Colin understood that the Ancient Tree Heart in his chest had not been fully absorbed yet.
Only the last drop remained... or rather, one seed.
A peculiar golden substance in the shape of a seed.
An ominous feeling surged within Colin's heart.
"Anilasa—" The strange whispers continued by his ear.
Colin looked around at the silent surroundings, and cold sweat began to bead on his forehead.
Under the influence of such whispering, a bizarre urge to find a suitable place to bury himself in the ground emerged in his heart!
As if he thought he was a seed.
'There really are no benefits that come for free in this world!'
Colin forced a smile, his expression bitter.
But waiting idly for death was not his style!
He composed himself and began practicing the Yi Guang Breathing Method without hesitation!
That seed, hidden within the core of the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal, no matter how peculiar in appearance, was ultimately part of the Ancient Tree Heart.
And as long as it was part of the Ancient Tree Heart, then it should be able to be absorbed with the help of the Limit Breaking-optimized Yi Guang Breathing Method!
Hum—
As he moved, the golden seed trembled slightly, and a faint golden mist spread from its surface.
But in the next moment, as if sensing danger, the seed glowed faintly.
The golden mist seemed to be influenced by some suction force and contracted back in the blink of an eye.
Colin steeled his heart, not overthinking it, and continued to practice the Yi Guang Breathing Method meticulously.
And so, some time passed.
When he had completed a round of the Yi Guang Breathing Method practice.
An extraordinary change occurred.
Pale golden particles converged.
On the Golden Paper that lay between illusion and reality.
As usual during practice, ↑ a symbol flashed behind the Yi Guang Breathing Method, indicating improvement.
At the same time, the golden seed in his chest shrank slightly, with a thin mist of golden fog dispersing from its surface.
Hum—
The golden seed shone brightly.
Yet it was ineffective.
The golden mist, unaffected, flowed toward Colin's lower abdomen just like the previous liquid substance, unwavering in its course.
Seeing this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Progress was inevitable in cultivation.
This was the fundamental principle of the Golden Paper.
Even when faced with the remnants of the Ancient Tree of Life, it was the same.
He closed his eyes again and continued the practice of the Yi Guang Breathing Method.
"Hmm?"
But in the next moment, he suddenly noticed something different.
The golden mist, upon reaching the lower abdomen, did not fuse into the Blood Qi Group to nourish and expand it as he had expected.
Instead, it penetrated the outer layers of Blood Energy, which had become almost liquid, and went straight to the center—
Right where the Life Seed was located.
Then, it slowly merged into the Life Seed.
Initially, Colin thought that there had been another mishap.
But that scattering golden mist was fundamentally only Energy, just somewhat special. And under the influence of the Golden Paper, it had been completely tamed.
Neither his body nor his intuition conveyed any sense of anomaly.
So, he didn't overthink it and continued practicing the Yi Guang Breathing Method.
As the golden seed continued to diminish in size, the whispers by his ear grew weaker and sporadic.
About two hours passed.
With continuous absorption, the golden seed in Colin's chest was finally thoroughly exhausted.
At the moment when the golden seed was worn away,
In an immeasurably vast black expanse of the starry sky.
An indescribably enormous tree seemed to tremble lightly, its body comparable to a planet, unimaginably huge and majestic.
However, the slight movement was fleeting, and it returned to tranquility as if nothing mattered.
Elsewhere, in the yard.
Colin had not yet opened his eyes.
The Life Seed in his lower abdomen seemed to have accumulated a certain amount and undergone a significant transformation.
Crack, at a certain moment... his Life Seed... split open.
Or rather, it sprouted and grew.
Like a silkworm spinning silk, delicate gold filaments like leaf veins surged from the Life Seed, enveloping the now completely liquefied azure-gold Blood Energy.
In the blink of an eye, a complexly structured, elliptical organ formed.
The entire process was swift, and by the time Colin realized, everything had already settled.
'Is this... a new organ?'
'An Extraordinary Organ?'