zěn me bàn ？
怎么办？
What should I do?
lín xuān mù dèng kǒu dāi 。
林轩目瞪口呆。
Lin Xuan's eyes widened in shock. He had only thought about the dangers of this method; if the yin essence couldn't absorb all that energy, it might burst and cause him to die instantly.
tā zhǐ xiǎng guò zhè me zuò de wēi xiǎn ， yuán yīng ruò shì xī nà bù liǎo nà me duō ， yě xǔ huì bèi chēng pò ， zhí jiē bào tǐ ér wáng de 。
他只想过这么做的危险，元婴若是吸纳不了那么多，也许会被撑破，直接爆体而亡的。
But the two forces repelled each other, making it impossible for them to absorb anything. This situation was something he hadn’t even considered.
dàn liǎng zhě hù xiāng pái chì ， gēn běn jiù wú fǎ xī nà ， zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng ， què shì tā xiǎng dōu bù céng xiǎng 。
但两者互相排斥，根本就无法吸纳，这种情况，却是他想都不曾想。
How could things turn out like this?
zěn me huì zhè yàng ？
怎么会这样？
The situation had surpassed his expectations. Lin Xuan's expression was extremely unpleasant. The saying goes that heaven doesn't abandon a person in their time of need, but now, did heaven want him to die?
shì qíng chāo chū le yù qī ， lín xuān liǎn shàng de biǎo qíng nán kàn yǐ jí ， sú huà shuō tiān wú jué rén zhī lù ， kě xiàn zài zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng ， què shì lǎo tiān yé xiǎng yào zì jǐ sǐ me ？
事情超出了预期，林轩脸上的表情难看以极，俗话说天无绝人之路，可现在这种情况，却是老天爷想要自己死么？
Lin Xuan naturally wasn't willing to give up.
lín xuān zì rán shì bù gān xīn de 。
林轩自然是不甘心的。
But with the current situation, he didn’t know what to do. Originally, his yin essence had been like a dragon's eye, but now it had grown ten times larger, resembling a young man’s fist. The surface was fire-red and seemed on the verge of melting.
kě xiàn zài zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng ， què rán bù zhī dào gāi zěn me zuò 。
可现在这种情况，确然不知道该怎么做。
If he hadn't absorbed too much golden moon essence, would this yin essence be about to burst?
jí qiè zhī jiān ， jiù suàn zhēn xiān yǔ tā yì dì ér chǔ ， yòu néng xiǎng chū shén me hǎo zhǔ yì lái ne ？
急切之间，就算真仙与他易地而处，又能想出什么好主意来呢？
Lin Xuan pondered silently. If his guess was correct, both he and the yin essence he had painstakingly cultivated were now useless.
yuán yīng bù xíng ， yāo dān néng bù néng xī nà cǐ wù ？
元婴不行，妖丹能不能吸纳此物？
It was like trying to steal a chicken but losing a rice bowl. The golden moon essence hadn’t been successfully refined, and in the process, he had lost the yin essence.
yí gè niàn tou ， rú diàn guāng huǒ shí bān zài nǎo hǎi zhōng zhuǎn guò 。
一个念头，如电光火石般在脑海中转过。
Lin Xuan felt somewhat disappointed deep down.
xiàn zài yě méi yǒu shí jiān duō zuò sī suǒ ， quán dāng sǐ mǎ zuò huó mǎ yī hǎo le 。
现在也没有时间多做思索，权当死马做活马医好了。
But soon, this feeling of frustration disappeared. First, being frustrated wouldn't help. Second, from another perspective, he had originally planned to sacrifice a pawn to protect his king, even considering sacrificing his main yin essence. Now, he was only losing the yin essence, which meant he had gained more than he lost.
