Inside his room, Lin Yuanfeng was still examining the changes in his transformed body when a sudden surge erupted within him.
RUMBLE!
An overwhelming, majestic force burst through his meridians.
It was like an immortal force pure and vast, ignited by the transformation.
His eyes widened. "What?!"
Before he could steady himself
Crack!
A thin barrier inside his body shattered like fragile glass.
His expression froze.
"That's… the bottleneck of the 4th layer!"
At that very instant
WOOOOSH!!
Spiritual energy from all directions suddenly rushed madly toward his room, as if a vortex had opened.
He unconsciously absorbed it at a terrifying speed.
Spiritual energy surged wildly in his newly purified meridians, guided by the immortal force flowing through his acupoints.
BOOM!
His qi pool expanded.His breathing deepened.The 4th layer stabilized effortlessly.
But the torrent of immortal force did not stop; instead, it continued dragging spiritual energy along with it.
RUMBLE!
Another wave burst forth, pushing him straight into the 5th layer. The spiritual energy kept pouring into his body, yet the momentum did not decrease, it continued climbing at a terrifying speed.
"Again?!"
His bones hummed. His meridians pulsed like living rivers of light, and the Dust-Free Immortal Body greedily absorbed every thread of qi.
BOOM - 6th Layer!
The storm inside him did not subside; it only intensified, until
BOOOOM!! - 7th Layer!
Finally, the continuous breakthrough was complete.
The immortal force calmed, its rampage ending, but not dissipating. Instead, it flowed back toward his dantian like a divine river returning home.
The moment it reached
WUUUUSH!!
His dantian space began expanding wildly.Once… twice… thrice…
Then it stopped and disappeared completely.The raging current of spiritual energy filling his dantian slowed… softened… and gently dissipated after filling two-tenths of its dantain space.
The room fell silent, except for his heavy, exhilarated breathing.
His dantian had grown far beyond than what a general 7th-layer qi cultivator could have.
----A normal dantian would expand with each breakthroughFill with spiritual qi, reach the peakAnd only then move toward Foundation Establishment, condensing spiritual qi into liquid.Later, in Core Formation, it would compress into a solid core.
But his dantian space…
It had ballooned to a terrifying size.
Lin Yuanfeng stared inwardly, stunned.
"With this… I'll need at least three times the effortThree times the qiThree times the cultivation resources…"
A wry breath escaped him.
"…just to reach what others call 'normal'."
But beneath the shock…There was excitement.
A larger dantian meant a higher ceiling.A drastically stronger stamina and combat power.
"But… why did it stop at the 7th layer?"
For an immortal-grade physique, wasn't this growth supposed to be even more heaven-defying? With a body cleansed of impurities, shouldn't he at least reach the peak of Qi Refining instantly?
Confusion gnawed at him until he remembered.
"The system messages… the ones that appeared during the transformation…"
He hurriedly opened the panel.
A long list of unread notifications materialized before him. As he read through them, his eyes widened little by little.
〈Transformation: Dust-Free Immortal Body - Complete〉
〈Warning: Constitution restructuring requires stabilizing spiritual foundation〉
〈Note: 70% of immortal force redirected to complete host's spirit roots〉
〈Note: Spirit Root fully harmonized〉
〈Note: Spirit Root quality upgraded〉
〈Current Status: Five-Element Spirit Root (Medium Grade)
His breath caught.
"Seventy percent… was used to fix my spirit root?"
"No wonder the breakthroughs stopped at the 7th layer. The root upgrade ate most of the energy…"
Suddenly everything made sense.
He raised his palm, feeling how much smoother the spiritual flow had become. The difference was like comparing stagnant water to a clear mountain spring.
A slow, incredulous smile spread across his lips.
But after watching the last message it faded completely.
His brows rose in surprise.
He summoned "System panel"
A jade-like light screen unfolded before him.
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Host: Lin Yuanfeng
Age: 16
Cultivation: Qi Refining 7th Layer (Early Stage)
Constitution: Dust-Free Immortal Body
Spirit Root: Five Elements – Medium Grade
Legacy: Grade-1 Spiritual Farmer (12%)
Cultivation Techniques: Qi Meridian Chart (Common)
Spells: Spiritual Rain Technique (Beginner), Sword Qi Control (Beginner)
Lottery: None
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Lin Yuanfeng's gaze locked onto the spirit root column.
Five Elements – Medium Grade
His heartbeat faltered.
"…Why did my previous three-element spirit root become a five-element root?"
His brows knitted deeper.
The Five Element Root was known throughout cultivation world as…
A waste root.
High consumption. Slow cultivation. Terrible breakthroughs. And the worst part
"A Five Element cultivator can usually only reach late Qi Refining in his lifetime"
His mind tangled with doubts. Immortal Body, yet a waste root? An absurd combination.
But then-
He looked inward.
And felt the ocean-like spiritual energy swirling inside him.
His pupils shrank.
"…This isn't the qi of a waste root."
A normal Five Element Root required enormous resources, leading to:
-impurity and pill poison accumulation
-low purity qi-slow breakthroughs
But then he remembered-
Dust-Free Immortal Body.
A body that purifies qi, eliminating toxins, removing hidden impurities completely
"…Wait."
His mind clicked.
"With this constitution, the weakness of the Five Element Root that is high impurity accumulation is completely resolved."
He needed to test it.
Immediately, he took out a Qi Nourishing Pill and swallowed it.
