Primordial Spirit Realm

Ling Yun had been in the underground palace for some time.

The underground palace had a very simple layout. Contrary to what he had thought, it did not house the remains of his ancestors.

The underground palace existed solely to hold the Forbidden Heart.

"The power of the dragon pearl is too great. It seems this entire small world evolved from it."

A powerful longing for such power rose in Ling Yun's heart.

I wonder what it will look like when the Ling Clan uses this power someday.

He could not help but wonder.

After half a day, Ling Yun could bear the pressure of the dragon corpse without trouble. Although he still could not approach it, the dragon's might no longer affected his mind.

"The world's primordial Qi here is much denser than it is outside..."

When Ling Yun realized this, he was overjoyed.

"Cultivating in an environment like this gives twice the result for half the effort. It can greatly shorten the time I need to break through."

In the outside world, the world's primordial Qi was densest at the top of the Royal Mausoleum, and Ling Yun loved cultivating there. But the Spiritual Qi in this small world was more than ten times denser than at the Royal Mausoleum!

"The dragon pearl truly deserves its reputation as a rare supreme treasure of living beings," Ling Yun marveled inwardly.

He knew that the dragon pearl's power was almost completely sealed. Very little leaked out, less than one ten-thousandth.

Yet that one ten-thousandth of its power had actually been enough to create a small world filled with extraordinarily dense Spiritual Qi!

He had only been transported here by chance, but unexpectedly, it had become an opportunity for him to break through. That made Ling Yun even less inclined to leave.

However, he had only recently reached Core Formation Realm Perfection, and he still needed some time to consolidate his cultivation before he could advance to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Thus, Ling Yun calmly resumed his daily routine of secluded cultivation. He spent his days meditating and cultivating, constantly refining his Talisman Yuan and Spiritual Yuan.

In his spare time, he continued studying the three inheritances: the Heavenly Repository Canon, the Ancient-Transcending Alchemy Classic, and the Formation Emperor Canon. They contained cultivation experience at the Great Emperor level, as well as all manner of knowledge that few in the world possessed.

Through such busy and fulfilling cultivation, Ling Yun's cultivation finally reached a bottleneck.

By now, the two powers within him had reached the very limit of saturation. This had happened even faster than Ling Yun had expected. He had originally thought he would have to wait until he was eighteen to attempt a breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Now, it seemed he was more than half a year ahead of schedule!

In the small world, in a clearing far from the dragon corpse, Ling Yun sat on the ground and circulated his cultivation through a complete cycle.

Waves of Spiritual Yuan rippled out around him with a terrifying might. Even ordinary Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators could not possess such profound power.

After a long while, Ling Yun stopped circulating his cultivation and sank his awareness deep into his soul sea.

Here, the once-chaotic world of divine sense seemed to be slowly taking shape. His scattered soul had gathered together, countless times stronger than before.

In terms of the sheer quantity of divine sense, Ling Yun was already comparable to someone at Primordial Spirit Realm Perfection!

What he now needed was a breakthrough in "quality." If he succeeded, his scattered soul would transform into an independent Primordial Spirit.

Ling Yun knew full well that his advantage lay in the quantity of his divine sense. But during his breakthrough, that same advantage would become an obstacle, making the breakthrough far more difficult!

Others only needed to control a small amount of soul and transform it into a Primordial Spirit, while he had to control divine sense comparable to that of someone at Primordial Spirit Realm Perfection to form his Primordial Spirit.

The difficulty was easy to imagine.

But Ling Yun had things to rely on as well-the Spirit Refining Technique and his Life Talisman!

In fact, he possessed such powerful divine sense while still in the Core Formation Realm for two reasons. First, the core of his Life-bound Talisman was the divine sense in his soul sea. Second, he possessed the Spirit Refining Technique, a heaven-defying supreme method of refining the spirit.

Together, the two were enough to make the difficulties Ling Yun faced fall away like a blade splitting bamboo.

Thus, Ling Yun had already begun using the Spirit Refining Technique and his Life-bound Talisman, intending to use their powers as the key to his breakthrough and form his Primordial Spirit in one fell swoop!