rú cǐ zhè bān de xiǎng zhe ， lín xuān bù zài chí yí ， suí zhe tā nǎo hǎi zhōng niàn tou shǎn guò ， yāo dān kāi shǐ dī liū liū de xuán zhuǎn qǐ lái le 。
如此这般的想着，林轩不再迟疑，随着他脑海中念头闪过，妖丹开始滴溜溜的旋转起来了。
"Great misfortune brings great fortune," Lin Xuan thought. The loss of the yin essence would affect his strength, but it wasn't a fatal blow.
sù dù yuè lái yuè kuài ， wǔ sè líng máng bù tíng liú zhuǎn 。
速度越来越快，五sè灵芒不停流转。
With this mindset, Lin Xuan felt relieved. The yin essence had absorbed almost all the true energy and was on the verge of breaking down. The remaining energy was much less than before, so he estimated that absorbing it wouldn’t be too difficult.
suí hòu ， bù kě sī yì de yí mù chū xiàn 。
随后，不可思议的一幕出现。
The next step was to truly give up and expel the yin essence from his body.
nà xiē xuán fú zài bàn kōng zhōng ， huǒ hóng dài jīn de guāng diǎn ， jū rán rú yǒu shēng mìng yì bān ， xiàng zhe nà lóng yǎn dà xiǎo de yāo dān fēi le guò lái 。
那些悬浮在半空中，火红带金的光点，居然如有生命一般，像着那龙眼大小的妖丹飞了过来。
Just as Lin Xuan made this decision, something unexpected happened. The yin essence couldn't be expelled; in fact, it didn’t obey his commands at all.
lín xuān liǎn sè jǐn zhāng dào jí diǎn ， shēng pà gāng gāng nà yàng de pái chì yòu chū xiàn 。
林轩脸sè紧张到极点，生怕刚刚那样的排斥又出现。
Was it because he had absorbed too much true energy that he lost control of it?
bú shì tā de xīn xìng bù gòu chén wěn ， jiù suàn lín xuān zhēn néng zuò dào tài shān bēng yú qián ér bù biàn sè， dàn zhè shì guān zì jǐ de shēng sǐ qián tú ， lín xuān yòu zěn me kě néng yì diǎn dōu bù zài hū 。
不是他的心xìng不够沉稳，就算林轩真能做到泰山崩于前而不变sè，但这事关自己的生死前途，林轩又怎么可能一点都不在乎。
Lin Xuan was sweating profusely. Why did things keep going wrong? If the yin essence exploded inside him, he would be in serious trouble!
tā hái méi yǒu chāo tuō dào nà zhòng dì bù 。
他还没有超脱到那种地步。
What should I do?
hǎo zài zhè yī cì ， xìng yùn zhī shén shì juàn gù tā le 。
好在这一次，幸运之神是眷顾他了。
Lin Xuan faced another choice, but this time, he truly felt helpless.
yǔ gāng gāng yuán yīng huì yǔ zhè xiē yùn hán zhēn líng zhī lì de guāng diǎn pái chì bù tóng ， zhè yī huí ， sī háo zǔ sè yě wú ， nà guāng diǎn chéng gōng de bèi yāo dān xī nà jìn qù le 。
与刚刚元婴会与这些蕴含真灵之力的光点排斥不同，这一回，丝毫阻塞也无，那光点成功的被妖丹吸纳进去了。
The yin essence had been in his dantian for years and had reached a state where it could be controlled by will. Originally, expelling it required only a mental command. But after absorbing the true energy source, things had changed...
yǒu yòng ！
有用！
Even with Lin Xuan's cleverness, he was now at his wit’s end. Before he could think of another way to control the yin essence, something unexpected happened.
lín xuān bù yóu de tǔ chū yī kǒu xiōng zhōng zhuó qì ， xīn lǐ ， gèng shì qìng xìng yǐ jí ， wǒ jiù shuō ， tiān wú jué rén zhī lù ， zhè me duō dà fēng dà làng zì jǐ dōu chuǎng guò lái le 。 zěn me fǎn ér huì bèi yǎn qián zhè diǎn kùn nán gěi dǎng zhù 。
林轩不由得吐出一口胸中浊气，心里，更是庆幸以极，我就说，天无绝人之路，这么多大风大浪自己都闯过来了。怎么反而会被眼前这点困难给挡住。
The yin essence suddenly collapsed.
