Chapter 39: Heavenly Dao Blessing

Boom!

The moment the golden light exploded, the entire Cultivation Tower shook violently!

Inside Lin Xiaoyu’s body, the phantom images of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Meridians were merging at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One, two, three…

The fusion of each meridian was accompanied by a muffled rumble.

The rumbling echoed from within her body, penetrating the walls of the Cultivation Tower and resounding throughout the entire Qingyun Sect!

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Outside the tower.

Everyone stood with their mouths agape and eyes wide, staring intently at the figure submerged in golden light on the light screen.

“W-what is this?”

“What’s happening to Senior Sister Lin?”

“What’s going on?”

No one could answer.

Because they had never seen such a scene before.

The golden light was too brilliant, so dazzling that even the Cultivation Tower’s light screen could not fully display it, showing only a blazing sheet of gold.

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Saint Qingyuan’s pupils constricted.

He had cultivated for a thousand years and possessed vast knowledge, but at this moment, he was also stunned.

The aura contained within that golden light…

Was that Heavenly Dao Power?

“Impossible…” he murmured.

“How could someone in the Qi Refining Stage draw upon Heavenly Dao Power…”

Then, he saw it.

Everyone saw it.

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The sky changed.

The originally clear night sky was suddenly covered in dark clouds.

But those were no ordinary dark clouds.

They were golden.

Golden clouds rolled in from the horizon, blanketing the sky above the entire Qingyun Sect in the blink of an eye.

Within the clouds, lightning flickered faintly.

But that lightning was also golden.

Brilliant, majestic, and sacred.

It carried an aura that made one want to bow down in worship.

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“A phenomenon of heaven and earth?!”

Li Yuanyi cried out in shock.

Having lived for hundreds of years, he had only witnessed a phenomenon of heaven and earth once.

That was when Saint Qingyuan broke through to the Saint Realm, causing purple qi to descend from the heavens and ten thousand rays of auspicious light to shine.

But the phenomenon before him was even grander and more shocking than that time!

Golden clouds covered the entire sky, and golden lightning snaked through them.

And then,

A pillar of golden light descended from the heavens!

The pillar, over a hundred zhang wide, pierced through the walls of the Cultivation Tower and fell directly upon Lin Xiaoyu!

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Inside the tower.

Enveloped by the golden pillar of light, Lin Xiaoyu floated in midair.

She was covered in blood, her clothes in tatters, and her arms and legs twisted at bizarre angles.

Yet at this moment, those wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Broken bones reconnected.

Torn flesh regrew.

Shattered meridians cleared and reconnected.

The Heavenly Dao Power contained within the golden light was reshaping her body.

And within her, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Meridians finally merged completely.

It was not a simple connection.

They truly became one.

The thirty-six meridians transformed into a single one.

A single meridian of the Grand Dao that ran through her entire body, connecting heaven and earth!

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Boom!

The sound of breaking shackles exploded inside Lin Xiaoyu!

It was the seal placed by heaven and earth upon the Qi Refining Stage.

It was the shackle imposed by the Heavenly Dao upon cultivators.

At this moment, they all shattered!

There really was a path beyond the ninth layer of Qi Refining!

And Lin Xiaoyu had stepped onto that path!

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Outside the tower.

In Chen Ping’s eyes, a purple-gold light flared brilliantly.

With his Grand Dao Divine Eyes pushed to their limit, he could clearly see:

The changes inside Lin Xiaoyu.

The fusion of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Meridians, and the newly born meridian of the Grand Dao that ran through her entire body.

As well as the Heavenly Dao Power surging wildly within her.

“She succeeded…”

He spoke softly, his voice hoarse.

“This girl, she succeeded…”

His hands finally stopped trembling.

But his eyes grew even redder.

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The golden clouds in the sky began to slowly rotate.

They formed a massive vortex.

The center of the vortex was none other than the Cultivation Tower.

Golden lightning bolted down from the vortex, striking the Cultivation Tower one after another.

Yet the lightning caused no damage whatsoever.

They passed through the tower, striking Lin Xiaoyu and merging into her body.

With every bolt of lightning that fell, the Heavenly Dao Power within her grew denser.

With every bolt of lightning that fell, her aura grew stronger.

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“Is this… the Heavenly Dao Blessing?!”

Saint Qingyuan finally recognized it.

He had once seen it recorded in ancient texts:

During the ancient era, when true geniuses broke through their limits, they would draw down the Heavenly Dao Blessing.

