Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lin Xun soon could not concern himself with anything else. The battle occurring in his body was just too horrifying. It caused his channels, muscles, bones, and flesh to release a cracking sound that resembled breaking glass.
Bloody mists exploded one after another as section after section of channels collapsed. The indescribable pain nearly made Lin Xun fall unconscious.
He never imagined that attacking the rankings would put him in such precarious danger and was about to destroy his body!
It had all happened too suddenly. Even someone with Lin Xun’s mental fortitude and composure could not help but lose hope at this juncture. Was he going to die today?
How ridiculous!
He had yet to craft a rune armament, kill the Lin Clan’s enemies, avenge his parents…
How could he allow himself to die like this?
Lin Xun refused to accept this fate!
He had even survived his Origin Aeth Artery being taken away when he was a baby. How could he allow himself to die in such a sudden manner?After experiencing endless trials, he managed to rebuild his Origin Aeth Artery, reach an unprecedented pinnacle of the Spirit Sea stage, and establish his own unique dao. Was this all his journey would amount to?
Lin Xun refused to accept it!
He desperately struggled to resist but helplessly realized that his body had fallen under the control of the two forces, making him powerless to change anything.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
His body released loud popping sounds akin to popcorn popping as his organs began to be destroyed.
Just as his body was on the verge of crumbling, the Omega Door in his mind-sea moved and pressed down on the crystal-clear bead nearby.
It was the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead, the holy artifact of the Water Brute Tribe!
During his time in Blood Kill camp, Lin Xun had stumbled across the bead after killing an assassin from the Water Brute Tribe. It had silently rested in his mind-sea since then.
On the way to the Forbidden City, he had been swept away into the underwater vortex and sent into a wormhole. Right then, the bead revealed its power and safely transported him to an ancient ruin in the depths of Spirit Burial Sea.
It was there that he used the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead to safely escape from the ruins with the azure turtle who had been trapped there for thousands of years.
Lin Xun had originally believed that the bead was a supreme treasure with dimensional travel powers and would eventually serve a great purpose. He never imagined that the Omega Door would suddenly put pressure on the bead when his body was on the verge of being destroyed.
Boom!
If he had not attained the perfect Star Cycle stage, which greatly strengthened his mind-sea, the resulting disturbance would have devastated it!
Even so, Lin Xun still felt as if his head was about to split, and his spirit nearly shattered as well.
However, he soon felt a warm and gentle power akin to a dao spring flow out from his mind-sea and spread to every corner of his body.
His crushed channels, broken bones, torn flesh, and ruined organs began to repair and regenerate at an unbelievable speed as frightening life force overflowed!
The life force felt like a giant sea and a resplendent sun that gently nourished his body, transforming everything wherever it passed.
In an instant, the endless intense pain was replaced by an indescribable sensation of comfort. It felt as if he was soaking in a spring of divine medicinal water which cleansed his body and raised its quality.
Lin Xun nearly moaned in ecstasy. It had felt like he was being tortured by thousands of blades in hell a split second earlier, but now he felt indescribably wonderful and comfortable as if he was about to become an immortal of the heavens.
It was at this moment that Lin Xun finally realized the reason. The Heavenly Water Sacred Bead in his mind-sea that had been pressured by the Omega Door had sent out a boundless wave of cool spring-water-like power!
Can this treasure even regrow a skeleton?
Lin Xun was flabbergasted.
Moreover, he discovered that his channels, apertures, flesh, bones, and organs were not only being repaired but also undergoing a transformation!
The strands of mystical life energy made his muscles and bones gleam. It made his channels and orifices glow with vitality, and his flesh and skin sparkled and glowed. Every fiber of his being had been infused with vigor like a burning cauldron.
How inconceivable!
Is this what they called finding fortune in disaster?
Excitement flooded Lin Xun. He felt as if he was being born anew.
He noticed that the mysterious power that had surged into his body had once again been defeated and eliminated, allowing his condition to change for the better.
Dong!
However, it was as if the heavens were intentionally picking on Lin Xun. Before he could properly feel the changes, another ancient nature-like dao sound rang out.
Lin Xun’s scalp instantly turned numb. It’s coming again!
There was no chance for rejection. An even stronger and more aggressive mysterious force arrived and charged into his body with wild abandon.