dà nàn bù sǐ bì yǒu hòu fú ！
大难不死必有后福！
Thankfully, it didn’t explode.
bù guò huà shì zhè me méi cuò ， cǐ shí cǐ kè ， lín xuān què gù bù shàng shén me fú qì bù fú qì le 。
不过话是这么没错，此时此刻，林轩却顾不上什么福气不福气了。
Lin Xuan was startled but also extremely relieved. If the yin essence had really exploded, not only would this body be destroyed, but even the entire cave and a thousand miles around might have been flattened...
yāo dān shì néng xī nà zhēn líng zhī lì méi cuò ， dàn jù lí huà xiǎn wéi yí kě hái zǎo zhe ne 。
妖丹是能吸纳真灵之力没错，但距离化险为夷可还早着呢。
His main yin essence would definitely suffer, and he would be caught in the crossfire, suffering greatly.
lín xuān yòu bù shǎ ， xiàn zài hái yuǎn bú dào sōng qì de yī kè ， bì xū zài jiē zài lì ， cái yǒu kě néng huà jiě diào yǎn qián de wēi jī 。
林轩又不傻，现在还远不到松气的一刻，必须再接再厉，才有可能化解掉眼前的危机。
The inner avatar might escape, but his fall wouldn’t be complete.
lín xuān píng xīn jìng qì ， rěn zhe nà nán yǐ yán yǔ de tòng kǔ 。 jì xù xī nà zhēn líng zhī lì 。
林轩平心静气，忍着那难以言语的痛苦。继续吸纳真灵之力。
Lin Xuan felt like he had narrowly escaped disaster.
shí jiān yì diǎn yì diǎn guò qù 。
时间一点一点过去。
But the situation didn't end there. The collapsed yin essence was replaced by a cloud several acres wide. A cave’s dantian and qihai could indeed be considered a small thousand-world realm, vast in area.
……
……
The cloud wasn’t static; it continued to swirl and change.
sān tiān sān yè duì yú fēn shén jí bié de xiū xiān zhě ， shuō dàn zhǐ yī huī jiān yì diǎn yě bù wèi guò ， rán ér cǐ shí cǐ kè ， lín xuān què fǎng fú jīng lì le yī cháng dà zhàn shì de 。
三天三夜对于分神级别的修仙者，说弹指一挥间一点也不为过，然而此时此刻，林轩却仿佛经历了一场大战似的。
As he observed this, Lin Xuan felt an unbearable pain, worse than the fiery hell of the previous stage. Hadn't he already passed through that?
é tóu shàng jìn mǎn le hàn zhū ， zhěng gè rén gèng yǔ cóng shuǐ lǐ lāo qǐ lái xiāng chà fǎng fú 。
额头上浸满了汗珠，整个人更与从水里捞起来相差仿佛。
Lin Xuan's willpower was tested as the pain almost made him faint. He gritted his teeth and endured, knowing that if he fainted now, the outcome would be uncertain.
yī fú zǎo yǐ bèi dǎ shī le ， rán ér tā què yī dòng bù dòng ， lín xuān jiù zài nà lǐ zuò zhe ， biǎo miàn shàng kàn bù chū yǒu shén me bù tuǒ ， rán ér nèi zhōng de wēi xiǎn zhī chù 。 yì diǎn yě bù xùn sè yú miàn duì dù jié qī xiū xiān zhě 。
衣服早已被打湿了，然而他却一动不动，林轩就在那里坐着，表面上看不出有什么不妥，然而内中的危险之处。一点也不逊sè于面对渡劫期修仙者。
No matter how painful it was, he had to endure. Lin Xuan didn’t believe that after two thousand years of hardship, so many trials, he would fall because of a rare treasure.
zhè sān tiān ， lín xuān kě yǐ shuō shì áo guò lái de 。
这三天，林轩可以说是熬过来的。
He took deep breaths, blood rushing to his eyes, reminding himself to persevere.
