Childhood Stage Layer 4

Li Mo was also imprinting an external organ for the first time, so he was naturally far more cautious.

He repeatedly inspected the Dao Seed formed from the Mist-born Carp Swim Bladders. Though it was a flesh-and-blood organ refined after birth and appeared exceptionally unstable, there were no major problems.

The Dao Seed's structure resembled a Middle Dantian, except it lacked the ability to store spiritual power.

Its purpose was to spread spiritual power throughout his flesh, bones, and skeleton. Combined with the Leakless Body, it would effectively transform his body into a Primordial Acquired Dao Body.

After Li Mo removed the Dao Seed from the Glass Jar, he could clearly see it slowly absorbing variant spiritual energy of the Water-Earth Attribute. In every respect, the Dao Seed met his expectations.

Still, he felt somewhat uncertain about its actual effects.

Li Mo opened the Book of Fortune, and the seventh Blank Pages revealed the Dao Seed's phantom.

He did not hesitate for long. At worst, he would lose a page and destroy the Dao Seed. He could not possibly remain worried when the moment had arrived.

The phantom on the Blank Pages gradually became real, while the Dao Seed in Li Mo's hand suddenly vanished.

Li Mo sensed no abnormality in his body. He hurriedly sat cross-legged and looked inward, searching among his five viscera for where the Dao Seed had been transplanted.

He feared that the Dao Seed might grow somewhere awkward and interfere with his other organs.

Yet after sweeping through every part of his body, Li Mo found no trace of the Dao Seed. Just as he was about to inspect his brain, an abnormal change suddenly arose in his Middle Dantian.

The Miasma Spiritual Power autonomously carrying out Circulation Cycles through his meridians suddenly surged uncontrollably toward his Middle Dantian, nearly leaving Li Mo unable to breathe.

Only then did Li Mo discover that the Dao Seed was inside his Middle Dantian.

Because of the Divine Ability Multi-layered Dantian, his Middle Dantian had already been incomparably complex. With the addition of a Dao Seed, it now resembled a Ghost Craft Ball.

Li Mo felt a wave of weakness. His meridians no longer held any spiritual power at all.

The Dao Seed floated in his Middle Dantian, then began spinning irregularly, stirring the Miasma Spiritual Power into wind and clouds.

Li Mo's pupils shrank.

His Middle Dantian had formed Tornado Momentum. Spiritual Qi from outside poured into his mouth and nose, and even the Tattooed Beasts could barely maintain their forms.

Though Li Mo found it difficult to wield spiritual power, his liver's Spiritual Root Transformation was intensifying.

He had the Tattooed Beasts stand guard while he shut his eyes and circulated the Nourishing Origin Fundamental Scripture with all his strength, guiding the Spiritual Root Transformation in his liver so it would not spiral out of control.

For Li Mo, this was also a rare opportunity.

After cultivating for so long, his liver had already undergone roughly sixty percent Spiritual Root Transformation. He was still some distance from Childhood Stage Layer 4.

Yet under the effects of the Spiritual Power Tide, it was pushed to sixty-one percent in an instant.

Li Mo swallowed hard, divided his attention to swallow his remaining Spirit Guiding Pills, and took out every Mid-grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Bag.

Crack, crack, crack...

The sounds of Spirit Stones shattering rang out continuously. Li Mo's skin became covered in Spirit Stone crystals, which spread beyond his chest and across his entire body.

As long as he seized the opportunity brought about by the Dao Seed, he could reach Childhood Stage Layer 4 several years early.

Battered by spiritual power, the Dao Seed's structure underwent an earth-shaking transformation. It became more like a human organ, as though Li Mo had been born with it.

His cultivation steadily rose, and the path through Childhood Stage Layer 3 was but an arm's reach away.

Once the Dao Seed's structure had completely stabilized, it took on an earthy yellow hue. It was an almost perfect sphere, like a Golden Core transcending the Mortal Realm.

Immediately afterward, the sound of blood rushing came from within the cave dwelling.

Driven by the Dao Seed, Miasma Spiritual Power flowed out from the Middle Dantian along his blood vessels, mixing traces of spiritual power into his viscous blood.

Even the breath Li Mo exhaled was tinged with the pale yellow unique to Miasma Spiritual Power.

"Primordial Acquired Dao Body..."