The Omega Door seemed to bristle in anger. It buzzed incessantly, releasing pulses to engage in battle once more.
The war in his body began anew, and it was even more intense than the previous two times!
In mere moments, Lin Xun’s restored and strengthened body was once again covered in cracks like a glass bottle on the verge of shattering.
It was naturally accompanied by intense pain that made Lin Xun feel as if he had fallen into hell again and was being brutally tortured.
However, right before his body was about to crumble, the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead was mercilessly pressured again. It immediately released mystical essence energy that began to repair Lin Xun’s body…
As such, he once again returned to heaven!
Lin Xun did not feel the least bit happy this time. This was just far too dangerous. He was worried that his mind would collapse if he had to keep enduring this torture.
It was like cycling between hell and heaven, destruction and rebirth, and life and death!
Without personally experiencing it, no one would truly understand how it felt.
Dong!
Dong!
Dong!
The dao sound continued to ring. At each ring, a mysterious force would flood into Lin Xun’s body.
The Omega Door continued to fight off the mysterious force. It was as if the door viewed Lin Xun’s body as its territory and could not tolerate the invasion of the mysterious force.
Each time his body was on the verge of destruction, it would be repaired by the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead’s power. Like a piece of metal that was being beaten and tempered, his physique was strengthening and improving with every cycle.
While all of this was occurring, Lin Xun did not notice that there was a thin old man observing him from start to end.
Mysterious dao runes swirled in the old man’s black-hole-like eyes, as if able to see everything in the world.
After a long time, the thin old man muttered, “Fortune from disaster hmm. It seems that I will not need to take action…”
……
An unknown amount of time passed. It felt like an eon and a dream of life and death before Lin Xun finally awakened.
The dao noise had stopped ringing.
In his mind-sea, the Omega Door returned to its silent, majestic, and mysterious state.
The only difference was that the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead was now missing!
Lin Xun was stunned. It was then that he recalled that the bead had been ground to dust amidst the constant cycles, becoming ‘nourishment’ for his body!
This realization shook Lin Xun. That was the sacred artifact of the Water Brute Tribe! It was of great importance to them and possessed the inconceivable power of dimensional travel. How could it be destroyed?
Did this mean that the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead’s power had been infused into his body?
Lin Xun hurriedly inspected his body.
His interior shone with dazzling life force. His channels, orifices, blood, flesh, organs, bones, and muscles sparkled like gems as if they were gorgeous, perfectly-carved masterpieces. Even his skin gave off a healthy gleam as life energy slowly circulated within.
It was as if his body had undergone an astonishing metamorphosis!
His bones had attained an incredible level of hardness, and there was not even the slightest trace of impurity in his organs. It was as if they had become divine artifacts that were rich with life energy.
His channels had become pure and tough and gave off a multicolored glow.
His organs, flesh, blood, and life force pulsed in harmony as he breathed, producing a wonderful and joyful sound.
It was not an increase in cultivation but a physical level-up!
Like a sword that had been tempered a thousand times, his body had been purified and was now brimming with unimaginable vitality!
“This body was constructed from those countless cycles of destruction and restoration along with the sacrifice of the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead!”
Lin Xun sighed deeply.
He could sense that although his cultivation had not experienced a breakthrough, the physical level-up had made his body, spirit, and cultivation achieve an extreme state of perfection!
“Little fellow, you’ve truly surprised me.”
An old voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
The world seemed to spin around Lin Xun and he found himself standing amidst the river of time again!
His expression immediately turned ugly. It had been so difficult for him to escape previously. Was he going to experience that insane suffering again?
“No need to be nervous, the Dao Spirit Stone Tablet’s power has already returned to its slumber and will not appear again.”
The old voice echoed again. Lin Xun soon discovered that a thin old man had appeared at some unknown time.
Although he did not give off any powerful aura, Lin Xun felt as if he was looking at a great mountain that spanned across the world and had stood there since the beginning of time!
Lin Xun’s heart shuddered, realizing that the old man was an old monster whose strength had already reached an immeasurable level!
He could not help but ask, “Elder, why did you bring me back here?”
“Aren’t you curious to find out what you experienced earlier?”
Although the old man’s voice was ordinary, it immediately drew Lin Xun’s attention.
That’s right, he had been attacking the rankings earlier. Why had so many outrageous events occurred?