ér xiàn zài ， yǐ dào le zuì zuì guān jiàn de shí kè 。
而现在，已到了最最关键的时刻。
But other than keeping the inner vision technique active, he dared not do anything else.
rú jīn 。 tā de tǐ wēn yǐ shì xià jiàng le xǔ duō ， bù zài yǒu nà fǎng fú zhì shēn yú dāo shān huǒ hǎi de tòng kǔ ， rán ér yāo dān de qíng xíng què shì bù miào dào jí chù 。
如今。他的体温已是下降了许多，不再有那仿佛置身于刀山火海的痛苦，然而妖丹的情形却是不妙到极处。
Because the cloud was formed from the collapsed yin essence and was continuously swirling. The energy inside was immensely powerful. Any rash action could lead to unpredictable outcomes. Thus, Lin Xuan could only grit his teeth and endure.
yuán běn ， yāo dān de tǐ jī yǔ lóng yǎn xiāng chà fǎng fú ， cǐ shí cǐ kè ， què biàn dà le shí bèi hái duō ， kàn shàng qù ， jiù fǎng fú yī shào nián de quán tou 。
原本，妖丹的体积与龙眼相差仿佛，此时此刻，却变大了十倍还多，看上去，就仿佛一少年的拳头。
Time passed slowly.
yě bù zhī dào shì bú shì xī nà le tài duō jīn yuè zhēn chán de běn mìng líng lì ， tā de biǎo miàn 。 jū rán biàn chéng le huǒ hóng de yán sè， ér qiě yǐn yǐn ， yǒu kuài yào róng huà de qū shì le 。
也不知道是不是吸纳了太多金玥真蟾的本命灵力，牠的表面。居然变成了火红的颜sè，而且隐隐，有快要融化的趋势了。
This situation decided Lin Xuan's fate, but he could only observe as a passive onlooker, doing nothing except monitoring the changes.
yāo dān ， yǐ jīng yào chēng bú zhù le me ？
妖丹，已经要撑不住了么？
A day passed with no change in the cloud.
lín xuān zài àn àn chuǎi mó ， rú guǒ zì jǐ méi yǒu liào cuò 。 zì jǐ hé xīn kǔ xiū liàn lái de yāo dān suàn shì fèi le 。
林轩在暗暗揣摩，如果自己没有料错。自己和辛苦修炼来的妖丹算是废了。
Two days passed, everything remained the same.
zhēn shì tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ ， zhēn chán líng xuè méi yǒu liàn huà chéng gōng ， fǎn ér jiāng yāo dān dā jìn qù le 。
真是偷鸡不成蚀把米，真蟾灵血没有炼化成功，反而将妖丹搭进去了。
Lin Xuan was relieved but also speechless. Would this continue indefinitely?
lín xuān nèi xīn shēn chù ， duō duō shǎo shǎo yě shì yǒu xiē jǔ sàng de 。
林轩内心深处，多多少少也是有些沮丧的。
But he still didn’t dare to act rashly; waiting seemed to be his only choice.
bù guò hěn kuài ， zhè ào nǎo de xīn qíng jiù suí zhī xiāo shī le 。
不过很快，这懊恼的心情就随之消失了。
One month passed, then two months.
yī lái jǔ sàng méi yǒu yòng chǔ 。 èr lái huàn yí gè jiǎo dù ， zì jǐ yuán xiān ， wèi le qì zú bǎo chē ， kě shì lián zhǔ yuán yīng yě dǎ suàn shě qì ， rú jīn jǐn jǐn shì jiāng yāo dān péi jìn qù 。
一来沮丧没有用处。二来换一个角度，自己原先，为了弃卒保车，可是连主元婴也打算舍弃，如今仅仅是将妖丹赔进去。
As time went on, Lin Xuan finally noticed something amiss—the cloud's size was gradually shrinking.
