The rank 2 divine flesh didn't merge with the rank 1 divine flesh already within him. Instead, it appeared beside it and above Legion-1, Legion-2, and Legion-3. So two of the three clones in charge of the pathway now have to carry two pieces of divine flesh for the pathway.
While this was going on, his body was shifting. There was no large-scale change to his physique, but his skin was squirming as if something was crawling beneath it.
On the surface, only his skin was changing. But within him, his skin, blood vessels, internal organs, and even bones were being changed by the divine flesh. This process was very painful.
The pain of the change of one's existence plus the temptation from the divine flesh and the increased pressure from the extra divine flesh in one's existence are the dangers godclads have to face when they advance.
