Chapter 40: Heavenly Dao Primordial

Chen Ping looked down at the girl in his arms.

“Sleep well,” he said softly.

“When you wake up, everything will be different.”

Holding her, he walked out of the Cultivation Tower step by step.

*

Outside the tower.

Everyone was watching them.

No one spoke.

No one dared to speak.

Those who had been questioning earlier all lowered their heads now.

Those who had been worrying earlier all had red-rimmed eyes.

Saint Qingyuan looked at Chen Ping, then at Lin Xiaoyu in his arms. After a long silence, he said slowly,

“Did she succeed in receiving the Heavenly Dao Blessing?”

Chen Ping nodded.

“She succeeded.”

Saint Qingyuan closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

“Good… Good…”

He repeated the word twice, his voice actually choking up a little.

Having cultivated for a thousand years, he thought he had long since become indifferent to all things.

Yet at this moment, he actually felt like crying.

Not from excitement.

But from relief.

Gratified that the Qingyun Sect had such a disciple.

*

Li Yuanyi stepped forward, looked at Lin Xiaoyu, and said softly,

“She needs rest. Let her have a good sleep.”

Chen Ping nodded.

Carrying Lin Xiaoyu, he walked through the crowd and headed toward Luoxia Peak.

Behind him, everyone watched them go.

No one followed.

Because everyone knew that

right now, what they needed was quiet.

*

Luoxia Peak.

Chen Ping gently laid Lin Xiaoyu down on the bed.

He sat by the bedside, looking at her peaceful face, and remained silent for a long time.

Moonlight filtered through the window paper, casting a soft glow over her face.

Chen Ping reached out and brushed aside the stray hairs on her forehead.

“Sleep well,” he said softly.

“When you wake up, Master will teach you something new.”

He stood up and walked to the doorway.

He glanced back.

Under the moonlight, a faint smile still lingered at the corners of the young girl’s lips.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of Chen Ping’s mouth as he gently closed the door.

*

In the courtyard.

Chen Ping stood beneath the old locust tree, looking up at the night sky.

The sky was filled with stars, and the Milky Way shone brilliantly.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

In his mind, the system notification sounded:

【Ding! Detected that disciple Lin Xiaoyu has successfully broken through the shackles of the ninth layer of Qi Refining and embarked on the Heavenly Dao Qi Refining Path!】

【Current Realm: Twelfth layer of Heavenly Dao Qi Refining!】

【Potential of the Heavenly Dao Divine Physique further unlocked】

【Disciple has received the Heavenly Dao Blessing: Infusion of Heavenly Dao Power successful!】

【Host receives a 100,000-fold feedback: Calculating…】

Chen Ping opened his eyes, a flash of purple-gold light appearing and vanishing in an instant.

A hundred-thousand-fold feedback…

He looked forward to it.

Although Lin Xiaoyu had already broken through the barrier of the ninth layer of Qi Refining and received a massive infusion of Heavenly Dao Power,

the changes within her body had not stopped.

An earth-shattering transformation was taking place inside her.

*

Just as Chen Ping was about to turn back to his room to rest, he sensed the changes in Lin Xiaoyu.

His Grand Dao Divine Eyes activated on their own, allowing him to clearly perceive that

within the girl, two forces were surging wildly!

One was the golden Heavenly Dao Power, pure and holy, carrying a vast pressure.

The other was the purple Primordial Violet Qi, deep and mysterious, as if originating from the dawn of chaos.

These two forces had originally minded their own business.

The Heavenly Dao Power resided in her dantian, while the Primordial Violet Qi traveled through her meridians.

But at this moment, they suddenly began to merge!

*

Chen Ping’s expression grew somewhat tense.

He stood by the bedside, pushing his Grand Dao Divine Eyes to their limit, staring intently at the changes within her body.

The golden Heavenly Dao Power and the purple Primordial Violet Qi were meeting within her meridians.

There was no conflict.

There was no rejection.

They were like long-lost relatives, embracing tightly the moment they met.

