Soul Crystal Acquired, a Dazzling Pillar of Light

Thinking of this, Lin Yi stood up, pushed open the door of the lounge, and walked to the service desk not far away.

The staff member responsible for coordinating with him was sitting behind the counter, idly flipping through the screen in front of him.

When the staff saw Lin Yi approaching, they quickly stood up and put on smiles.

What are your orders?

"I won't continue matching this time. Also, I'll withdraw the Eternal Cosmos Crystal from my competition account; it's about 450,000."

The staff member was slightly taken aback, but quickly recovered and nodded, saying, "Please wait a moment, I'll take care of it right away."

He turned around and strode quickly toward the passageway behind the service desk.

The passageway was short, ending at a half-open metal door.

The staff member knocked lightly on the door twice, and He Hongcan's voice came from inside. "Come in."

The staff member pushed open the door and entered.

He Hongcan was sitting behind a large black wooden table, with several light screens floating in front of him, displaying the latest data in dense scrolling patterns.

Upon seeing that it was the subordinate responsible for liaising with Lin Yi, a hint of surprise flashed in He Hongcan's eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Unlike some other 100-win players, Lin Yi basically didn't have any strange requests, so he rarely saw this subordinate coming to him.

"Manager He," the staff member quickly walked to the table and reported, "Lin Yi just ordered that the matchmaking be suspended and that all the Eternal Cosmos Crystal in his competition account be withdrawn."

He Hongcan raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Pause matchmaking? And clear the account?"

He pondered for a moment, then instructed, "Go and prepare the Eternal Cosmos Crystal first. After you're done, wait for me in the storeroom."

"Yes," the staff member replied, turning and quickly leaving.

He Hongcan watched the figure disappear through the door, then sat back down in his chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, clearly deep in thought.

After a moment, he stood up, straightened his robes, pushed open the side door, and walked towards the higher levels of the arena.

Today, He Jinghuan is the senior member of the He Family in charge of overseeing the arena.

He is High Order of the Eternal Source Realm, responsible for the daily strategic decisions of the arena within his family. His office is located on the top floor of the Ring Arena, with an entire wall made of transparent crystal material, allowing him to directly overlook the entire arena.

When He Hongcan entered, a slender man in a dark gray robe was standing by the wall, the light falling on two high-level True Source Realm cultivators fighting on the arena below.

He heard footsteps but didn't turn around.

"Elder."

"Speak." He Jinghuan continued to look at the arena outside the window.

He Hongcan briefly reported on Lin Yi's actions of stopping matching and clearing his account.

After listening, He Jinghuan finally turned around.

He had a thin face and somewhat small eyes, but his gaze was extremely sharp, making people afraid to look directly at him.

"Lin Yi?" He Jinghuan repeated, then pondered for a moment before saying, "Go and prepare 200,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal, pack them in a gift box, and give it to him."

He Hongcan was stunned.

"Two hundred thousand?" He thought he'd misheard. "Elder Jing Huan, we didn't make any money off him, we're even losing money?"

As he said this, a hint of helplessness crept into his voice.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Lin Yi is too steady.

So much so that seasoned veterans who frequented the arena treated his matches like a regularly profitable investment product, chasing after him to place bets. Although the odds weren't high, the small bets added up, and overall, the arena not only didn't profit from him, but actually suffered a slight loss.

He Jinghuan withdrew his gaze and looked back at the arena outside the window.

The two cultivators at the high level of the True Source Realm below were locked in a fierce battle, and the energy barrier at the edge of the arena was being repeatedly pounded, creating fine ripples.

"Think about it," He Jinghuan said slowly, "Who sent this Lin Yi to the Wen Family?"

Without hesitation, He Hongcan answered, "Wen Qianfei, the military commander of Mist Sea City."

Over the years, the He Family had long since obtained this information.

He Jinghuan sighed, "The Constant Guard's assessment won't be long."

Constant Guard).

