He initially planned to take human form before emerging into the world and consider his options later upon encountering other primordial gods and demons. However, since he had now met one, it would be best to temporarily halt his emergence and observe what kind of primal body it possessed. This would also allow him to explore the current criteria for transformation.
The emergence of a primordial god or demon was not simply a matter of breaking free from their nascent form. Before their emergence, they had to decide what primal body they would adopt. Generally, primordial gods and demons possessed innate inheritances.
Within these innate inheritances were suitable primal bodies.
For instance, human heads with dragon bodies, human heads with snake bodies, dragon heads with human bodies, or the Kun Peng form were all considered demonic primal bodies.
These types of primal bodies offered significant advantages for their cultivation and comprehension of laws.
However, Ding Yun was not an indigenous lifeform of this world. Even though he had tried his best to make every part of himself indistinguishable from the native lifeforms, he couldn't overcome the issue of innate inheritance.
Innate inheritance was formed when the world nurtured the embryonic form of a primordial spirit, causing the world's laws and the core laws of the embryonic primordial spirit to intertwine and gradually give rise to this inheritance. Ding Yun and others were not nurtured within this world, so how could they have innate inheritance?
Therefore, they truly lacked this world's innate inheritance. They only possessed the innate inheritance of their origin universe, and some innate inheritances plundered by their origin universe from other worlds. However, these were obviously somewhat different from this world. The only universal primal body, the human form, was the safest and most secure.
But at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, the advantages of the human primal body were certainly not as great as those of the demonic primal bodies, nor were they as compatible with the laws. The advantage of the human primal body lay in its moderate compatibility with all laws, without rejection. Its disadvantage, naturally, was that its compatibility with any single law was not particularly high.
This was not conducive to comprehending and deriving its core laws.
When the future heaven and earth were complete, and the laws were perfected, cultivating with such a primal body might be decent. But now, with primordial gods and demons yet to emerge, and the Heavenly Dao not yet formed, even the world's laws were incomplete. Cultivating with such a primal body would be too arduous.
It would be difficult to tread the path of laws.
If he had no other options and no reference points, Ding Yun would naturally have chosen the human primal body. But now that he had a rare opportunity to encounter a living primordial god or demon that had already emerged, it would be a shame not to observe its true form and learn from it.
Therefore, in the next moment, Ding Yun used his cosmic-level intelligent chip as the core, transmitting orders through various base stations to those micro-intelligent robots. He commanded them to relentlessly strive and do their utmost to ascertain the specific appearance of that primordial god or demon.
What followed was a period of constant waiting and observation.
He waited for the battle, which spanned billions of light-years away, to conclude.
He observed the fleeting moments, mere fractions of a second or even an instant, of video transmitted back by countless micro-intelligent robots just before their demise, or rather, just before their destruction.
Another two hundred years passed like this.
Through countless videos, Ding Yun finally managed to meticulously depict the specific appearance of that primordial god or demon.
It had the head of a dragon and the body of a snake, with nine claws and four wings.
Its dragon horns were purple-black, its vertical pupils were singular and of a purple-gold hue, with nine bright golden whiskers on each side. Ninety-nine pearly white serrated teeth adorned its mouth, and its dark scales bore nine layers of thunder patterns. In addition to this, it possessed purplish-red mane-like hair around its dragon head, resembling thunder and fire.
Beneath the dragon's head, a nine-colored snake body, a million zhang long, coiled and soared. The snake body had nine claws and twelve toes. Its claws were sharp and surrounded by swirling black clouds. Innate spiritual energy, combined with the nascent energy, transformed into strands of thunderous energy: Etheric Wood Thunder, Primary Wood Thunder, Five Elements Thunder, Yin-Yang Thunder, and the Nine Heavens Thunder. Ten thousand thunderous techniques evolved to protect its body.
The four wings grew at the junction of the dragon head and snake body.
