Time drifted on, the years flashing past like a weaver's shuttle.
In this chaotic age, when the cultivation world declined from prosperity and demons carved out their own domains, nearly half a year was merely an insignificant ripple in the long river of history.
Yet for Anping County in Great Wall Prefecture, those months had been a magnificent rebirth, a transformation down to its very bones.
Deep beneath the Anping County Yamen lay a central chamber wrapped in layers of formations, sealed against all outside scrutiny.
The churning earth-lung golden water exuded Geng Metal spiritual energy so dense it was almost tangible, bathing the entire spacious underground chamber in dark gold.
At the very center of this spirit spring, Chu Bai sat quietly cross-legged atop a ritual platform temporarily built from mystic origin breath soil.
His eyes were closed, his breathing long and deep.
With every breath, the violent Geng Metal spiritual energy around him—powerful enough to tear apart an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator's meridians—flowed into his mouth and nose like docile sheep.
Under the incomparably domineering true intent of Return to the Origin within the Origin-Opening Daoist Scripture, this spiritual energy was instantly crushed and purified, ultimately becoming the purest primal spell power before flowing into his Dantian Qi Sea, already as unfathomable as a vast ocean.
Foundation Establishment Great Perfection—the absolute limit!
At this moment, Chu Bai's flesh possessed the flawless sheen of colored glass, impervious to every poison, without leakage or impurity.
The spell power within him had grown as dense as it could possibly become. Even absorbing another trace of the world's spiritual energy could no longer advance his cultivation by the slightest degree.
Above his head, the faint phantom of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon circled and roared soundlessly. This was the manifestation of his fully