He Hongcan was startled. "Elder, do you mean... this Lin Yi, he..."

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"Two hundred thousand Eternal Cosmos Crystal, consider this a gesture of goodwill from our He Family in advance."

He Jinghuan said slowly, "Even if he ultimately fails the Constant Guard assessment, with his talent and the foundation of the Nine Seals Perfection, he will be far beyond the ordinary Eternal Source Realm Eternal Source Realm after breaking through. In the future, when he needs to hone his skills, he will always think of our He Family Arena first."

"Isn't the income from the Eternal Source Realm sessions far greater than today's 200,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal?"

He Hongcan lowered his head and bowed. "I understand. I'll get on it right away."

"Go ahead." He Jinghuan waved his hand and turned his gaze back to the window.

At this moment, the two high-level True Source Realm on the arena had already decided their fates.

Yes, it was a fight to the death, and cheers erupted from the stands for the victor.

However, He Jinghuan's gaze did not fall on the arena, but rather on the slowly rotating Frost Jade Crystal Mirror above the ring, lost in thought. As for He Hongcan, after leaving He Jinghuan's room, he quickly crossed the corridor, went down several floors, and headed towards the storeroom.

The staff member was already waiting at the warehouse entrance.

He held an exquisite crystal box in his hands, the surface of which was inlaid with a ring-shaped longsword pattern using dark silver metal wire.

"Supervisor." Upon seeing He Hongcan, the staff member quickly stepped forward.

"Let me see." He Hongcan held out his hand.

The staff quickly handed over the crystal box.

He Hongcan opened the box and gently swept it open. Inside the miniature space of the crystal box, there was a neat stack of Eternal Cosmos Crystal, totaling more than 453,000, which was the entire balance in Lin Yi's competition account.

He closed the box, returned it to the staff member, and said, "Go get another box and put 200,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal in it."

"Get another 200,000?"

Although the staff member was surprised, they didn't dare to ask any questions and quickly turned to handle the matter.

A moment later, when he reappeared, he was holding the same crystal box.

However, the amount of Eternal Cosmos Crystal inside this box is exactly two hundred thousand.

He Hongcan took the box and then walked towards the rest area.

In the rest room, Lin Yi was sitting on the cultivation platform, resting with his eyes closed.

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door was pushed open, and He Hongcan and the staff member walked in one after the other.

The staff member stepped forward first, presenting the dark silver inlaid crystal box with both hands. "There are a total of 453,100 Eternal Cosmos Crystal here. Please count them."

Lin Yi took the crystal box, opened the lid, and scanned it with his divine sense; the number was exactly as described.

He nodded and stored the crystal box within his Divine Kingdom.

Thank you for your help.

At this moment, He Hongcan stepped forward half a step, a smile on his face.

"You've achieved a series of victories in our Ring Arena recently, bringing considerable attention to the True Source Realm matches. On behalf of the arena, I, He, would like to express my gratitude to you."

As he spoke, he handed the crystal box in his hand to Lin Yi.

"This is a small token of appreciation from the arena; please accept it."

Lin Yi glanced at the crystal box but didn't think much of it.

Players with over 100 consecutive wins are offered various extra benefits in the arena to win them over. In his view, this was just a routine tactic used by the He Family to retain players with high winning streaks.

All he could think about now was buying the True Source Soul Crystal as soon as possible. He had been waiting for that crystal core, which could push his soul comprehension to the initial stage of the True Source Realm, for far too long.

He figured the arena must have made a lot of money from his betting odds, so he didn't stand on ceremony and simply smiled as he accepted the crystal box, saying, "Manager He, you're too kind."

After putting away the crystal box, Lin Yi nodded slightly to He Hongcan and the staff member, then stepped out of the lounge and walked along the passageway toward the inner plaza of the Ring Arena.

On the inner plaza, the dark blue floating shuttle had already come to a stop.

Wen Xu leaned against the headboard, chatting casually with Maika.

