Chapter 273

Lin Yuan stood in the exact center of the crater, the ambient heat of the eradicated Heavenly Fire still radiating from the scorched earth beneath his boots. He slowly raised his arms, extending them outward as if testing the fundamental tensile strength of the universe itself.

As he stretched, a profound, resonant hum vibrated through the air, emanating not from the atmosphere, but from the very core of his newly forged physical body. Within his chest, the Vermilion Bird of the Heart Secret Realm beat with the rhythmic, explosive power of a dying sun.

The Azure Dragon coiled within his liver, pumping boundless, inexhaustible life origin through meridians forged from pure starlight. The Qilin within his spleen reinforced every microscopic cell with impenetrable armor, while the White Tiger in his lungs drew breath that could shatter steel. And anchoring it all, the Black Tortoise within his kidneys rotated the absolute Origin of Water, completing the eternal cycle.