cóng zhè ge jiǎo dù ， zì jǐ yǐ shì zhuàn le ， dà nàn bù sǐ bì yǒu hòu fú ， yāo dān shě le jiù shě le ， duì yú shí lì ， suī rán huì yǒu yī xiē yǐng xiǎng ， dàn bì jìng hái bú dào shāng jīn dòng gǔ de dì bù 。
从这个角度，自己已是赚了，大难不死必有后福，妖丹舍了就舍了，对于实力，虽然会有一些影响，但毕竟还不到伤筋动骨的地步。
Very slowly, but it was reducing.
zhè yàng yī xiǎng ， lín xuān dùn shí shì rán ， yāo dān yǐ jiāng líng xuè zhēn yuán ， xī nà le gè shí zhī **， kuài yào zhī chēng bú zhù ， ér zhè shèng xià de yì diǎn zhēn yuán ， yóu yú bǐ gāng gāng shǎo le xǔ duō ， lín xuān gū jì zài xī shōu qǐ lái ， kǒng pà yě jiù méi yǒu duō dà de wèn tí le 。
这样一想，林轩顿时释然，妖丹已将灵血真元，吸纳了个十之**，快要支撑不住，而这剩下的一点真元，由于比刚刚少了许多，林轩估计再吸收起来，恐怕也就没有多大的问题了。
Could it...
jiē xià lái ， jiù shì zhēn zhèng de shě qì ， jiāng yāo dān cóng tǐ nèi pái chū qù 。
接下来，就是真正的舍弃，将妖丹从体内排出去。
Lin Xuan had a vague idea but couldn't be sure.
xiǎng dào zhè lǐ ， lín xuān bù zài chí yí ， rán ér jiē xià lái fā shēng de yí mù ， què ràng tā mù dèng kǒu dāi 。
想到这里，林轩不再迟疑，然而接下来发生的一幕，却让他目瞪口呆。
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yāo dān jū rán wú fǎ pái chū lái ， huò zhě shuō ， gēn běn jiù bù tīng shǐ huàn 。
妖丹居然无法排出来，或者说，根本就不听使唤。
A day in the human world is like a thousand years in the mountains.
nán dào shì xī shōu de zhēn líng yuán qì tài duō ， suǒ yǐ bù tīng zì jǐ de kòng zhì le ？
难道是吸收的真灵元气太多，所以不听自己的控制了？
Although this time wasn’t as long as before, ten years were enough for a small creature to grow into a strong young man.
lín xuān jí dé mǎn tóu dà hán ， zì jǐ zhè yī cì ， shì zhāo shuí rě rè shuí le ， zěn me lǎo shì chū chā cuò 。
林轩急得满头大汗，自己这一次，是招谁惹热谁了，怎么老是出差错。
Indeed, ten years had passed since Lin Xuan's yin essence collapsed.
zhè yāo dān ruò shì zài tǐ nèi bào zhà ， zì jǐ kě jiù chī bù liǎo dōu zhe zǒu a ！
这妖丹若是在体内爆炸，自己可就吃不了兜着走啊！
During these ten years, no one visited his cave. Flowers bloomed and withered, but the path was covered in thick mud and littered with dead branches and leaves. His cave hadn’t been cleaned for so long that it looked like an ancient tomb untouched by humans.
zěn me bàn ？
怎么办？
It was a peaceful morning. The sun just rose, casting light through the gaps between the leaves. Early birds were already searching for insects on the trees. Everything seemed tranquil and harmonious.
lín xuān zài yí cì miàn lín zhe jué zé ， rán ér zhè yī huí ， tā shì dàng zhēn wú jì kě shī le 。
林轩再一次面临着抉择，然而这一回，他是当真无计可施了。
Suddenly, a loud noise broke the silence.