Wen Qianqing and Wen Qianluo were standing nearby.

As for Wen Qianlan, she did not come this time because she had heavy cultivation tasks.

Upon seeing Lin Yi emerge, Wen Xu immediately went to greet him.

"Commander Lin! Another decisive victory today, very swift and clean."

Maika followed, also with a smile on his face.

Lin Yi looked at everyone and said apologetically, "I won't be going back with you today. I plan to suspend the competition and then go into seclusion for a while. I need to buy some things later, and then I'll go back on my own."

Wen Xu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly recovered.

"Alright, you've already achieved a 272-game winning streak, there's not much point in continuing. Go on, contact me anytime if anything comes up."

Maika nodded and said, "That's right. After so many matches, it's good to go into seclusion to reflect and sort things out."

As for what Lin Yi wanted to buy, since this clearly involved the privacy of cultivation, everyone tacitly refrained from asking further questions.

After saying goodbye to Lin Yi, they boarded Wen Xu's air shuttle one after another.

The dark blue shuttle turned slightly above the platform and soon merged into the busy airspace above Silent Giant City, flying towards the Wen Family cluster.

Lin Yi watched Wen Xu's air shuttle disappear at the end of the channel before turning and walking in another direction.

He was already quite familiar with the Silent Giant City.

During these Epoch, he didn't just shuttle back and forth between the arena and the Wen Family; he would occasionally venture out on his own, exploring all the large and small merchant guilds and exchanges in the city.

He stopped in a relatively secluded place, then scanned the area with his divine sense to make sure no one was around before taking out a transparent bead from his Divine Kingdom.

This disguise bead is one level higher than the one he used in Mist Sea City last time. It is enough to conceal the detection of those below the High Order of the Eternal Source Realm. He bought it when he was scouting the area and familiarizing himself with the situation.

He pressed the bead close to his chest and infused it with Chaos Power.

A gentle, distorting force field spread from the bead, and after a few breaths, he transformed back into a completely different person.

He had an ordinary face, an ordinary build, and an ordinary demeanor; his aura was also compressed to the level of the middle stage of the True Source Realm.

Such a person would not attract any attention in the Silent Giant City.

The rest of the process proceeded without any setbacks.

Although True Source Soul Crystal are rare treasures, Silent Giant City is the capital of the Silent Cosmos Domain and the core of a hundred Cosmic Sea Giant Cities, so these items are relatively easy to acquire.

Lin Yi, disguised, successfully bought what he wanted.

This time, he didn't need to haggle for ages like he did at the Heaven Inscription Pavilion last time. True Source Soul Crystal are treasures with transparent pricing and almost no room for negotiation in the market. He paid 500,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal without missing a penny.

After the transaction was completed, Lin Yi had almost completely used up his Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

But Lin Yi felt only contentment.

I bought it.

I finally bought it.

When he returned to the Wen Family cluster and pushed open the gate of the East Garden Annex, the simulated natural light in the courtyard was already almost turned down to its lowest setting.

He didn't linger on the first floor of the building, but went straight down the stairs to the training room on the basement floor.

The door closed silently behind him, and the pale blue energy-guiding patterns on the wall sensed his presence and automatically lit up with a warm glow.

Lin Yi sat cross-legged on the dark blue cultivation platform in the center, then focused his mind into his inner Divine Kingdom and opened the box.

The box lid was opened.

A crystal core lay quietly in the center of the box.

It was nearly three or four times larger than the previous defective piece, with sharp edges and a deep pale blue color. Countless fine patterns flowed endlessly on the surface of the crystal, and each time those patterns completed a cycle, they emitted an extremely faint fluctuation, as if a sleeping heart was slowly beating within it.

True Source Soul Crystal, worth 500,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystal.

Lin Yi took a deep breath and gently closed the box.

He did not use the True Source Soul Crystal immediately.

