Advancing to the Heavenly Immortal Realm

On the left stood one nearly ten feet tall, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, with knotted muscles all over his body and healthy bronze skin. He had a square face, thick brows, large eyes, a straight nose, and a wide mouth. Every strand of his coarse short hair stood upright. Standing there, he looked like an iron tower. A simple, honest aura brimming with strength washed over them. Judging by this style, it could only be Lin Er.

The one on the right was half a head shorter than Lin Er, but his build was balanced and upright, not as exaggerated as Lin Er's. His face was lean, his gaze steady and wise, and he gave off an overall impression of reliability and competence. This was Lin San.

Lin Er looked blankly at his forked hands, then lowered his head to inspect his sturdy legs. Then he suddenly looked up at Lin Yan, grinned broadly, and said in a voice as loud as beating drums, "Boss! I... I transformed too."

He excitedly swung his arms twice, stirring up gusts of wind, then tried taking two steps. His strides were heavy and powerful, making even the ground tremble slightly. Lin Er was extremely satisfied with his new body.

Lin San was much more restrained. He walked over to Lin Yan and gave him a deep bow. His voice remained steady, though it inevitably carried a trace of excitement. "Boss, I have not failed your expectations. I successfully transformed as well."

"Haha, good, good, good. You are all excellent." Lin Yan patted their solid shoulders and burst into laughter. He was sincerely happy for his two younger brothers.

The other four newly transformed leaders also walked over. Following Lin Er's example, they gave Lin Yan deep bows, their eyes filled with gratitude.

Without the Spirit Awakening Fire Lin Yan had given them before, their intelligence would never have improved so greatly. Without Lin Yan leading them to improve the ecological environment, the Heavenly Dao would not have bestowed Merit Golden Light upon them, and naturally, they would not have been able to transform so quickly.

Everything they had now was, in truth, thanks to Lin Yan. Every one of them was deeply grateful to him.

The six who had just transformed stood together. Though they varied in height, build, and temperament, all of them were full of vigor and had stable foundations. Clearly, this collective transformation had been an enormous success.

Inside and outside the canyon, all the Community Members who witnessed this erupted into thunderous cheers. For a time, Spirit Qi surged through the canyon, Auspicious Qi rose into the air, and the whole place was filled with celebration.

Mo Xuan descended from the sky and circled the six newly transformed people twice. He gave Lin Er and Lin San several extra looks, clicking his tongue in amazement. "Not bad, not bad. Your Earth Immortal foundations are quite solid, especially you two." Mo Xuan pointed at Lin Er and Lin San. "The Earthen Spiritual Crystals and Spirit Awakening Fire Seeds were not wasted. Your spiritual light is contained within, your essence is abundant, and your foundations are no worse than those of ordinary Innate Beings."

Being acknowledged by Mo Xuan, the Kirin Young Master with such high standards, proved that their transformations had indeed been highly successful. Everyone hurriedly thanked Mo Xuan for guarding them.

Mo Xuan accepted their gratitude with a clear conscience. Over the years, he had truly come to regard them all as companions. Otherwise, it would not have been easy to invite the young master of the Qilin Clan to serve as their guardian.

Just as everyone was cheering and celebrating, the system chime, which had been silent for some time, finally rang once more in the depths of Lin Yan's consciousness:

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully guided and assisted core tribe members in completing their transformations and life-level advancements. The core leadership now possesses high-level communication and efficient execution capabilities.]

[Ding! Detected that the civilization system of the 'Earth Dragon Community' has further improved. Internal cohesion, management efficiency, and sustainable development potential have all risen significantly.]

[Ding! Comprehensive assessment: the task of 'spreading the Ecological Civilization Concept, guiding tribal beings to establish Ecological Protection Awareness, and formulating preliminary Ecological Rules' has been completed!]

[Task reward settlement in progress...]

[Reward issued: cultivation-realm shackles removed. Heavenly Immortal Realm advancement path unlocked.]

[Reward: Kun Yuan Thick Earth Art fully unlocked. Can be cultivated to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal.]

[Reward: Earth Element divine ability, Earth Vein Travel (Beginner).]

[Friendly reminder: the Host's physical body, Spirit Power, and insights have all accumulated to their peak. The conditions for breaking through have been met. You may trigger it at any time and attempt to advance into the Heavenly Immortal Realm.]

It was here! Lin Yan's spirits rose. Sure enough, now that his younger brothers had completed their transformations and the community's civilization system had truly matured, the final task had naturally fallen into place. There were even extra rewards. The Kun Yuan Thick Earth Art could actually be cultivated directly to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. He had also obtained the new divine ability, Earth Vein Travel.

But most importantly, the path to advancing into the Heavenly Immortal Realm had opened!

Once the shackles placed upon him were released, they could no longer restrain his cultivation. It was as if a thunderclap exploded within him. Lin Yan felt the bottleneck binding him shatter in an instant. The immense Dharma power within his body, together with the new insights brought by the Merit Golden Light, became like a flood bursting through a dam, carrying him roaring toward a higher realm.

Overjoyed, Lin Yan only had time to tell everyone, "I'm about to attempt a breakthrough into the Heavenly Immortal Realm," before sitting at the central Array Eye of the Nine Palaces Earth Vein Array to prepare for his breakthrough.

The people who had been celebrating with one another froze, then erupted in wild delight. Their boss was breaking through too. Today truly was an auspicious day.

Mo Xuan stared wide-eyed at Lin Yan, who had suddenly entered a breakthrough state, disbelief written all over his face.

