"Finally... it worked!"
Lin Ke's expression relaxed. Unable to hold on any longer, he collapsed to the ground.
An entire day of expending spirit power and mental power had left him unable to keep going. All he wanted now was to close his eyes and rest.
Fortunately, this first star was not without other effects.
As Lin Ke passed out, wisps of pure spirit power gradually flowed out of it, spreading throughout his body along his meridians.
Like parched earth bathed in welcome rain, the unconscious Lin Ke's expression gradually eased considerably.
The Dream-Eating Gecko hurried to keep watch beside Lin Ke, using his own mental power as nourishment to help Lin Ke recover.
The night slipped quietly by.
By the time Lin Ke woke again, it was already the following afternoon.
The combined depletion of his mental power and spirit power had caused him to sleep for nearly an entire day.
"It seems I need to practice the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture in moderation."
After thinking it over, Lin Ke settled on this plan.
The toll the Nine Luminaries Sun-Illuminating Scripture took on his body was astonishing. Once all his spirit power had been compressed into a star, that wave of exhaustion had nearly crushed his consciousness.
Had he not cultivated the Five-Colored Glazed Body and possessed a sufficiently powerful physique,
such massive depletion would otherwise have easily damaged his body's foundations, causing irreversible harm.
So he had to exercise moderation.
Having finished condensing his first star, Lin Ke did not immediately rush back into cultivation after waking.
Instead, he absorbed spirit stones, replenished his spirit power, and began cultivating the Five-Colored Glazed Body.
Although he had already cultivated the First Color of his Five-Colored Glazed Body to perfection before this,
after condensing the spirit power star within his