Chapter 3483: Taking The Martial King Ascension Pill

Lin Mu reviewed his internal state calmly.

Lightning Core: barely six percent complete.

Wind Core: ten percent.

Fire Core: sixty nine percent.

Earth Core: seventy percent.

Wood Core: seventy three percent.

Metal Core: sixty six percent.

Water Core: fully complete.

The imbalance was obvious.

The Omnicore Ascendancy technique demanded harmony. While materials could push cores forward, tribulations were the greatest catalysts of all from what Lin Mu had learned. Especially for elements like lightning and wind, which thrived under heavenly pressure.

"When the time comes," Lin Mu thought, "I will take everything the heavens owe me."

But preparation mattered.

Power without readiness was recklessness.

His mind shifted to the Martial King Ascension Pill.

He had carried it with him since the tournament, resisting the temptation to use it. At the time, absorbing such a powerful pill during travel would have been foolish. If its effects spiraled out of control within the spatial channel, the consequences could have been disastrous.

Now, however, things were different.

He had space.

He had stability.

And most importantly, he had time.

Lin Mu scanned the surrounding seas and quickly found what he was looking for. A cluster of barren rocky islands lay scattered several dozen kilometers away from his current location. They were lifeless, jagged, and devoid of any spiritual veins or settlements.

’Perfect.’

With a single step, he vanished from above the ocean and reappeared atop one of the largest islands. The rock beneath his feet was dark and weathered, shaped by endless waves and storms. Salt hung thick in the air, and the sound of the sea crashing against the cliffs echoed endlessly.

Lin Mu sat down atop a broad boulder and took a slow breath.

Then he retrieved the pill.

The Martial King Ascension Pill rested in his palm, contained within a faint translucent shell. It was not flashy. There were no swirling lights or dramatic auras leaking from it. Instead, it carried a dense, compact presence, like a mountain compressed into the size of a marble.

"This thing," Lin Mu muttered, "is worth entire wars."

He did not hesitate.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it into his mouth and swallowed.

GULP

The pill slid down his throat and settled into his stomach.

And then, unlike most other pills he had consumed before, it did not dissolve.

Lin Mu frowned slightly.

Usually, pills would melt into liquid or pure energy almost instantly, guided by Qi and absorbed through the meridians. This one, however, remained intact, heavy and stubborn, as if refusing to yield.

Then his stomach reacted.

SHUA

Deep within his abdomen, obscure grey runes surfaced, faint at first, then growing clearer. They spread across the inner walls of his stomach like ancient inscriptions carved into stone.

The Unnamed Technique of the Lost Immortal activated.

The runes pulsed.

The pill trembled violently.

HUMM

Cracks spread across its surface, as the energy of the obscure runes attacked it. Wisps of power leaked out, pale and dense, carrying an overwhelming purity that made Lin Mu’s eyes widen.

It was Immortal Essence but not of the ordinary sort. This was refined, concentrated essence, compressed to an absurd degree.

Even the first thin wisp that escaped was equivalent to consuming a hundred Immortal Essence Crystals at once.

Lin Mu’s breathing sharpened.

"Is this how they made it?" he muttered.

The stomach runes did not rush. They worked methodically, grinding the pill down layer by layer, extracting its power without waste. The released essence did not flood his body chaotically. Instead, it was guided with terrifying precision.

Lin Mu immediately activated the Three Apertures Invoking Technique.

Deep within his body, the three apertures opened fully, forming vast vortexes that began to spin in unison. The immortal essence flowed into them like rivers pouring into endless seas.

The sensation was overwhelming.

His flesh grew warm, then hot, then scorching. His bones vibrated as if struck by invisible hammers. Muscles tightened, fibers compressing and reforging themselves repeatedly under the pressure.

Yet Lin Mu did not switch to the Tyrant Bull Marrow Secrets.

That technique was explosive, violent, and inefficient for this purpose. The Ascension Pill was meant to elevate the foundation, not unleash raw destruction.

The Three Apertures were perfect.

They drank in the essence greedily, stabilizing the influx while reinforcing every aspect of his physical body.

Lin Mu could feel it.

His body cultivation was advancing. And unlike before, it wasn’t incremental or slow, it was now progressing in great, unmistakable leaps.

His blood surged with power. His organs strengthened. Even his skin seemed to thicken subtly, becoming more resilient, more refined.

"This is only the beginning," Lin Mu thought, jaw tightening as the second wave of immortal essence burst free from the pill.

The island beneath him began to crack, thin fractures spreading across the stone as pressure leaked from his body.

The Martial King Ascension Pill was doing exactly what it promised.

And Lin Mu was only just beginning to digest it.

The Martial King Ascension Pill continued to sit within Lin Mu’s stomach like an unyielding star.

Wave after wave of immortal essence had already been released, yet when Lin Mu probed it with his perception, its form had barely changed. It was still whole, still dense, still terrifyingly intact.

That alone made his heart tighten.

"This pill..." Lin Mu thought grimly, "how condensed is it exactly?"

He had absorbed enough immortal essence in the past few days to rival what an ordinary Immortal Realm cultivator would gather over decades, yet the pill showed no sign of exhaustion.

It was not merely refined. It was compressed to an absurd degree, to the point where Lin Mu could not even imagine the method required to create it.

Alchemy alone could not achieve this.

This was a product of supreme craftsmanship, likely combining body cultivation secrets, alchemy, and possibly even Formation Arrays. The worth of the pill was not just astronomical. It was incalculable. Entire kingdoms could be traded and still not equal its value.

But Lin Mu had no time to dwell on that now.

The process had been smooth so far, but smooth did not mean easy.

Hour after hour passed.

Then days.

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