Deep within Ling Yun's sea of consciousness, a primordial divine statue appeared. Its face was indistinct, but the rest of it was carved in exquisite detail. Even a single strand of its hair radiated divinity.

Behind the primordial divine statue's head, a halo spread out like a vast sun, and terrifying divine might came crashing down.

This was the Spirit Refining Technique's unique method of refining the spirit. Ling Yun was already thoroughly familiar with it, and he immediately roused his entire soul to face the impact of the statue's divine might.

During this process, Ling Yun's soul grew considerably stronger. But that was far from enough. To break through to the Primordial Spirit Realm with the help of the primordial divine radiance, he needed to face an even more terrifying baptism!

Ling Yun steeled his heart. In an instant, the primordial divine statue emitted an unparalleled nine-colored divine radiance that pierced straight through his chaotic world of the soul!

"Ah-"

His divine sense was evaporating, his soul consciousness being annihilated. Ling Yun endured immense pain. This pain directed at his soul was a hundred times more terrifying and a hundred times harder to bear than physical pain!

"Life-bound Talisman!"

Beads of sweat the size of beans streamed down Ling Yun's forehead as he roared through clenched teeth.

The talisman mark on his forehead shone crimson, and the Life-bound Talisman deep within his soul sea blazed with light as well!

His immense Talisman Yuan burst forth like a breached dam, wrapping around Ling Yun's soul so that together they could face the endless primordial divine radiance.

As time passed, the pain Ling Yun felt began to fade. In the end, he no longer even needed the protection of his Life-bound Talisman. His soul alone was enough to withstand the baptism of divine radiance!

No one knew how much time passed.

At a certain moment, Ling Yun's tightly shut eyes flew open, his gaze like lightning and his black hair streaming wildly. Deep within his soul sea, a thunderclap rang throughout the world of his divine sense.

In an instant, it was as though chaos had first parted within that world, and heavenly light blazed for ten thousand zhang. His boundless, chaotic divine sense had been refined to its utmost limit, and at last it came together to form a solid human figure!

The figure looked just like Ling Yun. His presence was ethereal and extraordinarily otherworldly, like an immortal wandering the great void, free to come and go within the world of divine sense.

"Primordial Spirit Realm, achieved!"

Ling Yun's heart stirred.

The figure in this world of divine sense was naturally Ling Yun's newborn Primordial Spirit.

The instant he took shape, bursts of gale wind swept up around Ling Yun, tearing everything apart. A fierce presence spread for hundreds of li, and the Spiritual Qi in the small world formed a massive vortex as Ling Yun drew it into his body like a whale swallowing water.

Now, Ling Yun could stir heaven and earth with every move. His might soared like a rainbow, countless times greater than when he had been in the Core Formation Realm.

[Ding-congratulations to the host on a successful breakthrough! The host's current status panel is as follows:]

[Host: Ling Yun]

[Talent: Suppressing the Ages-Immortal Physique of Myriad Daos!]

[Cultivation: Early Primordial Spirit Realm]

[Divine abilities and spells: Heaven-Reaching Heaven-Lamenting Hand, Cloud Immortal Soaring Steps, Flying Sword Technique, Eye of Deception]

[Weapon: Three-Inch Flying Immortal (sixth-tier supreme grade)]

The system's congratulatory voice rang throughout his soul world, bursting into golden light that filled the sky.

[Ding-congratulations to the host on completing the beginner period. The system will upgrade free of charge. After the upgrade, a series of new services will become available. Please wait patiently for the system to upgrade!]

Listening to the system's voice, Ling Yun was astonished, and a wave of joy rose in his heart.

"The system can upgrade too?"

Without a doubt, the upgraded system would have more functions. Ling Yun's expression lit up with excitement and anticipation.

Amid Ling Yun's excitement, he could not see that the flood dragon's corpse stretching across the entire small world had opened its eyes!

An unprecedented storm descended upon the world, like the end of days, startling Ling Yun, who had just broken through to the Primordial Spirit Realm.

"Holy descendant-"

The aged, majestic murmur rang through the nine heavens. It seemed to contain some terrifying power of law, setting heaven and earth rumbling.