2747 Above Sacred Source 12 Stars!
Lin Yuan’s body was like a piece of soap that was melting in the Returning Saint Pool.

But at the same time, the Returning Saint Pool activated his genetic model and allowed his body to be remolded rapidly. Hence, his body was maintained in a perfect state.

Lin Yuan was using this method to trade the energy within himself and that of the Returning Saint Pool.

It was as though the Returning Saint Pool was a part of Lin Yuan’s body.

It was both itchy and agonizing for Lin Yuan’s body to constantly melt and be remolded.

Pain was an endurable feeling to gnash one’s teeth and endure as long as one was strong enough.

However, itchiness could easily cause a person’s willpower to crumble.

Anyone who had experienced being cut by a knife knew that the itchy part of wound healing was much more salient than the pain.

Lin Yuan’s body was being externally remolded but the itchiness permeated his entire power.

Even with Lin Yuan’s willpower, he could not help but let out a groan.

Lin Yuan’s body shuddered under the pain and itch.

Lin Yuan had never been in such a sorry state ever since he arrived in this world.

Lin Yuan bit his lip forcefully to stave off the itchiness. His teeth almost immediately tore his lip. Fresh blood dripped from Lin Yuan’s lips and spread out in the Returning Saint Pool.

Lin Yuan had not noticed that his blood had turned golden-red. The golden-red blood even had a jade-like sheen.

Lin Yuan curled up his body, hugged his legs, and sank to the bottom of the Returning Saint Pool in this fetal position.

When he instinctively entered this state, he felt the pain and itch alleviate considerably.

However, the exchange of energy between the Returning Saint Pool and his body sped up significantly.

It did not take long before Lin Yuan clearly sensed that his body had improved.

When Lin Yuan circulated his energy, he realized that in the short span of an hour, the energy in his body now circulated at more than seven times its original speed.

Moreover, the energy could spread to many more channels in his body.

When Lin Yuan circulated his energy, the rate at which spirit qi was purified in his body also increased substantially compared to before.

Aside from improvements in his body, Lin Yuan’s spirit and soul had also become much more powerful than before. This especially applied to his soul power.

At the same time, Lin Yuan could sense that his two souls were showing signs of fusing. Lin Yuan was certain that this was due to the Returning Saint Pool.

Lin Yuan had heard about birth horoscope experts from the Moon Empress. Birth horoscope experts nourished their birth horoscopes with their souls.

It was likely that two souls did not fit with the usual conditions for a birth horoscope expert.

Now that the two souls were showing signs of fusing, it seemed that it was an inevitability.

Indeed, a lifeform’s birth horoscope represented its fate. There should not be the existence of two fates in a stable lifeform.

However, Lin Yuan felt the twinge of dilemma.

The existence of two souls allowed Lin Yuan to contract more sacred source lifeforms. Lin Yuan was concerned that he would be forced to lower the number of sacred source lifeforms he could contract once his souls were fused.

Spring allowed Lin Yuan to understand something: even experts from the Sky Beyond the Clouds contracted sacred source lifeforms, and they were also limited in the number of sacred source lifeforms they could contract.

The 12 Stars of sacred source lifeforms were the mechanism by which lower-class worlds categorized the strengths of sacred source lifeforms.

At the Sky Beyond the Clouds, there was another way to distinguish the levels of sacred source lifeforms.

After sacred source lifeforms broke through past 12 Stars, they would reach a level called Divine Kingdom Banner. It was divided into ten levels. It was given this name because sacred source lifeforms needed to have their own divine kingdom in order to break through past 12 Stars.

The experts whose sacred source lifeforms had yet to reach the divine kingdom would not be able to experience such a breakthrough!

Hence, being able to contract sacred source lifeforms was also a good thing in the Sky Beyond the Clouds!

While these thoughts were running through Lin Yuan’s mind and he was awash in conflicted feelings, Morbius’ voice appeared beside Lin Yuan’s body.
Morbius was no longer in a semi-solid state when it materialized in reality.

