Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

"I know you participated in the decapitation operation against the Insect Lord. But you were only at the third awakening stage then, so you were just providing cover at most, right?" Little Mad King frowned. "Does that count as fulfilling the conditions?"

"Otherwise, who else could meet such conditions?" Li Yelai spread his hands: "How can you win against an enemy three levels above you without ganging up on them? I think it counts."

At the very least, a battle that crosses three levels requires defeating a fourth-awakening opponent during the first awakening stage.

How is this possible?
Even today's renowned geniuses cannot achieve this.

Even psychic prodigies like Ma Hongyi and Jing Lin, who are stronger than other psychic users at the same level, cannot do this.

Even officially certified psychic geniuses like Little Mad King and Dolls can't do that.

Even the champions of all time wouldn't be able to do it.

If one could defy the odds and kill three powerful individuals three levels above oneself, wouldn't even the King of the Forbidden Zone be no match for them?
Unless the stronger being, who is three levels above oneself, is beaten to the point of near death and just one blow away, no one can possibly fulfill this requirement.

Therefore, the most likely outcome is a siege! This is the only way to achieve the desired result.

Of course, this was just Li Yelai's feigned opinion.

Little Mad King and everyone else believed that the Insect Lord had died in the decapitation operation.

In reality, the Insect Lord survived the siege and, because he was bound to encounter a powerful enemy, met the seriously injured Li Yelai and the unconscious doll.

In the end, Li Ye made a deal with Mr. Ying to kill that beast.

If the transaction counts as a kill, then Li Yelai should be considered to have fulfilled the conditions.

"But there are still risks. After all, no one can be sure if this meets the requirements. Are you sure you want to try the mutation?" Little Mad King reminded her. Although she wanted Li Ye to become stronger quickly, she didn't want him to take too many risks.

“If we disregard the conditions, at worst I'll fail in my mutation, but I'll still obtain the Mimicry Dragon Soul and successfully advance to the Fifth Awakening,” Li Yelai replied. “We don't have much time left. We need to destroy this place before we leave the headquarters!”

Burning Howl's operation against Border City No. 2 has entered the preparation stage.

As agreed, Li Yelai will leave the headquarters and head to the second border city.

After he leaves, there will be too many variables.

Therefore, his plan is to advance to the fifth level of enlightenment and obtain the privilege of a seat in the fourth ring of the Ark as soon as possible.

Use the Ark's privileges to take as much of the headquarters' resources as possible. And use the Lucky Wheel to destroy as much of the place as possible!

The main headquarters is continuously providing intelligence and resources to its branch headquarters in various locations, and it must be destroyed as soon as possible.

“Teammate, you’re such an impatient person,” Little Mad King said. “Actually, we can wait until we return from Border City No. 2 to destroy the headquarters.”

“But who knows if I’ll be able to return to headquarters after this?” Li Yelai shook his head. “This time I will cooperate with Jucheng to deal with Fenxiao, which may expose my identity. So, this opportunity cannot be missed.”

“Then you can safely enter the Five Senses. If you fail, then everything will be over,” said the Little Mad King.

"I can't say about other things, but he won't die." Li Yelai nodded.

"I hope you keep your word, teammate." Little Mad King asked, "So, how do you plan to brew the potion? Should I brew it for you, or should we have someone from the church do it?"

"You can also concoct magic potions?" Li Yelai asked, somewhat surprised.

He certainly wouldn't choose to let the church refine it, wouldn't that be giving the church a rare potion recipe for nothing?

"Well, crafting potions isn't actually difficult for Six Senses. His mastery of psychic energy is already perfect. Of course, it's most reliable if a psychic with the Divine Path is involved in crafting the potions," said Little Mad King. "Considering you're joining the Ancient Dragon Balls, I suggest you enter the Ark and have the Giant City help you craft them."

Li Yelai nodded: "Alright, then please protect me."

Immediately, Li Yelai took out the potion ingredients and the golden ancient dragon pearl and placed them beside him.

He put on the bronze mask, pressed the Ark ticket in his arms, and began to infuse it with psionic energy.

The next second, he felt weightlessness and was hit by a white light. When it disappeared, he was already inside the Ark Hall.

"Captain, please help me contact Lord Camellia." Li Yelai sat down in his seat with practiced ease and spoke loudly.

"Alright, he has been summoned. Copperface, it seems you are about to advance to the fifth level of enlightenment." The captain's indifferent laughter came from the depths of the Ark: "I remember you entered the fourth level of enlightenment just over thirty days ago."

"I encountered some fortuitous events," Li Yelai said, noting that his advancement speed was indeed very fast.

