Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron, Heart of the Great Dao!

"Are you absolutely certain?"

Demon God Qijing narrowed his eyes to slits, endless icy gleams shooting through them as he fixed his gaze on the black demon bear below.

The bear demon felt a chill sweep over his entire body, as though countless blades of ice had pierced his skin and struck his heart.

Demon God Qijing made no effort to conceal his powerful presence, exerting his oppressive pressure. False worlds rested on his back, one after another, while a purple-black presence swirled around his entire body, making him look incomparably terrifying and utterly evil.

Those little worlds seemed to be alive, with countless tiny eyes blinking as they looked down at the black bear demon. His heart trembled. "I... how would I dare deceive Lord Qijing?"

"Hmph! Just tell the truth!"

Demon God Qiying let out a cold snort.

The black bear demon was so frightened that his entire body trembled and his soul seemed to fly out of its shell. In a quivering voice, he said, "I truly did find the kid you spoke of on that mountain peak!"

"Do you know the name of that mountain peak, and where it is?" Lord Qijing asked.

The bear demon prostrated himself and kowtowed again, answering obediently, "That is Mount Yuheng in the west."

"Good!"

Once the news was confirmed, an excited, bloodthirsty look appeared on Demon God Qijing's hideous, terrifying face.

"Hahahahaha! Kid, I've finally found you!"

"Rumble!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he turned and transformed into a streak of light. Bearing a terrifying, heaven-surging pressure, with killing intent roiling across the sky, he flew straight toward Mount Yuheng on the western side of the Primordial World.

At this very moment, on Mount Yuheng.

Lin Yunji had no idea that Demon God Qijing was flying toward him, brimming with killing intent.

He remained seated cross-legged on the ground, gathering his thoughts and carefully examining the system Attribute Panel in his mind.

Host: Lin Yunji

Cultivation: early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal (0/500000)

Bloodline: Blue Sea Bamboo (Crimson Flame Bamboo, Orange Light Bamboo, Blue Sea Bamboo, Purple Gold Bamboo, Five-Colored Bamboo, Chaos Bamboo, Hongmeng Bamboo)

Treasures owned: Twelve-Palace Sacred Flame Heaven-Burning Black Lotus platform, Sea-Calming Spirit Pearl, Five-Colored Casket, Treasure Light Glazed Bottle

Secret Methods and Divine Abilities: "Hongmeng Art", "Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron"

System talents: "Law Treasure Furnace", "Divine Might", "Heart of the Great Dao"

Cultivation Points: 20000

Heavenly Scar Fragments: 3

Storage space: Purple Heart Azure Firmament Fruit x3

This was Lin Yunji's current Attribute Panel.

Now that his cultivation had broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, he would need five hundred thousand Cultivation Points for his next breakthrough!

The more Cultivation Points he needed, the better the news was for Lin Yunji!

After all, the later his breakthrough came, the better!

Not only that, he had also gained a new Secret Method and Divine Ability, "Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron", and a newly appeared talent called "Heart of the Great Dao".

With a turn of Lin Yunji's thoughts, a line of golden text flashed before his eyes.

"Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron": a Dao-grade body-tempering Secret Method with seven levels. Upon reaching the third level, one can attain sainthood in the flesh and sever the river of time.

Note: from now on, fifty percent of the Cultivation Points the host obtains through any means will be forcibly extracted to cultivate the Secret Method "Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron".

"Hahahahaha!"

After reading the description of "Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron", Lin Yunji felt wild with delight in body and mind and could not help laughing aloud.

Leaving aside for the moment that this secret art could make his body stronger, the fact that fifty percent of his Cultivation Points would be forcibly extracted to cultivate it was right to his liking.

Didn't that mean his future breakthroughs could slow down considerably?

To Lin Yunji, this was undoubtedly a huge surprise!

The system finally heard my call. It didn't persist in screwing me over! Lin Yunji thought.

He then turned his attention to his system talents.

His breakthrough to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm had also given him a new system talent, "Heart of the Great Dao".

"Heart of the Great Dao": the Dao is heaven and earth; the heart of the Dao is nature! One who possesses this talent can simultaneously comprehend the three thousand Principles, perceive the three thousand orders, grasp the three thousand origins, and master and integrate the Power of the three thousand Principles, allowing the heart to enter the Dao and reach the realm of supreme perfection and goodness.

After reading the description of "Heart of the Great Dao", Lin Yunji let out a breath and felt somewhat relieved.

It seemed that after breaking through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, he had not comprehended the Power of the three thousand Principles on his own and gained the ability to play with the three thousand Principles in the palm of his hand. Rather, he had gained this system talent!

