Chapter 88: Lin Yan's Breakthrough and Power-Up Plan — The Tenth Livestream Begins!
Although Lin Yan had advanced all the way to the Soul King level by absorbing and refining the purified soul power provided by the system—
He still hadn't fully grasped the various soul skills of his Chaos Green Lotus martial spirit.
Nor had he completely mastered the Xuanwu True Art or the Annihilation Spear Technique.
So Lin Yan didn't let this sudden surge of power make him arrogant.
After all, he now possessed the Longevity Technique, the Xuanwu True Art, the Annihilation Spear Technique, dual martial spirits — Chaos Green Lotus and Golden Sacred Dragon — and three external spirit bones.
Theoretically, if he could fully unleash all of this potential, he could probably crush a Soul Sage!
But it had been less than half a year since he acquired these powers—
He still hadn't fully honed and internalized everything.
Lin Yan recognized he had much more to learn and refine.
With his cultivation having just leapt forward, Lin Yan decided it was time to revise his training plan in order to gain full control of his strength.
Right now, he had too many martial arts and secret techniques.
Training them all at once would only make him a jack of all trades, master of none.
Better to focus on the most practical and essential ones.
First, the Longevity Technique — as his core cultivation method — was non-negotiable.
Then, from the Xuanwu True Art, he chose to prioritize four techniques:
Dragon Claw of Bone and ShellGolden Harmony FingerFiery Strength Leg TechniqueMovement Technique: Plum Blossom Shift
Thanks to his Golden Sacred Dragon spirit—
Lin Yan could manifest sharp claws, which gave him a huge advantage when training the claw and finger-based techniques.
The Fiery Strength Leg Technique would complement those in battle.
As for Plum Blossom Shift, it focused on evasive agility — far more suitable for combat than Waterless Glide, which prioritized pure speed.
Since he already had the Wind Thunder Wings external spirit bone for speed and escape, he decided to only train Waterless Glide lightly.
Next came the Annihilation Spear Technique.
This combat style, drawn from Swallowed Star, was immensely powerful—but equally difficult to master.
And since the Chaos Green Lotus spirit hadn't yet awakened its Godslaying Spear soul skill—
Lin Yan didn't plan to invest much effort here for now. He'd leave that to his Shangqing projection to study.
Instead, his true body would focus on mastering the accompanying Guiding Technique: Nirvana of Life and Death, which included the Five Hearts to Heaven Gene Cultivation Method.
In Swallowed Star, the guiding technique was used alongside Five Hearts to Heaven to drastically improve gene-energy cultivation speed.
The system had provided Lin Yan with the full package — not just the spear art, but its supporting movement art and guiding method as well.
Being a complete set, the guiding technique even detailed how to train Five Hearts to Heaven, and how to sync the two together.
In the original story, practicing this method required the body to reach a certain threshold—
Namely, a quasi-warrior standard: punching power over 900 kg and sprinting speed over 25 m/s.
This was pure physical performance — no soul power or true qi allowed.
Even after being enhanced by the Dragon Essence, Lin Yan hadn't yet reached that threshold.
But now that he was a Soul King—
And had absorbed four ten-thousand-year spirit rings, boosting his physical strength—
Lin Yan believed he had finally met the requirements.
…
In the days that followed, Lin Yan's daily routine remained the same.
His Shangqing projection handled appearances at Notting Academy.
Meanwhile, his real body cultivated deep in the back mountain.
However, his training schedule had changed.
In the morning, he focused on:
Dragon Claw of Bone and ShellGolden Harmony FingerFiery Strength Leg TechniquePlum Blossom Shift
In the afternoon, he trained the Longevity Technique.
At night, he practiced the Guiding Technique: Nirvana of Life and Death and Five Hearts to Heaven Gene Cultivation Method.
During these fifteen days, Lin Yan finally succeeded in sensing cosmic energy—
He successfully cultivated Five Hearts to Heaven and the Nirvana Guiding Technique.
Just one successful session brought tremendous improvements.
In punching strength alone—
Using a soul device to test it, Lin Yan found his power had increased by nearly 2,000 kg — over 4,000 jin!
And in later sessions—
Though the gains slowed, they remained impressive.
In just fifteen days—
His punching power exceeded 6,000 jin, and his speed surpassed 40 m/s.
Once he activated his Golden Sacred Dragon spirit—
His physical power would rise even further.
In fact, in his base state—
Lin Yan's physical strength now rivaled that of elite Beast-type Spirit Ancestors using all their soul skills.
And with the Golden Sacred Dragon spirit possessed—
He could likely match a top-tier Soul Emperor at full power.
As for Soul Sages—
There was a massive leap between Soul Emperors and Soul Sages, especially with the addition of the seventh skill: Martial Spirit Avatar, which dramatically boosted their power.
Lin Yan didn't yet feel confident fighting a Soul Sage.
But once he mastered all his techniques through real combat—
Defeating one would just be a matter of time.
And Lin Yan had already decided how to train in actual combat:
He'd head to the chaotic region between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires—
And hunt down some wolf bandits to test his strength.
But now wasn't the time.
His cultivation had drastically improved thanks to gene energy training—
And his appetite had grown just as drastically.
The 1,000 gold soul coins he had saved up — originally enough to last years — were almost gone in just over a month.
And that was despite using his fifth soul skill, Heaven and Earth Cauldron, to refine food into essence pills for more efficient absorption.
With his coins nearly gone, Lin Yan began thinking about how to make money.
His final idea?
Use his current reputation to trick that daydreaming narcissist Xiao Chenyu from Notting Academy.
Then, form a partnership with the City Lord's mansion to open a restaurant.
In his past life, Lin Yan had been a typical otaku. Besides anime and novels, he loved cooking shows.
Living alone had taught him to cook well.
He'd handle the recipes and management strategies.
The City Lord's mansion would provide staff and funds.
The restaurant would turn a profit easily.
As for how to convince Xiao Chenyu and his father?
That would be simple.
He'd just show off his first spirit ring — a century-old one.
Back when Lin Yan arrived at Notting Academy, his innate full soul power and outfit had already convinced the teachers he was from a powerful clan.
Of course Xiao Chenyu — the king of delusions — had been no exception.
But before Lin Yan could even approach Xiao Chenyu about the business idea—
The fifteen days had already passed.
The tenth livestream Q&A was about to begin!
(END CHAPTER)
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