least not as dangerous as before. What Ye Ningze referred to as the next step was the creation of space.
Ye Ningze mobilized the power he had just acquired and moved to the edge of this space.
He waved his hands gently, and the originally ethereal space immediately changed its appearance.
Plants began to grow one after another in the originally ethereal space. These plants signified that the space was no longer cold and lifeless.
Although the space with plants was not large, it was able to bring vitality to the entire space.
It even allowed the entire space to grow further. The black shadow, upon witnessing this, was almost moved to tears.
After all, as someone who was like a prisoner, the current situation was already quite good.
Moreover, he could observe a larger world through Ye Ningze's vision.
After a long while, Ye Ningze finally awoke from this special state.
And the space where Ye Ningze was located had also undergone earth-shattering changes. Who would have thought that after just one transformation, the entire space could change so drastically?
And what Ye Ningze was most concerned about now was another matter, which was how many transformations he would need to undergo for this space to grow on its own.