Although the fatigue from a long battle is not deep, it is like a very thin layer of dust covering the surface of consciousness. If it is not shaken off, it will eventually affect the efficiency of absorbing treasures.

Therefore, he sat cross-legged on the light blue crystal platform, closed his eyes, and slowed his breathing to its slowest, allowing the vast Chaos Source Sea within his body to vibrate on its own under the nourishment of stable energy.

The energy-guiding patterns on the wall flickered at a fixed frequency, and the pale blue halo rose and fell like the Tide.

This period of meditation and breath control lasted for nearly a year.

For a cultivator at the peak of the True Source Realm, a year is but a fleeting moment, but for Lin Yi, who was eager to see the effects of the True Source Soul Crystal, it was like torture.

Although he was anxious, he patiently adjusted the treatment to maximize the effects of the Soul Crystal.

As the last trace of weariness was washed away from the depths of his consciousness, Lin Yi slowly opened his eyes.

His state had been adjusted to its best; the Chaos Source Sea was abundant and full, and the nine Cosmic Universe Seal floated quietly in the Soul Origin. The energy connection between them was stable and smooth, and his soul was like a clean mirror, untouched by any dust.

Then, he focused his mind into his inner Divine Kingdom, took the box in front of him, opened the lid, picked up the crystal core, and gently squeezed it.

It trembled slightly at first, and the patterns on its surface suddenly lit up, with deep blue light bursting out from inside the crystal.

This energy is completely different from that of defective products.

The energy of a defective True Source Soul Crystal is like fragments that have been broken and then pieced back together. Although it can still work, it always gives people a feeling of being clumsy and broken.

Each infusion of energy carries a stiff, sluggish feeling, like a dull knife slowly cutting through consciousness. Although it can eventually cut open the path to higher enlightenment, the process is very uncomfortable.

The energy of a standard True Source Soul Crystal is entirely unified.

It is neither violent nor stagnant; it is like a silent, flowing deep river, naturally spreading along the veins of the soul to every corner of the core of consciousness.

Wherever that energy passed, every node of the soul trembled slightly, like parched soil finally receiving its first thorough rain. The cracks were silently filled by the rain, and then glued back together, becoming more supple and abundant than before.

It's an extremely pleasant sense of openness and clarity.

This is the soul comprehension of the True Source Realm.

Without burning his Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, his basic comprehension was already sufficient to support him in independently comprehending the Chaos Rules, no longer requiring the support of Spiritual Enlightenment Qi as before.

What if we add Spiritual Enlightenment Qi to that?

Lin Yi took a deep breath deep within his consciousness, then activated the vast liquid lake within the Purple Mist Space. Purple Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, like a spark ignited, burst forth in the deepest recesses of his soul.

Boom!

The world changed completely in that instant.

Countless intricate energy trajectories unfolded simultaneously in his consciousness, each trajectory corresponding to a possibility of a change in law, and at the end of each trajectory, countless new branches extended, and at the end of each branch, new branches emerged.

Endless and layered, like a giant net, it stretched out before his eyes, covering everything.

This is the combination of soul comprehension and Spiritual Enlightenment Qi at the initial stage of the True Source Realm.

The net he had seen earlier was blurry.

Although the outlines of those threads of law can be seen, the details are completely indistinguishable.

It's like observing fish swimming underwater through a thin layer of ice. You know where the fish are and you can roughly see their shape, but you can't clearly see the patterns on their scales or the opening and closing of their fins.

Now, that layer of ice has shattered.

Every detail of those threads of law was clearly displayed before his eyes.

The direction of every thread, the structure of every node, and the energy fluctuations as the power of the law flows between nodes are all clearly visible.

He didn't need to consciously perceive it, nor did he need to painstakingly analyze it; the mysteries of those laws were laid out clearly before him, as if he had opened a book that had already been written.

Lin Yi could only think of one word to describe his feelings at that moment.

Cool!