In terms of looks, it was almost an exact carbon copy of Lin Yuan. Morbius had a colder and sterner expression if they really had to be compared in detail. Its eyes were not as gentle as that of Lin Yuan.

“Partner, fusing your two souls to awaken your birth horoscope won’t weaken the quality of your two souls. Instead, they will be improved. At that time, you will still be able to contract more sacred source lifeforms than the average person!

“When your two souls become one, they will become more resistant to damage when you’re in danger! This is a good thing for you. Based on my unlocked memory, it’s true that you’re the reincarnation of the Saint.

“I am also the Totem God they are referring to. I know what you’ve been worried about. Being a reincarnation doesn’t mean that you have to become someone else. As the Saint, you can continue being as kind as you’ve always been. The only thing that has been combined is your memories from both lives.

“Those memories have always been in you. You should be hoping that you won’t have anything holding you back in the road ahead and can march forward to wherever your heart takes you!”

After speaking, Morbius injected a portion of its root energy into Lin Yuan’s body.

Morbius’ main body on Lin Yuan’s wrist released a blinding reddish-brown light and seemed to transform into a fish that began swimming around the Returning Saint Pool.

When Morbius injected its root energy into his body, Lin Yuan’s mind throbbed.

Much of the pain and itch had disappeared.

However, Lin Yuan could tell that they had not truly disappeared but were being shared by his companion Morbius. Morbius was also experiencing the same pain and itchiness he was feeling.

Lin Yuan was about to say something when he saw Morbius smile warmly at him.

“Partner, I can do more than share the good times with you. Let me share the pain with you. This won’t affect the awakening of your body composition in the slightest! I really want to walk alongside you, just like how you’ve been helping me to evolve my grade!

“The energy in the Returning Saint Pool is only just beginning to be activated. You will still have to remain here in the Returning Saint Pool for a very long time and will have to endure an extended period of pain. So you better compose your mind now.

“Otherwise, you might run out of steam and fall into a state of slumber! If that happens, the Returning Saint Pool won’t be able to evolve your spirit and soul!”

Morbius’ words touched Lin Yuan. It felt good to have a companion to walk through life with.

Lin Yuan took out spiritual ingredients that could bolster the spirit and held them in his mouth.

After the Returning Saint Pool enlightened his birth horoscope, his power would skyrocket.

In the eyes of the main world, an A-rank spirit qi professional was the equivalent of an emperor-class expert.

But once an expert awakened his birth horoscope, he would gain power beyond the Eternal level. At that point, Lin Yuan would have crossed over the Creation, Immortal, and Eternal levels!

It was highly possible that such an opportunity only came along once in a person’s life! Hence, Lin Yuan was going to do everything he could to grab ahold of it.

Even if the pain in his body, soul, and spirit increased to five times its current level, and he had to remain here for five months, Lin Yuan would press on without hesitation.

Lin Yuan was confident of this even if he was alone, much less now that he had Morbius’ support!

Time slipped by day by day.

During this time, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter were using the resources provided by Lin Yuan to increase their powers while they waited for Lin Yuan to emerge from the Returning Saint Pool.

Once Lin Yuan stepped out of the Returning Saint Pool, his Body of All Spirits would be fully awakened. At that point, he could use his body to control any species’ bloodlines.

Their Body of Four Seasons could be linked to the Body of All Spirits once it was awakened. At that time, they could transfer their energy to the Body of All Spirits and enable the Body of All Spirits’ bloodline to be tempered.

The four of them preferred to be of help to Lin Yuan rather than staying by his side to protect him.

After absorbing the last spirit qi crystal, Autumn opened his eyes. He could not remember the last time he absorbed spirit qi of such high purity!

Even in the Sky Beyond the Clouds, only Lin Yuan could coordinate his body composition with the Totem God to produce spirit qi of such high purity.

With his body nourished by such pure spirit qi, Autumn could feel that the locks on that gate were finally budging.

