The spiritual power kept increasing, and gradually, Li Lin felt his mind expanding, swelling to the point that it brought intense pain.

"Boom…"

Inside the sea of spiritual power in his mind, a muffled sound suddenly echoed. The spiritual power compressed and expanded, exploding instantly. During this compression and explosion, the space expanded several times over, and spiritual energy madly surged in.

"Huff, huff…"

Accompanied by an invisible energy from heaven and earth, Li Lin’s aura soared...

Simultaneously, within Li Lin’s body, Qi continuously rose from various parts, enveloping him. Inside the Qi Sea space of his dantian, the Qi roared and began to churn.

The breakthrough of spiritual power now led Li Lin’s Qi to the edge of its own breakthrough. The YinYang Spirit Martial Technique required both to break through simultaneously.

At this moment, Qi inside Li Lin's body surged. Temporarily, Li Lin's bones, meridians, muscles, internal organs, and so on, seemed to possess their own consciousness, beginning to absorb Qi. In this process, the toughness of his body gradually increased.

Spiritual power mainly enhances soul power, while Qi affects bodily strength. Both have their strengths. However, for someone like Li Lin who cultivates both spirit and martial arts, with both body and soul power extremely strong, anyone seeing him at this moment would undoubtedly be astonished.

During this process, Li Lin found his body being forged again, slowly strengthening at a rate he could vaguely perceive.

Li Lin controlled the Qi within his body, readying for the breakthrough, not daring to be careless. He directed the Qi towards the Qi Sea in his dantian.

As the Qi flowed through his meridians, it gradually gathered outside the Qi Sea in the dantian. At this time, an invisible energy from the world around also began entering Li Lin's body through his pores, converging in the dantian's Qi Sea. As the Qi energy slowly accumulated to the point of expanding the meridians, it felt like a massive army ready to march, and a roaring sound seemed to emanate from Li Lin's abdomen.

Inside Li Lin, the Qi in the dantian's Qi Sea roared and the space expanded, resembling an inflating balloon. Several hours later, it expanded to the brink of bursting.

"Compress, break through," Li Lin uttered a low shout. At the same time, the Qi energy filling his meridians surged like a stampeding army into the Qi Sea in the dantian.

This enormous energy almost instantly collided with the Qi Sea, causing Li Lin to let out a soft groan. The massive force hitting the Qi Sea brought pain that nearly made him lose control.

As this wave of Qi energy entered, the Qi Sea in Li Lin's dantian suddenly expanded to its utmost limit, then a bursting sound quietly echoed within his body.

Simultaneously, the originally white aura around Li Lin had, unknowingly, turned into a yellowish hue, intensifying in brightness. Li Lin's aura also greatly increased.

Time slowly passed, and Li Lin's aura continued to climb until the sky began to lighten, finally stabilizing.

"Huff, huff…"

Li Lin slowly exhaled a long breath from the Qi Sea in his dantian, then opened his eyes, revealing a sharp brilliance that gradually receded, leaving his eyes deeper than before.

"Finally, I've broken through," Li Lin smiled faintly, feeling the majestic spiritual power in his mind and the abundant Qi in his dantian's Qi Sea. His strength was now nearly ten times greater than when he was at the peak of the ninth level Martial Fighter. Martial Master and Martial Fighter represent two different levels, and their strengths are incomparable.

Li Lin also realized that when he devoured the Qi of a first-level Martial Fighter from the Black Sword Sect, their Qi Sea was about half the size of his own at this time, and their meridians were also narrower.

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This change in himself, Li Lin attributed to the YinYang Spirit Martial Technique. Devouring pill energy and Qi energy had gradually expanded his meridians and Qi Sea due to continuous impact. His foundation was solid, making future cultivation easier.

"I wonder what level they have reached," Li Lin murmured to himself, thinking of Yang Miao, Qin TianHao, and others. It had been seven or eight months since he fell off the cliff in the Misty Mountain Range, and at that time, he was only a fourth-level Martial Fighter and a first-level Spirit Fighter.

Now that I am both a first-level Spirit Master and a first-level Martial Master, I wonder how much they have achieved in the YunYang Sect. Perhaps when I return to the YunYang Sect, I will find out.

"They probably think I'm dead," Li Lin sighed slightly, fearing that his mother knew of his disappearance and must be very heartbroken. Thinking of his mother crying, Li Lin felt a pang of pain in his heart.