yāo dān zài dān tián qì hǎi ， jīng guò zhè me xiē nián ， yuán běn yǐ dào liàn huà yóu xīn ， yùn zhuàn rú yì de dì bù ， xiǎng yào lí tǐ ， yuán běn zhǐ xū yào yī dào shén niàn ， tiān zhī dào xī nà le zhēn líng běn yuán ， huì biàn chéng rú jīn zhè bān ……
妖丹在丹田气海，经过这么些年，原本已到炼化由心，运转如意的地步，想要离体，原本只需要一道神念，天知道吸纳了真灵本源，会便成如今这般……
"Good fortune from misfortune, truly good fortune from misfortune!"
ráo shì lín xuān zhì jì bǎi chū ， rú jīn què yě dào le shān qióng shuǐ jìn de dì bù ， bù děng tā lìng wài xiǎng fǎ kòng zhì yāo dān ， cǐ wù tū rán fā shēng le bù kě sī yì de yì biàn 。
饶是林轩智计百出，如今却也到了山穷水尽的地步，不等他另外想法控制妖丹，此物突然发生了不可思议的异变。
A man with long hair and tattered clothes walked out of the cave. Upon closer inspection, it was Lin Xuan himself.
tū rán jiù zhè me yī xià zi bēng kuì le kāi lái 。
突然就这么一下子崩溃了开来。
His face showed immense joy after ten years of hardship.
hái hǎo bú shì bào zhà 。
还好不是爆炸。
Indeed, as he said, "good fortune from misfortune."
bèi xià le yī tiào de lín xuān ， xīn zhōng tóng shí ， yòu qìng xìng yǐ jí ， ruò shì yāo dān gāng gāng zhēn de shì zì bào le kāi lái ， bié shuō zhè jù **， jiù shì zhěng gè dòng fǔ ， shèn zhì shì fāng yuán qiān lǐ ， dōu jiāng bèi yí chéng píng dì ……
被吓了一跳的林轩，心中同时，又庆幸以极，若是妖丹刚刚真的是自爆了开来，别说这具**，就是整个洞府，甚至是方圆千里，都将被夷成平地……
The collapse of his yin essence had left him worried that his cultivation would suffer a significant decline. However, the strange cloud in his dantian and the intense pain it caused had kept him on edge for ten long years.
zhǔ yuán yīng bù yòng tí ， kěn dìng huì bèi yāng jí chí yú ， dǎo méi yì cháng de juǎn jìn qù 。
主元婴不用提，肯定会被殃及池鱼，倒霉异常的卷进去。
Fortunately, an old saying was right: great misfortune brings great fortune. Heaven hadn’t abandoned Lin Xuan; he owed this to his own efforts as well.
shēn nèi huà shēn dǎo shì yǒu jī huì táo tuō ， zì jǐ yě bù suàn yǔn luò ， dàn zào chéng de sǔn shī ， què gēn běn wú fǎ mí bǔ 。
身内化身倒是有机会逃脱，自己也不算陨落，但造成的损失，却根本无法弥补。
Over these ten years, the cloud slowly changed form, gradually shrinking in size. This process was slow but continuous. Finally, Lin Xuan noticed that the cloud had transformed from a gas into a liquid and then solidified, ultimately forming a new yin essence.
lín xuān cǐ kè de gǎn jué ， shuō jié hòu yú shēng yě bù wèi guò 。
林轩此刻的感觉，说劫后余生也不为过。
Yes, it was a yin essence, but significantly different from before. Moreover, he had advanced two cultivation stages—rising from the initial stage of Shen Shi to the later stage.
ér shì qíng bìng méi yǒu jié shù ， yāo dān bēng kuì diào le ， qǔ ér dài zhī ， shì yī duǒ shí yú mǔ dà xiǎo de yún cǎi ， bù yòng hào qí ， xiū shì de dān tián qì hǎi 。 shuō chéng yī xiǎo qiān shì jiè yě bù wèi guò ， nèi lǐ de miàn jī ， zì rán shì guǎng kuò yǐ jí de 。
而事情并没有结束，妖丹崩溃掉了，取而代之，是一朵十余亩大小的云彩，不用好奇，修士的丹田气海。说成一小千世界也不为过，内里的面积，自然是广阔以极的。
Postscript: I apologize, truly apologize. It's all my fault. I keep breaking my promises. But when one is unlucky, even drinking cold water can cause toothaches. Recently, I've been writing by hand. Today, I wasn't careful and accidentally dropped my tablet when my son tried to pull me down. I'm really upset...
