Chapter 89 - Seizing the Foundation!

The foundation seizing technique was passed to Leng Yan by Yun Nantian together with the Seven Emotions Six Desires technique. This method seizes one’s foundation and is considered a forbidden technique within the Righteous Sect, but Leng Yan disregarded these concerns, valuing strength above all else!

Biting the tip of his finger, a drop of essence blood emerged, forming a small blood pearl on his fingertip. The golden core hovered in mid-air as Leng Yan’s eyes shone brightly. His fingers swiftly moved to inscribe profound runes onto the golden core.

As Leng Yan completed the final stroke, the rune flickered momentarily before embedding itself within the golden core.

“One stroke clears the three realms, two strokes establish the heavenly spirit, three strokes separate yin and yang. With the three realms as guidance, the heavenly spirit as a conduit, yin and yang revolve to transform into primordial unity. Foundation seizing technique!”

Leng Yan placed his fingertip between his brows, allowing the essence blood to flow and traced runes upon himself. As he chanted the incantation, an inexplicable connection formed between his soul and the golden core before him.

Leng Yan’s voice disturbed Dongfang Caiyun from her sleep. Upon seeing the golden core floating before Leng Yan, she was rendered speechless with shock. A golden core! The soul of a golden core realm cultivator. What did it mean for this to be in Leng Yan’s possession?

“Could he have defeated a golden core realm cultivator? Impossible! There wouldn’t be golden core realm cultivators in this battlefield! It must have been a demonic beast of the golden core realm. He fought it to save me, how incredibly dangerous! Why did he save me when he knows I want to kill him?” Dongfang Caiyun was caught in a whirlwind of shock and conflicting emotions.

She was bewildered as to why Leng Yan would save her and internally questioned herself, “Could Leng Yan have feelings for me?”

However, she couldn’t believe this idea herself. Nonetheless, she truly abandoned the notion of assassinating Leng Yan, as she was someone who valued gratitude heavily. She knew she owed Leng Yan a debt of gratitude.

Leng Yan had no idea what Dongfang Caiyun was thinking, although he could see the complex expression on her face.

Refocusing his attention on the foundation seizing technique, Leng Yan took a deep breath and tilted his head back, opening his mouth.

The golden core floated above Leng Yan’s mouth before transforming into a golden stream, flowing into his mouth, down his throat, and into his meridians.

At this moment, Leng Yan resembled a demonic cultivator, as if he were absorbing an inner elixir!

The essence power from the golden core flowed into Leng Yan’s meridians, transforming into a vast torrent of power. Hastily, Leng Yan channeled this essence power toward his Dantian, allowing it to then disseminate into his muscles and bones throughout his body.

As the volume of essence power increased, Leng Yan’s muscles became saturated, and the essence power began seeping out through his pores, solidifying on the surface of his skin.

This marked the prelude to entering the primordial qi realm. In this realm, essence power within the body reaches saturation, overflows, and forms a protective qi layer on the skin’s surface.

Currently, Leng Yan’s skin began forming this qi shield, signaling his initial entry into the primordial qi realm. Once this layer fully enveloped Leng Yan’s body, he would have truly entered the primordial qi realm!

As essence power circulated, Leng Yan continuously absorbed it from the golden core, and the qi layer on his skin thickened. It appeared as though Leng Yan was now encased in a white qi shield covering most of his body except for his upper torso.

A day later, Dongfang Caiyun had mostly recovered and began to move around, staying nearby but avoiding Leng Yan’s range, as if afraid of disturbing him.

Leng Yan continued to absorb essence power through his mouth while the rest of his body remained enveloped in the qi shield. Suddenly, he stopped the absorption, the golden core having shrunk to the size of a peanut.

Leng Yan halted his absorption because he had reached a critical juncture!

“Ahh-”

An earth-shattering roar erupted from Leng Yan’s mouth as the qi shield on his body shattered.

The shattering of the qi shield signified that Leng Yan had officially entered the primordial qi realm. The essence power within him was no longer milky white but had turned a bluish hue!

With a slight circulation of the essence power, Leng Yan could feel the immense strength within his body. With a casual wave of his hand, a water dragon coalesced in the air.

This water dragon extended a hundred feet long, more than twice as powerful as before!

Leng Yan rolled his neck and tapped the golden core again, taking a powerful breath as an even more torrential surge of essence power flooded into his body.

