When the crystallization on Scholar Jane’s abdomen spread to her chest, the pain suddenly vanished. She looked down to see the organs beneath her skin gradually turning into a translucent, pale blue structure, like amber formed from the solidified sap of the World Tree.
The Café was deathly quiet. Everyone stared at her transformation—everyone, that is, except for the light-particle silhouette of Xingmang. The seat that had always remained vacant now glowed faintly, as if an invisible guest were sipping a nonexistent cup of coffee.
"It is reshaping your body," said Financier Qiyue, whose afterimage was now almost entirely transparent. "But it is not destruction... it is evolution."
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