All the heavens, starting as the ruler of the universe

In Lin Yan's original universe, on the planet he personally modified, everything was quietly operating.

Clouds surged, spiritual energy spread, and magma flowed deep within.

This young planet has already developed the most primitive energy cycle, just waiting for time to ferment so that life can quietly emerge in some corner.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes opened in outer space on the planet's surface.

It wasn't a real eye, but a phantom formed from starlight—enormous and covering an entire continent.

Those eyes blinked slowly, their gaze piercing through the clouds, through the earth's crust, through everything, landing deep within the core of this planet.

As Lin Yan gazed upon his creation, a thought stirred within him, and iconic starlight surged forth from the depths of the universe, piercing the atmosphere and converging on a volcano on the planet's surface.

That place is the most spiritually rich, and it is also the origin of life on this planet.

The starlight kept rotating, condensing, and compressing.

Countless tiny points of light appeared in the void, like billions of fireflies, dancing around the crater.

They attract and merge with each other, gradually outlining the human form—bones, veins, flesh, and skin.

Finally, the light faded.

A perfect body floated silently above the crater, eyes closed, breathing steadily, as if it were simply asleep.

Lin Yan's consciousness withdrew from the depths of the universe and landed on this body, where he opened his eyes.

The heatwave from the crater hit us, the smell of sulfur stung our nostrils, and the lava beneath our feet churned with a deep rumble.

All the sensory data flooded into his mind and were analyzed one by one by this newborn body.

Lin Yan raised his hand and looked at his palm.

His skin was smooth with clear lines, and his nails had a faint sheen. He clenched his fist, feeling the power of his muscles contracting.

"With the cultivation technique, things are indeed different."

It is no longer the incarnation made of starlight, but a real human body—with meridians, dantian, and acupoints, all complete.

The eyes that had been floating in outer space dissipated, and the remaining consciousness sank into the transformed body.

The dantian felt empty, like a deep abyss waiting to be filled. The surrounding spiritual energy surged in from all directions, flowing into the dantian through the meridians, and then... dissipated.

The spiritual energy cannot be stored for very long.

"No wonder they say that the Golden Core stage is when true cultivation begins," Lin Yan muttered to himself. "The Golden Core can lock and solidify spiritual energy. Only with the Golden Core can one truly mobilize spiritual energy."

He opened the group files and found the martial arts manuals that Ao Qing had uploaded.

After flipping through book after book, including "The True Explanation of the Heavenly Pivot," "The Great Dao of the Golden Elixir," and "The Inquiry into the Nascent Soul," I finally found a detailed description of the Golden Elixir.

There are two main types of Golden Elixir Methods.

One method is the Inner Golden Elixir Method, which is also the most common.

Absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is continuously compressed in the dantian and eventually condenses into a physical golden core. This golden core is the crystallization of a cultivator's entire cultivation and the foundation for the future development of a nascent soul.

Another method is the external elixir method.

This kind of method is polarized; the powerful ones are extremely powerful, while the less powerful ones are not even as good as a Foundation Establishment stage genius cultivator.

The so-called external golden elixir is not about condensing a golden elixir yourself, but rather finding a rare and precious material, refining it into your dantian, and using it as your own golden elixir.

This rare and precious material can be anything—a spirit pearl, a piece of divine wood, a drop of true dragon blood, or even an inanimate object brimming with spiritual energy that can be found anywhere...

Furthermore, the book states that the dragon pearl of the dragon race is a type of external golden elixir, passed down from generation to generation.

There were also some ancient powerful beings who used all sorts of strange and unusual things to make golden pills—it is said that some used the core of a meteorite, some used a piece of lightning-struck wood, and some even used an unknown piece of divine iron.

However, these rare and precious materials are all inanimate objects with limited growth potential; their power depends entirely on the original characteristics of the item.

Lin Yan finished reading and seemed to be deep in thought.

The Inner Golden Elixir is too ordinary and not suitable for him.

The outer golden core... He raised his head and looked into the depths of the starry sky.

Countless stars burned in the void, countless planets rotated in their orbits, and countless meteorites drifted through the starry sky.

These things all belong to him.

"Then let's try the External Golden Elixir."

With a slight thought, Lin Yan summoned a black hole from afar. The size of the black hole kept shrinking until it hovered in front of him, becoming only the size of a pearl.

The space around the black hole was slightly distorted, trying to devour everything around it, but under Lin Yan's control, it was all in vain.

It is one of the oldest entities in this star field, having devoured numerous stars and planets, accumulating unfathomable energy.

"You're the one."

Lin Yan stuffed the black hole into his dantian, which had evolved into his body.

