Chapter 289 - 288: Evolving Primordial Spirit, Bai Qingyue Cultivating More Heaven and Earth Luck! (3)

Outside, Bai Qingyue settled gracefully onto the bedrock. She crossed her legs, arranging the sheer silk of her gown around her, and rested her hands gently over her lower abdomen.

She then closed her eyes, regulated her breathing, and synchronized her internal Qi with the karmic tether binding their souls, fully preparing to absorb the impending overflow of Heaven and Earth luck.

Inside the cavern, there was no natural light. Although it was dark, a cultivator could clearly see everything. The deeper Lin Yuan walked into the tunnel, the denser the Origin aura became.

It was not merely an oppressive pressure; the energy here possessed a viscous, almost liquid physical property. The air crackled with absolute destruction, carrying a static charge heavy enough to instantly vaporize an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator into a mist of blood.

But Lin Yuan was no longer bound by the limitations of that realm. Even without relying on his Soul Transformation cultivation, his True Elemental Body, with its self-sustaining cycle, was more than enough to withstand the environment.

The Vermilion Bird within his heart will regulate the explosive thermal energy, while the Qilin within his spleen continuously reinforced his cellular structure against the invasive power of the thunder. The Azure Dragon within his liver replenished his life force, while the remaining Elemental Origins circulated through his body, forming a balanced and nearly inexhaustible cycle.

The lightning storm that would have reduced ordinary cultivators to ashes was nothing more than a harsh environment to him.

Lin Yuan walked through the raging lightning with calm, measured strides, completely unhurried.

It was as though a sovereign were leisurely strolling through his own throne room.

At the absolute terminus of the cavern, the tunnel opened into a massive, naturally formed subterranean dome. Suspended at the center of this dome, resting upon a raised dais of naturally fused star-iron and obsidian, was a colossal stone coffin.

The closer Lin Yuan got to the dais, the more the Origin aura intensified, escalating from a heavy pressure into a physical wall of resistance. The lightning arcing from the coffin was thick as ancient tree trunks, striking the floor and ceiling with deafening, concussive force. There was absolutely no doubt in his mind. This specific location, this singular artifact, had to be the source of the Origin Energy he had sensed months ago.

Lin Yuan stepped up onto the dais. He then placed both hands firmly upon the heavy, rune-carved lid of the colossal coffin. He pushed, and with a heavy, grinding groan of stone scraping against stone that had not moved in many years, Lin Yuan slid the massive lid aside. It hit the floor with a resonant thud that temporarily silenced the crackling lightning.

Lin Yuan looked inside.

Lying within the dark interior of the stone sarcophagus was a corpse. Yet, the word ’corpse’ felt fundamentally inadequate. The entity resting before him was in a state of absolute perfection. It possessed an undeniable immortal quality, completely untouched by the natural decay of time, the erosion of the elements, or atmospheric rot.

The figure was staggering in its proportions, measuring exactly nine feet tall. Its skin was a deep, iridescent blue, possessing a faint, metallic sheen that pulsed slowly with dormant energy. It was absurdly bulky and muscular, its chest and arms corded with thick, overlapping layers of dense physical mass that seemed to inherently warp the spatial coordinates immediately surrounding it.

To properly understand the nature of this relic, Lin Yuan narrowed his deep purple eyes, focusing his Divine Sense. He meticulously pushed a faint, highly compressed thread of his perception directly into the blue flesh of the giant.

The reaction was instantaneous and violently hostile.

A severe backlash rocketed up his divine sense, slamming directly into his spiritual sea with the force of a falling meteor. Lin Yuan grunted, his physical body staggering backward a half-step. His newly forged Primordial Spirit violently shuddered inside his mind, the golden-purple light momentarily flickering under the strain.

To poke at this body, even for an entity standing at the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation realm, was incredibly difficult. The physical vessel lacked a living soul, but the residual, foundational laws woven into its very cells actively rejected probing. It possessed an autonomous, conceptual defense mechanism designed to crush the mind of anyone attempting to unravel its secrets.

But Lin Yuan did not retreat. He stabilized his Primordial Spirit and aggressively engaged his Against Heaven Understanding.

He forced his perception back into the blue flesh, utilizing the Tri-Dao intersection of Thunder, Rain, and Rebirth to neutralize the hostile frequency of the corpse. Through the blinding static of the backlash, his comprehension managed to decipher the fundamental truth of the entity.

What he saw completely overturned what many believed to be impossible.

There was no blood within the giant’s veins. There were no standard mortal organs, no traditional dantian, and no meridian pathways. There was absolutely no doubt in his mind—this body was completely, and entirely made out of Origin Energy. Specifically, it had been drawn and condensed from a supreme thunder source.

Whoever this person was in life, they had comprehended the Dao of Thunder to such an unfathomable extent that they had bypassed its inherently destructive nature.

