He wandered for a long time in this place that flickered with faint light. It seemed boundless, with no sense of direction. He didn't know front from back, let alone east, south, west, or north.
He didn't know how long he had been wandering. It could have been ten years, a hundred years, or maybe just a few seconds. Finally, he felt something different.
There seemed to be a voice in this place calling out to him, making him move involuntarily in that direction. Soon, he arrived at the place that was constantly calling him. There was no one here, but voices seemed to come from all around.
"Who are you? Why are you calling me?" Ethan Lane thought to himself. The voice that called him suddenly stopped, and everything around him fell silent. Just as his panic was growing, a bright light flashed before him, and something resembling a book appeared.
"Is this... a book?" Just as he had this thought, the book in front of him suddenly opened, followed by a flash of golden light, but this light was very gentle. *Rustle...* The book began to turn its pages very quickly. The book, which didn't look thick, flipped for a long time.
*Thud!* The book closed, and the golden light disappeared. Ethan Lane looked at the book strangely, not understanding what was happening. Suddenly, the book trembled, then rapidly shrank amidst a flash of golden light and flew straight towards him.
Ethan Lane was startled and wanted to dodge, but the book flew incredibly fast and hit him in an instant. Strangely, he felt no pain. Just as he was about to move, a golden light seemed to flash before his eyes, and his thoughts seemed to come to a halt.
Ethan Lane had a very long dream. In the dream, he learned the name and origin of this book. It was called the Dao Yan Record, said to be derived from the Heavenly Dao itself, containing all methods of cultivation.
This book was what all cultivators dreamed of. Even a tiny rumor of its appearance could cause a bloodbath. But it had never appeared in the cultivation world, and no one had ever obtained it, leading many to doubt the truth of the matter.
Ethan Lane woke up. He looked around and found that he was still in this place. Recalling the dream he just had, he felt it was very strange. "Have I come to a cultivation world? But... the Dao Yan Record is from the online game 'Heavenly Dao'... Could I have transmigrated into the world of Heavenly Dao? And... I'm not dead? But why can't I feel my body? Did I transmigrate again?"
Unable to figure it out, Ethan Lane gave up thinking. He would find out eventually. He opened the Dao Yan Record in his mind, but he could only turn the first few pages. Besides cultivation techniques for the Qi Refining stage, there were also various spells, talismans, formations, pills, and so on.
But he had no body right now and couldn't cultivate at all. He decided to just treat it as preparation for cultivation. After an unknown amount of time, just as he had finished reading all the content, this world finally changed again.
A stream of dark purple energy rushed in from nowhere. It appeared extremely violent and full of destructive desire. As soon as it entered this world, it began to wreak havoc, quickly leaving the place riddled with holes. A voice in the dark told him that the complete destruction of this place would be the time of his death. This made him panic instantly, with no idea what to do.
He hadn't even begun to cultivate the Dao Yan Record and was completely helpless against this stream of energy. "Can I only wait for death? No! I'm not willing! I just arrived in this world. Even without a body, I have to fight!"
"What should I do?" Ethan Lane watched as this stream of energy made the world tremble and on the verge of collapse. Finally, when it seemed there was nothing left to destroy, it charged straight at him. "It's over..." Ethan Lane lamented. This world's transmigration was about to end just as it began.
The violent stream of energy slammed into him. Ethan Lane was like a lone canoe facing a tidal wave in the ocean, disappearing in an instant. The moment he vanished, a golden light shot out from within the energy stream.
At this moment, the Dao Yan Record in Ethan Lane's mind emitted specks of golden light. This golden light completely ignored him and shone directly onto the stream of energy. The stream of energy was like it had met its natural enemy, scattering in an instant. Wherever the golden light reached, the purple energy melted like snow under the sun. No, it wasn't melting. It seemed that under the golden light's illumination, colorless specks of starlight overflowed from the dark purple stream, then gathered into two streams of energy. One was white and somewhat transparent, while the other was a deep purple with occasional flickers of faint light.
These two streams of energy were distinctly separate. Although they did not interfere with each other, their external manifestations were completely different. The white, transparent energy had a gentle aura, full of vitality, like a warm spring breeze bringing warmth. The purple energy with faint light, however, was extremely violent, full of destruction and unease, like a harsh winter's cold current, bone-chillingly cold.
The golden light came and went quickly, soon disappearing without a trace. The deep purple energy was completely divided into two streams. Ethan Lane seemed to be able to control the white stream, while the purple stream remained aloof but no longer destroyed this world. He thought to himself, "Could this be... the legendary Spiritual Qi? Then what the hell is this purple stream of energy? Evil Qi? Yin Qi? Foul Qi?"