With the enhancement of "Heart of the Great Dao", and with the "Hongmeng Art" making his Law Power a hundred times more potent,

it now seemed that although Lin Yunji was only an early-stage Daluo Golden Immortal, he was very confident in himself. Even against a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal, he could put up a fight, and with all the treasures he possessed, he could even win!

Lin Yunji's combat strength had undergone an earth-shaking transformation!

Although Lin Yunji had defeated a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal when he was still a Taiyi mid-stage Golden Immortal, things could no longer be calculated that way once he reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

These were all powerful beings who had achieved Three Flowers Gather at the Crown and comprehended the Power of Principle!

The difference in combat strength between each minor realm could be tens of millions of times, making it almost impossible to challenge someone of a higher level.

Even so, Lin Yunji remained confident and certain that he could defeat a late-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivator whose realm was far above his own!

From this, one could see just how powerful the Secret Method "Hongmeng Art" and the talent "Heart of the Great Dao" were, to provide such a great boost to Lin Yunji's combat strength!

"Ah! I almost forgot, there's also been a change in my body!"

With that thought, Lin Yunji sent his Divine Sense into his body and focused it on the bones of his left hand.

There, on the bones, fine lines as black as ink had appeared.

The lines crisscrossed and intertwined like slender black chains, connecting all the meridians in Lin Yunji's left hand.

The lines formed an array of their own, and each one seemed to give off an ancient, timeless presence.

They looked profoundly mysterious and rather enigmatic.

Lin Yunji could not tell what these fine lines were or where they had come from.

He had just carefully gone through the system's Attribute Panel, but it had made no mention of these patterns either.

But judging by the presence the lines gave off, they were certainly no simple matter. Since they had appeared on his body after his breakthrough, they surely conformed to the cycle of the Heavenly Dao, and might well prove useful in the future.

And so, Lin Yunji had looked over the system status panel and all the changes that had appeared in his body.

Overall, his attainment of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm had brought both good and bad.

The good was that he had gained "Heaven and Earth Furnace Cauldron", so half the Cultivation Points he obtained in the future would be contributed to it, slowing his breakthroughs considerably!

Besides, he also had "Heart of the Great Dao", which had allowed him to directly comprehend the Power of the three thousand Principles.

His combat strength had simply exploded!

The bad was that his damned cultivation had skyrocketed, breaking straight through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Not only did that bring him closer to the Hunyun Supreme realm, it also shortened the time before he shattered the Heavenly Dao and ascended to the Primordial Expanse.

Having sorted all this out, Lin Yunji slowly opened his eyes.

He found himself looking into a pair of smiling, beautiful eyes. Lady Nüwa was watching him!

But when Lin Yunji opened his eyes without warning, Lady Nüwa's cheeks flushed in an instant, like a child caught red-handed doing something naughty. She hurriedly looked away, trying to hide the fact that she had been stealing glances at Lin Yunji.

"Lady Nüwa, am I good-looking?" The corners of Lin Yunji's lips curled up, and he could not help showing a smile he considered quite dashing.

"Not at all!" Lady Nüwa denied it vehemently, her cheeks red.

"If I'm not, why were you sneaking glances at me just now?" Lin Yunji asked teasingly.

"!!!"

Caught out by Lin Yunji, Lady Nüwa stopped trying to hide it and instead looked somewhat deflated.

She turned her gaze back to Lin Yunji's face and looked at him for quite a while before saying, "Look, I'm clearly looking at you openly! How is that sneaking a glance?"

As she spoke, she looked Lin Yunji up and down, left and right, several more times.

"..." Lin Yunji did not know what to say under her gaze.

He truly had not expected Lady Nüwa to have such an unreasonable side!

"All right, I'll stand right here and let you look your fill. How about that?" As Lin Yunji spoke, he actually spread his arms before Lady Nüwa and even turned around several times to make it easier for her to look.

"Hmph! If you tell me to look and I do, wouldn't I lose face?"

Lady Nüwa pouted, then turned her head away.

Grinning, Lin Yunji leaned closer at just the right moment. "You really won't look anymore? How about another glance or two?"

Lady Nüwa looked up and met Lin Yunji's unfathomably deep gaze. A little ill at ease, she gave a dainty snort, but could not bear to look away.

"Eh?"

The atmosphere was growing increasingly intimate when Lady Nüwa seemed to notice something. She abruptly looked away, her pretty willow brows rising as she fixed her gaze in another direction, her eyes full of shock and uncertainty.