Within him, the essence power began to slowly shift from blue to yellow as more power poured in.

Another day passed, and Leng Yan absorbed the final trace of essence power from the golden core, transforming the essence power within his meridians into a true yellow hue.

Standing up, Leng Yan clenched his fist, feeling confident that he could now face Sun Hao in battle and handle even the initial stage of the unification realm without the previous struggle.

“There’s also a blue pearl! I wonder what it is?”

In his hand, Leng Yan held a blue pearl emitting a radiant glow, with lightning flickering inside upon closer inspection.

Using his spiritual awareness, he probed the pearl, discovering a vast expanse of lightning woven into a massive electric net, sensing an essence within it.

“This is the thunder essence!” Leng Yan exclaimed with surprise.

Indeed, it was the thunder essence, a thunder essence pearl formed over hundreds of years by the unicorn deer, but now it was in Leng Yan’s possession.

The joy Leng Yan felt outweighed even that of obtaining the golden core. With this thunder essence pearl, Leng Yan could now cultivate a thunder cultivation technique.

Throughout history, thunder techniques have been seen as heavenly punishment, and every cultivator must endure heavenly tribulations to achieve immortality.

However, those who cultivate thunder techniques are considered to be defying the heavens. Their tribulations are more perilous, but once they overcome them, their power becomes astonishing.

Leng Yan’s eyes gleamed with determination as he pondered whether to pursue cultivation in thunder techniques.

Cultivating thunder techniques would undoubtedly cause his strength to soar, but future tribulations would be exceedingly dangerous.

“Since this has come into my possession, how can I refuse it? If facing the thunder tribulation means the heavens intend my demise, then I shall defy the heavens and see who ultimately brings down the trial on whom!” Leng Yan mused, smiling slightly as he allowed drops of his blood to seep into the thunder essence pearl.

Lightning burst forth, surrounding Leng Yan in an array of blue electric snakes. Leng Yan stood amidst them, eyes slightly closed.

A stream of ancient, cryptic script flowed into his mind, and suddenly, Leng Yan opened his eyes and swallowed the thunder essence pearl whole.

As the thunder essence pearl entered his body, electric snakes coursed through Leng Yan, yet he felt no pain or discomfort. On the contrary, the electric snakes slithering through his muscles gave him a tingling sensation, a feeling of exhilaration.

Raising his right hand, Leng Yan formed a lightning sphere in his palm, exuding an aura of destruction!

In his heart, he felt a surge of desire to annihilate everything, but he quickly suppressed it.

“Thunder Punishment, Five Thunders Striking, Thunder God’s Cone, Thunder God’s Protection…” The names of magical techniques flashed through his mind, making Leng Yan shudder with lingering fear. If he hadn’t taken the unicorn deer by surprise, not giving it an opportunity to counterattack, he might not have survived.

His swarm of five hundred thousand giant bees could have been mostly annihilated by just one Thunder God’s Cone from the unicorn deer!

Nevertheless, that was in the past; what mattered now was the immense power the thunder essence pearl bestowed upon Leng Yan, which was more than enough!

In the distance, Dongfang Caiyun watched with an indescribable spark in her eyes, finding the man before her inscrutable.

Whether it was his formidable strength or his elusive nature, Dongfang Caiyun felt a growing urge to understand Leng Yan.

However, as any good assassin knows, one must be aware of their own emotions. Dongfang Caiyun realized she was becoming curious about Leng Yan, which was the prelude to falling for him. Thus, she understood it was time to leave him.

Otherwise, she would be drawn into the depths of love, unable to extricate herself, and pain would be her constant companion, for she knew that Leng Yan’s heart belonged to another woman.

“How are you doing?” Leng Yan’s eyes crackled with electric light, giving anyone who gazed into them the feeling of being amidst a thunderstorm.

“Almost fully recovered. Thank you for this time. I owe you a favor. I’m abandoning my mission; I’ll be leaving shortly,” Dongfang Caiyun replied calmly.

Leng Yan smiled slightly and said, “By giving up on killing me, you’ve already repaid the favor, so you owe me nothing!”

“You have your thoughts, and I have my principles. I will remember this favor,” Dongfang Caiyun stated firmly.

At that moment, Dongfang Caiyun no longer appeared as the alluring yet secretly deadly figure she once was; Leng Yan saw a new determination in her.