The Tianyan Mountain Range stretched for tens of thousands of li, filled with rampant fierce beasts and countless medicinal herbs. It was one of the most famous mountain ranges in the Great Yan Dynasty, and Yan City was situated right upon it.
Lin Yiqing sat cross-legged with his eyes closed on a massive bluestone, pinching a profound seal in his hand. A gentle breeze blew, rustling the hem of his pure white robes and making him look like an immortal who had descended to the mortal world.
Reaching the ultimate void, guarding steadfast tranquility, all things flourish together, and I thereby observe their return...
Feeling all things between heaven and earth, Lin Yiqing's heart seemed to be purified. His entire being became extremely ethereal, and even his mood turned joyful.
Learning from nature, the unity of heaven and man—the views of the sages are truly correct.
Lin Yiqing could not help but sigh with emotion. After resting in the city for several days, he had plunged back into the mountain forests to cultivate; an overly comfortable life was not what he desired.
He had encountered many fierce beasts in the mountains, and successive battles had left him somewhat exhausted. Now that he relaxed his heartstrings, his origin power had instead become a bit more refined.
The path of cultivation should combine relaxation with tension; it required courageous advancement and also following the dao of nature. Only thus could it be the correct path.
Lin Yiqing raised his face, and the morning sunlight shone upon his body, bringing a warm sensation. The birth of all things depends on yang, and the death of all things also arises from yang.
At this moment, he slowly understood the power of life bestowed by the sun. This was a miraculous feeling, as though he himself had transformed into that massive ball of fire hanging high beyond the skies.
Dispelling darkness, bringing light, and endowing all things with the power of life.
And all living beings also worshipped him and believed in him. This joyful feeling was beyond description.
Between Lin Yiqing's brows, a mysterious light orb emitting a hazy, clear radiance emerged. It was right before him, yet it seemed separated by endless space—within sight, but out of reach.
It was so sacred, and faintly it felt as though endless living beings were worshipping it while the Great Dao chanted praises for it.
The mysterious light orb trembled slightly, and the distant Sun Star emitted a scorching brilliance, dyeing the entire sky a fiery red.
Immediately, rays of sunlight were imprisoned around Lin Yiqing, illuminating him until he looked like a gold-cast god and Buddha.
Slowly, dazzling white light burst forth from before his chest, and amidst this radiance, a wispy, platinum-colored air current slowly emerged.
"Sun Qi."
Following the appearance of the Sun Qi, the temperature around Lin Yiqing rose drastically. The surrounding forest caught 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 the Greater Yin True Essence suddenly began to circulate and churn violently within him, as if it had encountered a mortal enemy.
Yet the platinum-colored Sun Qi wandered through Lin Yiqing's body unhurriedly, ignoring the agitation of the Greater Yin True Essence. Wherever it passed, his meridians and flesh were turned to charred coals.
Pain—incomparable pain!
It hurt so much that Lin Yiqing wanted to cry out, but his teeth simply refused to part. A golden sea of fire appeared in his mind, resembling the sun fire hanging high in the firmament.
The mysterious light orb seemed to sense Lin Yiqing's predicament and trembled slightly. Lin Yiqing's physical body was instantly restored, and a beam of white light appeared within his body, protecting him from being harmed by the Sun Qi.
Regaining his wits, Lin Yiqing hurriedly circulated the origin power within his body. The Sun Qi did not resist either, and with extreme cooperation, it began to fuse with Lin Yiqing's origin power.
Heaven Origin Realm, mid Heaven Origin Realm, late Heaven Origin Realm!
Lin Yiqing's strength ushered in a leap and bound of explosive growth. The Earth Origin Realm cultivated Yin Sha Qi, and the Heaven Origin Realm cultivated Yang Gang Qi, but what could possibly compare to Greater Yin Qi and Sun Qi?
Through the tempering of the Greater Yin Qi, Lin Yiqing's origin power already far exceeded ordinary quality, yet when fusing with the Sun Qi, it still shattered and dissolved away a great deal.