The Heavenly Dao Power would flood their bodies, reshaping their foundations and opening a supreme path of cultivation.

But that was merely a legend.

Since the ancient era, no one had ever witnessed a true Heavenly Dao Blessing.

Furthermore, the Heavenly Dao Blessing mostly occurred when one broke through to the Saint Realm.

He had never heard of anyone receiving the blessing during the Qi Refining Stage by breaking the seal of heaven and earth.

Yet now, he was witnessing it with his own eyes.

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Inside the tower.

The eighteenth golden lightning bolt fell.

Lin Xiaoyu floated in midair, her eyes tightly shut.

Her body had been completely reshaped by the Heavenly Dao Power.

All of her wounds had healed, leaving not even a scar behind.

Her aura was more than ten times stronger than before!

But she had not yet awakened.

Her consciousness had drifted into a strange space.

It was a void of nothingness, filled only with endless starlight.

Within the starlight, an ethereal voice echoed:

“Heavenly Dao Qi Refining… Twelfth Layer…”

Lin Xiaoyu listened in a daze.

The twelfth layer?

She had broken through the ninth layer of Qi Refining and reached the twelfth layer directly?

How many layers were there after that?

The voice did not answer.

It simply continued to echo:

“Heavenly Dao Qi Refining… Twelfth Layer…”

Then, the starlight dissipated.

Lin Xiaoyu’s consciousness was pushed out of that space.

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Inside the tower.

Lin Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes.

A golden light flashed and vanished in the depths of her eyes.

She looked down at her hands.

They were completely restored.

No, they were better than before.

She could feel an unprecedented power surging within her.

That power was far stronger than her previous spiritual energy.

“This is…”

She murmured softly.

Then, she looked at her surroundings.

The ten puppets had long since been reduced to fragments, scattered all over the floor.

As for herself, she was floating in midair, her body enveloped in a faint golden glow.

The light was gentle and warm.

It felt as if it were protecting her, yet also blessing her.

“The Heavenly Dao Blessing…”

She suddenly recalled what her master had once said.

If one could successfully break through on the Heavenly Dao Qi Refining Path, it would draw down the Heavenly Dao Blessing.

The Heavenly Dao Power would flood the body, reshaping one’s foundation.

So this was the Heavenly Dao Blessing.

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She slowly landed on the ground.

Her legs stood firm, no longer trembling as they had before.

She tried clenching her fist, and a powerful force surged from within.

It was stronger than her previous full-strength strike.

“I succeeded…”

She said softly.

Then, she suddenly felt incredibly exhausted.

Her eyelids grew heavy, and her consciousness began to blur.

Yet she was still smiling.

Because she had succeeded.

She had done it.

Without letting her master down.

“Master…”

She whispered.

Then, closing her eyes, she fell straight backward.

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Outside the tower.

The golden clouds slowly dispersed, and the sky returned to tranquility.

On the Cultivation Tower’s light screen, the image of Lin Xiaoyu collapsing was clearly displayed before everyone.

But before she fell, a smile still lingered on the corners of her lips.

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“Senior Sister Lin!!!”

Countless cries of alarm rang out.

Saint Qingyuan took a step forward, preparing to rush into the Cultivation Tower.

But someone was even faster than him.

A figure in green robes transformed into a streak of light, instantly charging through the gates of the Cultivation Tower.

It was Chen Ping.

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Inside the tower.

Chen Ping held Lin Xiaoyu, kneeling on one knee.

He looked down at the pale face in his arms, the corners of his lips curving up slightly.

“Silly girl…”

He said softly.

“You did it.”

Lin Xiaoyu lay in his arms, her eyes closed and her breathing steady.

She had fallen asleep.

She slept soundly.

A smile still played on her lips.

Chen Ping stood up, holding her.

He looked up at the void, where the last trace of golden light was dissipating.

“The Heavenly Dao Blessing…”

He murmured.

“Is this the Heavenly Dao Blessing…”

He could feel a brand-new power slowly flowing within Lin Xiaoyu.

This power was far stronger than her previous spiritual energy.

It was the Heavenly Dao Power.

True Heavenly Dao Power.

From this moment on, Lin Xiaoyu was no longer an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator.

She was a cultivator who had truly stepped onto the Heavenly Dao Qi Refining Path.

Of the Thirty-Six Layers of Qi Refining, she had reached the twelfth layer the moment she broke through the shackles.

Although it was only the twelfth layer, her strength was already incomparable to what it had been.

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