In the courtyard.

Jiang Ning closed the panel and looked at the distant sky.

The sky was chaotic, and his vision blurred.

"Still early!" He withdrew his gaze, then felt his breathing resonate with the world.

With every breath, he unknowingly matched a certain rhythm with the universe. He could feel his mind gradually calming, settling, as the sense of unreality within him slowly transformed into a sensation of groundedness.

As time trickled by, he felt increasingly peaceful.

A long while later.

The sky began to brighten slightly.

Whoosh—

He exhaled a long breath of impure energy, breaking the rhythm.

"Next, it’s time to continue cultivating! With the relaxation of last night, my condition is unexpectedly good!" Thoughts surged in his mind.

After a brief adjustment, he realized that through resonating his breath with the world, and the circulation of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, his state had recovered over ninety percent.

The next moment.

He slightly closed his eyes, focusing on his Spirit Platform.

There, at the Divine Soul of the Spirit Platform, the luminescence at the brow of his Divine Soul was becoming more radiant, gradually spreading, forming a faint vertical mark, containing endless profoundness, a shadow as if a third eye was about to open.

The silver moon of the Spirit Platform also seemed to forge a tighter bond with the Divine Soul, as the moonlight flowed, naturally forming Dao patterns, nourishing every inch of the Divine Soul.

The resonance of the body was equally strong.

At the heart, the crimson Essence Flower sensed the growth of the "Divine," spraying pure and intense life energy, like Divine Fire melting all things, refining the body forged through Nine Blood Transfusions, making the skeletal jade glow, faintly revealing Innate Dao Patterns.

The marrow flowed like mercury and thunder, tendons stretched like Dragon Tendons humming.

Under the skin, treasure light swirled, life force intimately deep.

Within the Dantian, the golden Qi Flower cast golden brilliance, the pure golden inner core spun like a nebula, inhaling the golden glow completely, its volume unchanged, while density and energy tier were continually rising.

In the Qi Sea of the Dantian, the golden mist grew denser and thicker, faintly tending toward liquefaction, flowing and mingling smoothly through the circulation channel formed by the crimson Qi-Blood and silver Divine Thought, unhindered.

The red, gold, and silver luminescence circulated within, the speed accelerating, transcending and transforming ever more fluently.

The "domain" or "Inner Heaven and Earth prototype" preliminarily formed by the trio of flower resonance, its boundaries were solidifying and expanding at a perceptible speed.

The trait of rejecting the chaotic external energy, forming its own cycle, grew stronger.

Jiang Ning could feel that his control and utilization of power were nearing a theoretical perfect limit.

Just by understanding it for a moment, he suddenly realized.

This was the drastic change presented after a substantial boost of the Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method in a short time.

The Essence, Qi, and Spirit trio flower resonance, driving progress change.

After observing for a moment, he reopened his eyes, the silver brilliance in his eyes flashed, then retracted, turning into an unfathomable depth.

The courtyard remained in his meditative state, the coal fire inside had cooled, and the sky overhead was brighter.

He rose to stretch his muscles, causing a low and continuous explosion sound, like dragon roars and tiger howls, or like gold and jade clashing, a manifestation of abundant Qi-Blood perfectly resonating with muscles and viscera.

With every movement, the feeling of merging with Heaven and Earth grew more profound, as if he could command the surrounding wind and snow with a mere thought.

He immediately looked at the panel.

[Skill]: Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method (Second Limit Breaking 13167/30000) (Trait: True Self Unique (Light Gold))

Then he closed his eyes.

The next moment, visualizing the True Self within his Spirit Platform, a six-petaled silver Divine Flower hovered above his head, scattering streams of silver starlight.

[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +259]

[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +262]

[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +260]

[...]

Time elapsed.

...

Transformation.

The next day.

Now, only two days remain until the end of the year.

[Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method Experience Value +262]

[...]

After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.

Above, snowflakes like goose feathers.

Whoosh—

He lightly exhaled a breath of impure energy.

As he exhaled from his organs, the snowflakes ahead whirled, constantly melting in mid-air, turning into droplets of snow water.

[Skill]: Spirit Platform Cave Illumination True Self Method + (Second Limit Breaking 30000/30000) (Trait: True Self Unique (Light Gold))

"Finally accumulated enough experience value again!"

Seeing the changes on the panel, his face broke into a smile.

"Seems like stepping into the First Grade Mixed Element Realm before the end of the year is not a dream." He was sure in his heart.

Though fatigue existed, under the nourishment of the trio flower circulation, self-contained cycle, it recovered rapidly.

Moreover, seeing the changes on the panel, he felt even more exhilarated.

Then, he looked at the Source Energy Points column.

[Source Energy]: 448784

More than four hundred thousand Source Energy Points remaining.

"That’s enough."

Without any hesitation, he moved with the thought in his mind.

In an instant, the Source Energy Points plummeted swiftly.

In just a breath, fifty thousand Source Energy Points were reduced in total.

Almost at the same instant the points decreased—

"Buzz—!!!"

A far more majestic and ancient roar than during the previous two limit breakings erupted from the deepest part of Jiang Ning’s Spirit Platform, from that True Spirit source thoroughly integrated with the Divine Soul!

This time, the phenomenon no longer confined solely to the Spirit Platform or the three-foot range surrounding.

Rumble—!!!

Centered around Jiang Ning’s seated position, the Primordial Energy throughout the National Master Mansion suddenly became chaotic!

Not rampaging, but a higher level resonance and homage.

In the void, the crimson, gold, and silver trio flowers naturally manifested above his head, intertwined, continuously circulating.