Childhood Stage Layer 4

Li Mo was also branding an external organ for the first time, so he naturally acted with extra caution.

He couldn't help but repeatedly inspect the Mist-born Carp Swim Bladder that had transformed into a Dao Seed. Although it was a Flesh and Blood Organ refined postnatally and appeared unusually unstable, there were no major issues.

The Dao Seed's structure resembled that of the Middle Dantian, only it lacked the ability to store spiritual power.

Its function was to disperse spiritual power into the flesh, blood, and bones. Combined with the Leakless Body, it effectively caused the body to transform into a Primordial Acquired Dao Body.

After Li Mo took the Dao Seed out of 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 expectations.

However, he was somewhat uncertain about the actual effects.

Li Mo opened the Book of Fortune, and the seventh blank page revealed a phantom image of the Dao Seed.

He didn't hesitate too much. If it didn't work, he could just lose one page to destroy the Dao Seed. He couldn't afford to have second thoughts when the moment had arrived.

The phantom on the blank page gradually became real, and the Dao Seed in Li Mo's hand suddenly vanished.

Li Mo didn't notice any change in his body. He quickly sat cross-legged and looked inward, searching among his Five Viscera for where the Dao Seed had been transplanted.

He was afraid the Dao Seed would end up in an awkward spot and affect other organs.

But after scanning every part of his body, Li Mo found no trace of the Dao Seed. Just as he was about to check his brain, an anomaly suddenly appeared in his Middle Dantian.

The Miasma Spiritual Power, which had been circulating through his meridians on its own, surged uncontrollably toward his Middle Dantian, nearly making Li Mo unable to breathe.

It was only then that Li Mo realized the Dao Seed was inside his Middle Dantian.

Originally, due to the Multi-layered Dantian divine ability, the Middle Dantian was already extremely complex. Now, with the Dao Seed added, it was like a Ghost Craft Ball.

Li Mo felt a wave of weakness. His meridians were completely drained of spiritual power.

The Dao Seed floated in the Middle Dantian, then began to spin irregularly, stirring up the Miasma Spiritual Power like a brewing storm.

Li Mo's pupils contracted.

The Middle Dantian had formed a Tornado Momentum. Spiritual energy from the outside world surged into his mouth and nose, and the Tattooed Beast could barely maintain its form.

Although Li Mo could hardly use his spiritual power, the Spiritual Root Transformation in his liver was accelerating.

He had the Tattooed Beast help guard him, closed his eyes, and did his utmost to circulate the Nourishing Origin Fundamental Scripture, guiding the Spiritual Root Transformation in his liver to prevent it from spiraling out of control.

For Li Mo, this was also a rare opportunity.

Relying on his cultivation over this period, his liver had reached about sixty percent Spiritual Root Transformation. Childhood Stage Layer 4 was still some distance away.

But under the effect of the Spiritual Power Tide, it was pushed to sixty-one percent in no time.

Li Mo swallowed his saliva, distracted himself to take the last Spirit Guiding Pill into his stomach, and at the same time took out all the Mid-grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Bag.

Crack, crack, crack...

The sound of spirit stones shattering rang out continuously. Li Mo's skin was covered in spirit stone crystals, spreading from his chest to his entire body.

As long as he seized the opportunity brought by the Dao Seed, Childhood Stage Layer 4 could be reached years ahead of schedule.

Under the scouring of spiritual power, the Dao Seed's structure underwent earth-shattering changes, becoming more like a human organ, as if Li Mo had been born with it.

His cultivation steadily advanced, and the threshold of Childhood Stage Layer 3 was right before him.

After the Dao Seed's structure fully stabilized, it took on a earthy yellow hue, a nearly perfect circle, like a Golden Core that had transcended the Mortal Realm.

Immediately after, the sound of blood rushing echoed through the cave dwelling.

Driven by the Dao Seed, Miasma Spiritual Power flowed out from the Middle Dantian through the blood vessels, causing the thick blood to be mixed with traces of spiritual power.

Even the breath Li Mo exhaled carried the faint yellow characteristic of Miasma Spiritual Power.

"Primordial Acquired Dao Body..."

