Far away from Dragon Yuan Mountain, hidden within an unremarkable mountain range, Lin Sheng sat cross-legged inside a cave he had personally carved over the past several days.
The location had been carefully chosen.
No nearby cultivation families.
No sect territories.
No major trade routes.
Only endless mountains stretching beyond the horizon.
His next breakthrough was unlike every previous one. Even though his cultivation realm wasn't particularly high, the technique he cultivated was unlike anything that existed in this world. If any strange phenomenon occurred, he didn't want unnecessary attention.
He had already taken enough risks.
Looking at the blue projection floating before him, his breathing gradually slowed.
Yellow Origin Contemplation Diagram — 100%
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"Finally..."
Months of contemplation...
Months of absorbing Yang essence...
Months of deducing every possible flaw with the Chip...
Everything had finally reached completion.
Now came the truly dangerous part.
Unlike ordinary visualization methods, the Starry Sky Visualization Method possessed no predecessors within this world.
There was nobody he could consult.
No ancient records to compare against.
Every step forward relied entirely on his own deductions.
That was both the greatest advantage...
And the greatest danger.
If something went wrong...
Nobody would know how to save him.
Closing his eyes, Lin Sheng's consciousness slowly sank into his Sea of Consciousness.
The familiar space unfolded before him.
Compared to before, everything had changed.
Floating at the center was the White Dwarf he had painstakingly visualized during the previous stage.
Above it revolved the completed Yellow Origin Diagram.
The gigantic sun radiated endless Yang aura, illuminating the otherwise silent Sea of Consciousness.
This breakthrough wasn't simply about completing another visualization.
It required elevating the White Dwarf itself.
The Yellow Origin Diagram had to descend, fuse completely with the previous visualization and transform it into a higher celestial body before he could ascend to the Spirit Platform Realm.
Opening his eyes once more, Lin Sheng inhaled deeply.
The cave around him had long since become a perfect cultivation chamber.
Formation patterns covered every wall.
Runes extended across the ceiling like flowing rivers.
Beneath him lay an enormous Spiritual Eye Formation connected directly to the mountain's earth vein.
Pure spiritual qi continuously gathered toward the center of the cave.
The density of spiritual qi here was several times greater than outside.
As the formation activated completely, spiritual qi poured toward him from every direction.
Instead of merely circulating through his meridians...
Lin Sheng directly opened all eight sensory apertures.
His mouth.
His nostrils.
His ears.
His eyes.
Every aperture greedily absorbed the surrounding spiritual qi.
Wave after wave flowed into his body.
Minutes became hours.
Gradually, he felt every sensory aperture becoming saturated.
His mouth seemed swollen.
His ears rang slightly.
Even his vision became strangely bright despite his eyes remaining closed.
Only when every aperture had reached its limit did his consciousness descend completely toward the White Dwarf.
The moment it did—
The Yellow Origin Diagram slowly descended.
Like a blazing heavenly sun falling from the sky, it enveloped the White Dwarf entirely.
Instantly—
An overwhelming Yang aura erupted.
Outside the cave, spiritual qi rushed toward him even faster.
Yet Lin Sheng quickly noticed something.
Most of it...
Was rejected.
The visualization wasn't absorbing ordinary spiritual qi.
Only the purest Yang spiritual qi was accepted.
Everything else simply dissipated back into the surroundings.
"So that's the requirement..."
No wonder this stage had proven so difficult.
The amount of naturally occurring Yang spiritual qi in the world simply wasn't abundant enough.
Had he attempted this on an ordinary day...
The process might have taken months.
Fortunately...
He had deliberately chosen today.
Yang year.
Yang month.
Yang day.
And now...
High noon.
The peak of Yang within heaven and earth.
The surrounding Yang aura surged continuously into the cave.
Inside his Sea of Consciousness...
The fusion steadily progressed.
Ten percent.
Twenty.
Thirty.
Lin Sheng remained perfectly calm.
Far faster than expected.
The natural Yang energy alone had already carried the process nearly one-third of the way.
But eventually...
The surrounding Yang aura began weakening.
Noon had passed.
The world's Yang gradually declined.
Without hesitation, Lin Sheng reached toward the Bright Sun Yang Stone placed before him.
The crimson ore immediately lit up.
Pure Yang essence flowed out like molten sunlight before disappearing into his body.
Inside his Sea of Consciousness...
The fusion accelerated once again.
40...60....75%
Time quietly slipped away. 2hours then 3... 5 hours had passed. The Yang Stone had noticeably dimmed.