The upper two wings were membranous, spanning ten thousand zhang when unfurled. With menacing bone spurs, they were as thin and translucent as bat wings. The left wing bore innate thunder patterns, while the right wing bore innate lightning patterns, emanating profound daoist principles and manifesting laws.
The lower two wings were feathered, spanning over thirty thousand zhang when unfurled. Their layered feathers resembled those of a Roc, capable of cleaving the heavens and splitting the universe.
Of course, in addition to its specific form, Ding Yun also replicated the scattered daoist principles and laws. Therefore, the image of the primordial god or demon constructed by Ding Yun within the cosmic-level intelligent chip possessed not only form but also a semblance of its essence and flavor. Only then was it qualified for Ding Yun to use as a reference for analysis.
Concurrently, a continuous stream of micro-intelligent robots continued to collect information about that primordial god or demon and transmit it back, helping her refine the image.
"This should be a primordial god or demon associated with the laws of thunder and lightning. However, judging by its specific strength, it's unlikely to be the Primordial Thunder Ancestor. It's either a descendant of the Primordial Thunder Ancestor or a primordial god or demon of a branch law within the laws of thunder and lightning.
However, this demonic divine form is too bizarre.
It really doesn't suit my aesthetic."
Despite her verbal complaints, Ding Yun's innate indestructible divine soul meticulously observed the divine form within the cosmic-level intelligent chip. Of course, this observation was not about imitation or transforming herself into this appearance. It was primarily about understanding why the outward manifestation of thunderous laws would take this form.
What principles did it follow?
Once she grasped the principles, she would then follow her fundamental laws and the evolutionary rules of demonic primal bodies in this world to evolve a primal body unique to herself.
Several more years passed. A micro-intelligent robot collected a wisp of blood shed by that primordial god or demon when it was injured, and after analyzing its bloodline information, transmitted it to Ding Yun. With the bloodline information, Ding Yun successfully pushed the divine form's completeness to sixty percent.
She was immediately disappointed.
Ding Yun was astonished to discover that the overall image of that primordial god or demon was actually very close to the primordial law character for "thunder," and moreover, it was a relatively incomplete version.
No wonder demonic primal bodies were innately compatible with laws.
They were naturally formed according to the outward manifestation of laws as primordial law characters.
How could they not be compatible?
But the fundamental law Ding Yun chose was "computer," something that did not exist in this world. Therefore, there were naturally no outward primordial law characters for it. Even if she managed to find the primordial law characters for "calculate," "machine," and "computer," they would likely exist independently. How to combine them, and how to combine them into a computer that aligns with Ding Yun's understanding, would still be quite troublesome.
It might not be resolved even in hundreds of aeons.
Ding Yun did not have that much time to waste.
Upon realizing this, Ding Yun could only abandon her original plan and seal away the divine form. She then persistently pondered the matter, unwilling to give up. Finally, recalling that the legendary Ancient Buddha Dipankara's true form was a coffin lid and the Tathagata Many Jewels' true form was the Many Jewels Pagoda, and considering that the number of primordial gods and demons of the artifact and spiritual treasure category was not small, and that they didn't necessarily have to be living beings, Ding Yun quickly had a flash of inspiration. This led her to finally decide on her own demonic divine form.
That is, to transform herself into a computer.
Using the Ninth Generation Supreme Lord core computer of the origin universe as a template, and harmonizing some hardware and software adapted to the laws of this world, she would ultimately shape herself into a supercomputer, similar to the legendary Jade Plate of Creation.
In the center of the jade plate, there was a small recessed groove.
It was just the right size to fit the cosmic-level intelligent chip.
Since her fundamental law was the law of computers, she might as well transform herself into a computer. Why insist on being human? Moreover, with her computer form working in conjunction with the cosmic-level intelligent chip, it would be like two swords combined, enhancing her power exponentially. It would allow her to perfectly utilize both her fundamental law and her accompanying spiritual treasure.
Apart from no longer being human, which felt a bit awkward.
There were basically no other flaws.