Chapter 82: Golden Core Transformation, Three Calamities Converge

At the same moment Su Chen’s physical body underwent transformation, the Hunyuan Golden Core in his dantian underwent an even more earth-shattering change.

The golden force of the Sun and the silver force of the Moon gradually achieved perfect balance within his Golden Core.

They chased each other, transformed into one another, endlessly cycling, as if evolving the supreme truth of heaven and earth’s primordial birth and the interplay of yin and yang.

The crimson representing fire and the emerald green representing wood, enveloped by the Sun and Moon, complemented each other, making the entire Golden Core appear even more vibrant.

Su Chen’s cultivation base surged forward at an unprecedented pace during this self-torturous cultivation.

In the sixth month of his seclusion, he broke through to the Earth Immortal realm by comprehending the Sun and Moon.

For the vast majority of Immortals, advancing from Human Immortal to Earth Immortal requires centuries, even millennia, of arduous cultivation to achieve naturally.

Yet Su Chen accomplished it in merely a few years.

Though not as extraordinary as Sun Wukong, who bore heavenly destiny, to ordinary cultivators this was undeniably divine speed.

If this became known, it would shock the entire cultivation world.

Outside the formation, Chang Xi, who had been guarding him, flickered with a hint of surprise in her cold, beautiful eyes.

“So soon, he broke through?”

And she could sense that the foundation of his Earth Immortal breakthrough was extraordinarily solid.

“This boy’s Hunyuan Golden Core cultivation method truly has depth.”

Chang Xi thought to herself.

“Moreover, his willpower truly surpassed my expectations.”

Over the past half-year, she had witnessed every ounce of pain Su Chen endured.

Any other person with weak willpower would have long since shattered mentally, their Dao heart broken.

Yet Su Chen endured it all, without yielding.

Not even a single cry of agony escaped him.

This kind of mind, this kind of resilience, moved even Chang Xi, the ancient demon queen, to a touch of admiration.

But Su Chen’s breakthrough did not stop there.

Becoming an Earth Immortal was merely the beginning for him.

The Hunyuan Golden Core in his dantian continued to voraciously devour the two energy spheres formed by the Sun and Moon’s primordial sources.

His cultivation base continued to climb at rocket-like speed.

From early Earth Immortal to Earth Immortal peak, Su Chen accomplished the accumulation in just one year.

And this was not the end!

In the second year of Su Chen’s seclusion, his cultivation base broke through again.

This time, it was the breakthrough from Earth Immortal to Heaven Immortal!

Heaven Immortal, compared to Earth Immortal, was another vast dividing line.

Achieving Heaven Immortal granted lifespan equal to heaven’s, truly making one a carefree immortal of eternal life.

But it also brought the Three Calamities, the very trials that made Heaven’s cultivators turn pale.

Every five hundred years, heavenly thunder, yin fire, and bi wind would descend in succession.

Survive them, and your cultivation leaps forward.

Fail, and all is lost.

After breaking through to Heaven Immortal, Su Chen’s cultivation did not cease.

With the aid of his perfected Hunyuan Golden Core—encompassing Sun, Moon, fire, and wood—he made rapid strides in comprehending the Dao.

In the third year, Su Chen’s cultivation broke through again.

“Boom!”

On this day, the tranquil exterior of the Moon Star suddenly churned with wind and clouds.

An oppressive aura, crushing in intensity, appeared out of nowhere.

On the Moon Star, a vast expanse of ink-black calamity clouds had gathered without warning.

Within the clouds, lightning serpents writhed, thunder flared, and a terrifying heavenly might, capable of annihilating all things, locked onto Su Chen as he cultivated within the Moon’s primordial space.

“Heavenly Immortal Thunder Calamity?” Chang Xi’s brows furrowed slightly.

“Why has the Dao summoned Thunder Calamity before five hundred years?”

“No… not just Thunder Calamity…”

Chang Xi soon noticed yin fire emerging from Su Chen’s Yongquan acupoints and bi wind entering through his Baihui point.

“He’s attempting to break through to Xuan Immortal within five hundred years—so the Dao has preemptively summoned the Three Calamities to stop him from defying heaven.”

She had not expected Su Chen’s cultivation speed to reach such extremes.

In just three years, he was already challenging the Xuan Immortal realm.

He had traversed paths that others spent countless years on.

This also made Su Chen’s Three Calamities unusually different.

Ordinary Immortals face the Three Calamities one at a time, every five hundred years.

But Su Chen faced all three simultaneously—and with far greater power.

“This boy’s foundation is too thick, his path too defiant of heaven—naturally, the calamities he draws are no ordinary affair.”

Chang Xi instantly saw the core truth.

She gazed at Su Chen, still seated with eyes closed, utterly oblivious to the calamities around him, and a flicker of hesitation crossed her eyes.

Should she help him?

With her power, shielding Su Chen from the Three Calamities would be easy.

But she quickly dismissed the thought.

“The Three Calamities are both trial and opportunity.”

“If he cannot pass this test, how will he ever face the Peng?”

In the end, Chang Xi chose to do nothing.

CRACK!

At that moment, the first heavenly thunder finally matured.

A violet divine lightning bolt pierced through space, appearing out of nowhere within the Moon’s primordial space, striking Su Chen.

Chang Xi, prepared, used the Moon Star’s primordial formation to shield her palace.

But Su Chen, as if unaware, remained seated motionless.

The violet lightning was about to reduce him to charred ash.

At that instant, a golden-silver interwoven Taiji silhouette suddenly appeared on Su Chen’s body.

The Taiji diagram rotated slowly, radiating an unfathomable Daoic resonance.

The moment the violet lightning touched the Taiji diagram, it vanished without a trace—like mud sinking into the sea, not even a ripple stirred.

“Hmm?”

A flicker of astonishment crossed Chang Xi’s eyes.

“Yin-Yang rotation, spontaneous creation… he’s applied the Yin-Yang Dao to this extent?”

The Moon Star’s calamity clouds seemed enraged.

One after another, even more terrifying heavenly thunderbolts rained down in relentless succession.

Yet no matter how violent the thunder, not a single ripple disturbed the Taiji diagram surrounding Su Chen.

All the thunder’s power was absorbed by the Taiji diagram, transformed into purest energy, and fed back to nourish Su Chen’s body and Golden Core.

Soon, after the final thunderbolt fell, the calamity clouds above slowly dispersed.

Simultaneously, the yin fire and bi wind within Su Chen’s body vanished.

After the Three Calamities, Su Chen had passed the Dao’s trial.

His cultivation broke through again; countless Nine Heaven Xuan Qi descended from the void, absorbed by his body and primordial spirit.

Xuan Immortal—achieved!

After his breakthrough, Su Chen did not emerge from seclusion; instead, he continued refining the Sun and Moon primordial sources before him.

On this day, the two energy spheres formed by the Sun and Moon primordial sources were finally fully absorbed.

His eyes, closed for three years, slowly opened.