Excitement appeared on his face. His physique was gradually becoming compatible with Miasma Spiritual Power, proving that using the Dao Seed to enter the Primordial Dao Body was feasible.

But his blood had merely begun adapting to Miasma Spiritual Power. To spread it through his flesh, bones, and skeleton would likely still require the slow grind of time.

Once Miasma Spiritual Power covered Li Mo's entire body, the Primordial Acquired Dao Body would be complete.

Even though only his blood had just become spiritual-power-infused, if Li Mo mastered Spells related to blood, their power would receive the Dao Seed's enhancement.

The Spiritual Root Transformation of his liver continued intensifying and had already approached the seventy percent threshold.

The four Tattooed Beasts benefited immensely. When the Dao Seed absorbed Mid-grade Spirit Stones, the Beast Head Tattoos were also nourished by spiritual power.

The most obvious difference was that the Tattooed Beasts were already breaking free from the category of wild beasts.

The tiger stripes on the Ghost Tiger's body grew increasingly intricate. Dense black qi continuously poured from its body, and the surrounding temperature dropped at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The Crimson Fox ignited with scorching heat and grew a second tail, becoming even more agile.

The Kun Whale's twin fins broadened. It churned up and down within the cramped cave dwelling, already able to command the thin mist.

A tender sprout of a plant emerged from the Salamander's head. Its verdant branches and leaves swayed slightly as its large, curious eyes looked toward its three companions.

The Tattooed Beasts soon could no longer maintain their forms. One after another, they turned into Beast Head Tattoos on Li Mo's limbs before falling into slumber.

Without the Ghost Tiger's parasitism, the Mother Ghost Head dropped to the ground.

Li Mo could only be thankful that the cave dwelling was relatively secluded. Otherwise, the disturbance would certainly have been noticed.

As the Dao Seed Divine Ability was about to emerge, the Spiritual Power Tide in his Middle Dantian gradually subsided as well. It likely could not last much longer.

Li Mo's liver had already undergone more than eighty percent Spiritual Root Transformation. The rock-like organ became a bridge connecting him to the spiritual qi outside, and the Mid-grade Spirit Stones before him shattered faster and faster.

Ninety percent Spiritual Root Transformation.

The Dao Seed's rotation had basically stopped, but spiritual power still remained in his Dantian.

Spiritual Root Transformation neared one hundred percent.

The Divine Ability known as Primal Dao Seed awakened.

Li Mo did not pay attention to the Primal Dao Seed. He focused all his energy on breaking through the bottleneck. He was only one footstep from Childhood Stage Layer 4.

Having regained control over Miasma Spiritual Power, he drove it toward his liver.

When his liver underwent complete Spiritual Root Transformation, his Middle Dantian expanded by another third. The spiritual power within was compressed as a result, and his strength immediately surged.

At last, after turning sixteen, Li Mo advanced to Childhood Stage Layer 4.

After hesitating for several breaths, he directed spiritual power into his kidneys. After all, the kidneys were the source of vital essence, and after Spiritual Root Transformation, they would benefit both his body and soul.

Li Mo intended to store the newly generated Low-grade Spirit Stones in his Storage Bag.

Yet the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a pale Clay Sculpture that had appeared before him at some unknown time, and the joy in his heart instantly vanished without a trace.

Li Mo had clearly only gone eight hundred meters into the Corpse Mountain, where it should still have been relatively safe. Yet the elusive Clay Sculptures were utterly impossible to predict.

Li Mo's scalp went numb. Then he noticed something strange about the Clay Sculpture.

The Clay Sculpture was actually kneeling on the ground, motionlessly worshipping Li Mo. Though it had no facial features, it still radiated an inexplicable frenzy.

With his back against the wall, Li Mo realized that the Clay Sculpture had come looking for him on its own.

Could it be the Primordial Acquired Dao Body?

Li Mo concealed his aura and used Contain Toxin and Digest Poison to leave the Iron Cauldron Secret Realm. By the time he returned, the Clay Sculpture had already vanished.

The Primordial Acquired Dao Body seemed to be connected to the Ziqi Sect, which was why the Clay Sculpture had behaved this way.

Could he use the Primordial Acquired Dao Body to enter the deepest region of the Corpse Mountain and find a way for the Book of Fortune to gain additional Blank Pages?