When his perfected soul comprehension at the Cosmic Source Realm is combined with Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, his efficiency in comprehending the Chaos Law is like an apprentice standing in a huge library, where the books are all written in a half-baked language.

Each paragraph required several readings to barely understand the gist, and I had to stop and look up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary.

I can read it fluently, but I have to spend a lot of time figuring out the precise meaning of each word and sentence on each page.

And now, he has learned the language.

The library is still the same library, the books are still the same books, and the paragraphs are still the same paragraphs.

The difference is that the meaning of those words is already ingrained in his instincts, and he no longer needs to ponder them repeatedly.

With each page he turned, he only needed to connect and combine the words and sentences to understand the progression and transitions within them, and then quickly move on to the next round of deduction.

Lin Yi slowly gathered his mind, pulling his consciousness back from that boundless immersion.

The effects of the True Source Soul Crystal have been fully released.

That profound sense of clarity deep within his soul will not fade; it will accompany him until his next moment of enlightenment.

"True Source Realm... It's time to say goodbye."

However, Lin Yi did not rush into seclusion. Instead, he sent a message to Wen Xu and the others, saying that he was going to start his seclusion. Then he walked to the wall of the cultivation room and gently touched the light blue management intelligence rune.

A soft glow shone around the rune. "What can I do for you?"

"Activate seclusion mode."

"Understood. You have been set to closed-door mode. During this period, the energy supply to the villa will be maintained at a high priority."

Lin Yi nodded and sat down cross-legged in front of the cultivation platform.

He closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and then activated the vast liquid lake within the Purple Mist Space.

A surge of purple Spiritual Enlightenment Qi erupted.

The comprehension of the Chaos Law officially begins at this moment.

From a macro perspective, the Chaos Law is a "rule above the rules".

It determines how Chaos Rules operate, how rules interact with each other, and under what conditions rules will fail or transform.

The Chaos Rules are a dictionary, and the Chaos Law are articles written with this dictionary. The same words, in different arrangements and combinations, express vastly different meanings.

From a microscopic perspective, the process of comprehending the Chaos Law is itself a process of repeatedly deducing the possibilities of these "permutations and combinations" in one's consciousness, and then finding one's own path of law from countless possible arrangements.

Each time a correct path is found, the imprint of the law in the core of consciousness will solidify a little more: when the coverage rate of the imprint of the law reaches one percent, it means that the cultivator has completed the first insight into the Chaos Law and has officially stepped into the threshold of the Eternal Source Realm.

Compared to these, the Spiritual Enlightenment Qi for Lin Yi is that it allows him to simultaneously deduce countless possible combinations and variations.

Each thread of law was dissected into countless branches in his consciousness, and each branch, under the catalysis of his spiritual perception, gave rise to even more branches.

He was like someone standing at the base of a towering tree, climbing upwards along the direction of the branches, constantly parting the layers of leaves, searching for the right path to the very top of the canopy.

The correct path is marked as "understood", while the incorrect path is excluded from the deduction scope.

Each time an incorrect path is eliminated, the understanding of the Chaos Law advances by an extremely minute amount.

This process is quite similar to the way he comprehended rules and laws during his Star Source Realm period. In other words, based on the information Lin Yi has gathered over the years, the path of cultivation should originally have started from the True Source Realm.

As for the Star Source Realm and the Cosmic Source Realm, they are simply realms that powerful individuals created to simplify and separate the process, as they felt that starting directly from the Chaos Rules was not very beginner-friendly.

To put it simply, it's for previewing, which is why the realm settings and breakthrough methods are so similar to True Origin Eternal Source Realm, and even Constant Source Realm.

Time loses its meaning in this extreme focus.

One hundred Epoch have passed.

Lin Yi's comprehension of the Chaos Law progressed faster than he had expected. Those changes in the laws that he used to have to ponder repeatedly to barely grasp were now like textures illuminated by a magnifying glass in his eyes, with the direction of each vein clearly visible.

