Immortality Begins With Internal Breathing

After briefly adjusting to the condition of his body, Lin Zheyu closed his eyes and examined his sea of consciousness. The vast ocean of golden energy within had been completely exhausted, yet the space had not returned to its original dim and misty state.

The golden Heavenly Eye deep within his sea of consciousness and Lin Zheyu's spiritual soul were like two miniature suns, radiating gentle golden light that illuminated the entire sea of consciousness. Moreover, the space itself had grown much larger. From a rough estimate, his current sea of consciousness was more than three times larger than before.

"My soul form has become even more condensed, so lifelike that it is almost indistinguishable from a real person. The spirit Heavenly Eye has also undergone a transformation..." Lin Zheyu murmured softly as his consciousness withdrew from his sea of consciousness and he slowly opened his eyes.

Even without using the Heavenly Eye, his senses had improved tremendously.

I should replenish the golden energy in my sea of consciousness first, then go outside and test the transformed Heavenly Eye, Lin Zheyu thought.

The void within the Primordial Chaos Pool was rather unusual. It contained no traces of the Dao resonance of any rules, nor the slightest bit of energy. Everything was utterly empty. It was a pure, energyless void, and there was nothing for him to perceive there.

With a thought, Lin Zheyu vanished and appeared within the void where the demonic lake's energy was stored. The moment he entered, a violent, terrifying, evil, chaotic, and filthy energy aura rushed toward him. After he had used Origin Force to absorb all the usable energy within the demonic lake, almost everything left behind was energy that could no longer be utilized.

Lin Zheyu leaped into the energy of the demonic lake. The violent, evil, and filthy energy surged madly toward him like sharks that had caught the scent of blood. A faint stream of blood qi energy seeped from his body and condensed into a long golden dragon that enveloped him. Protected by the golden dragon, he was barely affected by the energy's corrosive power.

Lin Zheyu looked at the blood qi dragon surrounding him with some surprise. "Interesting... As my strength increased, this blood qi dragon also became considerably stronger. The dragon formed from blood qi is much more powerful than ordinary blood qi and actually provides such effective protection against the violent, filthy, and evil energies within the demonic lake."

He had always regarded the blood qi dragon as little more than a useless ornament and had never paid it much attention. Now... well, it was still rather useless. With a thought from Lin Zheyu, the blood qi dragon roared and rushed back into his body, reverting to blood qi and settling within him once more. Even without the dragon's protection, the energy of the demonic lake caused little corrosion when it came into contact with his skin.

The defensive strength of Lin Zheyu's physique had reached an inconceivable level, and he had no need for the protection of blood qi energy. Once the blood qi dragon returned to his body, it reverted to its essential nature as blood qi and no longer retained the form of a dragon.

Lin Zheyu found the mysteries involved rather intriguing. Although the blood qi dragon was not particularly powerful, it revealed to him the possibility of condensing the blood qi within his body into the form of a long dragon.

According to his research, the bloodline powers of the three ancient martial esteemed families were merely special forms of blood qi, fundamentally similar to his blood qi dragon.

Let's begin. When I have time in the future, I can see whether I can condense my blood qi energy into a form like the blood qi dragon, Lin Zheyu thought.

He calmed his mind and focused his thoughts before sending out a command. Use 2 units of Origin Force to cultivate the Golden Ocean Secret Manual.

In an instant, vast amounts of mysterious energy surged forth, sweeping up the remaining energy in the small demonic lake and drawing it into his body, where it transformed into torrents of golden energy. Under the influence of the mysterious energy, the golden energy then poured into his sea of consciousness.

A few breaths later, Lin Zheyu slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the vast ocean of golden energy within his sea of consciousness and nodded in satisfaction. With a thought, he vanished from the Primordial Chaos Pool.

Back in the courtyard, Lin Zheyu beckoned with his right hand. The Primordial Chaos Pool rapidly shrank and merged into his chest. After putting away the formation disk, his figure flickered as he left the courtyard and arrived atop the city wall.

Let's see how far my perception can reach now, Lin Zheyu thought.

