The Taoists seated cross-legged around the room all opened their eyes which no longer contained eyeballs.
Then, their mouths opened and they each spat out a pale worm egg.
Following a soft landing, these eggs cracked open with a 'plop' and some illusory worms crawled out.
As soon as these worms appeared, the host Taoists immediately turned into dried corpses and slumped to the ground.
The pale worms crawled in unison to the altar, then bit into the bare feet of the True Disciple and burrowed inside.
With each worm that entered,
the True Disciple's aura grew stronger.
His aura expanded rapidly.
Golden Core Late Period, Golden Core Perfection...
Then, his eyes suddenly disappeared and the True Disciple began to laugh maniacally with a wide grin.
As the Sect Master's worm also entered his body,
the True Disciple's aura suddenly stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm!
Above his head, an infant-sized illusory figure emerged.
Just as the Nascent Soul began to appear,
Pop!