When Winter absorbed the last spirit qi crystal and opened his eyes as well, Autumn glanced in the direction of the Returning Saint Pool and asked Winter with a hint of concern in his voice, “Winter, Lord Saint must endure considerable pain while using the Returning Saint Pool to enlighten his birth horoscope and awaken his Body of All Spirits. Do you think—”

Before Autumn could finish speaking, he was sharply interrupted by Winter, “Autumn, don’t forget your place. All you need to do is fulfill the tasks of your station! Don’t think about other things you don’t need to consider!

“There is no way that Lord Saint will fail to enlighten his birth horoscope and awaken his body composition. There’s no need for you to worry! I have already opened the path to the Sky Beyond the Clouds.

“Once Lord Saint steps out from the Returning Saint Pool, he can decide to go to the Sky Beyond the Clouds at any time. I know you are the most anxious of the four of us to return to the Sky Beyond the Clouds.

“But you have to understand one thing, which is that Lord Saint is the one who decides when and if we’ll return to the Sky Beyond the Clouds. We cannot use our actions or words to influence him toward any sort of decision. You should be aware of this!”

All of them had different personalities. Winter and Autumn had spent countless epochs together, and Winter knew Autumn’s character well.

Autumn would never do anything that harmed Lin Yuan. As his follower, he shared the same attitude and thoughts as the rest of them.

However, Autumn’s personality needed to be slightly mellowed.

Lord Saint needed steady people by his side.

Autumn nodded ardently when he heard what Winter said.

It was not true that Autumn had not improved in the slightest after all the epochs that had passed. He was also constantly growing.

Autumn was always aware of his own issues.

When he interacted with Spring, Summer, and Winter, Autumn consciously worked on correcting his issues.

Although he had not caused any direct trouble for Lin Yuan, it was true that he had affected Lin Yuan’s judgment.

A small smile appeared on Winter’s face when Autumn nodded.

“Spring has gone to help Summer handle the death aura in the ley lines. It won’t take the two of them long to work together to gather all the death aura in the ley lines. The people we’ve sent out have already fully understood this Class 2 world’s circumstances. You are aware of how Lord Saint feels toward the natives of this world.

“I think that Lord Saint will remain in this world for almost a century to help it to develop. Rather than thinking about going to the Sky Beyond the Clouds now, we should think about how we can help Lord Saint to develop this Class 2 world!

“Before we confirmed Lord Saint’s identity, you could take this Class 2 world lightly. But now, this Class 2 world is Lord Saint’s homeland. Given our understanding of Lord Saint, this place will eventually become the sacred ground of the Sky Beyond the Clouds!”

A month passed in the blink of an eye. During this month, Lin Yuan endured a mix of pain and itchiness. There were countless instances where he was on the brink of giving up.

It was just as Morbius said. The first day’s pain and itchiness were nothing but a small appetizer. In the subsequent days, the agony increased by at least three times of that of the first day!

Luckily, he had Morbius there to share the load with him and endure the month together.

Now, Lin Yuan had successfully awakened his body composition and enlightened his birth horoscope. He was now a certified birth horoscope expert!

The amber fluid returned to its original transparency when Lin Yuan stepped out of the Returning Saint Pool.

If Lin Yuan did not control his body, the spirit qi would have gathered around his body like a tsunami to nourish him.

Furthermore, after his body was tempered and condensed, his two souls had fused into one.

A birth horoscope with 12 dots of light circled Lin Yuan’s soul. The birth horoscope embedded itself above his divine kingdom and shone like a gem above the divine kingdom.

Lin Yuan could clearly sense that the quality of his soul had improved. Additionally, his spiritual energy had been significantly improved.

Lin Yuan enjoyed this feeling of an improved body. The current condition of his body made him feel like the past month of agony had been worth it!

The mermaid thearch bloodline in his body was no longer entangled with his own bloodline.

Lin Yuan’s bloodline was now the main pillar while his mermaid thearch bloodline was only a small branch. It was as though the mermaid thearch bloodline was nothing compared to his bloodline!