Within the Cosmic Dojo, Chen Yan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and sat cross-legged.
All five tribulations had been completed, and his Indestructible Body was on the verge of perfection.
He could clearly feel that his life had undergone a tremendous transformation. Now, every movement carried terrifying power capable of tearing space apart with ease.
He calmed his mind and began examining his body.
At a glance, his brows furrowed slightly.
In his dantian, the transformed Chaos Myriad Laws Golden Core bobbed up and down. With every turn, it drew in vast amounts of pure energy, nourishing his entire body.
Indestructible Internal Breath surged through his meridians like golden rivers, flowing without end.
Yet mixed into those golden currents were things that seemed completely out of place.
Strands and wisps of gray-black energy.
Tribulation energy.
These were remnants that had not been fully refined and absorbed when he passed through the Fifth Decay Tribulation.
They had not been expelled from his body as he had expected. Instead, like fish joining a stream, they had become entangled with his Indestructible Internal Breath, inseparable from it.
"What's going on?"
A flicker of surprise arose in Chen Yan's mind.
Indestructible Internal Breath came from the Indestructible Scripture. Its core was "life"—restoration, eternity, and immortality.
Tribulation energy, on the other hand, meant annihilation and an end. It was the ultimate manifestation of all things declining toward ruin.
How could two forces so diametrically opposed coexist so harmoniously within him?
When he had fought the Corpse Dragon, he had clearly felt how incompatible the two forces were, like fire and water.
He tried to direct his internal breath, attempting to separate the gray-black tribulation energy from his energy system.
But as soon as the thought arose, the tribulation energy scattered like startled loaches,