Five Hearts Toward Heaven

After leaving the Limit Hall, Lin Yun did not rush home.

He first went to the property management office of Bright Moon Residential District to complete the paperwork for selecting a detached villa in the warrior residential area. According to the contract, he could choose any detached villa within Yangzhou City and its subordinate regions. The staff member responsible for receiving him was overly enthusiastic—after all, those who could own property in Bright Moon Residential District were either warriors or their family members, neither of whom could be offended.

"Mr. Lin, these are the floor plans and locations of the currently vacant detached villas in Bright Moon Residential District. Please take a look." The staff member handed over a tablet, and the screen displayed detailed information about the villas.

Lin Yun glanced at them and chose the one closest to the Limit Hall. It wasn't because he liked the hustle and bustle, but because it was close, making it convenient for his future training.

"Very well, Mr. Lin. Here are the keys to this villa. The property ownership certificate will be ready within seven working days, and we will deliver it to your home then. You can move in at any time."

Lin Yun took the keys, thanked the staff, and turned to walk out of the property management office.

Standing on the tree-lined path of Bright Moon Residential District, Lin Yun looked at the brand-new set of keys in his hand, and a complex emotion welled up in his heart.

He and his grandfather had lived in the low-rent housing for over a decade. Although that home was dilapidated, every inch of the walls and every piece of furniture was soaked with his grandfather's sweat and love. Now that he was moving away, he couldn't help but feel a bit reluctant. But he knew this was a necessary step. His grandfather was getting old and could no longer live in such a place. The environment in the warrior residential area was better, the security was strong, and there were professional medical facilities, which would be good for his grandfather's health.

"Grandfather should like it here," Lin Yun murmured, quickening his pace.

When he returned home, Lin Guodong was sitting on a small stool at the entrance of the convenience store downstairs, playing chess with Old Man Wang from the store.

Seeing Lin Yun return, Lin Guodong immediately dropped the chess piece in his hand and stood up to greet him: "Yun'er, how did it go? Did you pass?"

His voice trembled slightly, and his cloudy old eyes were full of anticipation.

Lin Yun smiled and took the Quasi-Warrior certificate out of his pocket—although the official document would take a few days to arrive, the Limit Hall had issued a temporary certificate on the spot—and handed it to his grandfather.

Lin Guodong took the certificate, his hands trembling slightly. He flipped it over and over several times, then suddenly looked up, his eyes reddening: "Passed? You really passed?"

"I passed," Lin Yun said. "Grandfather, from today on, I am a Quasi-Warrior."

"Good! That's good!" Lin Guodong's voice choked with emotion. He patted his grandson's shoulder hard, his lips quivering, unable to speak for a long time.

Old Man Wang from the convenience store leaned over to look at the certificate, his eyes widening: "Old Man Lin, your Yun'er has become a warrior? A fifteen-year-old warrior? My heavens, what a great achievement this is!"

"Of course! That's my grandson!" Lin Guodong puffed out his chest, and every wrinkle on his face was filled with pride.

Lin Yun helped his grandfather climb the stairs back home and then said: "Grandfather, there is one more thing. The Limit Dojo assigned me a villa in Bright Moon Residential District. Let's pack up, and we'll move there in the next two days."

Lin Guodong was stunned.

"A villa? Bright Moon Residential District?" His voice sounded a bit airy. "Is that... the Bright Moon Residential District where only warriors live?"

"Yes," Lin Yun nodded. "It's written in the contract: a detached villa with permanent property rights. Grandfather, you won't have to live here anymore."

Lin Guodong was silent for a long time. He turned his head to look at the mottled iron door, the peeling paint on the walls, and the scrap metal piled in the corner, and the tears in his eyes finally couldn't help but roll down.

"If your parents were still here, how happy they would be..." the old man murmured, his voice so low it was almost inaudible.

Lin Yun didn't speak, just held his grandfather's hand tightly.

The move went much more smoothly than Lin Yun had imagined.