ér nà yún cǎi ， yě bìng fēi jìng zhǐ bù dòng zhī wù ， hái zài bù tíng de xuán zhuǎn biàn huà zhe 。
而那云彩，也并非静止不动之物，还在不停的旋转变化着。
Today, I’m feeling extremely depressed because my writing speed has slowed due to my mood. Please understand if you see any lazy behavior from me today.
suí zhe qí fān yǒng ， lín xuān què gǎn dào yī gǔ zuān xīn de téng ， bǐ gāng gāng dāo shān huǒ hǎi de gǎn jué ， gèng jiā nán guò 。 zì jǐ zhè yī guān ， jū rán hái méi yǒu guò qù me ？
随着其翻涌，林轩却感到一股钻心的疼，比刚刚刀山火海的感觉，更加难过。自己这一关，居然还没有过去么？
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What should I do?
Lin Xuan's eyes widened in shock. He had only thought about the dangers of this method; if the yin essence couldn't absorb all that energy, it might burst and cause him to die instantly.
But the two forces repelled each other, making it impossible for them to absorb anything. This situation was something he hadn’t even considered.
How could things turn out like this?
The situation had surpassed his expectations. Lin Xuan's expression was extremely unpleasant. The saying goes that heaven doesn't abandon a person in their time of need, but now, did heaven want him to die?
Lin Xuan naturally wasn't willing to give up.
But with the current situation, he didn’t know what to do. Originally, his yin essence had been like a dragon's eye, but now it had grown ten times larger, resembling a young man’s fist. The surface was fire-red and seemed on the verge of melting.
If he hadn't absorbed too much golden moon essence, would this yin essence be about to burst?
Lin Xuan pondered silently. If his guess was correct, both he and the yin essence he had painstakingly cultivated were now useless.
It was like trying to steal a chicken but losing a rice bowl. The golden moon essence hadn’t been successfully refined, and in the process, he had lost the yin essence.
Lin Xuan felt somewhat disappointed deep down.
But soon, this feeling of frustration disappeared. First, being frustrated wouldn't help. Second, from another perspective, he had originally planned to sacrifice a pawn to protect his king, even considering sacrificing his main yin essence. Now, he was only losing the yin essence, which meant he had gained more than he lost.
"Great misfortune brings great fortune," Lin Xuan thought. The loss of the yin essence would affect his strength, but it wasn't a fatal blow.
With this mindset, Lin Xuan felt relieved. The yin essence had absorbed almost all the true energy and was on the verge of breaking down. The remaining energy was much less than before, so he estimated that absorbing it wouldn’t be too difficult.
The next step was to truly give up and expel the yin essence from his body.
Just as Lin Xuan made this decision, something unexpected happened. The yin essence couldn't be expelled; in fact, it didn’t obey his commands at all.
Was it because he had absorbed too much true energy that he lost control of it?
Lin Xuan was sweating profusely. Why did things keep going wrong? If the yin essence exploded inside him, he would be in serious trouble!
What should I do?
Lin Xuan faced another choice, but this time, he truly felt helpless.
The yin essence had been in his dantian for years and had reached a state where it could be controlled by will. Originally, expelling it required only a mental command. But after absorbing the true energy source, things had changed...
Even with Lin Xuan's cleverness, he was now at his wit’s end. Before he could think of another way to control the yin essence, something unexpected happened.
The yin essence suddenly collapsed.
Thankfully, it didn’t explode.
Lin Xuan was startled but also extremely relieved. If the yin essence had really exploded, not only would this body be destroyed, but even the entire cave and a thousand miles around might have been flattened...
