The process was brutally efficient. The colossal, destructive power of the combined Tribulation, instead of being resisted, was devoured and refined. The final, searing bolt of multi-hued light slammed into Lin Yi, and then, as suddenly as they had gathered, the bruised-purple clouds above him vanished. The oppressive silence that followed was absolute, a profound stillness that settled over the Sky Flame Mountain Range.
Lin Yi slowly opened his blazing red pupils, a cold, immeasurable strength radiating from their depths. He didn't just feel stronger; he felt fundamentally transformed. His internal vision confirmed the monumental shift: he had successfully weathered the Tribulation and shattered two bottlenecks simultaneously.
Nirvana, Third Turn, Achieved.
Heavenly Symbol Master Realm, Third Turn, Achieved.
His Nirvana Golden Body was now an entity of terrifying, hardened perfection, every cell brimming with dense, purified Nirvana Qi. Simultaneously, the boundless, star-filled landscape of his soul space had expanded dramatically, the eight Ancestral Symbol Worlds growing larger and more stable, now capable of containing an unimaginable level of spiritual energy.
He drew a slow, satisfied breath, the movement of his lungs now requiring a subtle, controlled effort due to the sheer density of his internal power. With his condition checked and secured, his consciousness moved to the new returns he had acquired.
[Target Character, Lin Dong, has successfully acquired thirty six low grade puppets and one medium grade puppet.]
[10,00,000x achievement return Initiated.]
[You have gained thirty six Heavenly Grade Puppet Servants and one Supreme Grade Puppet Servant.]
A faint, cold smile curved his lips beneath the mask. The puppets, silently appearing into his storage space, were a welcome, immense asset. The Heavenly Grade Puppets each possessed power equivalent to a Nirvana Expert, capable of serving as devastating shock troops. The single Supreme Grade Puppet was the true treasure, its potential power capable of rivaling a master of the Life Stage or even the Death Stage.
He accessed their operating requirements, and his smile instantly vanished, replaced by a thoughtful, frigid frown. The puppets were a double-edged sword. Their power was directly proportional to the resources used. To activate a Heavenly Grade Puppet at the minimum First Turn Nirvana strength required a base of one hundred Nirvana Pills. To escalate its attack to the Second Turn required two thousand Nirvana Pills, and the terrifying jump to the Third Turn demanded four thousand Nirvana Pills. The resource consumption was astronomical, and the Supreme Grade Puppet's needs were measured in life and death grade elixirs, a realm of wealth he could not yet fathom.
'A magnificent weapon, but utterly useless without ammunition,' he mused internally, the cold truth settling in his mind. He had just consumed every pill, every last drop of refined Nirvana Qi from the union with Ling Qingzhu, and the colossal Tribulation energy to achieve his Third Turn breakthrough. His qiankun bag was currently empty of high-grade spiritual currency. He possessed not a single Nirvana Pill, let alone the Xuan Yuan Pills or the legendary Death Grade elixirs.
His red pupils narrowed in calculation. His gaze fell upon the only limitless source of energy he possessed: the Primordial Chaos Talisman at the core of his Dantian, which was now spinning with a steady, serene light after having absorbed the Tribulation. A spark of cold brilliance ignited in his mind. The energy of the Chaos Talisman was the most primordial essence in the universe, surpassing all categories of Yuan Power.
'If the puppets require refined Yuan Power to function, why not the primordial energy, the source of countless energies? Although primordial chaos energy has chaotic attributes… it would work with puppets.'
The idea was a supreme gamble, but the potential rewards were limitless. He immediately decided to test it. The thought was the action. He would use the power of the Chaos Talisman to fuel the Heavenly and Supreme Grade Puppet.
He acted on the thought instantly. With a faint surge of spiritual energy, Lin Yi waved his hand, and the void before him shimmered and tore. With a cold, silent sound, thirty seven figures materialized on the sheer cliff face, standing in a perfect, rigid formation. Thirty Six were identical: stark, white jade puppets, their limbs articulated with thin, crimson, flowing lines. The last one, standing at the center, was a complex fusion... a figure marbled with swirling black and pristine white, an artifact radiating a terrifying, restrained aura.
Lin Yi's pupils, cold and analytic, fixed on the array of soulless puppet servants. They were mechanical perfection, devoid of emotion, awaiting command. He extended his right hand toward the nearest Heavenly Grade Puppet. Focusing his consciousness, he directed a minuscule thread of the Primordial Chaos Talisman's energy.
An invisible, faintly grayish extremely heavy energy, ejected from his palm and, in an instant, covered the surface of the white puppet. The chaotic energy, the essence of all creation, merged into the puppet's core slowly.
The next moment, Lin Yi's expression changed as he felt a crisis looking at the puppet in front of him. A sharp, cracking sound, like glass shattering under immense pressure, erupted from the puppet. A spiderweb of fracturing lines spread across the white jade surface of the entire servant.
'Oops, I have released too much of this energy,' he thought, a flicker of genuine shock crossing his mind. He had drastically underestimated the terrifying potency of the Primordial Chaos energy, mistakenly assuming that the high-grade materials of the Nirvana-grade Heavenly Puppet could handle even a minuscule drop of this primordial force.
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