Chapter 555 - 236: Golden Taotie, Heaven-rank Cultivation Technique

Under the guidance of these erudite elders, Lin Ye was gradually mastering this once difficult and obscure Cultivation Technique.

At that moment, in the headquarters’ most advanced cultivation chamber.

An elder with salt-and-pepper hair, his spirit still vigorous, watched Lin Ye with eyes full of admiration.

"Your understanding of this Cultivation Technique is now no less than my own."

"The new generation truly surpasses the old. With a genius like you in Great Xia, how could we ever worry about our strength!"

Lin Ye gave the elder a deep bow. "Mr. Su, thank you for your guidance these past few days."

The elder, known as Mr. Su, chuckled and waved his hand. "As long as you don’t mind that we old men are just armchair strategists with no practical experience."

"After all, the last person to cultivate the Chaos Qi Formulas was over half a century ago."

"As it happens, you’ve now completely grasped the theory behind this Cultivation Technique. You can try to begin your actual cultivation."

Lin Ye nodded.

For the past seven days, he had only been studying the theory.

He had never once tried to circulate even the slightest bit of the Cultivation Technique.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began to guide the Gang Sha in his body according to the general principles of the technique.

The moment he began to circulate the technique, a series of system prompts rang out in his mind.

[Ding! You have learned a new Cultivation Technique: Chaos Qi Formulas (Heaven-Tier, Mid-Grade)!]

[Current Realm: Initial Insight]

[Current Cultivation Technique EXP Bonus: 300%]

[Current Level Cap increased to: LV. 70]

[There are three subsequent stages to your understanding of this Cultivation Technique: Proficiency, Mastery, and Flawless Perfection.]

[At the Proficiency stage, EXP bonus increases to 400%, and the Level Cap increases to LV. 90!]

[At the Mastery stage, EXP bonus increases to 500%, and the Level Cap increases to LV. 120!]

[At the Flawless Perfection stage, EXP bonus increases to 700%, and the Level Cap increases to LV. 200!]

A great weight was lifted from Lin Ye’s mind.

The system prompts confirmed it: according to both his own understanding and the system’s judgment, he had truly grasped the correct method for this Cultivation Technique.

Now, there was no longer any danger of cultivation deviation!

Lin Ye closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in the center of the cultivation chamber.

He regulated his breathing, calmed his mind, and banished all distracting thoughts.

The Gang Sha around his body slowly circulated, like a dormant dragon awaiting its awakening.

He assumed the opening stance of the Chaos Qi Formulas.

The posture seemed simple, yet it held an ancient rhythm from the dawn of creation. Every joint and every inch of muscle seemed to align with the unseen Great Dao.

As the Cultivation Technique began to circulate, Lin Ye’s Spiritual Perception expanded once more.

The ubiquitous Source Energy Particles in the surrounding space appeared clearly in his "vision."

Only this time, the scene was completely different.

Before, in his perception, these Source Energy Particles had been a riot of colors, divided into the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—or differentiated by Yin and Yang attributes.

There were even some special particles—colorless, lightless, formless, and without substance. They drifted outside the mainstream of source energy, seemingly isolated by some invisible barrier that made them impossible for him to touch, let alone absorb.

Now, that barrier had silently dissolved.

All the Source Energy Particles, regardless of attribute or form, merged into one within his perception, presenting a primal, pure color of chaos.

They no longer had boundaries or distinctions, resembling the primordial state of the universe where all things returned to one. Everything was energy he could devour.

The very next instant Lin Ye began to sense and attempt to absorb this energy—

Mr. Su’s expression changed drastically. He felt an overwhelming, irresistible pressure sweep out in all directions with Lin Ye at its center.

He felt a momentary suffocation, instinctively taking half a step back as his body tensed.

If the vortex of Source Energy Particles triggered when Lin Ye had previously cultivated the Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding was merely a tornado sweeping the immediate area...

...then what he was drawing in now was a truly apocalyptic tempest!

Inside the cultivation chamber, the Source Energy Particles, once so dense they were nearly stagnant, instantly erupted like a lake’s surface after a boulder is thrown in.

They no longer flowed in an orderly fashion. Instead, they went berserk, surging madly toward Lin Ye’s body and forming a massive, visible funnel.

Meanwhile, in the adjacent cultivation chambers of the headquarters’ training building, countless Martial Artists in secluded cultivation snapped their eyes open.

Every one of them was deathly pale.

They were horrified to discover that the Source Energy Particles, which had been gathered by the arrays until they were dense enough to almost materialize, were now completely gone—not a single trace remained!

The entire cultivation chamber was utterly empty, as if it had been drained of all life.

"What’s going on?!"

"Did the array fail?!"

Cries of alarm rose one after another as every cultivation chamber descended into chaos.

They felt as if their own bodies had been hollowed out. The sensation of their power being stripped away in an instant filled them with unprecedented terror.

And at this moment, inside Lin Ye’s cultivation chamber, the storm of source energy was still escalating.

Lin Ye’s body was like a bottomless pit, greedily devouring all the energy around him.

His aura climbed higher and higher at a rate visible to the naked eye!

Mr. Su stared at Lin Ye, his eyes wide. His expression shifted from shock to disbelief, and finally, to a near-fanatical anticipation.

He knew that Lin Ye had truly begun.

But the sheer power of this beginning far exceeded the limits of everything he had ever learned or imagined.

’This isn’t cultivation,’ he thought. ’This is heaven and earth itself funneling power into him alone!’