I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Noon.

Sunlight poured down from the highest point without reservation, turning Shattered Star Lake into a golden hue.

The water shimmered so brightly that it was almost impossible to open one's eyes.

The lake surface was like a mirror, reflecting the clear blue sky and the figure standing in mid-air above the center of the lake.

This is the time of day when Yang energy is at its peak, and also the time when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is most active and the spiritual veins are most likely to "awaken".

Qin Yulin hovered above the center of the lake, her long hair tied up high with a simple wooden hairpin, revealing her smooth forehead.

Her former carefree and childlike nature had completely subsided, replaced by a focusedness that seemed completely out of place with her petite frame.

Beside her, seven fist-sized clusters of spiritual light floated silently, like stars surrounding the moon.

Each orb of light contains a rare spiritual object that is about to be put into use.

The third-order earth marrow crystal, with its earthy yellow halo flowing around it, exudes a profound aura from the depths of the earth;

The millennium-old warm jade marrow is as smooth and lustrous as mutton fat, and faintly exudes the misty aura of warm jade.

The Spirit-Gathering Tortoise Shell has naturally formed spirit-gathering patterns on its ancient shell plates.

And four top-grade spirit cores with different attributes, in blue, red, white and black, which are distributed to guard the four directions.

These are the "firewood" needed to ignite the Rising Dragon Formation.

Qin Yulin tilted his head slightly and cast a glance toward the shore.

Lin Che stood at the front of the crowd with his hands behind his back, met her gaze, and nodded slightly.

The dragon raising ceremony has officially begun.

On the shore, Lin Xuanqing stood at the front, his gaze fixed on the figure in the sky above the center of the lake.

Every gesture, every spiritual pattern drawn in the air, every subtle point of spiritual energy flow was taken in by her and engraved in her mind.

At the same time, she rapidly deduced the possible functions and effects of those spirit runes in her mind.

Some of them vaguely matched the records she had seen in ancient books before, while others were completely beyond her comprehension. But without exception, they all stirred her heart.

So this is how high-level array masters set up their formations.

In mid-air, Qin Yulin took a deep breath.

She raised her right arm, palm open, revealing the battle flag that Lin Che had personally given her.

The flagpole, smooth as jade, and the flag, embroidered with intricate cloud patterns, were trembling slightly, as if sensing something.

The next instant, she lowered her wrist and pointed the array flag downwards.

"Buzz—!"

A deep hum came from deep underground.

It was not an ordinary tremor, but a buzzing sound that seemed to come from ancient times and had been asleep for countless years.

The sound pierced through the rock strata, through the lake water, through the ground beneath everyone's feet, and struck straight into their hearts.

Fine ripples began to spread across the lake's surface.

Circle after circle, and circle after circle—spreading outward from the center of the lake, growing larger and faster.

Immediately afterwards, streaks of pale golden light shone up from the bottom of the lake.

They pierced through the azure waves, through the shattered gold on the water's surface, and beneath the water's surface, they outlined an immense and extremely complex array.

The array radiated outwards from the center of the lake, with countless fine lines extending outwards, almost covering most of the bottom of Shattered Star Lake.

Rising Dragon Formation.

It is an existence that was originally set up by Lin Che himself and advanced through the power of the system.

At this moment, it is being awakened.

Qin Yulin made a hand seal with his left hand, and with his right hand, his fingers were like a knife, slashing down from the air.

"Earthstone Crystal, fall!"

The seal shattered instantly.

The fist-sized crystal, shimmering with an earthy yellow aura, fell from the cluster of spiritual light, tracing a straight path and landing precisely at a certain array eye in the center of the lake.

"Thump—"

The lake rippled slightly before returning to calm.

But beneath that calm, everyone could sense that something had been ignited.

Qin Yulin did not pause and swung his right hand down again.

"Millennial warm jadeite, has emerged!"

The second spiritual object fell into another key point of the formation.

This time, the lake's reaction was far more intense than before.

Countless bubbles rose from the bottom of the lake, bubbling and churning, as if some enormous creature was turning over and stretching its limbs underwater.

The lake water began to warm up, and a light mist rose from the surface, refracting a rainbow of colors in the sunlight.

Lin Che's gaze narrowed slightly.

He could feel the ground beneath his feet trembling.

The tremors grew clearer and stronger, like the pulse of a dragon, striking the earth's crust again and again.

That was a sign that the spiritual veins were awakening, expanding, and transforming towards a higher level.

"The third spiritual artifact—the Spirit-Gathering Tortoise Shell—descends!"

The third spiritual object fell into the center of the formation.

In an instant, the world changed color.

An invisible wind suddenly arose in the previously calm air.

That was no ordinary wind; it was the stirring, gathering, and surging of spiritual energy!

It came from all directions, from the mountains and forests, from the wilderness, from the distant Fulong Mountains, from every inch of land within a hundred miles—all converging towards Shattered Star Lake!

The willow branches on the bank finally moved, swaying wildly, almost bending under the invisible pressure of the wind.

On the lake, the sunlight, like scattered gold, was shattered into countless points of light, rising and falling with the increasingly turbulent waves, breaking into thousands of streams of light.

The spirit fish living in the water began to panic and dart around in all directions, their silvery-white figures leaving rapid trails underwater.

The alligator snapping turtles poked their heads out, and their usually lazy faces now showed human-like surprise and bewilderment.

Everyone around Shattered Star Lake noticed this scene.

The Lin family's retainers put down their tasks, left their respective courtyards, and looked towards the direction of Shattered Star Lake.

"What's going on? Why is the ground shaking!"

"The spiritual energy is disordered! Look, it's the spiritual veins! The spiritual veins are changing!"

"It's the patriarch! It must be the patriarch upgrading the spiritual vein!"

Not just within the Lin family's territory.

Small families, independent cultivators, and passing caravans within a hundred miles all felt the tremor from the depths of the earth and the restlessness of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"What...what happened?"

"Could it be that monsters are about to attack the city?"

"No! Look over there—towards Shattered Star Lake!"

Everyone's eyes turned to that direction.

There, the air is filled with spiritual energy, and the glow of the sunset rises.

Visibly, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was converging on that lake in an almost frenzied manner.

The scene resembled an invisible dragon bowing its head to drink water, absorbing all the spiritual energy within a hundred miles.

The knowledgeable cultivators immediately understood.

"It's a spiritual vein upgrade! The Lin family is undergoing a spiritual vein upgrade!"

"My God, Master Lin... this is truly a grand gesture!"

"The Lin family is about to rise to prominence as soon as they enter the Golden Core stage and begin upgrading their spiritual veins!"

"Hehe, maybe the Chen family even played a part in this!"

Discussions rose and fell, some expressing envy, some jealousy, some amazement, and others a complex mix of emotions about the Lin family's growing prosperity.