A concussive detonation tore through the center of Caleb Conway’s lower core, shattering the final threshold of his mortal conduits with the roar of a collapsing dam.
The tightly bound seed of compressed energy did not merely expand; it dissolved in an instantaneous flash of radiant liquid fire that washed outward through his twelve primary meridians. Every cubic inch of gaseous Qi that had congested his pathways over the past three months was forcefully condensed under the supreme gravitational load, turning into a heavy, viscous golden liquid that coated the interior walls of his channels with pristine clarity.
His dantian ceased to be a simple holding chamber and transformed into a boundless, swirling reservoir of pure liquid aura.
The breakthrough to the Origin Returning Realm struc
