He habitually closed his eyes and focused his mind inward.

During this period of decadent relaxation, Jeming did not give up on nurturing his magical treasure, and his efforts did not go in vain.

He could feel the connection between the Heart Mirror and his mind deepening, as if it had become the sixth limb of his body.

This feeling grew stronger until that instant just now, Jeming felt that perhaps it was time for the first attempt.

So Jeming eagerly prepared to experience the core function of the Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror: Light Transformation Escape.

He wanted to test what effects the Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror could achieve in the Qi Cultivation Late-stage, and the limits of what he could withstand.

Considering the extreme speed of the Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror, a simple training ground was no longer sufficient.

Jeming once again left the academy, flying for several days until he chose a nearby mountain range with open terrain as the testing site.

It was far from towns and sparsely populated, so even if he made a startling commotion, it wouldn’t attract attention.

In a valley, Jeming took a deep breath to calm his mind.

He concentrated his divine sense entirely on the Heart Mirror within his dantian.

“Light Transformation!” he silently commanded in his heart.

In an instant, the Heart Mirror within his dantian erupted with a dazzling light.

This light did not spread outward, but rather converged instantly, changing from solid to virtual, becoming an invisible force that surged out from his dantian, instantly enveloping his entire body.

It was an indescribable feeling.

At that moment, his body seemed to lose its physical substance, becoming extraordinarily light, like pure light itself.

A layer of “Light Clothing” emitting colorful light covered his skin, merging with his body.

He could feel that this layer of Light Clothing was composed of the intertwined concepts of light within the Heart Mirror!

His body felt no pain or discomfort; instead, there was a wonderful sense of liberation.

He seemed to have cast off the shackles of the flesh, ready to dash in any direction at any time.

“Escape Light!”

His mind moved again! He chose a protruding rock at the edge of the valley as his target.

There was no roar, no loud noise, not even the slightest sound of air tearing.

Jeming felt his body suddenly erupt in a stream of gold and red light; the surrounding scene shattered at this moment, as if severed into countless pieces by a giant axe.

The sense of time completely distorted, and space seemed to fold and compress.

Everything before his eyes transformed into blurry light belts and colored blocks; he could barely catch fragmented images—swiftly retreating shadows of trees, the silhouette of mountains flashing by, fleeting glimpses of plant life on the ground… All of this overlapped and jumped in a non-logical way, so fast that his eyes and brain couldn’t process it!

He felt he was not “flying,” but “instantaneously teleporting.”

He wasn’t controlling the light; rather, he briefly became the light!

He could not sense the resistance of the air, nor the distance from the ground; Jeming only knew he was surging forward at unimaginable speed!

Jeming attempted to control the direction, trying to adjust the trajectory, but his body completely disregarded his commands!

Now, he was like an arrow driven forward; once released, it could only continue in a fixed direction at extreme speed!

How long did the Light Transformation last?

Perhaps one hundred-thousandth of a second.

Or maybe less…

The distorted sense of time generated at extreme speeds left Jeming completely unable to judge.

Without any deceleration, without any warning, just one moment feeling that extreme speed, and the next—a massive impact struck hard!

The Escape Light dissipated in an instant, his body abruptly appearing on the physical plane, and then…

He felt himself slam into something solid!

BOOM!

A tremendous force recoiled—a muffled groan of pain escaped his lips.

He tried to steady himself but felt his legs give way, a dimness clouding his vision.

Only after a long while did he regain his senses, realizing that he had crashed violently into a massive rock!

Half of his body, from the waist down, was embedded in the hard stone.

He barely extracted an arm, bracing himself against the rock wall, gasping for air.

Within his dantian, the True Essence was as dry as a riverbed, utterly depleted.

Just this brief instant of escape had consumed all his True Essence at the Qi Cultivation Late-stage!

His soul felt as if it had been through torture; he sensed his soul trembling, his brain fatigued and in stabbing pain, on the verge of collapse!

He struggled to withdraw from the rock, a low growl escaping due to the pain.

Fortunately, the magical treasure itself was imbued with a very thorough safety system during its refining; after the end of Light Transformation flight, the user would not carry the inertia from flying.

The reason Jeming ended up embedded in the rock was purely due to poor control on his first use, with a portion of residual energy exploding on the release of Light Transformation causing self-injury.

With more practice in the future, such issues would no longer occur.

Compared to the damage from energy backlash, more terrifying was the brief emptiness after the escape ended.

Jeming felt that in that moment, it was as if his life energy had been drained dry, limbs unresponsive; for at least several breaths, he couldn’t perform any effective evasive or counterattack moves.

If this test had been in front of an enemy, he would be like meat on the chopping block, awaiting slaughter!

Using all his strength, he crawled out of the rock, collapsing to the ground, leaning against the rock he had crashed into, now with a human-shaped dent.

He was now utterly exhausted, even standing was difficult.

His insides felt empty, divine sense weakened, body pained, and an indescribable stiffness…

Only after resting on the ground for a long while did he feel somewhat revived, shakily reaching into his clothing to retrieve a well-protected potion bottle. Opening it, he poured the liquid inside into his mouth.

As he felt the magic potion rapidly repairing his bodily injuries and revitalizing his spiritual power, Jeming finally had time to savor the experience of the Light Transformation.

So fast!

The speed of Light Transformation was so fast that he hadn’t even fully understood what was happening before it was over!

So fast that he completely lost control!

But… it was also incredibly powerful!

Even at the Qi Cultivation Late-stage, with just the basic form of the magical treasure, he had achieved such a level of escape speed!

He directed his consciousness into his dantian, and the Five Elements Rainbow Transformation Mirror there had dimmed somewhat, its glowing currents slowing significantly, evidently also greatly drained, needing time to recover.

Gasping for breath, he looked back in the direction he came from, at the mountains now unseen, and then at his own sorry state.

The fact that he couldn’t see the mountains meant he had flown at least a thousand miles in that instant.

This was due to his insufficient True Essence, which could only sustain the Light Transformation state for an extremely brief moment.

Once he could maintain the Light Transformation for a longer period, the distance he could fly would multiply significantly.

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