The originally brilliant crimson color became increasingly dull as more of its essence was extracted.
Still...
The process continued. 90....93.....95%....
A tiny fracture appeared across the surface of the ore.
Lin Sheng ignored it completely.
Every trace of Yang essence remaining within the stone was drawn into the visualization.
Another three hours passed.
The Bright Sun Yang Stone finally shattered into several dull fragments.
Its spiritual light vanished completely.
Every last strand of Yang essence had been exhausted.
Fortunately...
The fusion had already reached completion.
One hundred percent.
The instant the final strand merged...
The White Dwarf trembled violently.
The blazing Yellow Origin Diagram completely fused into its core.
The tiny celestial body began transforming.
Yang light flooded every inch of it.
Its brilliance increased several times over.
Layer after layer of golden radiance expanded outward before gradually stabilizing.
When everything finally settled...
The White Dwarf had disappeared completely.
Floating within his Sea of Consciousness now was a true miniature sun.
Its appearance resembled the star from Lin Sheng's previous life...
Yet at the same time...
It strangely carried the sacred aura of the legendary sun worshipped throughout this cultivation world.
The two images had merged into one.
The transformation of the Yellow Origin Star had finally come to an end.
But Lin Sheng knew...
The breakthrough itself had only just begun.
The moment the miniature sun stabilized within his Sea of Consciousness, an immense suction force erupted from his body.
Boom!
The spiritual qi inside the cave instantly became violent.
Like countless rivers finding their destination, the surrounding spiritual qi surged toward him at an astonishing speed.
The formations covering the cave walls immediately lit up.
The Spiritual Eye Formation beneath him shone brilliantly as it continuously drew pure spiritual qi from the mountain's earth vein.
The entire cave became a whirlpool of spiritual energy.
Lin Sheng remained completely motionless.
Every one of his eight sensory apertures remained open.
His eyes.
His ears.
His nostrils.
Even his mouth.
Spiritual qi poured into them like rushing torrents.
If another cultivator had witnessed this scene, they would have been horrified.
Such a method of absorbing spiritual qi was simply too overbearing.
Fortunately...
His body had long been tempered by both martial arts and the Starry Sky Visualization Method.
His meridians were far tougher than ordinary cultivators.
Otherwise, they would have burst apart long ago.
Inside his Sea of Consciousness...
The newly born Yellow Origin Star slowly rotated.
The eight lights that had surrounded it during its formation suddenly trembled.
One after another...
They flew back toward the star.
The first.
The second.
The third.
Each light merged into the Yellow Origin Star, making its radiance even brighter.
As the eighth and final light disappeared...
The star suddenly emitted a dazzling golden brilliance.
At that exact moment—
A jade platform slowly rose beneath it.
Its appearance resembled a staircase reaching toward the heavens.
Each step seemed to be carved from pure spiritual light.
Simple.
Ancient.
Yet carrying an indescribable sense of majesty.
Lin Sheng immediately understood.
The Spirit Platform.
His consciousness naturally descended onto the first step.
The instant his spiritual form stood upon it—
Boom!
A mysterious force erupted from the Yellow Origin Star.
Golden light instantly spread throughout his entire Sea of Consciousness.
It washed over every corner.
Every hidden place.
Every strand of spiritual power.
His consciousness became clearer than ever before.
Outside...
The same golden light spread through his body.
His flesh.
His bones.
His blood.
Even his internal organs.
Everything was continuously nourished by the strange energy released from the Yellow Origin Star.
Lin Sheng couldn't help but let out a long breath.
He felt...
Clean.
Not physically.
But spiritually.
It was as though every hidden impurity within both his body and mind had been washed away.
His thoughts became incomparably clear.
The world itself seemed different.
Even while sitting with his eyes closed, he could vaguely sense the countless formation runes surrounding the cave.
The flowing earth vein beneath the mountain.
The movement of spiritual qi outside.
Everything appeared much clearer than before.
Then...
A familiar feeling surfaced once more.
The Emptiness State.
Only...
It was changing.
The tranquil state that he had relied upon since reaching the White Dwarf Stage no longer felt complete.
As the golden light continued purifying his body and soul, the Emptiness State itself seemed to evolve.
His consciousness rose higher and higher.
The feeling of observing everything from above became increasingly profound.
The Yellow Origin Star slowly revolved.
Its radiance illuminated his Sea of Consciousness like an eternal sun.
Lin Sheng instinctively knew...
The next stage of the Emptiness State...
Was about to be born.