He was only at the fourth level of awakening before leaving the giant city, and now, after just over a month, he's about to reach the fifth level. If the Ark voters knew this, they'd probably curse him for cheating.

In reality, this is related to the bloody battle Li Yelai experienced and the blessing of the Blood God. Both are indispensable.

Without the accumulation of the former, Li Yelai would not have been able to withstand the favor and would probably have become distorted.

Without the latter's favor, Li Yelai would have had to wait several more months to reach this level.

"By the way, Captain, if I advance to the fifth level of awareness, can I challenge for a fourth-ring position?" Li Yelai asked.

“Of course, adjustments can be made at any time and at any level, but the probability of passing the Sixth Sense is higher.” The captain replied, “It seems you are already impatient for the Fourth Ring seat.”

“There are some.” Li Yelai nodded and continued, “What are the challenges for the fourth-ring seats?”

At that moment, a white light flashed in the hall, and Jing Lin, dressed in heavy armor, stepped out from the white light.

The powerful spiritual energy fluctuations made Li Yelai raise an eyebrow.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency Camellia!" Li Yelai said, cupping his hands in greeting.

Jing Lin's current spiritual energy fluctuations demonstrate that he has entered the fifth sense!

That makes sense. Jing Lin has been in the Fourth Awakening for quite some time now. As a young master from a family of spiritual energy, he has a very solid foundation, plus he has fought many bloody battles.

We're just one step away from achieving the five senses; it's time to cultivate them.

Back when I was bragging in the giant city, I heard Jing Lin say that there were spiritualists who possessed the bloodline of the Jing family and had obtained the corresponding inheritance.

A qualitative change will occur after the five senses.

Because of its heritage, the Jing family's curse is very special. Although its spiritual energy intensity is higher than that of other spiritualists at the same level, the curse is too deadly.

Just like Jing Lin's Heavenly Fire Eye. Using it once will blind you for a while, using it once will blind you for a while.

If he can't kill them instantly, he's doomed.

This is almost a fatal flaw.

However, the Jing family is, after all, a spiritual family that has been passed down to the present day, and is related to a certain so-called 'god', so they still have some means.

Once the psychics in their family advance to the fifth sense, they have a way to use their abilities to circumvent the curse.

Just like Jing Lin, unsurprisingly, he has already acquired the ability 'Spiritual Eye - Heavenly Eye'. He could easily cosplay as Erlang Shen, the True Lord of Manifestation.
Even though he was blind, he could still develop a third eye between his brows. This ability wasn't based on the physical eye and was unaffected by the blindness curse. He didn't need to worry about the curse, and his spiritual energy was stronger than that of other spiritualists at the same level. This was one of the core strengths passed down through the Jing family.

Jing Lin has now reached his complete form, and his combat power will be greatly enhanced!
At this moment, Jing Lin was truly terrifyingly strong!
The Jing family really has some tricks up their sleeves. Of course, there are some beasts among them too. Thinking that his mother was a member of the Jing family and refused to contact them until her death, Li Yelai felt a slight pang of pain in his heart.

At the same time, Jing Lin also sensed Li Yelai's spiritual energy fluctuations, and he was taken aback: "Holy crap, you're about to reach the fifth level of enlightenment?"

It's no wonder he was surprised; advancing from the fourth to the fifth awakening in just one month was an incredibly rapid advancement.

When the two first met, Li Yelai was only at the third level of awakening.

And now, he had only just reached the fifth level of his senses when Li Yelai followed right after.

This surprised him greatly; such a speed of advancement would be considered explosive in any family or megacity!
Actually, that's not the case. Li Yelai knew that the most talented person in the giant city was the doll.

This girl, who loves sending emoticons, is constantly enhancing her psychic abilities, becoming stronger involuntarily.

She had been suppressing her psychic powers to avoid the possibility of distortion caused by rapid advancement.

Otherwise, they would probably have risen to the level of overlords.

It's rare to see Captain Yang Chen become a dominant force at nearly thirty. The puppet, on the other hand, is only twenty-four; the thought of a twenty-four-year-old dominant force is terrifying.
"It's alright, not as fast as you," Li Yelai replied.

"You bastard, it's normal that you're not as fast as me!" Jing Lin laughed in exasperation. "You came to me to ask me to help you refine magic potions, right?"

“That’s true.” Li Yelai nodded and said, “After all, you still owe me a lot of supplies. Those spirit fruits are very valuable.”

“Okay!” Jing Lin nodded decisively: “What were you and the captain talking about just now?”

He didn't hear clearly when he came in.