His face lit up with excitement. His physique was gradually aligning with Miasma Spiritual Power, proving that using the Dao Seed to enter the Primordial Dao Body was feasible.

But it was only the initial adaptation of his blood to Miasma Spiritual Power. To spread it to his flesh, blood, and bones would still require slow, steady effort.

Once Li Mo's entire body was permeated with Miasma Spiritual Power, it would mean the Primordial Acquired Dao Body was complete.

Even if only his blood had just begun to spiritualize, if Li Mo mastered any blood-related Spells, their power would be amplified by the Dao Seed.

The Spiritual Root Transformation in his liver was still accelerating, already approaching the seventy percent mark.

The four Tattooed Beasts benefited greatly. When the Dao Seed absorbed the Mid-grade Spirit Stones, the Beast Head Tattoos also received nourishment from the spiritual power.

The most noticeable difference was that the Tattooed Beasts were already breaking away from the category of Wild Beasts.

The Ghost Tiger's tiger stripes grew increasingly complex, and thick black qi continuously surged from its body, lowering the surrounding temperature at a rate visible to the Naked Eye.

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

The Kun Whale's fins widened, and it tumbled up and down within the narrow cave dwelling, already able to control thin mist.

A tender plant sprout grew from the Salamander's head, its emerald leaves gently swaying as it looked at its three companions with curious, big eyes.

The Tattooed Beasts soon couldn't maintain their forms and turned back into the Beast Head Tattoos on Li Mo's limbs, then fell into a deep slumber.

The Mother Ghost Head, no longer parasitized by the Ghost Tiger, fell to the ground.

Li Mo could only be grateful that the cave dwelling was relatively secluded; otherwise, the commotion would definitely have been noticed.

As the Dao Seed's divine ability was on the verge of emerging, the Spiritual Power Tide in his Middle Dantian gradually subsided. It probably wouldn't last much longer.

Over eighty percent of Li Mo's liver had undergone Spiritual Root Transformation, the rock-like organ becoming a bridge for external Spiritual Energy as the Mid-grade Spirit Stone before him shattered at an ever-increasing pace.

Spiritual Root Transformation reached ninety percent.

The rotation of the Dao Seed had nearly ceased, but the spiritual power within his dantian remained steady.

Spiritual Root Transformation pressed toward one hundred percent.

A divine ability named [Primal Dao Seed] awakened.

Li Mo paid no attention to the Primal Dao Seed, focusing all his effort on breaking through the bottleneck—he was only one step away from Childhood Stage Layer 4.

Having regained control over his Miasma Spiritual Power, he drove the energy to surge toward his liver.

When the liver fully completed Spiritual Root Transformation, his Middle Dantian expanded by a third, compressing his spiritual power and causing his strength to skyrocket.

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

He hesitated for a few breaths, then channeled his spiritual power into his kidneys—after all, the kidneys were the source of essence, and their Spiritual Root Transformation would aid both body and soul.

Li Mo intended to collect the Low-grade Spirit Stones that had been generated and store them in his Storage Bag.

But the moment he opened his eyes, a pale Clay Sculpture had appeared before him without warning, and the joy in his heart vanished instantly.

Though Li Mo had only penetrated eight hundred meters into Corpse Mountain—still considered relatively safe—the unpredictable Clay Sculpture was impossible to anticipate.

Li Mo's scalp went numb as he noticed the Clay Sculpture's strangeness.

The Clay Sculpture was kneeling on the ground, frozen in a posture of worship toward Li Mo. Even without facial features, it radiated an inexplicable fervor.

Li Mo pressed his back against the wall, realizing the Clay Sculpture had sought him out on its own.

Could it be because of the Primordial Acquired Dao Body?

Li Mo restrained his aura, used Contain Toxin and Digest Poison to leave the Iron Cauldron Secret Realm, and when he returned, the Clay Sculpture had vanished without a trace.

The Primordial Acquired Dao Body seemed to be connected to the Ziqi Sect, which explained the Clay Sculpture's attitude.

Could he then use the Primordial Acquired Dao Body to venture into the deepest core of Corpse Mountain and find a way to add blank pages to the Book of Fortune?