In a perfect world, you start by relying on your own strength.

"It seems we need to gather more resources in the future. In the end, we still have too little to offer."

Shi Geng shook his head helplessly. The benefits brought by the formation of the inner world are rare in the world. The physical body and soul are nourished by the source of creation at all times, with unlimited potential, but the corresponding expenses are equally terrifying.

This time, opening up his inner world had already emptied him of all the spiritual herbs and divine materials he had accumulated over the years, leaving him penniless.

Relying on the inner world to naturally multiply and progress is too slow. If you want to quickly expand the inner world, you can only go out and seek various opportunities.

Thinking of this, Shi Geng slowly withdrew his mind and stepped out of his inner world.

In an instant, his bones and muscles resonated with a series of subtle vibrations, like spring thunder exploding within his body. His skin, flesh, and meridians were cleansed by the primordial power overflowing from within the inner world, and his Daoist aura rose. He was like a god who had been asleep for countless ages, suddenly awakened.

"Gengwa, how was it? Did the breakthrough go smoothly? Did anything go wrong?"

Clan Chief Shi Yunfeng had heavy dark circles under his eyes and stared at Shi Gen with a tense expression. He had been unable to sleep for the past few days, staying by Shi Gen's side without leaving him for a moment, afraid that something might happen to him.

Seeing this, Shi Geng felt a warmth in his heart and quickly got up and stepped forward, saying, "Grandpa Clan Chief, I'm fine. Everything went smoothly. You should go back and rest first."

"It's good that you're alright. Let's gather the clansmen tonight and have a proper celebration."

Shi Yunfeng breathed a long sigh of relief, the huge weight on his heart finally lifted. When Shi Geng broke through, the strange phenomenon shook the heavens and earth. He lay on the ground covered in blood, and everyone in the village was worried about him and secretly prayed for him.

Now that we have achieved a successful breakthrough, we should naturally have a grand celebration to dispel the worries that have plagued the village for days.

Shi Geng nodded and replied, "I'm sorry to have worried everyone during this time. I'll go into the mountains now to hunt a few ferocious beasts for tonight's feast."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Geng leaped into the air, his blood and energy surging and churning. His figure transformed into a dazzling stream of light, cutting through the forest and instantly disappearing from the territory of Shi Village into the depths of the vast mountains and forests.

Shi Yunfeng was taken aback when he saw this, then shook his head helplessly, but his eyes were full of relief.

The vast wilderness stretched endlessly, a dazzling streak of light pierced the sky, and Shi Geng stood on the air, looking down at the layered mountains below.

Thanks to the opening of his inner world, he also gained the ability to freely soar through the sky, covering a hundred miles in an instant, with the gale whistling past him and the mountains and ravines rushing backward.

The high-altitude airflow was torn apart by the strong wind, forming a stream of light that cut through the clouds. Shi Geng gathered the surging power of heaven and earth around him, and his high-speed figure suddenly stopped, hovering in the sky tens of thousands of feet high. The sound of the air being torn apart by the clouds slowly dissipated.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on the enormous creature on the ground.

On the ground, a giant golden lion stood upright and strode forward. Its majestic body, a full twenty meters tall, resembled a moving golden mountain. Its mane was thick and fluffy, with golden light flowing down every hair. Layers of rosy light surrounded its body, and every undulation of its fur rippled with a burst of fine golden radiance.

A spiral horn stood out between the golden lion's eyebrows, with pale blue lightning winding along it. Crackling lightning constantly exploded, scorching the surrounding vegetation with the overflowing power of the lightning.

The golden lion seemed to sense the gaze peering from above, stopped in its tracks, and suddenly raised its massive lion head, its scarlet vertical pupils locking onto the stone hanging in the air.

A deep lion's roar exploded from its mouth, the sound waves carrying the power of lightning and reverberating in all directions, instantly scorching a large area of ​​the ground.

Its golden-red mane stood on end, and the lightning on its horns suddenly surged, with arcs of lightning as thick as a forearm darting through the air, ready to kill the human who had trespassed into its territory at any moment.

Shi Geng calmly surveyed the ferocious golden lion on the ground: "Thunder-patterned golden lion, born to control lightning, you are the one."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Geng plummeted to the ground like a meteor. His clothes were billowing wildly in the high-speed airflow, and the vast essence of heaven and earth within his body overflowed outwards along the meridians of his limbs, leaving a faint trail of blue light in mid-air.

This is an ancient remnant species at the Cave Heaven Realm, extremely powerful, perfect for testing its strength.

The twenty-meter-tall golden lion with lightning patterns was furious upon seeing this. Lightning burst forth from its brow and horns, and countless fine lightning threads gathered into several bolts of lightning as thick as bowls, tearing through the air and striking down at the swooping Shi Heng.

The lightning arrived in front of him in an instant. Shi Geng, who was in mid-air, neither dodged nor avoided it. He raised one palm forward and the power of heaven and earth drawn from his inner world transformed into an invisible wall of energy. The crackling lightning struck the barrier and dissipated, with tiny sparks flying everywhere. In contrast, the wall of energy did not even cause a ripple.

Using the momentum of his descent, he suddenly changed his posture and landed directly in front of the giant lion. Falling from a height of thousands of feet, his feet landed without raising a single speck of dust, demonstrating the extent of Shi Geng's subtle control over his power.

Upon seeing this, the golden lion with thunder patterns shrank its pupils and then let out a roar that shook the mountains and fields, causing rocks to crumble and fall from the continuous mountain range.

As the earth-shattering lion's roar resounded, the golden light on the horn between the eyebrows of the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion suddenly surged, and a massive amount of lightning was compressed and condensed at the tip of the horn, transforming into a dazzling bolt of lightning that pierced through the air and hurtled towards Shi Gen.

Wherever the lightning passed, it left deep, charred marks, and the rock walls that blocked its path crumbled upon contact with it.

Shi Geng's face remained expressionless as he allowed the thick lightning bolts to engulf him. With a deafening roar, the powerful lightning bolts slammed into him, and violent lightning scattered in all directions, with scorching heat waves whipping up dust that filled the air.

"Did you succeed?"

A hint of disdain flashed in the eyes of the Thunder-Patterned Golden Lion. He thought this person was so powerful, but he didn't expect him to be such a fool. Even ancient species that were also at the Cave Heaven Realm didn't dare to withstand its attack head-on. How dare a mere human take this charged attack without making any defense? He was simply courting death.

However, a childish voice suddenly came from inside, startling it.

"Not bad, the massage feels great."

Shi Geng casually tore off his charred clothes, revealing his glowing body. As the dust settled, Shi Geng appeared completely unharmed, without even moving an inch. His skin, instead of being touched by lightning, glowed with a slightly luminous sheen.

"How is that possible!"

The crimson eyes of the golden lion, the size of a bronze bell, suddenly widened, filled with disbelief and astonishment, and its fluffy golden mane trembled involuntarily.

In its perception, humans were physically weak and could be torn to shreds with a single slap. Yet this person had withstood its thunderous blow with just his bare body, without even a scratch. This completely overturned its preconceived notions about humans.

The remaining electric sparks on its horns crackled and flickered erratically. The golden lion with thunder patterns instinctively moved its heavy feet backward, its massive twenty-meter-tall body causing the earth to rumble and sink.