Three hundred Epoch have passed, and Lin Yi's comprehension of the Chaos Law has steadily progressed.

Five hundred Epoch have passed, and he has begun to construct his own imprint of laws deep within his consciousness.

It was a core mark woven from countless threads of law, each thread representing a fulcrum of Chaos Law changes. All the threads converged to form an extremely complex and precise law hub.

With each additional thread added to this central core, its control over the Chaos Law increases.

Eight hundred Epoch have passed, and Lin Yi has lost count of how many erroneous paths of law he has eliminated, while his comprehension of the Chaos Law has steadily progressed.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 1,700th Epoch since Lin Yi began his seclusion.

In the small hall of the Wen Family's secondary crystal cluster, warm white pearly light poured down from the dome, enveloping the entire hall in a layer of gentle luster.

There were only three people in the hall.

Wen Xu sat at the head of the table on the right, holding an Amber wine glass in his hand. The wine in the glass rippled as he casually swirled it.

Across from me sat Maika, still dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, leisurely sipping his fine wine.

By the window, Wen Qianqi leaned against the armrest of her chair, resting her chin on one hand while casually scribbling names on the screen on the table with the other.

Wen Qianqing was supposed to come today, but she was called away by an elder in the clan to handle some business and had only just left.

Wen Qianluo bought a new sword technique manual and is studying it in her courtyard, while Wen Qianlan was caught up in her training and left with a look of utter despair, which made Wen Xu laugh for quite a while.

The three of them were chatting about some interesting things within the tribe when Wen Xu suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence.

Not only him, but Maika and Wen Qianqi also changed their expressions at the same moment.

The three of them froze in their tracks as if struck by something simultaneously.

The Amber wine glass in Wen Xu's hand froze in mid-air, Maika's hand, which had just been pointing at the screen, stood still, and Wen Qianqi's posture of resting her chin on her hand also suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the window, and looked in the direction of the main crystal cluster.

The windows in the small hall have an excellent orientation, offering a clear view of the entire main crystal cluster.

The magnificent crystal cluster manor was bathed in the dark blue light of the sky, and the energy patterns within the manor shimmered with a pale golden glow under the sunlight.

But at this moment, all the pale golden light was suppressed by another, more dazzling light.

At the main crystal cluster, slightly to the east, a thick beam of light is shooting into the sky from the ground.

Countless intricate and profound law patterns flowed across the surface of the pillar of light. These patterns rotated slowly at a wondrous rhythm. With each rotation, the diameter of the pillar of light expanded outward by one inch, and the law fluctuations it emitted became even more intense.

Directly above the pillar of light, a massive vortex of chaotic energy was forming at an alarming speed.

Countless pale gray chaotic currents in the sky seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, frantically converging around the top of the pillar of light to form a giant vortex.

The vortex was so large that even the surrounding sub-crystal clusters were enveloped within its edge.

The members of the Wen Family family branch living on those sub-crystal clusters flew out of their respective residences and hovered in mid-air, looking towards the east side of the main crystal cluster.

"Someone is breaking through to the Eternal Source Realm!"

Maika murmured.

All three of them were at the Eternal Source Realm, so they could immediately tell what was happening in front of them.

The journey from the True Source Realm to the Eternal Source Realm requires a breakthrough in the understanding of laws, along with the seamless expansion and reshaping of the Chaos Source Sea in a short period of time. The dangers involved are no less than those of breaking through to a higher realm.

At this moment, the vortex of chaotic energy suddenly began to rotate and collapse towards the center, followed by a deep and desolate roar.

"It's heading towards Eastern Courtyard!"

Wen Xu said slowly.

The Eastern Courtyard was an area specifically used by the Wen Family to receive guests from the Eternal Source Realm.

Although there were quite a few guests staying there, every single one of them was a powerful expert at the Eternal Source Realm.

Except for one person.

"Lin Yi!"

The three exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.