This process was perilous beyond measure!
Though that mass of blue-white energy was pure, its essence was still the "magic" of this world, bearing the innate "imprint of the laws" belonging to the Western magical system.
When Lin Yuan tried to refine it with the Eastern "Dao," the two utterly different underlying logics immediately clashed violently!
"Crackle, crackle—"
Even faint sparks appeared on Lin Yuan's skin.
A series of sharp pains shot through his meridians, as if countless steel needles were threading their way through them. This was a rejection at the level of the laws themselves—the rules of this world resisting the intrusion of an outsider!
"With my will, I'll shatter them!"
Lin Yuan's gaze hardened, and at that moment, his soul erupted with an edge beyond compare.
He wasn't going to gently "transform" it. Instead, he would use the most domineering, most direct method to "shatter" every imprint of the laws that did not belong to him!
His will was that invisible sword!
"Crack!"
It was as if something invisible had broken apart inside him.
Under the impact of Lin Yuan's fearless will, that violent mass of blue-white energy was finally ground down, stripped of every foreign imprint, and turned into a wisp of spiritual energy, pure beyond compare!
The wisp was a faint shade of blue, carrying an edge that seemed capable of piercing anything.
The moment it came into being, the meridians that had long since dried up—existing in theory but never activated—seemed like land parched by drought finally receiving rain. They stirred with greedy longing!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yuan guided this incomparably precious wisp of spiritual energy down into his dantian. Then, following the route he had worked out countless times in his mind, he began his first circulation through the great cycle!