A Shocking Change in Two Insect Colonies, Completing [Gold Devouring]; Qingwu Forms Her Core, Three Secret Messages

Inside the secluded chamber in Tantai Feiyue's courtyard.

Spiritual energy gathered like mist, washing back and forth through the chamber like a celestial palace above the clouds.

On the cushion at its center, Lin Changheng sat in meditation, his mind still. His magical power rippled as he continuously simulated the essence of Five-Element Rotation, the elements generating and supporting one another.

The golden core in his dantian slowly rotated, guided by his five-element spiritual root. Five-colored spiritual radiance-metal, wood, water, fire, and earth-faintly shone through, but without external assistance, maintaining balance was difficult, and the cycle remained unstable.

"Phew-"

Lin Changheng did not force himself to persevere and instead ended his cultivation.

If he continued, any one type of qi becoming too strong or too weak could cause the cycle to collapse outright. At best, his cultivation would stagnate; at worst, his organs and foundational vitality would suffer damage.

As cautious as Lin Changheng was, he naturally would not force the issue.

He rose and put away the [Spirit Eye Herb], placing it in a hole he had previously dug in the [Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land].

There, it continued connecting with the blessed land's earth vein, working with the other spiritual roots to establish a cycle of spiritual energy and nourish the entire space.

At the same time, his vast divine sense swept through the entire [Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land].

Neither the [Black-Armored Earth Turtle] nor the [Azure Sky White Tiger] was inside.

Those two beasts had been let out long ago. Before Yan Mingyi had emerged from seclusion, Tantai Feiyue and Xu Hanji had taken them away, feeding them fine food and drink every day until they were so happy they forgot all about home.

Anyone who did not know better might have thought Lin Changheng had mistreated them. Although-he really