His powerful perception spread outward, expanding from ten kilometers to thirty, then fifty... Even within the demon cave, where the air was saturated with extraordinarily dense demonic qi and the yao will, Lin Zheyu's perceptive range remained astonishing. It continued to expand until it reached roughly one hundred and fifty kilometers before finally stopping.

"What powerful perception! Even the legendary Deity Transformation realm only possesses a divine sense range of five hundred kilometers. Yet my perception can already cover roughly one hundred and fifty kilometers!" Lin Zheyu exclaimed in surprise.

Once he left the demon cave, his perceptive range might reach an astonishing distance of nearly two hundred kilometers. That was already not too far behind the divine sense range of a Deity Transformation realm expert. The phrase "five hundred kilometers" referred precisely to such experts.

It was also the distance their divine soul could traverse in a single thought. Once a Deity Transformation realm expert had condensed a divine soul, they could send it out of their body and reach any location within the range of their divine sense in an instant. This was one of the defining abilities of a Deity Transformation realm expert.

Lin Zheyu felt a surge of delight. "I have only broken free of the second Life Shackle, yet my perception is already this powerful. Once I break free of all seven shackles, my perception should be comparable to that of a Deity Transformation realm expert."

He was now even more convinced that once he broke free of all seven shackles and reached the limit of the Shackles realm, his combat strength would become comparable to that of a Deity Transformation realm expert.

Lin Zheyu exhaled slowly and suppressed the excitement in his heart. "Now to test the abilities of the transformed Heavenly Eye."

With a thought, the Heavenly Eye within his sea of consciousness abruptly opened. Everything within his sight underwent a tremendous change. Countless energies glowing with different hues appeared between heaven and earth, along with densely interwoven rule patterns, while the paths of energy circulation within the formation became clearer than ever...

Lin Zheyu even felt that with the Heavenly Eye, he could see through the formation itself and perceive the cultivators controlling its formation eyes!

Lin Zheyu looked toward the southeast, narrowing his eyes with an inward sneer. "Shi Tianyun! So it really was this fellow secretly watching me!"

With the transformed Heavenly Eye, he could directly see Shi Tianyun hidden within the formation, even making out every detail of his expression. Lin Zheyu was deeply astonished by how powerful the Heavenly Eye had become. Even without standing inside a formation eye, he could now observe the formation through it and clearly perceive the many mysteries contained within.

If Lin Zheyu were allowed to control a formation eye again, he was now quite confident that he could thoroughly comprehend the formation comprising the first defensive line.

While he was familiarizing himself with his transformed Heavenly Eye and enhanced perception, Shi Tianyun was secretly watching him through the formation from within the fifth defensive line, his gaze dark and brooding.

"This fellow spends longer and longer in seclusion. Had I known he was such a coward, I would not have made my intentions so obvious back then," Shi Tianyun muttered in frustration.

Most martial artists he had encountered were proud and hot-tempered, and a little repeated provocation was enough to enrage them. Xiao Yu, however, was nothing like them. Shi Tianyun had merely shown his dislike for him, yet the fellow had become excessively cautious. He even refused invitations from other cultivators to leave the city, take part in the Bloody Trial, and hunt yao.

Apart from carrying out his duties and guarding formation eyes, Xiao Yu remained shut inside his courtyard, cultivating in seclusion. Shi Tianyun could not find the slightest opportunity to act. He was sorely tempted to disregard the agreement between the Shi Family and the Martial Alliance and attack him outright. Unfortunately, he did not dare.

Suddenly, while Shi Tianyun was secretly watching Lin Zheyu, he noticed that Lin Zheyu had turned to look directly toward him. Lin Zheyu's eyes narrowed, his gaze cold and sharp, as though he could see through the formation and perceive Shi Tianyun's figure.

"Ah!"

The unexpected sight startled Shi Tianyun, and his body trembled slightly. Soon afterward, however, he saw Lin Zheyu turn away and look in another direction.

"Did this fellow discover that I was secretly watching him? Damn it, he is nothing but a crude martial brute, yet he actually gave this grandfather a fright." Shi Tianyun cursed angrily, his expression dark. Being startled by a crude martial artist's seemingly casual glance made him feel that he had lost a great deal of face.

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