In the third month of Han Li's secluded cultivation, the star mist in the Magnetic Essence Cave quietly acquired a golden fringe.
That morning, Han Li sat cross-legged on a blue jade meditation cushion, Star Power flowing through his meridians like streams.
After the battle at Ghost-Crying Reef, he had returned to the Magnetic Essence Cave to continue his secluded cultivation. He had spent over a month consolidating the star-patterned profound mastery realm of the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art's third level, and was now attempting to break through to the fourth level-star-magnetic spirit-nurturing. This realm required him to use Star Power as a guide to nurture a magnetic essence spirit embryo within his body. It could independently absorb the Star Power of heaven and earth, greatly increasing his Spiritual Power recovery speed and the strength of his Divine Soul. For a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, it was nothing less than a foundation for survival.
Guide the qi along the Foot Shaoyang meridian, through the Star Pivot Acupoint, and into Shanzhong... Han Li silently recited the formula. Star Power gathered at his fingertips and condensed into a grain-sized point of light at the Shanzhong acupoint in his chest. This was the nascent form of the magnetic essence spirit embryo. Using the Yin-Yang Twin Fish formation patterns of the Star-Magnetic Heart-Protection Art as its foundation, it needed to draw in the free-floating Star Power of the Star Shard Sea and blend it with his own Magnetic Essence Power, slowly growing like an embryo.
However, when the point of light grew to the size of a soybean, a sudden change occurred. A sharp pain stabbed through Han Li's chest. The point of light began thrashing like a living creature, and Star Power collided with Magnetic Essence Power inside his body, sending tremors of pain