His spiritual power had already reached the nascent soul realm. He had never expected the yin-yang twin flames to feed energy back to him after devouring the tribulation lightning.
Now that he had enough energy, his breakthrough came naturally.
Just then, a crack... rang out. Fissures began spreading across the surface of his golden core, and a stream of pure energy seeped out.
Immediately afterward, that pure energy began taking shape inside his dantian.
It formed from the inside out. First, bones condensed in midair at a speed visible to the naked eye, translucent and flawless, as though carved from ice and jade.
Then meridians slowly emerged, extending one by one and intertwining like rivers across the land, a faint radiance flowing through them.
At the same time, flesh began filling out the frame. Soon, a palm-sized little figure had formed, his entire body giving off a faint glow.
With his arms folded and his legs crossed, he floated quietly inside the dantian.
The moment he finished forming, his eyelids suddenly trembled, then slowly opened.
Clear, bright, and deep.
His pupils seemed to hold an entire sea of stars, boundless light flowing silently within them.
Before Li Yichen even had a chance to celebrate, the little fellow seemed to be drawn to the yin-yang twin flames floating inside his dantian.
He moved, instantly appearing before the yin-yang twin flames, then gulped them down in one mouthful.
"Burp..." The little fellow promptly belched, opened his mouth to puff out a cloud of black smoke, then rubbed his smooth little belly in satisfaction.
Li Yichen was dumbstruck. Holy shit... my yin-yang twin flames! You little wastrel! Is that something you can eat?
The thought had barely crossed his mind when the little fellow suddenly clutched his stomach, his face twisting in pain.