Lin Qing drew all his awareness deep into his dantian.
At the edge of his vision, the petals of the Chaos Green Lotus trembled to an unfathomable rhythm.
With every tremor, they tore at the Gold of Life's remaining core energy like a giant whale drawing in water.
Before the lotus, the Gold of Life was as docile as a lamb awaiting slaughter, letting it wring out the last drop of its essence.
At the very center of the lotus platform,
a halo of interwoven gold and green swelled rapidly.
Its light grew ever more dazzling, its substance ever more solid.
Arcane patterns of life, embodying the birth of heaven and earth and the emergence of all things, roamed across the light's surface like living creatures, intertwining into an indescribable design.
Hum—!
A clear, piercing chime rang through the void within him.
At last, the dazzling light contracted.
A round pearl formed above the lotus platform, gold and green flowing across its surface. Within it lay what seemed an entire, boundless world of life.
It hovered precisely between the Chaos Pearl and the Heavenly God Pearl.
Together, the three faintly formed a perfect, unbroken cycle.
The Life Pearl!
The instant the pearl took shape,
two utterly different yet equally domineering forces erupted from it.
The first was life force of the utmost purity.
Golden waves of life surged outward in every direction, with Lin Qing's body at their center.
Where they passed, miracles took root.
Cracks opened in the stone walls, and tiny green shoots pushed through.
The shoots sprouted branches and leaves with wild abandon.
In the blink of an eye, great swaths of tiny white flowers bloomed proudly.
Under the wash of that ultimate life force,
the strength of his body rose several levels at once, like oil