47: Disperse the power and start over

Inside the Spiritual Qi Immortal Cave, the pale yellow halo emitted by the Ink Star Jade array base shrouded the core area, isolating it from the outside world. Only the murmuring sound of the spiritual spring and the gentle Spiritual Qi emanating from the lotus platform remained.

Lin Feng sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, his eyes tightly closed, his expression solemn as stone.

He took a deep breath, like a warrior about to step onto an unknown battlefield, adjusting his mind to an extreme state of stillness, like an ancient well without ripples.

"Rock Body Tempering Art" was the first to be activated!

The Qi and blood within his body suddenly awakened like a dormant volcano, transforming into a surging, roaring torrent of magma, rushing ceaselessly through his tough and wide Meridians!

Beneath his bronze-colored skin, muscles coiled and squirmed, faintly revealing a metallic luster. An invisible, power-filled "momentum" enveloped his entire body.

Immediately after, he sank his focus into his Dantian.

The mysterious routes of the "Solid Foundation Method" were activated with full force!

Within his Dantian Qi Sea, the Qi Refining Art spiritual power at the Peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining was originally like a deep and slightly restless ocean.

At this moment, an invisible, overwhelming force suddenly descended! It was as if the heavens and earth had overturned; invisible stone walls were ruthlessly squeezing inward from all directions!

"Boom—!"

It was not a real sound, but a violent roar in Lin Feng's Sea of Consciousness!

Pain! An indescribable, excruciating pain erupted instantly from his Dantian, as if billions of red-hot steel needles had pierced into him simultaneously, or as if countless heavy hammers were crazily pounding inside his body!

His body hunched violently, like a cooked shrimp. The veins on his forehead, neck, and arms bulged like coiling dragons, and his skin instantly turned crimson! Large beads of sweat mixed with fine droplets of blood surged from his pores, instantly soaking his clothes.

Compress! Compress at all costs!

The power of the "Solid Foundation Method" was like the most ruthless forging hammer, crazily pounding and refining the gaseous and liquid spiritual power toward a solid state!

The Dantian became a high-pressure furnace. The spiritual power was forcibly stripped of Impurities amidst its wailing, its volume shrinking rapidly, while its density and purity climbed at an unprecedented speed.

The originally deep cyan spiritual power, which carried the aura of the ocean, grew darker and darker, gradually transforming into a heavy, introverted, blue-gold luster that seemed to contain endless energy!

This process was slow and extremely painful. Lin Feng gritted his teeth, even able to hear the faint "creaking" sounds his bones made under the unbearable burden. He held onto his focus, like a reef in a raging sea. No matter how the pain washed over him, his will remained indestructible, firmly guiding the operation trajectory of the "Solid Foundation Method", ensuring that the compressing force was even and stable to avoid the collapse of his Dantian due to loss of control.

Time seemed to freeze.

I do not know how much time passed. When that blue-gold liquid "Origin Foundation" shrank to the size of a walnut and could no longer be compressed at all, Lin Feng's Realm aura had forcefully dropped from the Peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining to the fourth level of Qi Refining!

However, the energy purity contained in this walnut-sized blue-gold Origin Foundation far exceeded that of his entire previous Qi Sea!

It floated quietly in the center of the Dantian, like the core condensed when the Universe first opened, exuding a heart-palpitating heaviness and purity.

"Dissipate!" Lin Feng roared internally, with the determination of burning his bridges.

The Cultivation Technique reversed! The invisible force binding that blue-gold "Origin Foundation" suddenly vanished!

Like a dam bursting!

Like stars disintegrating!

That energy, compressed to the extreme and pure yet violent, lost its restraint and instantly transformed into billions of blue-gold, ferocious torrents. With a destructive posture, it crazily surged and smashed toward Lin Feng's limbs, bones, Meridians, and internal organs!

"Pfft—!"

Lin Feng could no longer suppress it. A large mouthful of scalding blood sprayed out, staining the lotus platform in front of him red!

