Lin Yan left the Nostrade family villa. He went straight to a deserted mountain outside Yorknew City. Far from the bustle, it offered little spiritual energy, but it was quiet. He needed absolute peace to complete the final step of his Golden Core Great Way.
He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. He felt the Dantian Embryo pounding violently inside him, like a heart nurturing new life. The vitality of the essence of Yi Wood, the destruction of the essence of Li Fire, and the power of rules contained in Chrollo's Skill Hunter had all fused perfectly within the Dantian Embryo, forming a balanced cycle brimming with power.
The golden core shall form, Lin Yan silently declared.
He abruptly drove the true qi within his dantian. An even purer surge of Pure Yang True Qi erupted from his body and instantly enveloped the Dantian Embryo. He guided the true qi to wash over it again and again, making it denser and rounder.
The process was painful and prolonged. Lin Yan felt as though an invisible hand were tearing his body apart, then putting it back together. His meridians, bones, and flesh underwent earth-shattering changes beneath the scouring force.
He knew this was the agony of a butterfly breaking free of its cocoon. Only by enduring it could he finally transform.
Time slowly passed.
The chaos in Yorknew City gradually subsided as well. The Phantom Troupe's retreat allowed the Ten Dons' men to breathe a sigh of relief. Kurapika had also successfully interrogated Uvogin and learned the whereabouts of some of the Scarlet Eyes. Gon and Killua had been tempered by their experiences, and their strength had improved considerably.
But everyone knew that the man in white, Lin Yan, had been the most dazzling presence in this storm. His arrival had