The night was quiet.
After completing his first body purification, Lin Tian felt a calm strength flowing through his body. The heaviness that once weighed down his limbs had disappeared. Every breath felt smoother, and even the air seemed clearer.
He sat by the window of his small apartment, looking out at the vast night sky.
The city lights below were bright and restless, but above them stretched an endless darkness filled with stars.
Lin Tian stared at those distant lights for a long time.
In his past life, those stars were not simply beautiful decorations in the sky.
They were worlds.
Each star represented countless planets, civilizations, powerful sects, and terrifying cultivators.
He had traveled across many of those worlds.
He had fought in battles that shattered entire star systems.
And yet now, he had returned to the smallest and most fragile starting point.
Earth.
Lin Tian leaned slightly against the window frame.
"Earth is weak… but it's not completely empty," he murmured softly.
He had already sensed traces of spiritual energy in the air. Although extremely thin, it still existed.
That alone meant one thing.
The planet was not completely dead.
Somewhere, somehow, the energy of the universe was still reaching Earth.
Lin Tian closed his eyes.
He slowly inhaled and began circulating the Heavenly Origin Breathing Method again.
The faint spiritual energy around him began gathering slightly.
But this time, Lin Tian was not focusing on his body.
Instead, he focused on the sky.
His spiritual awareness slowly expanded outward.
This was a very weak version of spiritual perception, something powerful cultivators used to sense energy across vast distances.
Right now, Lin Tian could barely extend his awareness beyond his apartment.
But that was enough.
His senses stretched outward like invisible threads.
He felt the energy within the room.
The faint warmth from electrical devices.
The slow movement of air.
The distant vibrations from people walking in other apartments.
Then he pushed his awareness upward.
Toward the sky.
At first, there was nothing.
Just emptiness.
But Lin Tian continued focusing.
Minutes passed.
Then suddenly—
A faint ripple touched his senses.
Lin Tian's eyes opened slightly.
"There it is…"
High above the city, hidden behind the darkness of the sky, something was flowing.
A thin stream of cosmic energy.
It was extremely weak, almost impossible for ordinary cultivators to notice.
But Lin Tian had once been a cosmic warrior.
Even in this weakened state, his understanding of energy was far beyond anyone on Earth.
The energy in the night sky was different from the spiritual energy in the air.
It was purer.
Colder.
More ancient.
It felt like a distant river flowing silently across the heavens.
Lin Tian slowly stood up.
His eyes focused on a cluster of bright stars.
"That energy is coming from there…"
The energy was not random.
It was flowing along a specific direction across the sky.
Like a hidden current.
In his past life, Lin Tian had learned about such phenomena.
They were called Stellar Energy Streams.
Normally, planets with strong cultivation environments could absorb these streams easily.
But Earth was weak.
Its energy channels were mostly closed.
That was why only a tiny portion of the cosmic energy reached the surface.
However, even that tiny portion was incredibly valuable.
Lin Tian felt excitement rising in his chest.
"If I can connect my cultivation with that energy…"
His breathing slowed.
He returned to the bed and sat cross-legged again.
This time, his cultivation focus changed.
Instead of gathering the weak spiritual energy in the room, he tried reaching for the faint cosmic energy above the sky.
The process was extremely difficult.
The distance between him and the energy stream was enormous.
And his cultivation was still at the very beginning.
But Lin Tian was patient.
He had once cultivated for hundreds of years.
A single night meant nothing.
He inhaled slowly.
The spiritual energy within his body began circulating again.
Then he guided it upward through his spiritual awareness.
Reaching.
Searching.
Touching the sky.
At first, nothing happened.
But Lin Tian continued.
Minutes turned into hours.
The moon slowly moved across the sky.
Then suddenly—
A faint thread of energy descended.
Lin Tian's body trembled slightly.
He felt it.
A tiny fragment of cosmic energy had responded to his cultivation.
It flowed downward like a thin beam of invisible light.
Slowly.
Silently.
Then it entered his body.
The moment the energy touched his meridians—
A cold sensation spread across his entire body.
Lin Tian's eyes widened.
"This energy…!"
It was far stronger than the spiritual energy on Earth.
Even though the amount was extremely small, its quality was extraordinary.
The energy flowed through his meridians like icy lightning.
But instead of causing pain, it felt refreshing.
Pure.
Powerful.
The cosmic energy merged with the spiritual energy inside his body and strengthened it.
Lin Tian immediately began guiding it through the Heavenly Origin Breathing Method.
The energy circulated once.
Twice.
Three times.
With each cycle, his energy became slightly stronger.
His body felt lighter.
Sharper.
More stable.
A faint glow almost appeared around his skin before fading away.
Lin Tian exhaled slowly.
His heart was beating faster now.
"I was right…"
"The night sky still carries cosmic energy."
This discovery changed everything.
Earth's natural spiritual energy was weak.
But if Lin Tian could absorb cosmic energy directly from the stars, his cultivation speed would increase dramatically.
It was like finding a hidden treasure.
He looked up at the sky again.
The stars shone quietly above the city.
Most people saw them as distant lights.
But Lin Tian now saw something else.
Power.
Opportunity.
A path back to the universe.
He clenched his fist slightly.
"In my previous life, I climbed from a weak cultivator to a cosmic warrior."
"This time…"
"I will rise even faster."
He slowly closed his eyes again.
The night sky continued flowing with silent cosmic energy.
And for the first time since his rebirth, Lin Tian felt truly confident about his future.
Far beyond the clouds, beyond the stars, the universe was waiting.
And this time…
He would return stronger than ever. ✨📖