Lin Ke distinctly sensed that he had touched the edge of a barrier-or perhaps a formation.
It happened the instant he climbed to the summit.
Spirit Power surged wildly through heaven and earth, and a vortex of snowflakes appeared in the sky.
It erupted like a storm of Spirit Power.
A howling hurricane took shape between heaven and earth, and dense, pure Spirit Power came rolling in like floodwaters bursting through a dam.
It submerged Lin Ke.
An explosive force swept across the summits of hundreds of surrounding peaks, shattering them one after another.
Yet Lin Ke stood immovable atop the mountain, his robe snapping in the wind as he quietly watched heaven crumble and earth split, mountains shift and seas empty.
Moments later, the Spirit Power within him converged in one place, and that not-quite Golden Core began to hum.
Under the impact of the surging Spirit Power, it had liquefied and begun to spin continuously.
The Golden Core's form had vanished completely.
Enormous impacts pulsed within him, and the pool of liquid formed from his Golden Core continued to expand.
A translucent strand of Spirit Power suddenly appeared, like a great snake darting through a boiling swamp.
Immediately afterward, another translucent strand of Spirit Power appeared. The two darting snakes twisted together, forming the shape of a tadpole.
Several more breaths passed.
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged again. Under repeated impacts, the tadpole began to turn into a round embryo.
Hands and feet then began to grow from the embryo, gradually distinguishing themselves, along with a head and even a tail.
Lin Ke raised his brows and sat cross-legged, quietly waiting for the time to ripen.
Several more days and nights passed. The transparent embryo's tail began to fall away, its hands and feet began