Chapter 450: Spirit Body Resonance: Meeting in a Dream

Education departments in various countries also responded quickly, beginning to introduce basic cultivation courses into the school system. At the same time, large-scale talent screening activities were launched globally to find teenagers with potential for cultivation and provide them with systematic training.

"We must plan ahead," one education official stated, "Yage has been defeated, but who knows if there will be similar threats in the future? Cultivating the next generation of Practitioners is our best investment in the future."

This transformation was not smooth sailing. Some conservative forces expressed concern over the popularization of cultivation, believing it might lead to chaos in social order. Others worried that disparities in cultivation ability would exacerbate social inequality. These controversies sparked widespread discussion globally.

Facing these controversies, cultivation organizations in various countries took the initiative to extend an olive branch, expressing willingness to accept government regulation and ensure the reasonable dissemination of cultivation knowledge. Cultivation leaders like Zhang Qingsong repeatedly emphasized that the essence of cultivation is to pursue harmony between man and Nature, rather than the pursuit of personal power.

"Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan proved to the world with their own sacrifices that the ultimate meaning of cultivation lies in protection, not domination," Zhang Qingsong said at an international conference, "Future cultivation education must pass this spirit on to every Practitioner as a core value."

As time passed, reconstruction work across the globe gradually unfolded. Areas polluted by the Void were, through the efforts of Practitioners, one by one becoming habitable again. The energy levels of the Five Great Cultivation Centers were also slowly recovering, and the cultivation network began to function once more.

The Seven Cores located at the headquarters became the hub of this new system, connecting the global cultivation network into an organic whole. In this new network, energy and ideas from different cultivation traditions were able to exchange and merge, creating a more powerful and harmonious system.

One year later, to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Yage and the sacrifices of Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan, countries jointly held a grand commemorative event. The center of the event was the newly completed "Five Elements Memorial Hall"; this building integrated elements from the world's five major cultivation traditions, symbolizing the unity and integration of human civilization.

In the center of the memorial hall stood a huge statue, depicting the scene of Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan standing back-to-back and channeling energy during the final battle. Engraved on the base of the statue was a simple yet powerful line: "For the tomorrow of humanity, they gave their today."

Whenever night fell, seven beams of light of different colors shot from the memorial hall into the night sky, symbolizing the Seven Cores and the power and hope they represented. These beams of light intersected high in the sky, forming a harmonious pattern that illuminated the entire city.

Xu Feng often stood outside the memorial hall, looking up at those beams of light, thinking of his distant friends. Although a year of research had not yielded a substantial breakthrough, he never gave up hope. Under his leadership, the research team at headquarters continued to expand, attracting the world's most outstanding scientists and cultivation researchers to join.

"We are exploring a brand-new theory," Xu Feng wrote in his research log, "Combining quantum theory with ancient soul doctrines might provide new ideas for Spiritual Body Reunion. This path is very difficult, but I believe that one day, we will wait for the moment when Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan return."

Inside Guiyuan Pavilion, the Seven Cores still floated quietly, emitting a soft glow. The two Yin-Yang Dual-Colored Cores seemed even brighter than before, and the energy fluctuations within them were also more harmonious. No one knew what this meant, but everyone was willing to believe that it was a good omen.

Six months had passed since Yage was defeated. The early summer sunlight shone through the carefully designed skylights of Guiyuan Pavilion, casting a soft glow on the seven floating cores. Over these six months, the world had gradually recovered from the fear of the Void Invasion, and the global cultivation network had regained its vitality; although energy levels had not fully recovered, it was already able to meet basic operational needs.

Inside Guiyuan Pavilion, Xu Feng stood before the console, his eyes bloodshot from working dozens of hours straight, yet the determination within them did not diminish in the slightest. Ever since the day Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan's Spirit Bodies merged into the cores, he had devoted himself to this seemingly impossible task—finding a way to let his two friends regain their human forms.

"Director Xu, you should rest." His assistant, Li Ming, handed him a cup of hot tea with concern, "You have been working for thirty-six hours straight."

Xu Feng took the teacup and shook his head with a bitter smile: "Rest? Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan are trapped in the cores; how can I rest in peace?"

Li Ming sighed and was about to persuade him further when the monitoring equipment suddenly emitted a soft sound, and the data curves on the display screen showed tiny fluctuations.

"What's going on?" Xu Feng immediately put down the teacup and leaned toward the screen.

"It seems there is an abnormal fluctuation in the core energy." Li Ming quickly checked the data, "Strange, there is no external energy input; why would there be such a change?"

Xu Feng looked up at the seven floating cores, his brow furrowed. The two Yin-Yang Dual-Colored Cores seemed brighter than usual, and the patterns on their surfaces were also changing slightly, as if something were about to break free from within.

"Set all monitoring equipment to maximum sensitivity," Xu Feng ordered quickly, "Record every trace of fluctuation, no matter how small. At the same time, recall all personnel from the core research group; we may have encountered a breakthrough!"

The research team assembled quickly, and Guiyuan Pavilion soon became busy. The researchers adjusted various precision instruments, attempting to capture every trace of change in the cores.

Young researcher Wang Xiaowen was operating the Spirit Body Fluctuation Detector when she suddenly discovered an anomaly: "Director Xu! Please look at this!"

She pointed to two faint waveforms on the display screen; although these waveforms were intermittent, they did exist and possessed obvious regularity.

"This is... Spirit Body fluctuation?" Xu Feng asked in shock.

Wang Xiaowen nodded, excitement flashing in her eyes: "That's right, although it is very faint, the structure is extremely similar to human Spirit Body fluctuations. And..." she pulled up two waveform charts to compare, "these two types of fluctuations have an 80% match with the archived Spirit Body data of Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan!"

The laboratory fell silent instantly; everyone realized what this meant—the Spirit Body consciousnesses of Lin Xuan and Xiao Yuan still existed within the cores and had not completely dissipated.

"Perform a deep scan immediately," Xu Feng's voice trembled slightly with excitement, "I want to know their Spirit Body status, the clarity of their consciousness, and whether there are signs of autonomous fluctuation."

The researchers immediately took action, with various pieces of equipment operating simultaneously to collect a large amount of data. Just as they were busy, a researcher responsible for core alignment inadvertently moved the two Yin-Yang Dual-Colored Cores closer together, preparing for a routine energy test.