That night.
Azure Origin Cottage.
Lin Changheng stood before his desk. The dwindling candlelight fell across the window, while the Origin Cauldron in his sea of consciousness trembled gently.
[Flame-Tailed Golden Mouse True Core · Supreme] [Demon Beast Bloodline Atavistic Demonic Art available for incorporation: Limb Hardening]
"Survival first. Only by staying alive can I pursue more! Only by staying alive can I reach the end!"
"Of course I'll incorporate it!"
Although this risked steering him toward body refinement, Lin Changheng wholeheartedly welcomed any stronger means of preserving his life!
The mysterious True Core, the size of an adult's fist, dropped into his soul at his command, then entered his body.
This time, Lin Changheng carefully observed the entire process with his Divine Sense.
He discovered that when the True Core entered his soul, it did indeed stir a mysterious, almost imperceptible fluctuation.
It spread, rippling outward.
Like ripples on water.
"This is..." Then Lin Changheng abruptly started, having discovered something.
This was the first time he had noticed it!
He clearly sensed that the fluctuation followed the True Core, slowly sweeping across his soul and washing over it.
Accompanied by a faint, metallic sting, his soul seemed to undergo some kind of influence-minute, but undeniably real.
"No, not an influence. More precisely, a kind of nourishment!"
Surprise gave way to delight. This was a beneficial influence with positive effects; nourishment was the more fitting description.
A single instance of [nourishment] might be imperceptible, but what if it accumulated over time?
"When I saw through the [Mountain of Spirit], it came so easily. At first, I thought it was simply because living two lives had tempered my soul.
"Now it seems the Treasure Seeds, True Cores, and Dao Fruits produced by the [Origin Cauldron] also played a hidden