The newly fused origin power carried the Sun Qi and arrived at Lin Yiqing's dantian. That place had originally been an ocean of chilling energy, but at this moment, it was all repurified back into pure origin power.
In the center of the qi mass within his dantian, a wisp of grayish-white Greater Yin Qi sensed the Sun Qi and seemed to be provoked, whereupon the two abruptly collided.
"Pfft!"
Lin Yiqing violently spat out a mouthful of blood. Both of them were supreme divine objects, and now that they fought each other, they made him suffer terribly.
Greater Yin Qi and Sun Qi each occupied half of the dantian, attacking and conquering one another. The two mutually generated and restrained each other; obtaining either one was enough to reach the peak of martial arts, and wanting to fuse both was even harder than ascending to the heavens.
Just as he was at his wit's end, that mysterious light orb suddenly appeared within Lin Yiqing's dantian, showering streams of pristine radiance from above.
And those two contending "supreme divine objects" instantly quieted down as well. Using Lin Yiqing's dantian as a lake, the two began to slowly swim about.
At a glance, the two strands of qi actually resembled swimming fish, appearing extremely agile.
"Hoo!"
Before he had time to catch his breath, Lin Yiqing was instantly pulled into that chaotic space once again. This time, he could finally hear a few sentences of the faint, intermittent dao chants drifting over.
"He who embodies the Origin Dao is the supreme Dao of Lord Lao... Its dao has three..."
"As for the nine essentials, the essentials are the crucial mechanisms, to correspond to the Nine Turns of the Great Elixir, thus the Dao is divided into nine chapters..."
Just as Lin Yiqing intended to concentrate and listen closely to the dao chants, the remaining portions once again turned into a scenario that he could only perceive but not hear.
Clearly, his cultivation level or other conditions were not yet met at present.
"Hum."
The mysterious light orb suspended at the center of this chaotic world emitted a slight tremor, and wisps of rosy clouds fell from the air into Lin Yiqing's mind.
Countless mysterious runes radiating chaotic qi abruptly emerged within his Mud Pill Palace, and then abruptly shrank to form an illusory book.
This book was entirely composed of rosy clouds. The moment it appeared, it occupied the central position of Lin Yiqing's Mud Pill Palace, and then quietly hovered there without further movement.
Lin Yiqing's head spun, and after recovering his wits, he hurriedly examined that mysterious book. To his regret, however, he could neither understand nor flip through it at all.
Could it be... the Heavenly Book...?
At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Yiqing's mind. The things happening right before him were simply too unbelievable.
However, the few sentences of dao chants he had faintly heard gave him a slight guess.
Perhaps all of this had to be combined with some mythological stories he had learned in his previous life to gain a glimmer of insight.
And in those myths and legends, most of the heavenly books bestowed by immortals could not be recorded in mortal writing; only the dao intent existed upon them, making them perceptible only through intuition rather than words.
Thinking of this, a wisp of spiritual sense probed out from Lin Yiqing's Mud Pill Palace and attached itself 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, it could be roughly divided into these four parts. As for deeper information, he could not understand it for the time being.
An encyclopedia of cultivation!
Of course, these contents all matched the things he currently came into contact with; they did not appear out of thin air.
The Dao shifts along with the world, which is the essence of change.
No matter how things change, their ultimate origin remains the same.
As long as one masters the changes of the Dao and the laws of origin qi, then whether it was cultivation methods, martial skills, pills, runes, formations, or artifacts, one could learn them extremely quickly.
If this is coupled with Origin Qi Vision, isn't that a top-tier cheat?!
Opening his eyes, Lin Yiqing revealed a hint of joy, thinking with a heart full of excitement.
Along with the enhancement of his realm, the duration for which he could activate his Origin Qi Vision would undoubtedly increase. Just thinking that during a decisive battle against someone, he could see through the changes in the other party's origin power via Origin Qi Vision—it was simply like taking a test with the answer key in hand.
Moreover, whether refining artifacts or alchemy, being able to see through the changes in origin qi meant the success rate would also be vastly increased!
Even when venturing out on expeditions, he would not fall into traps or formations set by others.
All of these were simply cheat-grade performances!
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