Kong Yi possessed only a mortal meridian, but since his Divine Soul remained intact, crafting a new physical body was not as troublesome as one might imagine. The principle was similar to that of creating an avatar.
Generally speaking, the greatest characteristic of an avatar is the absence of a Divine Soul. However, Zhou Chuan could wield Soul Art, peeling off a portion of a semi-Primordial Spirit to shape a new Divine Soul. Doing so would admittedly take a toll on Kong Yi's semi-Primordial Spirit, making his breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit stage even more difficult. Yet a Nascent Soul with congenital flaws was not fit to show its face in public and had to be concealed within a physical shell.
"Forge!"
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