Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
The slippery round pill instantly entered his stomach once it went into his mouth. Waves of warmth flowed out, circulating through his body. Feng Lin felt as though he was bathing in lava; the fiery might of the pill was refining his body, cleansing it of impurities.
It was completely different from genetic potions that used large amounts of energy to provide nutrients.
The pill rotated like it was a fixed star in the universe. It radiated boundless light and heat, causing the cells in Feng Lin’s body to form a resonance with it.
Bathump, bathump…
The pill pounded like a heart, causing the entirety of his energy to circulate in his body.
Alchemy was an art of creation.
Although this marrow-cleansing pill wasn’t alive, it already possessed a sliver of life essence and could give rise to miraculous effects.
It was so hot that it felt like there was a sun in his body.
Feng Lin’s stomach was like a giant furnace that tried to digest the energy. Waves of heat flowed into his body, gradually forming into lakes, into rivers, into seas that submerged him completely.
Each of his cells was pulsing; his blood was replenished. This flood of energy flowed into him endlessly as though it was from the undying springs.
Feng Lin’s expressions contorted in pain. He felt like the interior of his body was being burned to ashes.
The intense heat brought a huge rush of impact from inside to outside.
It had been a very long time since he had felt this sensation. The last time was when he had become an interstellar cultivator
This was a sign that his body had no way to endure this quantity of energy within such a short period of time. If he didn’t refine the energy quickly, his body might really explode…
The pain was like the tides, coming wave after wave and increasing in intensity.
The veins on Feng Lin’s forehead throbbed. His mental and physical endurance was under great pressure, and his consciousness was starting to blur.
Even with his toughened stone monkey body, he still felt like he wouldn’t be able to bear it. Feng Lin totally didn’t expect something like this.
The medical effect wasn’t good. It was too freaking good!
He couldn’t afford to have any distracting thoughts. He calmed himself and embraced the pain, giving it his all to digest the medicinal effect.
The pill continued rotating in his body, causing its medicinal potency to seep out bit by bit. The flow of energy was like water and the warmth was like fire.
Feng Lin felt like a thousand-year-old stone being roasted by fire. It refined him from within.
Fire…heat…burn…
His sweat rolled down, drenching his clothes completely and was evaporated by the heat within him.
Pain, ache, a feeling of connection…
The flow of warmth pressured his meridians and energy channels. He felt piercing pain like they were on the verge of an explosion. All the shackles and limits were now broken through as every energy channel in him was connected.
Feng Lin gritted his teeth to stop himself from crying out. His blood, flesh, organs, and bones—everything was pulverized.
But his bone marrow created new cells unceasingly, replacing the old. His body underwent a reconstruction, becoming even more perfect.
There’s no creation without destruction.
Creation comes after destruction.
Feng Lin gradually understood the meaning of ‘swallowing a golden pill, my life depends on me and not on fate!’.
This was a true life transformation.
The more painful it was, the greater was the degree of transformation.
The more it was so, the more he had to endure.
Once he relaxed, everything would be for naught, and the vast majority of the medicinal potency would be wasted, unable to reach the perfect result.
The medicine was excellent but it wasn’t something one could eat indiscriminately.
The prerequisite was that their bodies had to be strong enough to withstand the effect.
Breathe in, breathe out…
Feng Lin’s chest heaved up and down. He let out hot breaths that rapidly turned into white fog upon leaving his body.
The strength of the pill seeped into his body in every possible way.
Organs, cells, cell nuclei…layer after layer. From macroscopic to microscopic, all the way into his genes.
Feng Lin faintly sensed a wondrous scene.
In the microscopic world of darkness that was as vast as the universe, numerous curvy lines that resembled snakes and dragons entwined with each other, forming double helixes. The double helixes rotated around, emitting a faint luster that shimmered like stars in the sky.
The originally dark genes suddenly lit up and began to radiate light, brightening the entire starry space.
The stimulated genes continued to divide and control different combinations of nutrients, cell reproduction, organ hyperplasia, etc. His human body was constantly remodeled, carrying out a transformation to the essence of life.
Crack~
His joints produced a creaking sound; his inner organs thrummed, generating a rumbling thunder-like noise.
His entire body was now transformed.
Genetic potential +4.8, +4.8, +4.8…
His genetic potential explosively surged with unprecedented speed, very soon reaching 228.6.
Add points!
He added points to the Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene and the Beast King Gene.
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Name: Feng Lin
Vitality stat: 902
Transcendent Genes: Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene x8; Beast King Gene x3
Primeval Genes: ………
Basic Genes: ………
Genetic potential: 28.6
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Chi!
Feng Lin stood up, lightning flashed within his eyes. His body was different from the past, and the jade-like luster now radiated from him instead of merely coating him. There was no energy leakage from his body; he was like a perfect ivory stone.
Just by casually standing there, Feng Lin exuded an immensely threatening aura.
His vitality stat had broken past the 900 points, soon to reach the 1,000 mark which was the limit of elite cultivators.
BOOM!
Feng Lin moved and punched out. The air before him exploded as a powerful force swept out.
One of his hands took the shape of a claw as he flipped it. A formless volume of air gathered in his palm like a miniature hurricane.
This wasn’t an effect from the Heart Monkey Force but was a phenomenon that could happen due to the strength in his body being refined to an extreme.
As expected of alchemy, its effects were truly extraordinary.
Feng Lin nodded. Although it had been over 3,000 years since humanity started to walk the path of cultivation again, the secrets of ancient civilizations were still far beyond the imagination of humanity.
Just a single pill actually contained boundless profound secrets.
Feng Lin knew that his path ahead was still long and no matter how quickly he progressed, it was still too slow.
Although it was important to increase his vitality stat, there was still a long way before his Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene would evolve.
After counting the time, eight days had passed since he practiced alchemy, succeeding in creating a pill, consuming it, and allowing his body to transform.
In any case, the remaining amount of time wasn’t sufficient to allow him to break through to the grand cultivator realm.
The difficulty of the second exam was way higher than the first. After all, their competitors were all elites who had passed the first exam. Their combat prowess must be extraordinary.
If one didn’t have a grand cultivator’s combat strength, things would be exceedingly dangerous.
From this point of view, the pressure his team would be facing was going to be immense.
But reality was reality. He couldn’t solve things by worrying about them.
It was useless to think too much.
Feng Lin continued to use the furnace to concoct new marrow-cleansing pills.
After succeeding once, he wanted to try again.
In the blink of an eye, five days passed.
From one pill per furnace to two pills to three pills. Feng Lin’s attainments in alchemy slowly improved. He was about to obtain five marrow-cleansing pills in one round of refinement.
However, the effect on one’s body would weaken upon continuous consumption. The effect of consuming a pill for the first time was the greatest.
After he had consumed the third pill, the growth rate of his genetic potential was no longer so quick. He obtained another two transcendent genetic points and decided to max out the Spiritual Stone Monkey Gene, causing his vitality stat to shoot to 962.
But even before he could sense the change to his body, a voice rang out in his ear.
“Exam candidate Feng Lin. Please come to the Block ‘A’, #802 training ground of the Star Battleground. The examiner needs to examine and verify your information to prevent delays to the actual exam. Please come as soon as possible…”
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Note:
The author seems to have made a mistake. Feng Lin’s last updated stats was in Ch 269, and his spiritual stone monkey gene was only at 5 points then.
