The boundless Sea of Bitterness heaved, while immortal light shot skyward from the Life Springs, dazzling and brilliant. Infinite immortal qi cascaded down, making this place seem like the legendary Immortal Realm.
Lin Xian settled here to cultivate. Unlike Duan De, who focused on his fleshly body, he measured heaven and earth with bare feet, using his body as a boat to cross countless layers of the Sea of Bitterness. He inscribed all manner of Dao traces, laying the groundwork for evolving an Immortal Realm within himself.
Lingbao had transformed his body into heaven and earth. Taken to its ultimate conclusion, this, too, was a method of cultivating a world. Following the path once trodden by an ancient Heavenly Venerable would benefit Lin Xian immensely.
Unlike other cultivators, who had one Sea of Bitterness and one Life Spring, Lingbao Tianzun's Sea of Bitterness contained nine great Life Springs. Here lay the profound secret of this supreme Heavenly Venerable's longevity.
Compared with the other eight, this final spring was practically an ocean of life-giving water. The slightest contact gave one the feeling of impending feathered ascension. Hair and bones alike were nourished, the body grew light and agile, vitality and spirit brimmed over, and the Immortal Altar spontaneously rang with the sounds of the Dao.
"The Heavenly Venerable had nine Life Springs to nourish his life wheel. I'm copying that."
Lin Xian was accustomed to copying others' homework. He absorbed the essence of Lingbao Tianzun's path to immortality and perfectly replicated its structure within himself, using each immortal medicine as a node to develop nine Life Springs and nourish his life wheel.
At the same time, he added his own small innovation. Each Life Spring corresponded to a layer of the heaven of the other shore, granting him surging magical power