There wasn't much in the low-rent housing to begin with: a few pieces of old furniture, a few quilts, some pots and pans, plus a box of "treasures" his grandfather had cherished for decades—containing photos of Lin Yun's parents, some yellowed letters, and a few old items whose origins even Lin Yun couldn't recognize.

With the help of Luo Feng's family, they quickly packed everything up, called a truck, and sent the whole group to Bright Moon Residential District together.

The moment he pushed open the villa door, Lin Guodong stood at the entrance for a long time without stepping inside.

The marble floor, the crystal chandelier, the spacious living room, the bright floor-to-ceiling windows—all of this was like a dream to an old man who had lived in the slums his whole life.

"Grandfather, let's go in," Lin Yun said, gently supporting the old man's arm.

Only then did Lin Guodong step inside cautiously, his feet touching the marble floor as if he were afraid of breaking something. He looked around, his lips trembling, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "This... how much must this cost?"

"It didn't cost anything; the dojo gave it to us," Lin Yun said with a smile. "Grandfather, just settle in and be at ease. From now on, our lives will only get better."

Lin Guodong nodded, his eyes reddening again.

After finishing the move and sending off Luo Feng's family, it was already evening. Lin Yun suggested that Luo Feng and his family stay there as well, but he was refused by Luo Feng. Lin Yun knew that he wanted to move in through his own abilities. Thinking of Luo Feng's current strength, Lin Yun did not try to persuade him further.

Lin Yun settled his grandfather in, went to the supermarket at the entrance of the district to buy some daily necessities, then returned to his room, closed the door, and sat cross-legged on the bed.

It was time to cultivate the Genetic Origin Energy.

He took the "Genetic Origin Energy Cultivation Method" he had brought back from the Limit Hall out of his pocket and read it carefully once more. The Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method was actually quite simple in principle—the palms of both hands, the soles of both feet, and the crown of the head, these five points facing the sky, using special breathing techniques and mental guidance to absorb the energy between heaven and earth, refining it into Genetic Origin Energy to integrate into every cell of the body.

But simple did not mean easy.

Lin Yun went over every step of the cultivation method in his mind, then took off his shoes and socks and set his posture on the bed—legs crossed, palms facing the sky, head upright, spine straight, and his whole body relaxed.

Five Hearts Toward Heaven.

He closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing according to the method.

Each inhalation and exhalation was slow and steady. He focused his mind on the five points: the palms of his hands, the soles of his feet, and the crown of his head, imagining them as five whirlpools, slowly rotating and attracting a certain power from heaven and earth.

At first, nothing happened.

But Lin Yun was not anxious. He knew that in cultivation, the most taboo thing was to be impatient or restless. When he was practicing magic in the Coiling Dragon World, he had long since learned patience.

Time passed second by second.

He didn't know how long it had been, but a strange sensation suddenly came from deep within Lin Yun's consciousness. The feeling was very faint, like a spring breeze brushing over a lake, or like fine rain falling on flower petals—ethereal and elusive, yet truly present.

Cosmic energy.

He had sensed it.

Those energies permeated the space between heaven and earth, omnipresent yet elusive. Unlike the colorful, lively, and agile magic elements of the Coiling Dragon World, these were more introverted and profound, like an ancient power that had slumbered for billions of years, slowly beginning to awaken.

Lin Yun followed the methods described in the manual, using his consciousness to guide those cosmic energies to converge toward his body.

Threads of cool energy poured in through his five extremities, flowing along the meridians within his body to every corner of his being. Wherever these energies reached, his cells acted like beasts that had been starving for a long time, devouring them ravenously.

His cells were cheering, leaping, and evolving.

Lin Yun could clearly feel the changes in his body—muscle fibers were tearing and reforming, becoming tougher; his bones were increasing in density under the tempering of the energy; blood surged through his vessels, carrying more oxygen and nutrients; and his internal organs were being nourished, their functions strengthening.

This feeling was truly marvelous.

He forgot about time, forgot everything around him, and immersed himself completely in his cultivation.