They had recognized the absolute truth that Lin Yuan himself had utilized to craft his illusions: that ultimate destruction loops back into creation. This entity had utilized the imitative, creative essence of thunder to physically forge an entirely new body. They had built an immortal vessel from pure Origin Energy.

It was a feat that left Lin Yuan in profound awe. To mold Origin Qi into a stable, immortal physical form required a comprehension of the Great Dao that far exceeded the boundaries of the Soul Transformation or even the Void Refinement realms. This person absolutely had to be from the ancient era, likely a peerless expert who had existed before the Nine Provinces were severed from the Imperial Domain.

Furthermore, the anatomical structure presented a staggering revelation. The giant’s form was strange. It was definitely humanoid—possessing two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head—but the skeletal proportions, the density of the muscular weave, and the sheer scale of the frame clearly indicated that it was not human.

It meant that during the ancient era, humans were not the sole sentient cultivators inhabiting this world. There were other race clans. There were massive, incredibly powerful lineages of non-human entities that commanded the Origin, fought in the Great War against the Demon Realm, and walked the earth before the Dao laws were damaged. The history of the Nine Provinces was infinitely more diverse and complex than the isolated, human-centric records of the Central Continent suggested.

Lin Yuan did not waste time marveling at the dead giant or pondering the lost anthropology of the ancient era. The Hollow Beyond was leaking demons, and he required power.

He immediately sat cross-legged on the dais, positioning himself directly beside the colossal coffin.

He closed his eyes and immediately activated the cultivation technique he had received from the system long ago, the Ten Thousand Ways Return to One Heart Sutra.

Back then, Lin Yuan had only been able to comprehend the technique and use it to understand the origin and its underlying sequence. But now, with his Primordial Spirit fully formed, he had finally stepped into the realm where he could truly interact with Origin Energy.

The moment the Heart Sutra circulated, a profound change occurred within his body.

The Origin Energy contained within the corpse began to stir, drawn toward Lin Yuan as though it had found a natural destination. Strand after strand of pure Origin Energy flowed into his body and was guided by the Ten Thousand Ways Return to One Heart Sutra, slowly being refined and absorbed into his cultivation.

For the first time, Lin Yuan could use the technique for its true purpose.

He could cultivate Origin Energy.

As Lin Yuan’s Primordial Spirit locked onto the energy signature, the immortal blue body within the coffin began to lose its physical cohesion. The centuries of dormant stability were broken. The thick, muscular blue flesh slowly deconstructed, dissolving at the cellular level. The body turned into millions of glowing, brilliant blue motes of pure Origin Energy.

These motes floated upward, creating a localized galaxy of blue light within the subterranean dome. Drawn relentlessly by the pull of Lin Yuan, the blue motes swarmed toward his cross-legged form.

BOOM!

A resounding detonation echoed within his consciousness. The influx of raw Origin Energy of the thunder nature acted as a supreme catalyst. His Primordial Spirit began to evolve by leaps and bounds. The structure of his soul expanded, the light of his merged daodeepening in intensity as it fused seamlessly with the blue thunder.

The evolution was staggering. His soul foundation, already perfected by the Origin Soul Revival Pill, absorbed the new energy without a single fraction of waste or rejection. The capacity to command, generate, and execute Origin Spells was actively being written into the very fabric of his spirit.

Outside the cavern, the desolate mountain peak reacted to the massive shift in the world’s internal energy.

The alignment triggered by a Primordial Spirit absorbing a raw Origin Source instantly manifested.

The grey clouds above the mountain peak suddenly parted, revealing a brilliant, localized burst of pure golden sunlight. The entire summit seemed to brighten beneath its radiance, as though Heaven itself had turned its gaze toward the mountain.

Then, an overwhelming cascade of Heaven and Earth Luck descended from the void.

It was not ordinary fortune, but the raw, unfiltered blessing of the Great Dao itself, drawn forth by the evolution of a supreme entity. The golden radiance enveloped the peak, causing the surrounding space to tremble faintly as boundless fortune poured downward.

For a moment, the entire mountain seemed to be bathing in the favor of Heaven and Earth.

Bai Qingyue’s eyes snapped open.

The crystalline blue light of her Golden Core flared brilliantly. Through their karmic bond, she acted as the perfect secondary conduit. She siphoned the overflowing Heaven and Earth luck that radiated outward from the cavern. The immense fortune washed through her newly restored meridians, providing an absolute environment for her cultivation to advance.

She focused her intent entirely on the child resting within her womb, ensuring the Heaven and Earth luck formed a protective, nourishing barrier around the spark of life before directing the excess energy into her own core.

The crystalline blue core spun rapidly, condensing and refining its internal Qi at a terrifying speed. In a matter of minutes, the structural barrier holding her at the Early Stage dissolved completely.

She pushed forward seamlessly, her aura expanding outward in a wave of serene, majestic cold. She broke through the bottleneck, stabilizing firmly and flawlessly at the Middle Stage of Core Formation.