Qilin Descends, Lie Flat and Soar!

A month passed quietly amidst the tranquility of Sea God Island and Lin Ciyan's increasingly refined "slacker cultivation."

Finally, the important day of his and Bei Bei's martial soul awakening arrived.

Given that the two were of similar age, the awakening ceremony was scheduled for the same day.

Bei Bei went first, with Mu En personally presiding over the ritual.

As the light of the ceremony faded, a clear, resonant dragon roar echoed through the hall.

Above Bei Bei's palm, a blue dragon shadow wreathed in fine golden electric arcs reared its head and roared, a powerful dragon might permeating the air.

"Good! Good! Good!" Mu En exclaimed three times, his face brimming with irrepressible joy. "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Innate Full Soul Power!"

"Bei Bei, with the academy's cultivation, if you can awaken the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline within you, you are guaranteed to reach the level of a Super Douluo, with even greater potential to touch the Limit Realm!"

The surrounding elders nodded one after another, wearing gratified smiles.

Feeling the surging power within his body, the lingering childishness on Bei Bei's face was replaced by the confidence and pride of a genius.

He looked at Lin Ciyan, his eyes carrying a hint of indescribable superiority.

"Brother Lin, it's your turn. Believe in yourself; you will surely awaken a powerful martial soul!" Bei Bei said with a smile, though his tone carried a condescending sense of encouragement.

Lin Ciyan curled his lip inwardly: Oh ho, the little brother thinks he's on top of the world just because he awakened a top-tier martial soul? That tone is just like a boss feeding his employees empty promises.

Outwardly, he maintained his usual lazy demeanor and nodded: "I'll take your word for it."

He wasn't surprised by Bei Bei's change in attitude; in the original work, this future Tang Sect head disciple was always a bit dark-bellied and proud.

He merely muttered to himself about a certain "Grandmaster" from the first generation of Shrek: Unlike that certain 'Grandmaster' whose own martial soul mutated into trash, leading him to peddle pseudo-theories everywhere to fool the ignorant and certain 'Children of Destiny'.

It was Lin Ciyan's turn. Led by his grandfather, the elder Lin Qingmo, he stood in the center of the awakening array.

"Ciyan, relax your body and mind. Carefully sense the power hidden within you and guide it to manifest," Lin Qingmo urged gently, his eyes filled with anticipation and a trace of nervousness.

"Understood, Grandfather." Lin Ciyan took a deep breath. On the surface, he looked incredibly relaxed, even wanting to yawn, but his heart was actually pounding.

The light dragon should be a safe bet, right? Elder Mu said my light attribute is ridiculously abundant; it can't be worse than Grandfather's, can it?

Whatever, life and death are fated, and wealth is in the hands of heaven. Let's do this!

As Lin Qingmo injected pure soul power into the array, the six awakening stones erupted with light, transforming into countless warm golden motes that, as if drawn by a magnet, surged frantically into Lin Ciyan's body.

The expected impact or pain never came; instead, an indescribable sense of comfort spread through his limbs and bones.

He felt as if he were soaking in a fountain of life, or soaring above the nine heavens. Every cell was rejoicing, greedily absorbing this pure energy.

So comfortable? It seems my physical foundation is quite solid; the martial soul shouldn't be bad! Lin Ciyan felt a surge of joy and relaxed even further to feel the process.

Just then, he seemed to hear an ancient and majestic hiss—neither a dragon's roar nor a tiger's howl.

He felt his bones emit a faint hum, his muscle fibers undergoing optimal reorganization, his blood surging like a river, and his soul power core boiling at an unprecedented speed!

He subconsciously looked down and saw fine, luxurious scale patterns emerging on his skin, with golden light flowing from his fingertips as if they were turning into claws.

A sacred, peaceful, yet incomparably majestic aura emanated from his body uncontrollably.

Is this... a dragon? Or a tiger? Lin Ciyan was somewhat puzzled; this form didn't seem to match any top-tier beast martial soul he knew of.

Power continued to pour out endlessly; the awakening was far from over!

"ROAR--!"

A roar that shook the soul finally erupted from Lin Ciyan's throat—not one of ferocity, but one carrying the brilliant heavenly might to cleanse evil and awe all spirits!

The golden light exploded completely, illuminating the entire awakening hall like a divine kingdom! As the light dimmed slightly, Lin Ciyan's figure reappeared.

