Chapter 196: Core Formation (1)

After resting for another three days, Wang Ping began his own path to forming a Golden Core.

The union of the Five Elements follows the way of their mutual generation, but the unification of the Five Elements is to give birth to a new power!

Although this power originates from the Five Elements, it does not belong to the Five Elements.

Therefore, the unification of the Five Elements is more difficult than their union; the difficulty lies in the evolution.

To achieve this, one must have a deeper understanding of the Five Elements; Wang Ping, who has comprehended the Dao of the Five Elements, can preliminarily accomplish this step.

All of this must be completed before the Golden Core forms; otherwise, once the Golden Core is achieved and essence, energy, and spirit solidify into one, if he wishes to evolve again, he would need to comprehend a more profound Dao intention.

In the Longevity Cave Abode, Wang Ping's whole body radiated five-colored light; in his dantian, five five-colored light pillars stood in order according to the positions of the Five Elements' mutual generation.

Metal gives rise to Water! The gold-colored light pillar stands upon the water spiritual liquid; Water gives rise to Wood, the blue-colored light pillar stands upon the wood spiritual liquid, and so on.

These light pillars are manifestations of Wang Ping's Five Elements Dao intention; each pillar bears different-colored patterns that penetrate the attribute spiritual liquids below.

He does this because he has his own insight: to unify the Five Elements, the fundamental point is the fusion of Dao intention and the fusion of spiritual roots; these attribute spiritual liquids are merely external manifestations of the Way of the Five Elements.

When he fuses the Dao intention, these attribute spiritual liquids naturally follow it obediently.

On the path of cultivation, the Dao leads everything!

Comprehending Dao intention can decipher the runes on the spiritual roots, but the fusion of Dao intention has no runes for reference; however, Wang Ping possesses the Reverse Fire Curse, and the famous Five Elements Reverse Curse of the Spirit Realm couldn't possibly be this simple.

When Wang Ping comprehended the Dao intention, he then saw that the patterns of the Reverse Fire Curse are actually a remarkably clever way of unifying the Five Elements.

The reason the Five Elements Reverse Curse can give rise to a new spiritual root is that Wang Ping believes this pattern is the new power born after the unification of the Five Elements; this power, upon encountering deficient Five Elements energy, spontaneously seeks to perfect itself. In Wang Ping's words, the Five Elements Reverse Curse is like a obsessive-compulsive patient: if it is not a Five Elements spiritual root, it feels uncomfortable and must be completed.

With the new power comes a new Dao intention; with Dao intention comes patterns.

Therefore, these patterns can help Wang Ping achieve the unification of the Five Elements.

Wang Ping focused his spirit intensely, and the Five Elements Dao intentions entered one by one into the patterns born of the Reverse Fire Curse.

Using spiritual liquid can give rise to spiritual roots, but using Dao intention can give birth to new power; this is Wang Ping's own speculation.

So he had no certainty; the five Dao intentions of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood were fused into those patterns one after another. After they were completely integrated, Wang Ping, who was waiting with focused spirit, detected no change at all.

Just as Wang Ping arose with doubt, his dantian space suddenly trembled, and the five attribute spiritual liquids began to spin—a rotation he could not stop at all.

Because their sources were changing, the next moment brought a surprising development for Wang Ping: under the stimulation of Dao intention, the Reverse Fire Curse patterns actually began to change, successively forming some strange, simple designs.

Wang Ping was first stunned, then overjoyed in his heart; this indicated that the unification of the Five Elements had begun, generating a new power—those patterns are the concrete manifestation of that new power, no, they should be called the evolution of the new power's runes!

But this evolution was too complex; Wang Ping could not comprehend it at all. After only three days, his sea of consciousness surged, which is the aftereffect of forcing comprehension beyond his ability.

Swish!

A pill appeared in his hand—this was the Enlightenment Pill he had exchanged for using the Ascending Spirit Fruit and Spirit Realm Cultivation; now was the perfect time to use it.

He quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth; within just three breaths, Wang Ping's brain suddenly felt a refreshing coolness, and afterward, he could actually discern a hint of order in those chaotic, disordered lines.

Truly worthy of being the Spirit Realm's Enlightenment Pill! Wang Ping silently praised it; time was pressing, and no one knew how long this change would last. After his admiration, he immediately plunged into contemplation.

He needed to find an entry point in those chaotic patterns before the change vanished, then guide them to form the pattern on the Vajra Carving.

At this moment, those patterns were like a blank sheet of paper, requiring Wang Ping to splash ink upon them!

The change in Dao intention affects the spiritual roots; the change in spiritual roots affects the attribute spiritual liquids in Wang Ping's dantian, and as he outlines each pattern, it stirs a change in those attribute spiritual liquids within his dantian.

Time passed bit by bit; with the aid of the Enlightenment Pill, Wang Ping comprehended at an extremely rapid pace.

This was a race against time; if, before the effect of the Enlightenment Pill wore off, Wang Ping had not finished his comprehension, he would very likely never have another chance in this lifetime.

If someone could see Wang Ping's dantian at this moment, they would find that his five Elements attributes, mixed together in chaos, would at times emit black light, at times golden light, at times purple light.

Moreover, the cave abode where he resided was filled with variegated colors; the light emanating from his dantian influenced the world outside it.

As time elapsed, the light radiating from Wang Ping's body was no longer a single color but two; after a few days it became three, then four, and finally, after three months, his body suddenly burst forth with five kinds of light!

Earthy yellow! Gold-white! Blue-black! Azure-green! Fiery red!

The five lights flowed without cease!

Swish!

Wang Ping's eyes suddenly opened; two five-colored light beams shot out from his eyes, extending a full zhang in distance, and behind him, five-colored radiance burst forth, supporting Wang Ping as if he were a divine being!

In his dantian, the originally distinct Five Elements attribute spiritual liquids had now become a five-colored spiritual liquid.

The entire dantian space was suffused with this five-colored spiritual liquid, forming a world of five-colored light!

And above the five-colored spiritual liquid hovered a newly formed pattern, motionless!

That pattern consists of five differently colored patterns intertwined, mutually fusing and flowing without cease! Around the pattern, myriad five-colored radiance burst forth; bathed in the light, the pattern is filled with a mysterious, noble aura.

Wang Ping also gradually awoke from his contemplation, but at this moment he had no time to savor his own changes, for next he had a more important task to accomplish: solidification!

Even if Wang Ping successfully condensed the pattern onto the Vajra Carving, he lacked the ability to solidify it.

If it cannot be solidified, once it disperses again, Wang Ping would have no means to recondense it.

Even before forming the Golden Core, Wang Ping had this concern, for the Soul Stabilizer is like that, yet the Soul Stabilizer can be recondensed, whereas this pattern cannot; Wang Ping speculated that perhaps it is because this pattern is a heavenly gift.

And to solidify it, there is currently only one method: to form a Golden Core, using the solidifying power that accompanies Golden Core achievement to solidify this pattern together!

Wang Ping was condensing a Golden Core in the cave abode, but outside, beyond the Cloud Net Mountain Range, several individuals dressed in black clothes and black robes had gathered together!

The leader, with two large golden characters embroidered on his chest: Night Soul!

It is obvious that these several people belong to the assassin organization that strikes terror into cultivators in the Spirit Cosmos Realm: the Night Soul!

Their purpose in coming here needs no explanation!