Chapter 568: Heavenly Eye (II)
With a slight movement, Lin Zheyu plunged into the energy lake. He swam directly toward its depths, seemingly indifferent to the violent rule energy assaulting him from all directions. Soon, he arrived at the very center of the lake's bottom. This was the region where the rule energy was most chaotic and violent, where the energy density was highest and the contained power strongest.
Next, Lin Zheyu would open the spirit divine repository. Doing so required a tremendous amount of energy to fuel the enhancement process driven by Origin Force. The spirit divine repository was the final divine repository. Once all three great divine repositories had been opened, there was a high chance he would be able to touch the mysterious, unknown domain that Senior Xia Ping had once mentioned. When that time came, the amount of energy required would be even more staggering.
"This should be enough..." Lin Zheyu muttered to himself as he sensed the lake's violent energy.
As expected, this was the part of the energy lake where the rule energy was at its most violent. Even with Lin Zheyu's formidable physique and defenses, he found it difficult to endure the ordeal. Under the relentless erosion of the terrifying rule energy, the vitality and blood qi within his body were being consumed at an alarming rate. Without drawing upon the vast reserves of energy stored within his divine repositories, he would be able to last at most an hour here.
[Heaven Rewards the Diligent]
[Name: Lin Zheyu]
[Origin Force: 345]
[Skills: Earth Shrinking Technique (Perfection), Primordial Concealment Technique (Perfection), Seven Absolute Sabers (Fifth Stage: 3%), Primordial Golden Body (Second Stage: 100%), Spirit Martial Universe Secret Art—Advanced (Perfection), Yellow Springs Nirvana Scripture (Third Stage: 97%)]
Looking at the data in his consciousness, Lin Zheyu felt anticipation quietly rising within him. Just 2 more units to go. Next comes the moment of witnessing a miracle!
He slowly exhaled a long breath. Clearing away all distracting thoughts and calming his mind, Lin Zheyu sent out a command with his will: Use 4 units of Origin Force to cultivate the Yellow Springs Nirvana Scripture.
To avoid getting stuck just short of completion, Lin Zheyu used 4 units of Origin Force at once. In an instant, a continuous stream of mysterious energy surged forth from the depths of his body. His spirit blurred for a moment before appearing within the consciousness space, where endless cultivation began once more.
The cultivation commenced. Influenced by the Yellow Springs power contained within the Netherworld Cold Spring, Lin Zheyu's spirit entered a vision of hell itself. He surveyed the dark, terrifying surroundings as endless whispers and murmurs echoed in his ears. Every sound sent chills crawling down his spine.
Lin Zheyu had long since grown accustomed to such sensations. In fact, he rather enjoyed the thrill of fear and horror, and the rush of adrenaline they brought. Back in the real world, with his strength intact, experiences like this were impossible to come by.
Lin Zheyu strode forward, his footsteps echoing through the void. Terrifying phantoms flickered in and out of existence in the distance. An uncontrollable sense of fear rose within him, yet the corners of his mouth curved upward. Suppressing the involuntary trembling of his body, he revealed a cruel yet exhilarated smile.
Within the consciousness space, as Lin Zheyu's spirit sank deeper into the realistic hellish illusion, strands of hellish rules gradually emerged around him. Under the influence of the cultivation technique, the Yellow Springs power within the Netherworld Cold Spring continuously flowed into his sea of consciousness. Gradually, an aura of decay, corruption, and death began to emanate from his spiritual soul.
Yet within that aura, a tenacious spark of life was quietly taking shape. Like a seed breaking through its shell, it was preparing to emerge anew, as though a chrysalis were about to split open and release a butterfly. The third stage focused on tempering the spiritual soul and nourishing the spirit's divine repository. By experiencing death again and again within the realistic hell illusion, Lin Zheyu came to understand the cruelty and terror of death on a profound level.
The deathly aura within his spiritual soul grew denser and denser. Each death was followed by a new beginning, and each new beginning brought a deeper understanding of rebirth. Transformation within decay. Life born from death. Renewal emerging from destruction. This was the true essence of the Yellow Springs Nirvana Scripture.
Time passed slowly. Within the consciousness space, Lin Zheyu experienced death over and over again until the deathly aura surrounding him reached an extreme concentration. Even his physical body was affected by his soul's transformation, beginning to exude a faint aura of decay and mortality. To him, an eternity seemed to pass within the consciousness space, yet outside, only a few breaths had elapsed.
Driven by the mysterious energy, the vast energy contained within the lake poured into Lin Zheyu's body like a flood. The location of the sea of consciousness was precisely where the spirit divine repository resided. As the Yellow Springs Nirvana Scripture reached Perfection, his spirit divine repository opened completely.
Within it appeared a familiar void space. The space was empty save for a pool-sized mass of pure soul energy. Yet this was far from the end.
The moment the spirit divine repository fully opened, the vast golden energy accumulated within the sea of consciousness suddenly erupted with dazzling radiance. Boundless mysterious energy surged into the sea of consciousness. The golden energy, previously stagnant like still water, began to churn violently under the influence of the mysterious energy, like a pot of boiling water. Brilliant golden light burst forth from Lin Zheyu's body.
