38: Chapter 38: Absorbing Whale Gel and the Awakening of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm

In the Elder Hall, inside Lu Jing's room.

Shut off from the noise and prying eyes of the outside world, Lu Jing sat cross-legged on the soft, large bed. His gaze was calm as he stared at the essence of the ten-thousand-year-old Demon Whale Glue in the jade box in his hand, which had been refined and purified by Qian Daoliu.

It looked like a small globule of flowing liquid amber, radiating warm and massive life essence, along with a trace of the ancient aura left behind by a deep-sea behemoth.

Without a moment's hesitation, Lu Jing lifted the jade box and tilted his head back, pouring that warm, viscous essence liquid into his mouth!

"Mmph!"

An indescribable fishy bitterness and saltiness instantly exploded in his mouth, domineeringly taking over all his taste buds. It felt as if he had forcibly swallowed a glob of sludge concentrated with stinking seaweed and rotten fish bones!

His stomach churned violently, Lu Jing's brows knitted tightly together, and his face turned slightly pale. A strong physiological aversion almost made him instinctively want to vomit.

The taste of this refined ten-thousand-year-old Demon Whale Glue upon entering his mouth was even more unbearable than he had imagined!

However, just as that extreme bitterness reached its peak and was about to break through his limit of endurance, a strange transformation occurred.

It was as if ice and snow were melting, or as if the darkness was fading away.

That nauseating, fishy bitterness was instantly wiped away as if by an invisible hand, replaced by an indescribable, rich, sweet fragrance originating from the source of life!

The fragrance was mellow and warm, carrying the scent of sunlight piercing through the deep sea and nourishing all things, instantly cleansing away all the filth in his mouth and seeping straight into his heart and spleen.

Lu Jing's tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, and a warm, comfortable sensation spread down from his throat.

But this comfort was merely the calm before the storm.

The next moment, a massive surge of energy, as scorching as volcanic lava and extremely rigid and yang-natured, exploded violently in his abdomen!

This energy was like an awakened raging dragon, forcefully rushing into every meridian and every inch of flesh and blood in his limbs and bones.

Lu Jing's fair skin turned bright red at a speed visible to the naked eye, even emitting a scorching radiance!

Sweat instantly soaked through his clothes, and wisps of visible white mist steamed up from his body surface; the temperature of the entire room seemed to rise by several degrees.

His blood was roaring and surging, and his bones were emitting faint, overwhelmed groans; that was the domineering power contained within the Whale Glue, capable of reshaping his physique, running rampant.

"Hmph!" Lu Jing let out a muffled groan, forcing himself to endure the immense pain as if his body were about to be torn apart and incinerated, yet his eyes remained sharp as knives.

He immediately composed his mind and exerted his Soul Power to the fullest!

"Hum!"

A low hum reverberated through the quiet room. A phantom image of a strange lotus flower, pitch-black all over, with petals carved like black jade and a lotus throne so deep it seemed capable of swallowing all light, slowly emerged above his head.

World-Destroying Black Lotus! It hovered silently, emitting a pure aura of darkness and destruction—heavy, cold, and seemingly capable of ending the vitality of all things.

Just as the domineering, yang-natured medicinal power of the Whale Glue was about to spiral out of control, the power of the World-Destroying Black Lotus moved!

The pure dark Soul Power and the will of destruction, like the coldest of monarchs, swept out from within Lu Jing's body, precisely and forcefully pressing down upon that violently rampaging, extremely yang-natured energy!

Darkness and destruction were not meant to extinguish this power, but rather to forcibly constrain, organize, and guide it with a higher level of absolute control!

Two forces that were diametrically opposed yet equally powerful collided and merged intensely within Lu Jing's body. The coldness of darkness suppressed the dryness and heat of the yang-nature, and the will of destruction organized the violent energy.

This process required time; Lu Jing's body was like a battlefield. Yet, he gritted his teeth firmly, guiding the power of the World-Destroying Black Lotus to forcibly incorporate the scorching, massive essence of the Whale Glue, bit by bit, strand by strand, into the depths of his own bloodlines and bones for the deepest level of tempering.

He could clearly "hear" the faint sounds of impurities within his body being incinerated and his muscles and bones being stretched and strengthened.

Just at this critical moment, when he was being tormented both internally and externally and his mind was highly focused, a mental thought filled with deep sleepiness and strong confusion abruptly sounded in the depths of Lu Jing's mind, breaking the silence on the conscious level:

"What the f*ck! What the hell... Ice and Fire Dual Heavens?! No, no... This spatial fluctuation... Xiao Jing? Xiao Jing! Are you okay? Where the hell did we get dragged to? In the time it took me to take a nap, why does it feel like the world has been turned upside down?!"

It was the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm! This million-year-old Spirit Beast, which had been sleeping in the depths of Lu Jing's mental sea and was connected to his destiny, was finally awakened by the violent energy storm within Lu Jing's body and the abnormal spatial fluctuations of the outside world.

Its massive mental body rolled about in Lu Jing's sea of consciousness, its ice-blue compound eyes filled with confusion and astonishment, eagerly wanting to figure out the situation.

At this moment, Lu Jing's entire focus was on guiding the two forces to temper his body, battling against the heart-wrenching pain; he had absolutely no time to spare to respond to the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm's questions.

His silence made the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm even more restless and uneasy.

However, as an old veteran who had lived for a million years, the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm's panic only lasted for a moment.

Its vast Mental Energy quickly calmed down, cautiously sensing the violent, yet forcibly suppressed, yang-natured energy flow within Lu Jing's body, as well as the painful yet determined tempering process Lu Jing was undergoing.

"Hiss... Good heavens, this is... top-tier Whale Glue? And it's been refined? The age is ridiculously high! Is this kid risking his life to temper his body?" The Tian Meng Ice Silkworm instantly understood Lu Jing's current state.

It realized that Lu Jing was at an extremely critical and dangerous juncture; any disturbance could lead to an imbalance of power, with consequences too dire to imagine.

"Damn, playing for such high stakes! Fine, fine, I get it!" The Tian Meng Ice Silkworm immediately ceased its activities, and its massive mental body cautiously curled up in a ball within Lu Jing's sea of consciousness, trying its best not to emit any unnecessary fluctuations.

Its ice-blue compound eyes flickered with a light of survival.

"This kid's potential is terrifyingly huge, and this Spirit... tsk tsk, it's even more sinister than I imagined. I'm now on the same boat as him; if he kicks the bucket, this remnant soul of mine will also be finished... No, no, absolutely not!"

The Tian Meng Ice Silkworm muttered to itself: "Looks like we've ended up in some strange place? But it doesn't matter... The urgent priority is to ensure this kid safely gets through this hurdle, and then quickly figure out a way to help him become stronger! Become a god! He must become a god! Only if he becomes a god can I ascend to heaven with him, fly up to the Divine Realm, and obtain true immortality!"

Although the massive Ice Silkworm mental body had quieted down, its mental fluctuations were unusually active. Countless thoughts were racing, and it began to seriously calculate its future survival plan and how to better "invest" in Lu Jing, this potential-filled host.

Meanwhile, at the Supreme Pontiff Palace.

Inside the deep and solemn study, the lights were bright, yet they could not dispel the shadows in the corners.

Behind the massive desk, a figure was sitting upright...