His body trembled violently, like a candle in the wind. Spiderweb-like terrifying bloodstains instantly covered the surface of his skin—signs that his tiny Meridians were being torn apart by the violent energy! Fine lines of blood seeped from his seven orifices!

Excruciating pain! Pain ten times, a hundred times stronger than during the compression, instantly submerged his consciousness!

This was no longer tempering, but destruction!

The Origin Foundation energy dissipated into his whole body was too pure and too violent, far exceeding the limits that his current Physical Body Meridians could withstand! The "Rock Body Tempering Art" operated to the extreme, the bronze-colored halo flashing desperately, trying to repair and accommodate this power, but it was like trying to put out a cartload of burning firewood with a cup of water!

His Meridians were tearing inch by inch! His flesh and blood were wailing and collapsing! His bones emitted groans of unbearable burden! His consciousness felt like it was falling into an abyss, swallowed and pulled by endless pain and darkness! Lin Feng felt like a small boat thrown into a violent tsunami, likely to be torn to pieces at any moment! Dissipating cultivation to solidify his Foundation was actually this dangerous!

Crisis! The Vermilion Fruit reveals its radiance!

The shadow of death had never been so clear! Lin Feng's remaining will screamed crazily: "No! I cannot die here! Physical Body... hold on for me! Body Refining Foundation... jade emperor nectar..."

He instinctively wanted to communicate with his Storage Pouch to take out the jade emperor nectar, but his fingers cramped, and even moving them was incredibly difficult! The violent Origin Foundation energy was ravaging his body, and the speed of destruction far exceeded the limits that his Body Refining technique and the jade emperor nectar could repair! His consciousness was sinking rapidly, and darkness surged in like a tide...

Just at this critical moment, when his consciousness was about to sink completely, a glimmer of light remaining in Lin Feng, like the last spark in the darkness, suddenly flickered!

"Vermilion... Fruit!"

The desire to live overcame everything! He used his last ounce of strength, even burning a trace of his Origin Mental Energy, to forcibly communicate with the Storage Pouch!

"Swish!"

A red, fire-like light shadow, emitting a warm glow, as if it had life, shot out from the Storage Pouch on its own, precisely hovering in front of Lin Feng's mouth, which was wide open from pain!

It was precisely that supreme Saint Grade item for extending life and healing wounds—the Vermilion Fruit!

The Vermilion Fruit was only the size of a pigeon egg, its entire body crimson and crystal clear, its surface seemingly shrouded in a layer of flowing fiery glow, emitting an indescribable exotic fragrance containing immense life Origin.

As soon as this fragrance appeared, it actually caused the violently raging blue-gold Origin Foundation energy to experience an imperceptible stagnation!

Lin Feng's remaining instinct drove him to use his last strength to suck the Vermilion Fruit into his mouth!

The Vermilion Fruit melted upon entering his mouth!

Without needing to be swallowed, it seemed to have spirituality, instantly transforming into a warm, immense, and unimaginably vast torrent of life Origin!

This torrent was not cold energy, but filled with the purest, most primitive life-healing power! Like the first ray of sunlight in early spring, it instantly pierced through the destructive energy and boundless painful darkness ravaging Lin Feng's body!

"Hum—!"

Lin Feng's body shook violently!

A crimson, warm glow radiated from the billions of pores all over his body!

Under the illumination of the glow, the terrifying spiderweb-like bloodstains on his body surface healed and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The ruptured tiny Meridians were forcibly closed, widened, and reinforced by the gentle and tough life force!

His internal organs, which were on the verge of collapse from the impact of the violent Origin Foundation, were like a long-awaited sweet rain after a drought, greedily absorbing this life Origin, rapidly regaining vitality, and even exuding more robust vigor!

Even more miraculously, this immense life Origin did not conflict with the violent blue-gold Origin Foundation energy, but instead acted as the gentlest adhesive and guide.

It permeated every raging energy torrent, smoothed out its violent edges, and guided it to blend more gently and orderly into Lin Feng's flesh, blood, and bones!

The "Rock Body Tempering Art" seemed to have received supreme assistance, its operation speed soaring!

