Chapter 109: Jade Liquid, Golden Liquid, Golden Core

The azure and purple radiance shone brightly, making his spiritual power steady and pure.

His two fates are closely tied to the Zhang Clan's foundation.

When the Zhang Clan expands, his fate transforms; if the foundation shakes, his fate will surely be harmed.

Meanwhile, these two fates are directly related to his cultivation for now.

The 'Tong Mountain Purity Treasure Record' gathers and stores spiritual essence, taking mountains and rivers as its hunting ground, becoming a cave-heaven blessed land; it can collect the spiritual essence of the splendid state and transform it into one's own foundation of longevity.

But the most important of all is one's own fate.

Only if one's fate can bear the immense pressure of heaven, earth, and state, and withstand the backlash, can one absorb spiritual essence.

This is the fundamental method first practiced by the ancient sage kings.

In the end, one must also use fate's power to break through the barrier.

Before him, the fate-tempering methods in the 'Tong Mountain Purity Treasure Record' have several directions; one is similar to the various Hidden Dragon Fates.

Next, within the Minister Assistant Fate, there is also a series of special fates, such as the Linglong Fate, the Assist-and-Counsel Fate, the Seven Kill Fate, and so on.

Moreover, mastering the Hidden Dragon Fate does not necessarily mean one cannot form other Minister Assistant Fates.

But Zhang Jian currently only needs to persist in one direction!

Dragon Chapters Phoenix Bearing, the Red Virtue True King is a typical precursor fate of the Hidden Dragon Fate; even if the timing is right, the Red Virtue True King Fate can directly evolve into the Hidden Dragon Fate.

This time, the Zhang Clan's further expansion almost evenly splits the Phoenix Yang Commandery with the Qi Clan.

Rather than saying it's an even split, the Zhang Clan, because of his presence, still occupies a certain initiative and advantage.

Half of the commandery's fortune converges on the Zhang Clan, then is absorbed by the Red Dragon Pearl, subtly permeating his body, causing his two fates' power to flourish, full of vitality.

With these two fates, Zhang Jian can sense that the entire Phoenix Yang Commandery seems to have become his cultivation cave-heaven blessed land; countless red and Xuanhuang-colored spiritual essences manifest like an ocean, becoming his hunting ground.

He knows that it must be the red dust, the spiritual essence of the state.

These two special spiritual essences can only be absorbed by someone with his fate, without fearing backlash.

If an ordinary orthodox cultivator faces such spiritual essence, they fundamentally cannot directly absorb it.

Other cultivators can only be selective, choosing the purest natural spiritual essence from heaven and earth to refine and enhance their spiritual power.

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"But we still need to constantly strengthen the Gather-Primordial Cauldron!"

Zhang Jian pondered; the Gather-Primordial Cauldron had just taken initial form within him, and its revealed effects were still quite remarkable.

It can already help him break through the spiritual essence barrier and absorb the spiritual essence of heaven, earth, and state, but it still has some limitations; sometimes he feels the Gather-Primordial Cauldron is unstable, and if too much spiritual essence is absorbed, it can easily overwhelm the Spirit Cauldron.

In short, his spiritual power is growing too fast.

In the Testing Fate Stage of cultivation, he needs to continue harmonizing his spiritual power within the dantian, repeatedly condensing it into Jade Liquid and Golden Liquid, finally forming a Golden Core; his spiritual power and life become harmonized without hindrance, preliminarily transcending life and death.

The Jade Liquid Stage and Golden Liquid Stage can also be called the mid and late phases of the Testing Fate Stage.

Ordinary cultivators usually need ten or more years, even decades of arduous practice to condense their spiritual power into Jade Liquid; at this moment, Zhang Jian's internal spiritual power has turned sweet-dew colored, which already means he is about to step into the Jade Liquid State.

"Refining one's Personal Natal Artifact is imminent!"

Zhang Jian thought to himself.

He currently possesses excellent potential, yet cannot fully unleash it, which is regrettable.

Zhang Jian can be certain that his body still contains dense essence of the Heavenly Treasury Rare Treasure that has not yet been excavated.

Unearthing it will make his cultivation speed even faster.

