Lin Mu stood there for a moment after completing his assessment, letting the sensation of power settle fully into his awareness.
It was not the explosive, intoxicating surge that accompanied sudden breakthroughs. This was deeper. Heavier. Like a vast sea that had quietly risen beneath his feet without him noticing, until he realized he was standing atop an ocean instead of a pond.
He closed his eyes and focused inward.
Immortal essence flowed through him in staggering quantities. It coursed not just through his apertures but through the newly formed Essence Meridian Casting network that now spanned his entire body.
The flow was constant, smooth, and inexhaustible. Even when he deliberately accelerated the circulation, the system responded effortlessly, as if it had always been meant to operate at this level.