The next instant, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn away by something, rushing wildly towards that tiny black dot.

It doesn't store, it devours—all the spiritual energy disappears once it goes in, and can never come out again.

His dantian was completely empty, with only that black hole floating silently, like a bottomless abyss that could never be filled.

Lin Yan tried to mobilize his spiritual energy, but it was immediately shattered by the enormous spiritual energy surging into his body.

Try again.

It still didn't work.

"No." Lin Yan shook his head and took the black hole out of his dantian. "The characteristic of this thing is that it devours everything around it, even the spiritual energy it releases. It can't be used for cultivation."

He put the black hole back in its place and looked at the distant stars.

Stars are much gentler than black holes; they emit light, heat, and release energy. Imagine using a star as a golden elixir…

Lin Yan scanned the starry sky.

White dwarf? No.

His universe is too young; it hasn't had time to form those high-density celestial bodies.

Neutron stars? No, they don't either.

There are quite a few black holes, but I just tried it and it didn't work.

Finally, his gaze fell upon a young star.

It is small, only two-thirds the size of the sun, and it is burning steadily, radiating a warm light.

"You're the one."

Lin Yan reached out and gently grabbed it.

The star deviated from its original orbit and slowly drifted towards him.

The surrounding planets lost their gravitational pull and began to deviate from their orbits, but Lin Yan casually waved his hand and fixed them back in place.

The star drew closer and closer, eventually shrinking to the size of a pearl and hovering in his palm.

It was warm and cozy, radiating a soft glow.

Lin Yan placed the star into his dantian.

boom--

A massive surge of energy entered his meridians and circulated wildly throughout his body.

Inside his dantian, the tiny star was burning steadily, releasing a continuous stream of spiritual energy.

Lin Yan closed his eyes and began to circulate the energy according to the technique.

The spiritual energy flowed along the meridians, cleansing every inch of flesh, every bone, and every meridian.

The avatar's body is being transformed at a visible speed—becoming more resilient, stronger, and more perfect.

He opened his eyes after an unknown amount of time.

Inside the dantian, the star had stabilized and was burning quietly, locking in the surrounding spiritual energy and forming a perfect cycle.

Golden Core Stage.

It was a success, but this golden pill is a bit terrifying.

Lin Yan stood up and stretched his limbs. This avatar was much stronger than the previous temporary avatar; every inch of his muscles was full of power.

He searched for his target, and then vanished from the spot in an instant.

When it reappeared, it was standing on a desolate planet.

This is a lifeless planet, its surface covered with a thick layer of ice, with temperatures dropping to minus two hundred degrees Celsius, howling winds, and snow falling everywhere.

Lin Yan raised his hand and waved it gently.

A beam of light shot out from the palm and struck an iceberg in the distance.

boom!!!

The entire iceberg evaporated instantly, leaving not even a drop of water vapor, but only a huge, bottomless pit.

The surrounding ice melted under the high temperature, but was quickly refreezed by the extreme cold.

Lin Yan looked at his hands.

This was just a casual strike.

If used at full power, it would probably be no different from the force of a meteorite hitting the Earth.

He tried several more times—speed, strength, reaction, perception, each of which far surpassed that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

The golden elixir made from that star gave him a near-limitless reserve of spiritual energy.

"Next, the Nascent Soul stage."

Lin Yan sat down cross-legged again and opened the cultivation manuals in the group files.

I flipped through it once.

I flipped through it again.

Let's flip through it again.

His brow furrowed.

These techniques... none of them will work.

Ao Qing uploaded quite a few cultivation techniques, but they were all ordinary ones.

The "True Explanation of the Heavenly Pivot" is considered the best among them, but it only provides the standard path for cultivators to break through from the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul stage—continuously compressing the energy within the Golden Core until it is converted back into energy, ultimately giving birth to a "Nascent Soul" connected to the body's soul.

This process requires guidance from specific exercises.

But those cultivation techniques are all designed for ordinary Golden Core cultivators—ordinary spiritual power, ordinary meridians, and ordinary Golden Cores.

His golden core is a star, and the spiritual power within him is the nuclear fusion energy of that star. His meridians have been cleansed by this energy to a level far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Those techniques simply cannot activate it.

"I have to create one myself."

Lin Yan closed his eyes and focused his consciousness into his dantian.

The star burned silently, releasing immense energy. He could feel this energy gradually transforming his avatar, making it even more powerful.

But not enough.

The evolution from Golden Core to Nascent Soul represents the evolution of the essence of life.

The golden core of an ordinary cultivator gives birth to a small "navel"—an energy body connected to the soul of the original body, which can travel outside the body and can cast more powerful spells.

But his golden elixir is a star.