The golden and purple lights intertwined and merged, transforming into a brand-new force,

a purple-gold torrent!

The torrent surged along her meridians, reshaping everything in its path.

*

Chen Ping saw it with perfect clarity.

Lin Xiaoyu’s body, which had just been reshaped by the Heavenly Dao Power, was now being tempered once again by this purple-gold force.

Her meridians became tougher and wider, faintly gleaming with a purple-gold luster.

Her flesh became denser and stronger, every inch containing explosive power.

Her bones became harder and lighter, with mysterious patterns faintly appearing on them.

Even her aura was climbing rapidly!

*

The twelfth layer of Heavenly Dao Qi Refining…

No, she had already broken through!

The thirteenth layer!

The fourteenth layer!

…

Chen Ping’s pupils contracted slightly.

He had never seen such cultivation speed.

The realms that would normally require countless resources and endless time to break through were now as simple as drinking water inside her body.

And the source of all this was the fusion of those two forces.

The golden Heavenly Dao Power and the purple Primordial Violet Qi.

Within Lin Xiaoyu’s body, they had found the most perfect balance.

*

The fifteenth layer!

The sixteenth layer!

…

Chen Ping took a deep breath, forcing down the shock in his heart.

He suddenly remembered that when he had first transferred the Primordial Violet Qi into Lin Xiaoyu’s body, the system had said

that the Primordial Violet Qi could accelerate the transformation of the Heavenly Dao Divine Physique, stabilize the Dao foundation, and enhance comprehension.

But he had not expected these two forces to actually merge.

Furthermore, he had not expected their fusion to produce such a terrifying effect.

*

The seventeenth layer!

…

Lin Xiaoyu lay on the bed, her eyes tightly shut, her brow slightly furrowed.

She could feel the changes within her body.

The purple-gold torrent was reforming her body inch by inch.

Every inch of meridian washed by the torrent brought a wave of numbness.

Every bone reshaped brought a wave of aching itchiness.

It did not hurt.

But that sensation was even harder to endure than pain.

She wanted to wake up, wanted to struggle, but her consciousness was trapped within her body, unable to move.

She could only passively endure it all.

*

The eighteenth layer!

*

Boom!

The moment her realm settled at the eighteenth layer, a brilliant purple-gold light erupted from within Lin Xiaoyu.

The light pierced through her body, through the bed, through the roof, and soared straight into the clouds!

Above Luoxia Peak, purple-gold clouds spread across the sky, enveloping the entire peak.

*

Outside the courtyard, the leaves of the old locust tree rustled.

The water in the pond rippled, spreading in ever-widening circles.

The entirety of Luoxia Peak was enveloped in a sacred and majestic aura.

*

Inside the room.

Chen Ping stood by the bed, looking at the young girl enveloped in the purple-gold light.

Her aura was more than a hundred times stronger than before!

The eighteenth layer of Heavenly Dao Qi Refining.

In a mere half-hour, she had broken through from the twelfth layer of Qi Refining to the eighteenth layer of Heavenly Dao Qi Refining.

What kind of concept was this?

Chen Ping did not know.

But he knew that the current Lin Xiaoyu could slay even a Great Circle Golden Core cultivator with a single strike of her sword!

Even an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator might not be her match!

*

The light gradually receded.

Lin Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes.

Deep within her eyes, a purple-gold light flashed and vanished, before returning to normal.

She sat up and looked down at her hands.

“Master…”

She spoke softly, her voice carrying a trace of confusion.

“What happened to me?”

Chen Ping did not speak.

He only looked at her quietly.

Looking at this young girl who had just created a miracle.

After a long time, he suddenly smiled.

“Silly girl.”

“Hmm?”

“You are now at the eighteenth layer of Heavenly Dao Primordial Qi Refining.”

Lin Xiaoyu froze.

Heavenly Dao Primordial?

The eighteenth layer of Qi Refining?

She opened her mouth, momentarily at a loss for words.