“I’d like to learn about the challenges for the fourth ring seat. I’m about to reach the fifth awakening, so I’m confident I can challenge for a seat.” Li Yelai responded, and handed over the Ancient Dragon Pearl, the previous materials, and the information about the headquarters hidden within them to Jing Lin.

"What a coincidence, I'm also very interested in the fourth ring position. Wait a moment, let's discuss it together. Refining potions won't take long."

Jing Lin then left the ark.

Inside the Jing family manor, Jing Lin opened his eyes and immediately handed the supplies in his hands to Yin Huo beside him.

“He needs to refine the Five Senses Elixir!” Jing Lin said quickly.

"He's about to advance to the fifth level of awakening? So fast?" The old master of the Jing family's expression changed slightly: "I remember that when Night General left Giant City, he was only at the fourth level of awakening, right?"

"Isn't that right? When I first met him, he had only just reached the third awakening stage! He's really chasing after me!" Jing Lin complained.

"That's actually understandable. He even managed to get the Ancient Dragon Ball. He must have a lot of resources now." Yin Huo picked up the Ancient Dragon Ball and glanced at the information hidden among the materials, frowning slightly: "Is he pursuing the variant? But the golden one... besieging the Insect Lord also counts as fulfilling the conditions?"

"He probably wants to give it a try. After all, the Ancient Dragon Ball is extremely rare," Jing Lin said. "By the way, he, like me, wants to challenge for the fourth ring position."

“Very well, then you can look out for each other,” Yin Huo said. “The Great City will provide you with full support.”

Meanwhile, the official psionicists on the side began concocting potions.

At the same time, the intelligence sent by Li Yelai will also be transmitted to headquarters.

The secrets concerning the Blood God faction's headquarters have been revealed to the authorities.

The approximate location, defensive strength, location of the treasure vault, troop strength, and the importance of the sealed blood ore crystal.

These will all become part of their operational plan; they will cooperate with Li Yelai to launch a devastating attack.

"Hiss, letting someone like Night General into the core of the church is far too dangerous," a high-ranking member remarked. "For the church..."

"Hey, what can the church say? It was chosen by the Blood God!"

While the official plan was being formulated and the potion was being concocted, Li Yelai, inside the Ark, walked to the wall.

They began to look at the paintings on the wall.

The third and fourth scrolls show obvious changes.

The third scroll was originally a warning from the fifth supreme god of chaos about invading the physical world.

Originally, it was a blue fire lotus blooming and burning in the darkness. It was very abstract and strange.

Now, blurry figures seem to appear around the fire lotus.

They seem to be following the Azure Flame Lotus.

'It seems the Fifth God already has followers. I wonder what their relationship is like with the Blood God faction? Should I try to sow discord?' Li Yelai thought to himself, perhaps another new faction will emerge within the Church of the Embers.

Li Yelai had nothing more to say. Damn it, he went and had his way with the prostitute!
Then he looked at the fourth image, which had also changed slightly.

In the distance from the figure resembling Captain Yang Chen, countless other figures also raised their weapons.

To Li Yelai's shock, he actually saw the Vampire, the Plague Knight, and the Night Watchman among those figures.

Li Yelai was somewhat surprised: 'Even the Chaos faction has been dragged into this?'

From a certain perspective, this is a good thing. But seeing Captain Yang Chen and the Night Scouts, Li Yelai didn't feel so good.

If only the Chaos faction members were swallowed up by the Calamity Mist, that would be wonderful.

Afterwards, Li Ye returned to his seat, and Jing Lin returned to the ark after about twenty minutes.

He emerged from the white light, holding a wooden box that radiated considerable power.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Copperface." With a wave of his hand, the wooden box appeared in front of Li Yelai.

The wooden box naturally contained the magic potion, and the wooden box was used to convey certain information.

"Thank you." Li Yelai picked up the wooden box and put it back into the physical world.

"It's really hard to refine. If I hadn't been prepared, I wouldn't have been able to control that thing. Goodness, it almost knocked me over." Jing Lin complained, "You need to be careful. The power of the Ancient Dragon Pearl is very volatile. If you can't successfully mutate it, just give up. No matter how precious the Ancient Dragon Pearl is, it's not as important as your own life."

Li Yelai nodded: "I understand, let's give it a try."

Then, Li Yelai asked, "Captain, everyone's here. Please tell me about the challenge for the fourth ring seat. Is it inside the Ark?"

"If we were inside the Ark, the captain would probably cry in the end," Li Yelai thought to himself.

"No, I will send you to a dangerous environment."

If you can bring back some high-value items within three days, you will have completed the challenge. (End of Chapter)