However, he has already received good news from the Phoenix Spirit Mountain God: many Heavenly Gold Ores were found in the Mountain God Manor; he will go inspect them after the prefecture city's turmoil subsides.

At this moment, Zhang Jian feels that when he absorbs spiritual essence, a small portion of the state's spiritual essence also directly merges into the Gather-Primordial Cauldron, along with the fortune's power existing in the unseen.

All of it is completely refined by the cauldron vessel, turned into pure spiritual essence, and merged into his spiritual power.

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But at this moment, deep within the vast immortal realm, boundless magnificent black light presses down like dark clouds; the black clouds hang low, and thunder shakes the Mountain Sea Immortal Realm.

Within the immortal realm, beside the Two Realms Pond

The Nine-Colored Pond's water is turbid and filthy.

Around the Azure Cloud Goddess, a mass of auspicious clouds and immortal light floats, revealing countless filth, as if the deepest, most impure force of heaven and earth had fallen from the unseen; her primordial spirit at the brow is even forcibly dragged into a special strange place.

But at this moment, in the cloud light, myriad immortal tones ring bright; moreover, myriad Merit Golden Lotuses bloom, blocking most of the impure qi from outside; also, myriad lotus-shaped golden lamps appear, their bright flames scorching countless nameless qi, actually creating vast expanses of radiant immortal light that envelop the area.

"Merit Golden Lotus, Purple Qi Golden Lamp, Blessed Virtue Qi? When did this female immortal acquire such protective omens?"

At this moment, outside the immortal realm, many high-level Great Dao Sovereigns pierce the boundless calamity with their gaze, landing in that magnificent omen, their expressions astonished.

The Azure Cloud Goddess has not been enlightened for long, yet the protective omens of the Merit Golden Lotus and Purple Qi Golden Lamp usually only those idle yet flawed, long-lived venerable immortals can prepare for themselves.

Merely, although astonishing, many immortals merely watch, never taking action to stop it.

Even if many are her longtime enemies who have grievances with the Azure Cloud Goddess.

Because that layer of the immortal realm is the authority of the Jade Pool Holy Mother.

Meanwhile, around the immortal realm, clouds of light flow, golden radiance brilliant and vast.

That is the Jade Pool Holy Mother's means, and also a deterrent.

Within the immortal realm, soon azure immortal light suppresses the vast expanse of filth, beginning to gradually refine it!

"This Azure Cloud Goddess indeed lives up to her forbidden constitution; with such a swift assault on the Great Calamity of Destruction, the chance to break through destruction is still quite high!"

Many ancient immortals secretly sigh.

Meanwhile, upon a vast, cool star, a splendidly attuned, exquisitely beautiful immortal maiden gazes coldly at this scene; she is the Moon Realm Immortal, and at this moment her eyes overflow with intense chill.

The Moon Realm Immortal has always been at odds with the Azure Cloud Goddess, especially since the Azure Cloud Goddess previously aided in offending her the Hundred Flowers Immortal's reincarnation; now seeing this junior break through the Great Calamity of Destruction and achieve the Dao Sovereign's form, yet unable to stop it, she feels anger welling up inside.

"So what if he has become a Dao Sovereign? So arrogant, retribution will surely come someday!"

The Moon Realm Immortal quickly withdraws her gaze; although the Great Calamity of Destruction has not yet ended, she knows that, given the Azure Cloud Goddess's displayed omens, the odds of passing through the Destruction Calamity are extremely high.

Indeed, after several days, one could see the boundless omens of destruction in the depths of the fairyland collapse, replaced by vast, magnificent immortal light filling the sky; the azure immortal light, like a raging torrent, spilled out from the fairyland, exerting an overwhelming pressure over limitless heaven and earth.

Faint immortal light flows and turns, as if the boundless heaven and earth's great Dao also cannot withstand its suppression, collapsing apart.

Its immortal light's qi mechanism seems even more like traversing boundless spacetime.

The immortals now also know that Yaochi Holy Land has again given birth to a being capable of overwhelming boundless heaven and earth, wielding authority—a Great Dao Sovereign.

And amidst these omens, the Yaochi Holy Mother soon expressed her stance.