Cosmic energy flowed into his body in a steady stream, absorbed by his cells and converted into Genetic Origin Energy. That Genetic Origin Energy was stored deep within his cells like a dormant volcano, ready to erupt at any moment and grant him power far beyond that of an ordinary person.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

Lin Yun did not know how long he had been cultivating until his cells finally signaled "saturation"—they could no longer take in any more.

He slowly opened his eyes and discovered that it was already dawn outside the window.

A night had passed.

Lin Yun took a deep breath, feeling the changes within his body.

He clenched his fist—his strength was many times greater than it had been yesterday. He leaped lightly, jumping off the bed, and his feet landed on the floor without making a sound. He tried throwing a punch; his fist tore through the air with a sharp "pop," the sound of speed breaking the sound barrier.

"According to the cultivation manual, because the human body has never consciously absorbed cosmic energy since birth, it has always been in a state of starvation. The first time one absorbs cosmic energy, it is the most abundant intake, and also the time when strength improves the fastest!" Lin Yun felt a fundamental change occurring throughout his entire body, from the inside out.

High-Level War General.

His Warrior cultivation had reached the level of a High-Level War General from a Mid-Level War General!

This was the effect of the first time cultivating Genetic Origin Energy. After being baptized by cosmic energy, the cells would undergo a qualitative leap. While he would continue to improve with future cultivation, there would never again be such a massive leap as this first time.

Lin Yun suppressed the excitement in his heart, closed his eyes, and shifted his consciousness to the Coiling Dragon World.

In the small woods behind the Ernst Institute, the Lin Yun of the Coiling Dragon World sat cross-legged on a bluestone and slowly opened his eyes.

He looked down at his hands, feeling the changes within—his Warrior cultivation had broken through from the peak of the fifth rank to the sixth rank.

This was no coincidence.

When his body in the Swallowed Star World cultivated Genetic Origin Energy, that evolutionary power was synchronously fed back to his body in the Coiling Dragon World through the resonance effect of the Small Cauldron. Although the bodies in the two worlds were independent, they shared the same soul; that leap in life could not be separated.

It was not just his Warrior cultivation.

Lin Yun sensed his Spiritual Force—it was at the peak of a Mid-Level War God. He was only one step away from becoming a High-Level War God.

His magic power—at the peak of the eighth rank. He was only a final step away from the ninth rank.

Two worlds, two bodies, both breaking through in the same cultivation session.

Lin Yun opened his eyes, seven-colored light flashing through them before vanishing, and an irrepressible excitement surged in his heart.

The effect of the first time cultivating Genetic Origin Energy was indeed astonishing. But what excited him even more was the power of the Dual World Resonance—breaking through in one world provided synchronous benefits to the other. This overlapping effect made his cultivation efficiency far exceed that of an ordinary person.

"It's a pity that such a massive breakthrough only happens the first time," Lin Yun muttered.

While he would continue to improve by cultivating Genetic Origin Energy in the future, he would never again cross an entire realm in one go like he did today. However, this was already enough. A High-Level War General Warrior cultivation, a peak Mid-Level War God Spiritual Force, and a peak eighth-rank Mage cultivation—at fifteen years old, he was already a top-tier genius on Earth.

Lin Yun stood up, walked to the window, and pushed it open.

The morning sunlight spilled in, shining warmly on his face. In the distance, the detached villas of the Bright Moon Residential District were scattered in the morning light, and the dew on the lawns shimmered with crystal-clear radiance.

His grandfather was already busy downstairs; the sound of pots and pans came from the kitchen, and the fragrance of millet porridge drifted through the air.

Lin Yun took a deep breath and turned to head downstairs.

"Grandpa, what are we having today?"

"Millet porridge, salted duck eggs, and your favorite meat buns!" Lin Guodong's voice came from the kitchen, full of vigor and sounding much more spirited than yesterday.

Lin Yun smiled and sat down at the dining table.

A new day, a new home, a new beginning.

From today on, he was no longer a helpless orphan, but a genius Warrior being heavily cultivated by the Limit Dojo. His path had only just begun.