Promotion to Heavenly Origin

The Tianyan Mountain Range stretches for tens of thousands of miles, teeming with demonic beasts and countless spiritual herbs. It is one of the most famous mountain ranges in the Great Yan Dynasty, and Yan City is nestled right upon it.

Lin Yiqing sat cross-legged on a massive bluestone with his eyes closed, his hands forming an arcane seal. A gentle breeze stirred the hem of his pristine white robes, making him appear as ethereal as a banished immortal.

"Reach the ultimate emptiness, hold fast to stillness; as all things flourish, I observe their return..."

Feeling the myriad things between heaven and earth, Lin Yiqing's heart seemed to be purified. His entire being became incredibly ethereal, and even his mood lifted with joy.

"To model oneself after nature and achieve the unity of heaven and man—the sages were indeed correct."

Lin Yiqing sighed with emotion. After resting in the city for several days, he had ventured back into the mountains to cultivate; a life of excessive comfort was not what he sought.

He had encountered many demonic beasts in the forest, and the successive battles had left him somewhat exhausted. Now that he had relaxed his guard, his Origin Power had become slightly more refined.

The path of cultivation should be a balance of tension and relaxation; it requires both vigorous advancement and the natural flow of the Dao. Only in this way can one walk the true path.

Lin Yiqing lifted his face, the morning sun shining upon him and bringing a sense of warmth. The life of all things stems from the Yang, and the death of all things also stems from the Yang.

At this moment, he slowly began to understand the power of life bestowed by the sun. It was a miraculous sensation, as if he himself had transformed into that great fireball hanging high beyond the heavens.

It dispels the darkness, brings forth the light, and grants the power of life to all things.

And all living beings worshiped him and believed in him; this feeling of joy was beyond words.

Between Lin Yiqing's brows, a Mysterious Light Orb emitting a hazy, clear radiance emerged. It was right before him, yet it felt as if it were separated by endless space, visible but unreachable.

It was so sacred that, vaguely, it seemed as if endless multitudes were kowtowing to it, and the Great Dao was chanting in its honor.

The Mysterious Light Orb trembled gently, and the distant Sun Star emitted a scorching brilliance, dyeing the entire sky a deep red.

Immediately, strands of sunlight were imprisoned around Lin Yiqing, reflecting off him until he appeared like a god or buddha cast in gold.

Slowly, a blinding white light erupted from before him, and within this radiance, a wisp of white-gold energy slowly emerged.

"Sun Qi."

With the appearance of the Sun Qi, the temperature around Lin Yiqing rose sharply. The surrounding forest ignited into a great fire, and the bluestone and earth beneath him instantly turned into magma.

Just like last time, the Sun Qi "consciously" drifted into his body, while his Greater Yin True Essence seemed to encounter a natural enemy, suddenly surging and churning within him.

The white-gold Sun Qi, however, wandered through Lin Yiqing's body with unhurried composure, ignoring the agitation of the Greater Yin True Essence. Wherever it passed, his meridians and flesh were scorched to charcoal.

Pain—unbearable, agonizing pain!

The pain made Lin Yiqing want to scream, but his teeth were clenched shut. His mind was filled with a sea of golden fire, as if it were the solar fire from the firmament above.

The Mysterious Light Orb seemed to perceive Lin Yiqing's predicament and gave a gentle tremor. Lin Yiqing's physical body was restored, and a white light appeared within him, shielding him from being harmed by the Sun Qi.

Lin Yiqing regained his senses and hurriedly circulated the Origin Power within his body. The Sun Qi did not resist, cooperating fully as it began to merge with his Origin Power.

Heaven Origin Realm, mid-Heaven Origin Realm, late Heaven Origin Realm!

Lin Yiqing's strength experienced a rapid, explosive surge. The Earth Origin Realm cultivates Yin Sha Qi, and the Heaven Origin Realm cultivates Yang Gang Qi, but what could possibly compare to the Greater Yin Qi and the Sun Qi?

Having been tempered by the Greater Yin Qi, Lin Yiqing's Origin Power was already far superior in quality, yet it still dissipated and dissolved significantly while merging with the Sun Qi.

