The sun rose and fell repeatedly over the barren island, waves crashing endlessly against the jagged cliffs below. The skies shifted from clear blue to stormy gray and back again, yet Lin Mu remained unmoving atop the boulder, his posture steady, his expression locked in absolute concentration.
Immortal essence continued to pour from the pill in measured waves.
Lin Mu guided every drop into his Three Apertures.
He did not allow even a trace to escape.
By now, he had fully stabilized his position at the fifth stage of the Three Apertures Invoking Technique, the second stage of the Aperture Linking Realm. His apertures spun in harmony, vast vortexes connected by stable channels, their capacity far exceeding what they had once been.
Normally, advancing further would require painstaking precision.
