Second-Level Circuit Intendant

Before the sound of his voice faded, she didn't give Gu Yang a chance to refuse again.

Warm breath brushed against his face.

Those cold, soft lips, carrying the bitter taste of rain and the unique faint fragrance of a young maiden, clumsily yet dominatingly pressed against Gu Yang's burning lips.

Boom!

It was like a spark dropping into a barrel of oil.

His Extreme Yang Physique was already restless. Now, stimulated by this delivered Extreme Yin Energy, how could it be suppressed?

Gu Yang's eyes suddenly darkened.

He no longer pushed her away. Instead, he reached back and grabbed Su Wanyin's slender waist, holding her with such force it was as if he wanted to crush her into his very bones and blood.

Thunder rolled, and the torrential rain poured down.

"Mmph..."

Su Wanyin let out a broken whimper.

Cold and hot.

Yin and Yang.

There were no red candles or warm curtains, only biting cold winds and freezing muddy water.

But Su Wanyin felt that this was the warmest and safest moment of her entire life.

It was as if a drowning person had grabbed onto the only piece of driftwood.

That incredibly pure Extreme Yang spiritual power flowed through their touching skin. Not only did it not harm her, but it also created a miraculous resonance with the Pure Maiden's Exquisite Heart that had lain dormant in her dantian for twenty years.

And the Extreme Yin vital energy she had accumulated for twenty years surged continuously toward Gu Yang, soothing the violent fiery energy in his meridians.

The surrounding spiritual energy began to riot.

The rainwater evaporated the moment it came within three feet of the two, turning into a thick white mist that enveloped their figures.

Suddenly.

"Om—"

An ancient and desolate hum echoed from within Gu Yang's body.

He snapped his eyes open, golden light blazing in their depths.

The Five-Colored Lotus Platform within his body seemed to have received some kind of ultimate nourishment and began to spin madly.

"Not enough..."

Gu Yang growled softly, feeling the power within him about to erupt.

With a thought, his innate divine ability was suddenly activated.

"Chaos Lotus Platform, open!"

Boom!

With the two of them at the center, the void trembled.

A massive, semi-transparent phantom of a five-colored lotus appeared out of thin air.

The glowing lotus was ten feet tall. It was not in full bloom but rather displayed a protective posture. Its five massive petals slowly closed together like an inverted glazed pagoda, securely shielding the two within the heart of the flower.

Azure, red, yellow, white, and black.

The Five Elements circulated endlessly.

The raging storm and flashing thunder outside were completely isolated at this moment.

Within the lotus platform, it formed its own small world.

It was warm, tranquil, and filled with a lingering ambiguity.

Su Wanyin opened her bleary eyes, looking at the radiant lotus petals above her head, her eyes full of shock and infatuation.

"What... is this?"

She had never seen such a domineering and sacred phenomenon.

Was this truly a method an itinerant cultivator could possess?

But the next second, all her thoughts were washed away by Gu Yang.

Gu Yang was currently in a profound state.

Su Wanyin's Pure Maiden's Exquisite Heart was not just a powerful tonic; it was a key.

A key to unlocking his Perfect Dao Foundation.

Under the guidance of that Extreme Yin power, the Nine Nether Soul-Locking Flame within his body, which had been forcibly devoured and was still somewhat impure, began to perfectly merge with the Great Sun True Fire.

Yin and Yang complemented each other; water and fire coexisted.

Within his Dantian's Qi Sea, spiritual power madly gathered beside the once-solitary Five-Colored Lotus Platform.

Countless complex runes intertwined and condensed in the void.

They were the textures of the Great Dao, the manifestation of the rules of the world.

That was... his second Dao Platform!

The spiritual energy from the outside world poured in madly, passing through the gaps of the Chaos Lotus Platform to form a visible spiritual energy funnel that plunged directly into the crown of Gu Yang's head.

Gu Yang looked inward and saw that his Dantian's Qi Sea was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation.

The base of his first-level Foundation Establishment Five-Colored Lotus Platform was as stable as a mountain. The full ten thousand strands of liquid magical power contained within it had once made him invincible among his peers, one must know that if ordinary cultivators relied on spiritual items to establish their foundation, cultivating one thousand five hundred strands of magical power at the first level would already be their absolute limit.

And right now, this was merely the foundation.

With the complete refinement of the Pure Maiden's Exquisite Heart, a majestic energy that almost threatened to burst his body exploded.

"Crack—Crack—"

That was the groan of his meridians unable to bear the heavy load.

In order to adapt to the instantly skyrocketing liquid magical power that had transformed into a higher density, his entire body's twelve standard meridians and eight extraordinary meridians were forcibly stretched open by that domineering force.

Pain!

It felt like ten thousand ants gnawing at his bones, or a steel blade scraping his marrow.

Gu Yang gritted his teeth, cold sweat instantly soaking his back, but the sharp gleam in his eyes grew even more fiery.

Through repeated tearing and restructuring, his meridian barriers were forcibly widened by a full fold!

The spiritual power channels that originally flowed like trickling streams now transformed into surging rivers.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Along with the widening and reshaping of his meridians, layers of black, greasy dirt were ruthlessly squeezed out of the pores all over his body.

Those were the impurities hidden in the deepest parts of his body, the final shackles of his mortal flesh.

Amidst this extreme intertwining of pain and pleasure, a sudden mutation occurred in the center of his Dantian's Qi Sea.

Countless complex runes intertwined and condensed in the void.

They were the textures of the Great Dao, the manifestation of the rules.

Above the original Five-Colored Lotus Platform, spiritual power gathered madly, and the second-level Dao Platform, the Yin-Yang Glazed Platform, began to slowly take shape!

For Foundation Establishment cultivators using ordinary foundation-building spiritual items, the total magical power after forging the first-level Dao Platform was about 1,500 strands, and the second level was about 3,000 strands.

If an ordinary cultivator's second-level Dao Platform was merely a simple accumulation of spiritual power, then what Gu Yang was forging at this moment was a perfect foundation.

The spiritual energy from the outside world poured in madly, passing through the gaps of the Chaos Lotus Platform to form a visible spiritual energy funnel that plunged directly into the crown of Gu Yang's head.

One thousand strands... five thousand strands... ten thousand strands...

Twenty thousand strands!

It wasn't until this moment that the insane growth finally ground to a halt.

His total magical power had doubled!

Over twenty thousand strands of magical power surged and roared within his Dantian. That was seven times the amount of an ordinary second-level Foundation Establishment cultivator!

This was not just an overwhelming advantage in quantity, but a crushing dimensional strike in terms of quality.

Su Wanyin only felt the last ounce of strength in her body being drained, and she collapsed limply into Gu Yang's embrace like a puddle of mud.

In the final moment before her consciousness faded away, she saw a scene that she would never forget for the rest of her life.

Behind that man, a black sun seemed to rise.

The outer ring was a brilliant golden flame like the great sun, while the inner core was a deep pitch-black like the Nine Nethers.

And within that black sun, a crystal-clear Dao Platform, looking as though it were forged from ice, snow, and glaze, was slowly taking shape.

That was not merely the second-level Dao Platform of the Foundation Establishment stage.

It was a perfect work of art.

The dual energies of Yin and Yang, life and death circulated upon it, emitting a terrifying pressure that made one's heart palpitate, that was a Heavenly Dao aura that stood high above ordinary Foundation Establishment.

"Is this... your... Dao?"

A satisfied yet poignant smile curled the corners of Su Wanyin's mouth before she completely passed out.

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