The result was instantaneous.
WUUUUM-
The pill's spiritual energy was perfectly absorbed into his meridians like warm sunlight.
No turbulence. No residual poison. No impurities.
Not even a trace.
His breath trembled.
"So it's true…I have the perfect counterbalance."
A Five Element Root that normally required massive resources paired with a constitution that could use 100% of all resources without waste.
"With this combination… my future cultivation won't just be possible I'll be monstrous at every realm."
His eyes gleamed with confidence.
"As for resources… farming with the system's help, I can grow whatever I need."
The path ahead seemed clearer than ever.
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But outside the situation was not as calm and clear as inside the yuanfeng's room
It was full of chaos
As soon as yuanfeng started his transformation.
BOOM!!
A deafening thunderclap tore across the night sky above the courtyard.
Outside the house, the sky twisted violently.
A crushing, spiraling force was sweeping across the town—pressuring roofs, rattling trees, and disturbing the entire street.
Clouds churned like a heavenly cauldron ready to overturn.
In their bedroom, Lin Changsheng and Yue Lingxin abruptly stopped talking, startled by the sudden storms.
They rushed out.
The moment they stepped outside, they froze.
Above the town, a terrifying vortex of lightning and spiritual pressure spanned the entire district.Residents far away were peeking out in fear.
The skies looked like a celestial punishment was descending.
As the hurricane-like force rolled over entire town ,but Lin Changsheng's expression suddenly changed.
His gaze snapped toward his son's room.
His pupils narrowed.
He felt something.
Without a breath of hesitation, he raised his palm and activated the mist-concealing protective formation around the entire house.
A thick, shimmering veil enveloped the courtyard, isolating everything within.
Yue Lingxin looked at him in alarm.
"Changsheng, why did you activate the formation?!"
He kept his voice steady.
"I thought it might disturb Feng'er's cultivation."
But the moment he spoke, an overwhelming suction force burst out from Yuanfeng's room.
WHOOSH!!!
Spiritual energy from every direction poured inward madly, slamming into the formation barrier, trembling as it was forcibly drawn into the room.
Yue Lingxin gasped, eyes wide.
"Th-this qi… it's all going to Feng'er's room!"
Lin Changsheng stared at the raging vortex within the barrier. His eyes tightened, a knowing glint flashing through them.
"Feng'er… he"
"What happened to Feng'er?" Yue Lingxin asked immediately, tense.
"It's nothing," he replied softly, gently steadying her shoulders.
"It looks like it was correct to activate the formation. Feng'er seems to have made a breakthrough."
But in his heart, his thoughts surged like a hidden river:
This phenomenon… It was all caused by Feng'er.
Thankfully I activated the barrier.
If anyone saw this, our family would have been in grave danger.
Such a breakthrough speed… such a phenomenon… I must talk to him.
A firmness settled into his expression, a sharpness unlike his usual gentle appearance.For a moment, he looked like a man who once carried a noble bearing solemn, decisive, unshakable.
He guided Yue Lingxin back toward their room, comforting her as the storm slowly calmed.
Both left the courtyard quietly, leaving the protective formation active as they retreated inside
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Outside the Lin family courtyard
The moment the thunderous transformation began
KRAAAAAAACK!!!
A colossal bolts of lightning tore across the heavens, splitting clouds apart.
The pressure it released wasn't spiritual qi it was pure atmospheric turbulence like heaven itself was pounding on the town.
Wind roared. Roof tiles flew. Animals shrieked.Night guards stumbled as the sky flickered with continuous lightning.
Residents burst out of their houses in panic.
"W-what's happening?!""Is this a heavenly omen?""Did someone provoke tribulation lightning?!"
Because the Lin family's mist-concealing formation was already activated,no one saw the spiritual qi vortex inside.They only saw the destructive weather above.
At the town leader's manor—
The entire building shook as thunder cracked overhead.
The town leader shot to his feet.
"Deploy the Town Protective Formation! This is no ordinary storm!"
His formation masters rushed out, activating the array.
A faint golden dome spread over the whole settlement - to protect against this natural destructive forces.
Sects also Responded.
The phenomena did not go unnoticed by nearby sects.
On distant mountains, cultivators opened their eyes one by one.
At the Spirit Sword Sect, a few patrolling disciples halted mid-flight.
"That lightning… it feels like a heavenly manifestation.""Should we report it?"
A disciple rushed towards the mission hall to report it.
"Mn. Something rare might be forming."
At the Alchemy Valley:
"This level of thunder… could it be caused by some heavenly spirit plant maturing?"
At the Beast Taming Pavilion:
"Is there any high-rank beast breakthrough near the town?"
Even an old elder waking from seclusion frowned.
None of them sensed spiritual qi fluctuations.None of them sensed a cultivator breakthrough.None of them sensed a treasure.
They only saw the violent thunder anomaly in the sky.
Still procedure was procedure.
Envoys, scouts, and disciples were dispatched toward the town to investigate,though none arrived immediately.
The entire town was tense, frightened, and alert…
But not a single soul suspected the true epicentre-a small courtyard sealed under a misty formation,hiding everything inside perfectly.
Back to Lin Family
Only Lin Changsheng, standing before his son's room with grave eyes, understood that the timing was too precise to be coincidence and he also felt those weird fluctuations that are different from a normal qi cultivator breakthrough.
But because of the mist concealing formation:
No one else - not the town - not the sects - knew the true cause.