"Multi-stage transformation?" Su Zhou repeated the words subconsciously before it finally clicked what Yara was getting at.
"Hmm, true. While it's not necessary right now, a multi-stage transformation would certainly have its benefits for me."
This was no idle thought—Su Zhou's reasoning was perfectly sound.
First, as a Transcendent's power increased, their human form would increasingly restrict their true combat potential.
No matter how much people might praise the human form as some kind of Innate Daoist Body, the truth was that the evolution of symmetrical, bipedal creatures with four limbs was practically an inevitability. It wasn't uncommon for similar lifeforms to appear on other worlds. This body plan had its advantages, like freeing the hands to use tools and channeling more nutrients to the brain—the very foundation of human civilization—but it also had inherent weaknesses.
