251 Breakthrough (1/2)

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Enveloped in a tight cocoon made of energies. Raven's consciousness floated in an empty space of nothingness.

Contrary to where his consciousness was, the situation of his body was extremely active. Countless changes were happening each passing moment, his body was being reconstructed to a minute detail, and this changes had been happening for at least eight hours now.

Unlike he first time, Raven didn't feel any sort of pain in this breakthrough anymore, he just felt like it was a natural reaction. In fact, this breakthrough is comfortable. Not like he could tell when his consciousness is at an empty space.

Just like before, his body was broken down into a cellular because of how much energy he took in. The remains of his old body was used a nutrients for the newly incubated body of his and will bring an extreme familiarity to him.

The only thing that remained of Raven was a shining brownish core that rotated on it's own inside the cocoon, and his soul that is being held down by core to prevent it from dissipating in the wind.

As time went on, Raven's body was being constructed bit by bit. Each fiber of his body were baptized with tremendous amounts of energy, causing them to pulsate with vigor and activity.

The first transformation made him experience a tremendous change in his outer body, the second transformation enhanced his muscles and organs. This third transformation is focused on his bones and marrows.

As his bones started condensing, it looked like an immaculate set of bones. It shone with a resplendent brilliance and pulsed with strength. Anyone who sees this might even say that this aren't bones but white jades sculpted into a skeleton.

As his marrows started producing blood, they were baptized by the abundant energies as well. His blood was vibrant and viscous, each drop was filled with life and energy. The vitality contained by his blood is a solid proof on how strong Raven's longevity was. At this point, it would take a century before Raven shows any visible signs of aging. Living up to 3,000 years is the maximum of Raven's longevity. That's if, he stopped cultivating at this stage, but that very unlikely to happen.

Cultivators who found success on this path tends to live a little longer than mortals. The reason why they seem to age is because their bodies weren't trained to a degree where it could last under the test of time.

Now that the eight hours passed like a blur, Raven's body was nearly ready to emerge out of the cocoon.

Inside of the cocoon, Raven was curled up like an infant. His eyes were closed, like he was trapped in a peaceful dream. Suddenly, his heart started pulsing and his blood started circulating inside his body.

Raven's eyes snapped wide open and with a slight movement, the cocoon he was in exploded into shards that dissipated into the air.

His naked body floated in the air. His eyes were emitting an intense white light that seemed like torches under the dark skies. The muscles on his body tightly clung on his bones, resulting in a very compact build for Raven. His shoulders broaden for quite a bit and his hair that previously had blue tips were now fully covered in that oceanic color as it flowed with the wind like a graceful stream of water.

When the resplendence of his eyes were gone, Raven's consciousness returned to reality as his body slightly hovered down. As his feet touched the ground, he waved his hand and clothes came out of his spatial ring which he placed nearby.

He wore the usual all black attire that really enhanced his look even further. Raven was somewhat dazed for a while, causing him to stare at an empty space for quite sometime.

After a moment of feeling lost. Raven released a sigh and gently closed his eyes. His face expressed a concentrating look as a silhouette of an armor suddenly appeared and enclosed his body.

There is no helmet, and the rest of the armor looked like a bunch of metal plates that has a smooth surfaces and was bonded together by an amateur smith.