"Li WuShuang." Li Lin involuntarily thought of Li WuShuang. She must think he is dead too, falling into a deep abyss, no one would believe he is still alive.

"Once I've finished my tasks, I'll find a way to return to the YunYang Sect," Li Lin thought to himself, putting away the Spirit Jade bed and then stepping out of the cave chamber.

Little dragon had been waiting outside the cave and affectionately rushed up to Li Lin, flicking its tongue and licking his face continuously.

When Li Lin returned to his residence, he did not see Li XinTong but found Fang XinQi organizing a lot of herbs. Looking closely, Li Lin noticed that these herbs were all poisonous.

"Sixth Senior Sister, what are you doing?" Li Lin asked in surprise.

"Sect Leader, you've come out of seclusion," said Fang XinQi, who was organizing the herbs and had just noticed Li Lin's entrance. She quickly saluted and said, "Sect Leader, these are Elder Dong's instructions. Soak these herbs in water for an hour every day for XinTong to bathe in, to strengthen her muscles and bones."

"Bathing in poison, this old poisoner," Li Lin sighed. The poison skills of the old poisoner were indeed bizarre. XinTong would definitely be full of poison in the future.

"Where is XinTong?" Li Lin didn't see XinTong and was somewhat surprised.

Fang XinQi replied, "Yesterday, after Elder Dong came out of seclusion, he took XinTong into the chamber, saying he needed to remove some kind of poison from her body, which would take two or three days."

"Oh," Li Lin responded softly. HuiHun Poison Commander said it would take three days to recover some strength, so five days since coming out of seclusion means his strength must have recovered somewhat. With this old poisoner in the Flying Spirit Gate, Li Lin thought his original plan should change.

Li Lin then asked Fang XinQi about the recent situation in the Flying Spirit Gate. Nothing major had happened, and all the disciples were diligently cultivating.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

Zhang MingTao entered, saluted, and said, "Sect Leader, in the past few days, Elders Huang and Zhou have been looking for you."

Li Lin frowned and asked, "Do you know why they are looking for me?"

"It seems Elder Huang heard that the Sect Leader brought an outsider to the Flying Spirit Gate and wanted to inquire about it," Zhang MingTao replied, not knowing any other details.

"Hmph, they want to find me, but I also want to find them," Li Lin muttered with a smile and said to Zhang MingTao, "Senior Brother, please inform the disciples to gather in the main hall, including the three Elders. I have something to announce."

"Yes, Sect Leader," Zhang MingTao replied and quickly left.

"It's time to change the plan," Li Lin muttered to himself after Zhang MingTao left. With HuiHun Poison Commander Dong WuMing in the Flying Spirit Gate, he no longer needed to be cautious.

However, Li Lin was now conflicted. He had no intention of becoming the Sect Leader of the Flying Spirit Gate. Could it be that he really had to continue being the Sect Leader?

Li Lin knew very well that to become a strong figure, his own strength was still not enough, not enough to make others too wary. But if he were strong and also had a formidable force, that would be truly intimidating.

In the Li family, Li Lin was preparing to have his own force, instructing Uncle Jiang to train Li XiaoBai, also in preparation for his future force.

But the strength of the Flying Spirit Gate was simply too weak, and moreover, it was in the ancient domain.

"Perhaps, the ancient domain is more suitable for me..." Li Lin murmured. The ancient domain was chaotic, where the strong were respected, and there were no rules. It was the most suitable place to develop one's strength. In the LingWu Continent, with three Sects, four Schools, and seven great powers, any new rising force would surely face joint resistance from the seven factions. None of them would want to see another force rise under their watch.

"Perhaps, this is fate, fate that brought me to this world and to the Flying Spirit Gate," Li Lin said softly, pondering over some decisions in his mind.

"Sixth Senior Sister, come with me to the main hall," Li Lin said to Fang XinQi after a while.

"Greetings, Sect Leader."

When Li Lin and Fang XinQi arrived at the main hall, the disciples had already gathered, except for a few who stayed to guard the Flying Spirit Gate. Although the Flying Spirit Gate was in decline, such formalities were still necessary.

At this time, Li Lin did not hide Little dragon in his sleeve. Even HuiHun Poison Commander couldn't recognize Little dragon's identity, so the people of the Flying Spirit Gate naturally couldn't either.