I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

The entrance to the cave was sealed by a layer of pale gold soundproof barrier, with spiritual mist swirling around its edges, completely concealing any fluctuations in spiritual energy within. Several luminous pearls were embedded in the cave walls, emitting a warm white light that cast the shadows of the three figures on the stone walls, making them appear longer and shorter.

Ye Shuanghua sat cross-legged in the center of the cave, untying the sash of her silver-white outfit. Her movements were more agile than before, as if she had become accustomed to the tacit cooperation between her and Li Hanshan. She glanced at Yin Lingyue sitting opposite her, her gaze still holding a hint of scrutiny, but less sharp than before.

Li Hanshan sat down opposite her, his pure Yang energy slowly circulating through his meridians for a full cycle, adjusting his state to its peak. He didn't rush to begin, but first glanced at Xiao An, who was standing at the edge of the cave. Xiao An understood, and the faint blue light on the surface of her soul body brightened slightly, an invisible soul power barrier slowly unfolding inside the cave, enveloping the three of them.

"Let's begin," Li Hanshan said.

Ye Shuanghua approached first, her Heavenly Spiritual Root's spiritual power igniting like a silver-white flame, merging with the pure Yang energy at their point of contact to form a stable cycle. Her spiritual power was pure and sharp, each cycle refining the fine, not-yet-completely-smooth edges of Li Hanshan's meridians, like polishing jade with fine sandpaper, further improving the smoothness of his spiritual power flow. She could feel the threshold to the Nascent Soul stage in Li Hanshan's dantian becoming thinner and thinner under this continuous refinement, like cracks spreading outwards from the center of an ice sheet being repeatedly struck.

"Your spiritual energy accumulation is indeed sufficient." Ye Shuanghua said with her eyes closed, her voice carrying the low-frequency resonance of spiritual energy circulation. "The threshold is already so thin; all that's missing is the force of that final impact."

Yin Lingyue's voice came from the other side, hoarse and tinged with impatience: "Stop talking. If he wants to break through, your Heavenly Spiritual Source alone isn't enough. The Profound Yin True Breath is the most crucial catalyst." As she spoke, she moved closer, her dark purple eyes shimmering in the glow of the night-shining pearl. The Profound Yin True Breath surged into Li Hanshan's meridians along the point where the two met, colliding and merging with the Pure Yang Qi deep within his dantian, creating an unprecedentedly pure energy fluctuation.

Xiao An approached from the side, the pale blue light on the surface of her soul gently tapping at the edge of Li Hanshan's sea of ​​consciousness. Without physical contact, she used a dual cultivation method of spirit and soul to infuse her soul power into the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, further nurturing the edge of his Chongyang primordial embryo. Under the influence of this soul power, the golden patterns on the surface of the embryo became fuller, radiating a warm and profound light.

Four forces converged, circulated, and refined within the same body. Li Hanshan's meridians were undergoing a spiritual energy surge far exceeding that of ordinary people, the light of his divine infant grew brighter and brighter, and the foundation of his peak Nascent Soul stage was compressed to its limit in each cycle.

After an unknown amount of time, at a moment he couldn't quite perceive, a faint cracking sound came from deep within his dantian. The invisible barrier between the Nascent Soul and the Divine Transformation stage finally cracked its first fissure under the continuous impact. Without pausing, he thrust the wisp of divine sense that had reached the edge of the crack forward with a mighty force, like piercing a red-hot iron rod into the thinnest part of ice. The crack widened abruptly, and spiderweb-like patterns rapidly spread along the surface of the barrier in all directions, before shattering completely with a muffled roar.

The spiritual power of a peak Nascent Soul cultivator surged into the crack like a flood bursting its banks. However, the expected surge of spiritual power upon breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage did not immediately appear—on the contrary, the light on the surface of the Divine Infant flickered violently for a moment, then began to collapse inward, as if grasped by an invisible hand, attempting to crush and reshape it. Li Hanshan sensed that the Chongyang Yuan Embryo in his sea of ​​consciousness was trembling violently. The golden patterns on its surface, which had been repeatedly tempered, moved and extended like living things, transforming into countless fine golden threads that spread downward from the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, along the meridians to the dantian, layer by layer enveloping the collapsing Divine Infant.

The primordial embryo and the divine infant collided in the center of the dantian. Like two stars colliding in the void, there was no deafening roar, only a silent burst of light exploding deep within the dantian, illuminating the entire meridian system. A golden halo slowly spread within the dantian, and the fragments of the divine infant that had been enveloped were reshaped, melted, and condensed by the primordial embryo, transforming into a golden figure about an inch tall, seated cross-legged in the center of the dantian. Its face was identical to Li Hanshan's, its eyes possessing a refined clarity. A Pure Yang Primordial Spirit. Not an ordinary Nascent Soul Primordial Spirit, but a Pure Yang Primordial Spirit forged from the Double Yang Primordial Embryo as its embryo and the fragments of the primordial infant as its skeleton. The soul power and spiritual power contained within it had completely merged into one, inseparable.

The moment the golden figure opened its eyes, a warm yet vast pressure spread from the depths of its dantian throughout its body. This pressure was different from the primordial spirit power of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators—it was purer, more transparent, and contained no impurities, like refined gold that had been repeatedly tempered millions of times. Its mere existence caused the surrounding air to tremble slightly.

When Li Hanshan opened his eyes, the light from the luminous pearl in the cave became exceptionally clear in his vision. He could sense the flow of every wisp of spiritual energy within a thousand miles, and even the subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy released by the tiny moss plants in the crevices of the cave walls could not escape his divine sense. He looked down at his hands, a layer of pale golden light flowing around his fingertips. The pure yang energy within his body had undergone a qualitative change—it was no longer the relatively pure spiritual power of the Nascent Soul stage, but the spiritual power of the Divine Transformation stage after being tempered by the Primordial Embryo, each strand containing the unique texture of the fusion of divine soul and spiritual power.

He stood up, and pure Yang fire condensed into a ball of purplish-gold flame in his palm. The temperature was far higher than that of the Nascent Soul stage, and it burned with a steady and restrained power. He casually conjured a fireball and dodged outside. The fireball exploded on a high mountain, and in the deafening explosion, it blasted the upper half of the mountain into countless fragments.

"First level of Nascent Soul." Li Hanshan withdrew his hand, sensing the total amount of spiritual power contained in the primordial spirit in his dantian. "But the quality of the pure Yang primordial spirit far exceeds that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. If I were to encounter a third level Nascent Soul cultivator now, Li Hanshan could completely crush them. He wouldn't be at a disadvantage against a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and he could even put up a fight against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

Ye Shuanghua stood at the edge of the cave, her silver-white outfit already fastened again. Her gaze fell on the golden aura around him that hadn't completely subsided. A faint smile appeared on her lips, her voice clear yet carrying an undisguised approval: "To be able to condense the nascent soul at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and then directly transform it into a pure Yang soul upon breakthrough—you probably can't find another person with your talent in the entire Central Continent."

Yin Lingyue leaned against the stone wall, her dark purple eyes looking at him with a sense of helplessness that had been repeatedly crushed, and a hint of gentleness that she herself might not even be aware of.

Originally, she was determined to break free from Li Hanshan's control, but now, seeing Li Hanshan's strength growing stronger, Yin Lingyue felt deep down that things were fine as they were.