At this moment, he seemed to have merged with some ancient, sacred existence.

His entire body looked as if it were cast from the finest white jade, flowing with warm and pure luster.

Around his joints, brilliant light flames resembling liquid gold burned silently.

Just by standing there, sacred light dust drifted naturally from his body, making him appear like a divine child descended to the mortal realm.

The massive martial soul projection solidified behind him—deer antlers, lion head, tiger eyes, elk body, dragon scales, and an ox tail!

It stepped on golden auspicious clouds, surrounded by the purest light and life energy, with an aura of blessing all things and suppressing evil enveloping the entire hall!

"This... what martial soul is this?!" Lin Qingmo's eyes widened, his voice trembling with excitement. He had never seen such a sacred and majestic beast martial soul.

Mu En stood up abruptly from his wheelchair, unprecedented brilliance erupting from his cloudy eyes.

His voice was hoarse, filled with unbelievable ecstasy: "Ultimate Light! This is the aura of Ultimate Light! And... so sacred, so peaceful! Ancestors of the Sea God Pavilion above, my Shrek has been favored by the heavens!"

He stared fixedly at the martial soul projection behind Lin Ciyan, his brain racing.

Combining the exceptionally abundant light attribute in Lin Ciyan's body, Lin Qingmo's light dragon martial soul, and that old matter from many years ago...

He looked sharply at Lin Qingmo: "Qingmo! Do you remember that dying Golden Earth Dragon King you encountered back then?

It seemed to contain a trace of an extremely thin, yet high-status, ancient bloodline! Could it be... that Ciyan's martial soul has undergone a positive mutation, tracing back to its ancestors?!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingmo's body shook, and he instantly realized: "Pavilion Master, are you saying... a Qilin?! This is the legendary auspicious holy beast, the Qilin?!"

"Holy Radiance Qilin!" Lin Ciyan felt the surging power within him, as if he could resonate with heaven and earth, and spoke the name with a flash of intuition.

[Ding! Awakened God-level martial soul: Holy Radiance Qilin! The path of ultimate slacking has received an epic enhancement! Special reward: Slacker Points +1000!]

Mu En was so excited he could hardly contain himself, sensing carefully: "That's right! It comes naturally with the Domain of Holiness and Auspiciousness! It possesses absolute suppression over evil and dark attributes!"

"It even... it even faintly amplifies the luck and comprehension of oneself and those nearby! This... this is simply a humanoid auspicious beast! (Though the effect is far inferior to a true auspicious beast, it is already heaven-defying!)"

He probed further, his expression changing once more: "Lin Ciyan, do you feel that besides the Ultimate Light and the Sacred Origin, your martial soul seems to faintly contain the power of other attributes?"

Lin Ciyan focused his senses and nodded: "It seems... there are a few different powers hidden deep within, like the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but they are very vague and cannot be mobilized yet."

"Basic all-attributes! It is actually a perfect martial soul embryo with near-basic all-attributes!" Mu En's voice carried immense shock.

"As your strength increases in the future, it is not impossible for you to master the powers of other attributes! Perfect, simply too perfect! Far surpassing my Radiant Sacred Dragon!"

Feeling those wisps of Ultimate Light attribute that made even a Limit Douluo like him feel his soul power leap with joy, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Mu En looked at Lin Ciyan with burning eyes, his tone unprecedentedly solemn: "Lin Ciyan, from this day forward, the academy will exhaust all its resources to cultivate you!"

"You need not have any burdens; just grow in whatever way you feel most comfortable!"

Mu En did not even realize he had silently added in his heart: "Even if you want to continue 'slacking off', it must be a form of cultivation that embodies supreme truth!"

Lin Ciyan felt the powerful strength within his body, then looked at the skyrocketing Slacking Points on his system panel and Mu En's promise, his heart blooming with joy, "I can finally buy the 'Lying Flat' aura, haha."

"As expected, relaxed cultivation is the true path! From now on, I am an officially licensed slacker with backing! The dream of getting stronger while lying down has finally become reality!"

He looked at Bei Bei, who had temporarily set aside his pride and stood dumbfounded in shock.

He then flashed a meaningful smile at Bei Bei.

"Little brother, it seems my 'relaxed cultivation method' is the true meta after all!"