His main yin essence would definitely suffer, and he would be caught in the crossfire, suffering greatly.
The inner avatar might escape, but his fall wouldn’t be complete.
Lin Xuan felt like he had narrowly escaped disaster.
But the situation didn't end there. The collapsed yin essence was replaced by a cloud several acres wide. A cave’s dantian and qihai could indeed be considered a small thousand-world realm, vast in area.
The cloud wasn’t static; it continued to swirl and change.
As he observed this, Lin Xuan felt an unbearable pain, worse than the fiery hell of the previous stage. Hadn't he already passed through that?
Lin Xuan's willpower was tested as the pain almost made him faint. He gritted his teeth and endured, knowing that if he fainted now, the outcome would be uncertain.
No matter how painful it was, he had to endure. Lin Xuan didn’t believe that after two thousand years of hardship, so many trials, he would fall because of a rare treasure.
He took deep breaths, blood rushing to his eyes, reminding himself to persevere.
But other than keeping the inner vision technique active, he dared not do anything else.
Because the cloud was formed from the collapsed yin essence and was continuously swirling. The energy inside was immensely powerful. Any rash action could lead to unpredictable outcomes. Thus, Lin Xuan could only grit his teeth and endure.
Time passed slowly.
This situation decided Lin Xuan's fate, but he could only observe as a passive onlooker, doing nothing except monitoring the changes.
A day passed with no change in the cloud.
Two days passed, everything remained the same.
Lin Xuan was relieved but also speechless. Would this continue indefinitely?
But he still didn’t dare to act rashly; waiting seemed to be his only choice.
One month passed, then two months.
As time went on, Lin Xuan finally noticed something amiss—the cloud's size was gradually shrinking.
Very slowly, but it was reducing.
Could it...
Lin Xuan had a vague idea but couldn't be sure.
---
A day in the human world is like a thousand years in the mountains.
Although this time wasn’t as long as before, ten years were enough for a small creature to grow into a strong young man.
Indeed, ten years had passed since Lin Xuan's yin essence collapsed.
During these ten years, no one visited his cave. Flowers bloomed and withered, but the path was covered in thick mud and littered with dead branches and leaves. His cave hadn’t been cleaned for so long that it looked like an ancient tomb untouched by humans.
It was a peaceful morning. The sun just rose, casting light through the gaps between the leaves. Early birds were already searching for insects on the trees. Everything seemed tranquil and harmonious.
Suddenly, a loud noise broke the silence.
"Good fortune from misfortune, truly good fortune from misfortune!"
A man with long hair and tattered clothes walked out of the cave. Upon closer inspection, it was Lin Xuan himself.
His face showed immense joy after ten years of hardship.
Indeed, as he said, "good fortune from misfortune."
The collapse of his yin essence had left him worried that his cultivation would suffer a significant decline. However, the strange cloud in his dantian and the intense pain it caused had kept him on edge for ten long years.
Fortunately, an old saying was right: great misfortune brings great fortune. Heaven hadn’t abandoned Lin Xuan; he owed this to his own efforts as well.
Over these ten years, the cloud slowly changed form, gradually shrinking in size. This process was slow but continuous. Finally, Lin Xuan noticed that the cloud had transformed from a gas into a liquid and then solidified, ultimately forming a new yin essence.
Yes, it was a yin essence, but significantly different from before. Moreover, he had advanced two cultivation stages—rising from the initial stage of Shen Shi to the later stage.
Postscript: I apologize, truly apologize. It's all my fault. I keep breaking my promises. But when one is unlucky, even drinking cold water can cause toothaches. Recently, I've been writing by hand. Today, I wasn't careful and accidentally dropped my tablet when my son tried to pull me down. I'm really upset...
Today, I’m feeling extremely depressed because my writing speed has slowed due to my mood. Please understand if you see any lazy behavior from me today.
My poor tablet—can it be fixed? Please give me some votes of support!