Under the influence of the mysterious energy, streams of golden energy condensed from his flesh and blood and poured into his sea of consciousness at an astonishing speed. Had Lin Zheyu relied solely on his own efforts, accumulating such energy would have required endless patience and painstaking work, like water dripping through stone. But under the mysterious energy's enhancement, the vast golden energy surged into the sea of consciousness like mighty rivers flowing into the sea.
In an instant, the entire sea of consciousness was completely filled with golden energy. Lin Zheyu's soul form soaked within the golden energy, and the previously invisible, colorless soul gradually began to emit a faint golden glow. Under the influence of the mysterious energy, it transformed completely into gold in the blink of an eye. Yet the changes were far from over. Driven by the mysterious energy, vast amounts of golden energy continued pouring endlessly into his soul.
At the same time, another portion of the golden energy surged at an astonishing speed toward a peculiar point deep within the sea of consciousness. That singular point seemed to transform into a pitch-black black hole, voraciously devouring the immense golden energy. Accelerated by the mysterious energy, the vast sea of golden energy within the sea of consciousness was completely consumed in an instant by both his soul and that mysterious singularity.
The entire sea of consciousness gradually returned to stillness. The influx of golden energy ceased. Lin Zheyu's golden soul floated within the black void of his sea of consciousness like a miniature humanoid sun, its radiance illuminating the entire space. Outside, within the energy lake, an incomparably brilliant light began shining from his forehead.
Threads of profoundly mysterious Dao resonance laws gathered at the center of Lin Zheyu's forehead. A vertical golden slit gradually appeared between his brows before slowly opening like an eyelid, revealing the eye hidden beneath. It was a golden eye, empty and devoid of any emotion.
Opening the spirit divine repository brought many transformations to Lin Zheyu's body. Under the influence of Origin Force, all of these changes were completed within a few breaths. The dazzling golden radiance covering his body faded away, leaving only the emotionless golden eye open at his brow.
The cultivation came to an end. Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath. A deep trace of exhaustion flashed through his gaze, accompanied by a fleeting sense of decay and death. The Yellow Springs Nirvana Scripture was simply too terrifying. Even after cultivating it to Perfection, he still felt lingering fear whenever he thought about it.
No wonder almost nobody in the Martial Alliance dared cultivate this technique. Without the assistance of Origin Force, Lin Zheyu would have died countless times over. Of course, part of the reason was that he had modified the technique slightly and omitted many of the protective medicines, medicinal pills, and cultivation procedures. Even if he had followed the original method exactly, he still would not have been confident of succeeding.
After regaining his composure, Lin Zheyu let out a relieved sigh. "It's finally over."
At last, he no longer had to endure those deaths filled with despair and terror over and over again. Becoming a mortal and wandering through hell, experiencing helplessness, struggle, pain, and hopelessness in the face of death, had nearly broken even his formidable will. And it had not happened only once. It had happened again and again without end. One would either succeed or perish. Fortunately, Lin Zheyu had endured it. And he had succeeded.
"My soul form has turned golden. It's so powerful. Has it become corporeal...?" Within the sea of consciousness, Lin Zheyu's golden soul clenched its fist, feeling a tremendous surge of strength coursing through it.
His once intangible soul felt almost physically real. An impulse rose within Lin Zheyu. He felt as though his soul could leave the sea of consciousness entirely. The separation of the soul from the body was normally achievable only by cultivators in the Deity Transformation realm. Even Nascent Soul realm cultivators could not truly send their souls out of their bodies. At most, they could enter their Nascent Soul and use it as a vessel to leave the body.
If Lin Zheyu could already separate his soul from his body now, it would be nothing short of incredible. However, after glancing at the violent and chaotic energies surrounding him, he quickly abandoned the idea. This was not an appropriate environment for experimentation. If his soul really could leave his body, only to be ground away by the violent energy without the protection of his flesh, that would be a truly absurd way to die.
Lin Zheyu raised a hand and touched the center of his forehead. "Compared to soul separation, though, this golden eye seems to be the greatest gain from opening the spirit divine repository."
When he touched it, he felt nothing at all. It was as though nothing had changed there. With a thought, a vertical golden line appeared between his brows. The line opened like an eyelid, revealing the golden eye beneath. Throughout the process, his hand never moved away, yet even after the eye appeared, he still could not touch anything.
"What a strange feeling..." Lin Zheyu murmured softly.
After the golden eye opened, he felt as though he had gained an entirely new perspective. Through its vision, the world appeared profoundly different. Everything seemed to be woven from countless golden patterns, lines, and threads.
"These... Interesting..." Lin Zheyu muttered quietly.
He reached out and closed his hand around one of the golden threads drifting through the energy lake.
"It can see through appearances and perceive the Dao resonance patterns underlying the world itself... In that case, I'll call you the Heavenly Eye," Lin Zheyu murmured softly.
This Heavenly Eye was most likely the spirit divine ability he had awakened after opening his divine repository. With only a brief test, Lin Zheyu had already discovered just how powerful the golden eye between his brows was. Its capabilities were astonishing beyond belief.
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