Lying still for seven days, spiritual energy transforms into a sea! This isn't cultivation, this is devouring the heavens!

After that battle, the entire Tianshu Base fell into a strange silence.

No one dared to disturb the young man lying on the lawn anymore.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

...

He just lay there, motionless, as if he had completely merged with the grass.

If not for the faint rise and fall of his chest proving he was still alive, everyone would have thought he was just a lifelike human sculpture.

At first, some people were confused and curious.

But as time passed, everyone got used to it.

They even subconsciously cast a gaze full of awe in that direction during their daily training breaks.

It was as if, just by seeing that figure lying peacefully there, a sense of infinite security would well up in their hearts.

He was the anchor of Tianshu Base!

...

The seventh day, early morning.

Lin Yuan was still lying there, sleeping soundly.

However.

At this very moment!

An anomaly suddenly occurred!

Hum—!!!

With his body as the center, an invisible suction force erupted without warning!

The surrounding air began to rush wildly toward his location!

It formed a small, visible vortex of Qi!

"What's going on?!"

"Is it windy?"

The trainees in morning exercise immediately noticed this abnormal flow.

However.

Before they could react!

That small vortex was expanding at a terrifying speed!

Ten meters!

One hundred meters!

Five hundred meters!

In just tens of seconds!

A massive Spiritual Qi vortex, over a kilometer in diameter, shrouded the entire sky above Tianshu Base!

Whoosh— Whoosh— Whoosh—

Gale winds were howling!

The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth was like a flood that had found an outlet!

It rushed wildly from all directions toward the center of the vortex, to the figure lying on the lawn!

That suction force was so overbearing!

So unreasonable!

The concentration of Spiritual Qi throughout Tianshu Base was dropping at a visible speed!

"Oh my god! My True Qi! My True Qi is leaking uncontrollably!"

"Me too! What... what exactly is going on?!"

"It's Consultant Lin! He is absorbing the Spiritual Qi!"

Everyone looked in horror at the terrifying scene, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

It wasn't over yet!

Rumble—!!!

The earth began to shake violently.

On the ground, mysterious patterns like golden Dragons and snakes emerged from deep underground.

That was...

The Spiritual Vein patterns that acted as the Guardian of the entire Tianshu Base!

The Foundation of the entire base!

But at this moment, even this main Spiritual Vein, hidden a thousand meters deep underground, was forcibly triggered by that overbearing suction force.

Immeasurable, pure Spiritual Qi gushed wildly from those golden patterns.

It flowed into that massive vortex, which had already turned into an ocean of Spiritual Qi.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the air had reached an outrageous level.

It even began to condense!

Drops of golden Spiritual liquid, containing immense energy, slowly dripped from the sky.

At first, there weren't many.

But after just a moment, there was more and more.

Clatter!

Before long, it began to rain golden Spiritual liquid!

...

Command Center.

Shi Potian was holding a cup of freshly brewed hot tea, looking leisurely at the monitoring screen.

These seven days had been the most peaceful and comfortable days he had experienced in decades.

However.

The next second, when he saw the mythical, terrifying scene on the screen, the leisure on his face instantly froze!

His resolute, square face was filled with a shock a hundred times more intense than when he last saw Lin Yuan kill a Beast King.

"Th-this is..."

...

And at this moment, Lin Yuan, the culprit of all this, had a series of System notifications ringing in his head like celestial music.

【Ding! Host has been lying flat for 168 consecutive hours, meeting the "Lying Flat and Getting Stronger" mechanism!】

【Rewards being calculated...】

【Congratulations to the Host for receiving a massive infusion of cultivation!】

【Cultivation beginning to increase!】

Boom—!!!

An indescribable, vast energy instantly erupted within his limbs and bones!

His already tough bones were being repeatedly scoured and tempered by that massive energy at this moment.

A trace of warm luster, like mutton-fat jade, began to slowly emerge on the surface of his bones!

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm Sixth Level!】

【Bones jade-ified, indestructible!】

...

However!

This was just the beginning.

That energy did not stop for a moment.

It continued to surge wildly into his blood!

Sizzle—!

Tiny arcs of pure gold, filled with a destructive aura, began to jump wildly in his blood.

It was as if an ocean of thunder was beginning to gestate in his blood vessels!

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm Seventh Level!】

【Blood turned into thunder, surging endlessly!】

...

Boom!

The energy climbed again!

That power began to wildly transform his Physical Body!

Every inch of his skin, every muscle, every fascia...

All were being wildly strengthened in a way that transcended the Laws of life!

An indestructible, eternal texture began to appear on Lin Yuan's body surface!

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm Eighth Level!】

The System notification sounded again!

...

Breaking through three levels in a row!

Shocking!

However, that energy still showed no signs of fading. Instead, it became even more violent.

Next, all the energy seemed to find its final destination at this moment.

It rushed wildly toward his Qi Sea Dantian.

In his Qi Sea, the True Qi, which was originally like mist, was wildly compressed! Refined!

Finally...

All the True Qi condensed into a single point!

A diamond-shaped crystal, only the size of a grain of rice, yet flashing with brilliant golden light, as if it contained a Universe!

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm Ninth Level Peak!】

【Qi Sea condenses into crystal, True Qi storage and recovery speed increased a hundredfold!】

Rumble—!!!!!!

The moment he broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm Ninth Level Peak, a terrifying aura that could not be described in words erupted from Lin Yuan!

The massive Spiritual Qi vortex that shrouded the entire base was completely detonated!

A thick, brilliant golden beam of light, enough to pierce through heaven and earth, erupted from his body!

It shot straight into the clouds!

It tore through the firmament!

Dyeing the clouds for a thousand miles into a glorious golden color!