Chapter 331: Breakthrough: Three Flowers Converging at the Crown!

With the annihilation of Tang Ji's gang, the departure of the two Inquisitors, and the disappearance of the "sea pirate threat," the long-turbulent streets and surroundings of Weizhoucheng gradually returned to their former calm.

The Grand Canal Guild sent a shrewd, capable, and spotlessly clean new Master to take charge, swiftly stabilizing the branch's situation and actively cooperating with the authorities to reorganize the canal transport.

The major families and sects within Weizhou, having witnessed Chen Mu's ruthless methods and the overwhelming intervention of the Town Defense Bureau's headquarters, also became far more restrained; at least publicly, they began to abide by the rules and coexist peacefully, no longer daring to spark major conflicts.

Chen Mu, stationed at the Weizhoucheng Town Defense Bureau, handled daily official duties, reformed the bureau's internal atmosphere, and promoted trustworthy personnel.

At the same time, he devoted himself to cultivation, pondering day and night, further refining and fusing the "Qi" and "Jing" of the Three Treasures—essence, energy, and spirit—while continuously nurturing and strengthening the profound and mysterious "Shen."

Time slipped by, and in the blink of an eye, three months passed.

On this day, within the quiet chamber at the back of the Town Defense Bureau.

Chen Mu sat cross-legged, eyes half-closed, his aura rounded and inwardly contained, as if fused with the surrounding environment.

After three months of sedimentation and accumulation, his mental state finally reached an unprecedented peak!

Within his consciousness sea, his soul force was like refined glass forged a thousand times—translucent, unbreakable, and brimming with vast vitality and spirituality.

With a mere thought, his perception was clear and sharp, extending far beyond that of his peers, and his control over his true energy reached a microscopically precise level.

His spiritual will was condensed into a single point, impervious to external demons, his inner mind luminous and clear.

The cultivation of "Shen" had naturally reached perfection—the ideal state for his current realm!

Jing, Qi, and Shen formed a perfect cycle and resonance within his body; a vast, unimpeded, flawless aura subtly circled his entire form.

"It is time…"

Chen Mu drew a deep breath—long and heavy—as if drawing in all the air and his own Jing, Qi, and Shen into his chest and abdomen.

He closed his eyes, sinking his mind entirely into the deepest depths of his body, entering a mysterious state of self-forgetfulness and unity with the One.

His will, fine as silk, precisely guided the three primal forces that had already accumulated to their peak.

Jing—the essence of the flesh, the pinnacle of blood and qi.

At this moment, Chen Mu's blood and qi stirred like a slumbering ancient dragon awakening; the vast vitality dormant in his limbs, bones, organs, and viscera surged forth, transforming into a powerful, crimson force as fiery as flame yet as dense as mercury, rising from the marrow and acupoints.

Qi—the true energy of the dantian, the foundation of martial cultivation.

Within his dantian sea, the purest true energy—refined countless times—surged like hidden currents beneath a calm lake.

Vast streams of true energy flowed ceaselessly along the mysterious pathways of the Duan Tianhe Scripture, yet were bound and condensed by his overwhelming will into a brilliant golden torrent.

Shen—the soul within the consciousness sea, the manifestation of will.

Within his consciousness sea, the crystalline soul force—also refined countless times—blazed with radiant light; the invisible spiritual power seemed to solidify into pure, luminous glass flames—pure, resilient, agile, radiating the mysterious resonance of self-awareness and communion with heaven and earth, emerging from the third eye's ancestral acupoint.

"Merge!"

Chen Mu silently intoned.

This was not mere power stacking—it was the deepest possible fusion and resonance of three distinct yet origin-sharing forces: flesh, true energy, and spirit, under absolute mastery of his will.

Hum—

A silent vibration echoed within his body.

The crimson blood force, the pale-gold true energy, and the transparent spiritual force—like three streams of differing hues—began a slow, steady convergence at a point of nothingness above his dantian, deep within his heart, behind his brow.

That point was like the primordial singularity of the universe, holding infinite potential.

The role of the cultivation technique had become negligible; only the Da Luo Wu Jing offered a skeletal framework.

The true key lay in Chen Mu's understanding of the essence of his own power, and in his will—strong enough to command the three primal forces and harmonize them into unity!

Time lost meaning within this deep cultivation.

One day, two days… five days… ten days…

Chen Mu sat like a meditating monk, utterly motionless; only occasional faint glimmers of tri-colored light rippled across his body, signaling the cataclysmic transformation within.

All his will was focused on that "singularity," carefully guiding the three forces from convergence, to initial fusion, to mutual penetration—each within the other, each inseparable.

This was a painstaking, slow process—no haste allowed.

A single misstep could trigger force conflict—minor failure meant losing all progress; major failure could damage his foundation.

Chen Mu's mind operated like the most precise instrument, calm and steady, handling every subtle change.

Finally, on the fifteenth day of his seclusion, at midnight, Zi Shi, the moment of yin-yang transition and utter silence.

The seated Chen Mu suddenly trembled!

Not a violent shake, but a wondrous resonance originating from the deepest core of his life essence.

The next instant, above his head, three feet in the air, the air quivered and heated as if stirred by invisible force; vast clouds of milky-white mist tinged with faint golden radiance spontaneously erupted, swiftly rising and condensing.

This mist was not water vapor—it was highly condensed, nearly solidified heavenly energy mixed with Chen Mu's own pure life essence.

As the mist churned, it faintly shaped itself into the form of a flower.

This "flower" was not real—it manifested from pure energy and spiritual force!

It displayed a layered, dreamlike structure, with three distinct petal contours barely visible.

The bottom petal, dark red and heavy as a mountain, represented the pinnacle of "Jing"—the body flawless, blood and qi like a dragon.

The middle petal, glowing with flowing gold, brilliant and dazzling, represented the perfection of "Qi"—true energy vast and unceasing.

The top petal, transparent and ethereal yet radiant with spiritual light, represented the transcendence of "Shen"—soul refined, will reaching heaven.

The three flowers overlapped, slowly rotating; though mere shadows, they emitted a mysterious rhythm—perfectly harmonious, endlessly vital, communing with heaven and earth.

It seemed to instantly elevate Chen Mu's life level to a New Realm.

Within the chamber, heavenly energy responded to an invisible summons, surging joyfully into Chen Mu's body, replenishing the vast energy consumed in his breakthrough and further stabilizing the newly formed, stronger primal source.

Chen Mu slowly opened his eyes.

His gaze held inner brilliance—deep as an ancient well, yet clear and bright, as if reflecting the ultimate truths of heaven and earth.

His aura was now perfectly unified, utterly free of stagnation; every gesture, every movement, resonated subtly in harmony with the surrounding world.

Mid-stage Earth Altar Realm—Three Flowers Converging at the Crown!

Breakthrough complete!