The newly merged Origin Power, carrying the Sun Qi, arrived at Lin Yiqing's dantian. What was once an ocean of cold energy was now completely purified into pristine Origin Power.

Within the gas mass at the center of his dantian, a wisp of gray-white Greater Yin Qi sensed the Sun Qi and seemed to be provoked, and the two suddenly collided.

"Pfft!"

Lin Yiqing spat out a mouthful of blood. Both were supreme divine objects, and their clash now caused him great suffering.

The Greater Yin Qi and the Sun Qi each occupied half of his dantian, attacking one another. They were mutually generating and mutually destructive; obtaining just one would be enough to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, but merging the two was even more difficult.

Just as he was at his wit's end, the Mysterious Light Orb suddenly appeared within Lin Yiqing's dantian, casting down rays of clear radiance from above.

The two "supreme divine objects" that had been fighting immediately quieted down, and using Lin Yiqing's dantian as a lake, they began to swim slowly.

At a glance, the two energies looked like swimming fish, appearing incredibly agile.

"Hoo!"

Before he could catch his breath, Lin Yiqing was instantly pulled into that space resembling chaos, and this time, he could finally hear a few fragments of the intermittent Dao sounds echoing from afar.

"The Origin Dao is the supreme Dao of the Old Lord... Its Dao has three parts..."

"As for the Nine Essentials, the essential is the mechanism; to correspond with the Nine Turns of the Great Elixir, the Dao is divided into nine chapters..."

Just as Lin Yiqing intended to focus and listen to the Dao sounds, the remaining parts once again became something he could only perceive but not hear.

Clearly, his cultivation or other conditions had not yet been met.

"Hum."

The Mysterious Light Orb suspended in the center of this chaotic world trembled, and wisps of rosy light fell from the void into Lin Yiqing's mind.

Countless mysterious runes radiating chaotic energy suddenly appeared in his Mud Pill Palace, then abruptly shrank to form an illusory book.

The book was composed entirely of rosy light. As soon as it appeared, it occupied the center of Lin Yiqing's Mud Pill Palace, then floated there silently without further movement.

Lin Yiqing felt dizzy. After regaining his composure, he hurriedly examined the mysterious book, but to his regret, he could neither understand nor flip through it.

"Could it be... the Heavenly Book...?"

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Yiqing's mind; everything before him was simply too inconceivable.

However, the few fragments of Dao sounds he had vaguely heard gave him a glimmer of a guess.

Perhaps this could only be understood by connecting it to some of the myths and legends he had learned in his previous life.

In those myths, the Heavenly Books gifted by immortals were mostly impossible to record with mortal scripts; only the intent of the Dao existed upon them, making them something to be grasped intuitively rather than explained in words.

Thinking of this, Lin Yiqing extended a wisp of spiritual power from his Mud Pill Palace to attach to the illusory book. A moment later, streams of information were transmitted into his mind.

"Introduction to Runes"

"Introduction to Alchemy"

"Introduction to Artifact Refining"

"Introduction to Formations"

According to Lin Yiqing's own summary, the content could be roughly divided into these four parts; he could not access any deeper information for the time being.

An encyclopedia of cultivation!

Of course, this content was consistent with the things he had encountered so far and did not come from thin air.

The Dao shifts with the world; that is the essence of change.

No matter how things change, they never depart from their fundamental origin.

As long as one masters the changes of the Dao and the laws of Origin Qi, then whether it be cultivation techniques, martial arts, alchemy, talismans, formations, or artifact refining, everything could be learned with extreme speed.

If I combine this with Origin Qi Vision, that's a top-tier cheat code, isn't it!

Opening his eyes, Lin Yiqing revealed a hint of joy, his heart filled with excitement as he thought this.

As his realm improved, the duration he could maintain Origin Qi Vision would inevitably increase. Just imagine, if he could see through the changes in an opponent's Origin Power during a life-or-death battle, it would be like answering a test while looking at the answer key.

Moreover, whether refining artifacts or concocting pills, being able to clearly see the changes in Origin Qi would vastly increase his success rate!

Even when venturing out to explore, he would never fall into someone else's traps or formations.

All of this was nothing short of cheating!