What should the nascent soul born from the stars be?

Lin Yan pondered for a long time.

Then he opened his eyes, a flash of understanding crossing them.

"Since my Golden Core is a star, then my Nascent Soul should be..."

He raised his hand, and the star in his dantian suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

He was using his own energy to forcibly transform this Star Golden Core.

It is not gestation, but transformation.

Let this star transform from an "energy source" into a "living entity".

This process lasted for an unknown period of time.

It might be a day, it might be a year, it might just be a moment.

Finally, the light faded.

Lin Yan opened his eyes.

His eyes had changed—the normal pupils had disappeared, replaced by two blazing lights, like two miniature stars burning in their sockets.

He raised his hand and looked at his palm.

Beneath his skin, a faint, flowing light could be seen. It was the light of nuclear fusion, the high-temperature energy found only inside a star. Now, it flowed through his veins.

"Nascent Soul Stage"

Lin Yan murmured to himself.

Instead of developing a traditional Nascent Soul, he referenced Ao Qing's dragon system and transformed himself into another kind of being.

This avatar is no longer made of flesh and blood, but of pure energy—a humanoid star.

He stood up and walked to a piece of ice rock.

Reach out and touch it gently.

The ice and rock evaporated instantly, leaving not even a drop of water. The temperature within a few meters rose sharply, the ice melted, the rocks turned red, and the air was filled with a scorching heat.

Lin Yan withdrew his hand.

He knew what this meant.

This incarnation now possesses the ability to emit nuclear radiation.

Ordinary cultivators would die upon contact with it, unable to even get close to its body; the continuous high temperature and radiation were the best defense.

The next second, the energy receded and retreated back into the body, and the light in the eyes gradually disappeared, returning the pupils to normal.

But Lin Yan knew that he could make them reappear at any time if he wanted to.

"not bad."

He opened the chat group and sent a message: "Ao Qing, do you have any more advanced cultivation techniques?"

"Brother Lin, you've broken through to the Nascent Soul stage???" Ao Qing had been online the whole time.

"I've broken through," Lin Yan replied.

"Brother Lin's speed..." You Lingfeng was speechless. How long had he cultivated martial arts to reach this level? Lin Yan had already reached the Nascent Soul stage in less than a day after obtaining the cultivation technique.

Moreover, it's very likely that this Nascent Soul stage cultivation level was just something Lin Yan was playing around with.

Zhang Jingyuan silently typed "Awesome".

Kara, as always, gave six dots.

"I don't have any cultivation techniques above the Nascent Soul stage at the moment," Ao Qing replied.

"However, there are still some secluded cave dwellings in this world, hidden in places that are not easy to find. Those cave dwellings have been passed down from ancient times, and there should be quite a few advanced cultivation techniques inside."

"Can you find it?"

Ao Qing sent a scratching head emoji: "I'll give it a try. Those caves are hidden too deep; I don't even know where they are. It'll take time to find them."

"No rush," Lin Yan said. "Let me know when you find it."

"No problem! Leave it to me!"

Lin Yan then asked, "How's things going with Liu Ming?"

"He just extinguished Jupiter yesterday, so it should be safe now." You Lingfeng seemed to always have time to chat in the group.

"Don't even mention it. I just sent Han Ziang and the others back, and the people from the United Government came to my door and imprisoned me." Liu Ming had just logged on when he saw people in the group discussing him.

Ao Qing was the first to jump out: "Imprisonment? What's going on?"

"It's because I acted too aggressively before." Liu Ming sent a helpless emoji. "When I was rescuing people, I carried the sedan chair and ran faster than the car. And that gun... The people from the United Government aren't stupid. They detained me directly."

You Lingfeng asked, "How are you now? Is there any danger?"

"There's no danger," Liu Ming replied. "I'm a hero who saved the world, so they didn't dare go too far. They just drew a few vials of blood, did a few days of tests, and then locked me in a separate room—they called it protective isolation."

Zhang Jingyuan silently typed, "More precious than a giant panda?"

"Pretty much," Liu Ming said with a wry smile. "The treatment is much better than before. Someone brings me food every day, and I even have a secretary. It's just that I can't get out of the house; it's like being in prison."

Peter Parker suddenly appeared: "So what are you going to do now?"

"I don't know. They said they need to look into it further." Liu Ming paused, "However, the Chinese representative of the coalition government strongly assured me that they would guarantee my safety, so I don't think they'll do anything to me."

Ao Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Brother, you saved 3.5 billion people, who would dare to touch you?"

"Be careful. Your blood sample... they might use it for research."

Liu Ming was silent for a few seconds: "I know, I won't be in any danger, don't worry."