Ethan Lane tried to control the white stream of energy. After a few tries, he quickly found the method and was finally able to control it, albeit with some difficulty. His thoughts seemed to become the head of a snake, leading the white energy to circle around in this world.
"Hehe, interesting. Let's make an S, then a B, haha, tie a bow..." Ethan Lane was having a great time, completely forgetting his current predicament. Finally, he had had enough fun and stopped, looking at the purple stream of energy that remained proudly still, Ethan Lane frowned.
He thought for a moment, then controlled the white energy to slowly approach. At first, the purple energy seemed very unwilling to let the white energy get close. As soon as the white energy approached, it would move aside, refusing to let the white energy near it.
"This... it's quite proud, huh." Ethan Lane smiled. After repeated attempts to approach it failed, he finally gave up. "What are these two streams of energy? I can't figure it out at all... Sigh! That's right, I'll use a cultivation technique to control it. I don't believe the Dao Yan Record created by the Heavenly Dao can't control you!"
Ethan Lane tried hard to recall the techniques in the Dao Yan Record and began to control the flow of the white energy. Gradually, the movement of the white energy became less rigid and started to follow an inexplicable pattern. "Hehe! Just as I thought, this makes things easier." Ethan Lane began to use the Dao Yan Record to try and control the purple stream of energy.
"Hiss! What a pain, it's like a stubborn donkey." Ethan Lane tried again and again, and finally, he could control the purple energy. He slowly became more and more proficient, and eventually, it also began to move with a pattern, just like the white energy.
"Phew! Finally done. Now, it's time to send you where you belong." Ethan Lane controlled the two streams of energy and was about to move forward, but as soon as the two streams got close, they began to intertwine, forming an overall shape like a constantly rising spiral.
This spiral of white and purple energy spun continuously, slowly releasing a colorless wave. As soon as they appeared, this world began to change dramatically. The previously damaged places started to be repaired slowly, and then the world seemed to gain light, becoming brighter and brighter.
Soon, the world was repaired. It was now as bright as day. Suddenly, a mist emanated from every corner of the world, gradually enveloping the place. When the thick mist completely covered the area, a lotus platform appeared in the center. Ethan Lane also seemed to be drawn towards it, slowly floating towards the lotus platform.
At first, Ethan Lane was a little frightened, but he soon calmed down. His heart told him that was his destination. Slowly, Ethan Lane floated onto the lotus platform and then slowly sat down cross-legged. The moment he sat down, the world seemed to gain sound, and in an instant, he was kicked out of this world.
In reality, Ethan Lane's eyelids twitched, and he finally slowly opened his eyes. It was completely dark, but he seemed to feel something different about himself. He closed his eyes again, and the image of the Dao Yan Record instantly appeared in his mind.
"I wasn't dreaming? Haha, I can feel my body. I'm not dead? Haha, that's great." Ethan Lane exclaimed, and as if he had thought of something, he immediately began to practice internal visualization according to the method in the Dao Yan Record.
A white light flashed before his eyes, and a different scene instantly appeared. Channels appeared inside his body, but these channels were now like a battlefield, full of cracks and holes. Ethan Lane frowned and followed the channels to the place where he had been before.
It was a field of mist, in which the white and purple spiral of energy was particularly conspicuous. Ethan Lane tried to control them and had no problem at all. There seemed to be something in the center of the mist. He guessed it should be the lotus platform he had sat on before, but for some reason, he couldn't get close to it now.
Looking at the misty surroundings, Ethan Lane thought for a moment and said, "This place is very similar to the Sea of Consciousness described in the Dao Yan Record, a place for the soul to reside. I'll call it that." This place, which was originally destroyed by the deep purple energy, had been repaired, and the white-purple spiral of energy also seemed to have shrunk a bit, apparently consumed.
He controlled the white and purple energy to move along the channels. These channels should be the meridians. The meridian he was currently passing through was the Governing Vessel. The white and purple energy moved slowly, continuously releasing an invisible wave to repair the meridians.
Soon, the Governing Vessel was repaired. Then he controlled the energy to move to the Conception Vessel, and then to the other meridians. By the time all the meridians were repaired, the energy had almost disappeared. He hurriedly controlled the white and purple energy to move to his Dantian and settle there.
Ethan Lane let out a long sigh of relief in his heart and opened his eyes. He tried to move, but he seemed to be buried and couldn't move at all. He gritted his teeth and pushed hard. *Poof!* His hand instantly shot through whatever was burying him and stretched out.
*Poof!* On the snowy ground, a skinny hand suddenly stretched out, followed by another. The two hands kept digging, and finally, Ethan Lane saw the light of day again.