Those Meridians and flesh repaired and strengthened by the Vermilion Fruit's life Origin were now like the thirstiest sponges, crazily absorbing the "tamed" blue-gold Origin Foundation energy!

The pain receded rapidly like a tide, replaced by an indescribable sense of comfort and fulfillment. Destruction and rebirth reached a delicate balance at this moment, and were rapidly tilting toward an even stronger rebirth!

Casting the Origin Foundation, the Physical Body transforms!

The immense medicinal power of the Vermilion Fruit continued to play its role.

Half an hour later, the destructive crisis in Lin Feng's body finally subsided completely. He slowly opened his eyes, a trace of lingering fear flashing in his pupils, but more than that was the joy of surviving a disaster and the brightness of being reborn!

He looked inside his own body:

His Dantian Qi Sea was empty, and his Realm had dropped to the Qi Refining stage.

But his entire body, his limbs and bones, were filled with a pure, thick, and gentle power—this was the result of the "Origin Foundation" that had dissipated into his whole body being neutralized and guided by the Vermilion Fruit's life Origin, perfectly blending into his Physical Body!

They were like invisible cornerstones, deeply embedded in his flesh and bones, nourishing and strengthening his Foundation every moment!

The "Rock Body Tempering Art", under the joint nourishment of the Origin Foundation energy and the Vermilion Fruit's life Origin, had already successfully achieved a Breakthrough!

An overwhelming force surged from the deepest part of his body. His muscle fibers seemed to have been reshaped, the density of his tendons and bones improved again, the bronze color of his skin became deeper and more introverted, faintly flowing with a layer of tough luster—the eighth level of Body Refining, achieved!

Moreover, the stability of his Foundation and the vigor of his Qi and blood far exceeded those of ordinary eighth-level Body Refining Cultivators!

"So dangerous... What a Vermilion Fruit! It truly deserves its reputation as a Saint Grade item for healing and saving lives!" Lin Feng sighed sincerely, feeling the surging power in his body and an unprecedented sense of "stability."

If not for this Vermilion Fruit saving the day in time, he might have truly exploded and died during the process of dissipating his cultivation.

The cost was huge, but the harvest was equally astonishing!

Not only did he complete his first dissipation of cultivation to solidify his Foundation, casting a deeper Foundation, but his Body Refining Realm had also broken through first as a blessing in disguise!

The crisis was resolved, and the Foundation was cast.

Lin Feng did not stop for even a moment, his eyes becoming firm and sharp again.

He closed his eyes again, his spiritual consciousness sinking into the mysterious routes of the Qi Refining chapter of the "Overturning Sea Sword Art".

This time, his Dantian was no longer the source of violent energy, but a parched yet incomparably "clean" fertile land. He opened his mouth and inhaled, like a giant whale swallowing the sea!

"Whoosh—!"

In the karst cave, the rich Spiritual Qi, especially the milky white vital Spiritual Qi emanating from the eye of the spiritual spring, seemed to be drawn by an invisible vortex, turning into two visible long dragons of Spiritual Qi, crazily pouring into Lin Feng's mouth and nose!

The lotus platform also emitted a gentle glow, directly channeling even purer Spiritual Qi into his body.

His parched Dantian Qi Sea was like a long-awaited riverbed receiving sweet rain.

The brand new, more mysterious and complex operation routes of the "Overturning Sea Sword Art" were quickly outlined and lit up! The inflowing Spiritual Qi flowed along these brand new routes, rapidly transforming into a brand new type of spiritual power—it was more condensed and pure, with a deep indigo color. As it operated, it carried a deep, vast, and grand Concept that seemed to be able to contain everything, like an endless deep sea!

Although the total amount of this newly born spiritual power was far less than his previous seventh level of Qi Refining, its purity, condensation, and affinity with his Meridians far exceeded the past!

Moreover, because the starting point was established on the "Origin Foundation" that had dissipated into his whole body and nourished and strengthened his entire body, this newly born "Overturning Sea Sword Art" spiritual power was born with an indescribable feeling of "strong roots and bones," operating smoothly and without any stagnation.