How long had it been? Lin Yan was already about to advance from the Earth Immortal Realm into the Heavenly Immortal Realm? This was far too fast. Even the Top Divine Beasts of this world required at least hundreds of thousands of years to break through a major realm. Yet since he had met Lin Yan, less than a thousand years had passed even at the most generous estimate. How had Lin Yan already broken through? Who was the Top Divine Beast here?

And once Lin Yan broke through this time, his realm would be equal to Mo Xuan's. How was Mo Xuan supposed to keep pretending to be an esteemed Senior in front of him afterward?

More terrifying still, at Lin Yan's rate of advancement, would he not surpass Mo Xuan in another thousand years? Would Mo Xuan then have to start calling Lin Yan Senior?

While Little Qilin Mo Xuan worried over how to face Lin Yan in the future, Lin Yan's consciousness had already sunk into a profound and mysterious state.

At this moment, Lin Yan's consciousness seemed to become a speck of dust, yet it also seemed to transform into an endless expanse of land. He could feel the earth's weight and its broad heart that bore all things. He could also feel the warmth of the soil and its merciful nurturing of life.

Within his sea of consciousness, countless insights, Law Fragments, and Merit Golden Light began converging toward the core of his Primordial Spirit.

Within his dantian, vast Earth Element Spirit Power circulated wildly. The Earth Spirit Seal floated at the center of his dantian, connected to his Primordial Spirit as it continuously inhaled and exhaled pure Wu Tu Qi.

The Primal Chaos Plate suspended high above his head seemed to have received some sort of command. The growing Primal Chaos Seed within the plate trembled slightly, emitting a trace of the Dao rhythm of all things evolving at the beginning of Chaos, which quietly merged into Lin Yan's insights.

Gradually, Lin Yan entered a state where he forgot both himself and the world. Outside him, with Lin Yan at the center, the Earth Vein Power throughout the entire canyon and even within a radius of tens of thousands of miles was stirred. Boundless Spirit Qi gathered from every direction, forming a gigantic funnel-shaped Spiritual Energy Vortex above his head that spanned a thousand miles. Faint echoes of the Great Dao resounded through the void. It was the call of the Heaven and Earth Laws.

No one knew how much time passed. Perhaps it was only an instant, or perhaps tens of thousands of years. Deep within Lin Yan's Primordial Spirit, an exceedingly tiny light spot emitting a mysterious Dao rhythm began to brighten bit by bit.

And that light spot was the Dao Seed Foundation of Lin Yan.

The Earth Immortal Realm was only the starting point of immortal cultivation. When Cultivators stepped into it, they merely shed their mortal bodies and initially entered a transcendent state. At that stage, the power they could wield was still limited to their Physical Bodies. Their use of Heaven and Earth Rules remained muddled.

The Heavenly Immortal Realm, on the other hand, was the starting point at which Cultivators came into contact with and understood the rules of the Heavenly Dao. At first, Cultivators needed to condense their understanding of the Heavenly Dao into a Dao Seed and initially entrust it to the Heaven and Earth Laws. Only then could they draw upon part of the power of heaven and earth and unleash true great divine abilities containing the might of Laws.

What is my Dao...? Lin Yan asked himself amid the myriad insights.

Countless scenes flashed through his mind. Ever since he had transmigrated, he had gone from an ordinary earthworm, eating soil to improve the land, to leading his younger brothers in improving Canyon Home. He had ventured into the wilderness to slay ferocious beasts, improve the ecological environment, establish the Earth Dragon Community, guide all beings, and balance the ecosystem...

In that instant, inspiration struck!

"My Dao is not merely the weight or benevolence of earth, nor is it merely destruction and creation. It lies in the balance of 'life' and 'death,' in the transformation of 'turbidity' and 'clarity,' in preserving the sustainable life force of this heaven and earth. It may be called... the Path of Ecological Civilization, and also the Path of Earth Virtue Bearing."

As enlightenment arose, all the insights in Lin Yan's mind flowed like countless rivers returning to the sea, converging upon the Dao Seed Foundation at the core of his Primordial Spirit.

After absorbing Lin Yan's countless insights, the Dao Seed Foundation gradually condensed into the form of a seed. Its entire body radiated Xuan Huang Yellow Light, while illusory images of mountains, rivers, terrain, plants and living beings constantly flowed across its surface.

This Dao Seed contained both the weight and bearing of the Earth Element path, as well as the meaning of life-and-death balance and the evolution of creation. It was Lin Yan's unique Kun Yuan Life and Death Dao Seed.

The instant the Dao Seed took shape, Lin Yan's heart was filled with insight. His Divine Sense guided the newly born Dao Seed toward a place within the unseen void that was closely connected to the Primordial Great Earth, entrusting it there.

There was no earth-shattering sound, nor any dazzling display of light and shadow. There was only an intangible crack that seemed to come from the depths of his soul, as though some kind of shackles had been broken, or as though a seed had finally found the soil suited to its growth and taken root deep within it.

A vast, boundless, ancient power flowed continuously into Lin Yan's body through the Dao Seed's connection with the various Laws in the void.

At the same time, Lin Yan's body underwent tremendous changes.

His bones became denser and tougher, faintly taking on a jade-like sheen;

His flesh and meridians were further tempered and widened, allowing them to contain and circulate vastly greater Dharma power;

His skin became smoother and more lustrous. It looked soft, yet it contained a layer of incomparably resilient Earth Element Gang Qi.

His features remained the same, but there was now an added steadiness between his brows and a deeper glint in his eyes.

The greatest change was his aura. It was no longer merely the transcendent feeling of the Earth Immortal Realm. It now carried a sense of harmony with heaven and earth, with nature, and especially with the Great Earth Pulse. It was as if, standing there, he was a miniature piece of land, completely integrated with the mountains and Earth Veins beneath his feet.

Thus, the Heavenly Immortal Realm was achieved!