I Refused To Be Reincarnated
Chapter 537: Lin Yao, The Lost Harmony’s dan tian.

Chapter 537: Lin Yao, The Lost Harmony’s dan tian.

Darkness engulfed his thoughts, making them sluggish as icy winds blew on his trembling spectral frame.

’It knows I have the cleaver! I’m dead! Everyone will die, too! Is this the end of our path after fifteen years of hardships? After Earth defied fate and the few survivors reincarnated in a foreign world?’

The question haunted him, painfully prickling his soul as Julius’ smiling face and rightful posture appeared amidst his darkening thoughts. Then, Nova suddenly joined him, her cat’s paws touching her cheerful and warm smile. Arun followed, his arms crossed over his chest in a posture oozing arrogance. Yet his eyes spoke of loyalty and friendship.

His paralysed fists trembled as a desperate scream pierced through his mind.

’I-I vowed to protect them. Take the cleaver and kill me, but don’t let harm befall them!’

However, good intentions weren’t enough. Wishing for happiness and safety wasn’t enough either.

He had known it ever since he woke up in Alina’s house.

’Power! That’s what I need most right now. We might survive if I sacrifice my ambition!’

Gritting his teeth and using the last bit of mental strength before falling unconscious, he closed his eyes to enter his soul sea. A warm embrace enveloped him, yet he didn’t feel the familiar sensation of displacement. Instead, he heard horrifying cracks reverberate around him. Mana roared in his ears, engulfing him before he could reopen his eyes or understand what was happening.

Breath ragged and chest heaving painfully in horror, they snapped open the next second as he already pictured himself standing on the creature’s hand and facing its colossal form.

Pain assaulted his head next as he huffed and collapsed, the verdant plain’s healthy grass caressing his back. A gentle breeze ruffled the golden mist wafting from his form, the scent of nature a soothing balm to his batter mind. The distant sound of calm water registered next, and the long shadow cast by the silver fruit tree registered in his eyes.

’Shit! That strange phenomenon almost scared me to death! Why did entering my soul sea become different? And why at this precise moment?!’

He couldn’t help but curse before he leapt to his feet. Time was of the essence, and pondering details became a luxury.

Without wasting a second, he threw himself into his soul sea’s vortex, emerging on the dream place’s ever-dreary plaza.

As he kicked the ground to dart towards the nearby fusion pool, his eyes narrowed at the dark sea of confused people blocking his path.

"Why are you all here? No! It doesn’t matter. Move out of the way, fools!"

However, the opposite reaction met his frustrated scream as everyone rushed to surround him, barraging him with startled questions about the strange phenomena.

"Adam is here! Please tell us that everything we heard is a lie. Are we really going to die soon?"

"What was that huge eye in the sky?"

"Why did I enter the dream place without trying to? You must know the answer."

Through gritted teeth, he offered them a single sentence as an answer as he phased through them.

"I don’t have time to explain! First, let me reincarnate. We’ll think of a strategy later!"

Just like that, he shoved the fusion pool’s door open as the crowd’s eyes enlarged, and a rush of excitement propagated through them like wildfire. Their throats itched, and their hearts drummed in excitement. Faces flushed red, they roared in unison.

"Really?! He will finally have his own body!"

"Congratulations, bro! I’m so eager to see your true form!"

"Adam! Adam! Adam!"

They surrounded the fusion pool, thousands of cheers reverberating under the red moon as they waited for him to return... Just like in Orion’s vision.

Meanwhile, facing the basin of sparkling water inside the circular building, Adam’s lips quivered. "I didn’t get the mana circuits..." He exhaled, the frustration blown away as his eyes sparkled. "At least I have the dan tian. Even if my magic path ends up hampered, I can always become the best cultivator."

Albeit against his wishes, he made his decision and summoned the dan tian to check its stats first.

Lin Yao, The Lost Harmony’s dan tian.

Rank:Tier 7

Rarity: Mythic Material

Description:

Longing to see his family recover its shine after millennia of decline, Lin Yao’s grandfather spent decades studying medicine, herbalism, natural energies, and forbidden knowledge to create an unrivalled masterpiece.

Despite the risks, he melded the dan tian with his grandson’s embryo and prayed for his birth.

More than a powerful dan tian, this material embodies life force and the five elements, offering its possessor the tools to become a world’s overlord and reach the legendary Dao Integration Realm.

Unfortunately, the disappearance of half the world’s life force drove Line Yao into a period of stagnation and, ultimately, to his untimely death.

Note: His friend’s name is Xiǎo Huā. You’re a bastard no better than Gaston if you don’t rescue her.

Abilities:

Masterful Qi Manipulation: The path of cultivation will open to you. The dan tian’s bottomless reserves and harmony with nature allow you to absorb any source of life force without waste. Absorption rate sharply increased, and manipulating Qi is as easy as drinking water.

Miniature World Seed: Lin Yao’s grandfather planned to create a dan tian mirroring the real world to give his grandson powers beyond comprehension. Even if he failed, the fragment he found only lacked mana and a few elements to bloom.

Note: With your universal affinity, the seed will grow with each increase in tier until it becomes a real world.

His eyes bulged at the two abilities, and an awed tremor rocked his head after he read them. Even if the number was low compared to the others, the miniature world held infinite potential. In fact, it had so much that his eyes sparkled, and his lips parted to let out a delighted laugh.

"Hahaha! Once I become strong enough, I’ll put everyone I care for in the miniature world to keep them safe. That way, no one will threaten them, and they’ll live in peace!"

He could also plant herbs and create his own ecosystem in the future. The prospect excited him enough to forget about the missing mana circuits as he gripped the dan tian like a treasure. The miniature world seed was a blank canvas, waiting for his imagination to shape it into something extraordinary.

However, a sudden notification shattered his thoughts as a spectral window wafting golden mists popped before his raising brows.

[First condition: Rescue Alina and care for her completed. Second condition: Gather eight mythical materials of different tiers completed. Unlocking ???]

[Tier eight mythical material: Adam’s Chaotic Mana Circuits obtained!]

PLOP

The dan tian fell from his trembling hand as he scrutinised the text in disbelief, finally understanding where the mysterious item that suddenly appeared in his soul two years ago came from.

"Hahaha! That bastard copy! He really did something crazy and attached it to Alina’s well-being. I won’t complain about it, though! Well done! Hahaha!"

His lips curled into a broad grin as his ambition to forge the most anomalous body that ever existed reignited in his soul with full force. More than that, his soul roared in excitement and joy, trembling under the intense emotions despite the world-ending dangers lying outside.

But first, he had to check the mana circuit’s abilities!