Chapter 451: Core Formation!

"Locking the Pearl Curtain"

A superior-grade Core Formation secret technique!

Originating from the Luoyun Sect, it is extremely difficult to cultivate and accompanied by unimaginable pain.

Luo Chen has had it in his hands for nearly thirty years.

Reading it day and night, never letting it leave his hands.

Every word on it has been carved deep into his mind.

Every sentence has been continuously scrutinized and verified by him.

He even had the secret technique cultivation insights obtained from the Luoyun Sect as assistance.

Besides that, he even spared no expense in resources to help Chu Kui practice this technique, letting him act as a vanguard to practice it in advance.

It can be said that Luo Chen's emphasis on this secret technique far exceeds that of the other three inferior-grade secret techniques.

Even for "Calming the Wind and Waves," he only used it as an auxiliary method.

Even the few Nether Origin Pills in his storage bag were only backup Core Formation resources.

Only superior techniques have the greatest chance of Core Formation!

The fact that Chu Kui was one step away from successful Core Formation is proof enough.

One must know that Chu Kui had only practiced "Locking the Pearl Curtain" to the minor success stage.

A major success "Locking the Pearl Curtain" does not condense thirty-six spirit pearls, but three hundred and sixty-five, achieving the number of the stars in the celestial cycle!

Now that Chu Kui has verified the feasibility of this secret technique.

Luo Chen's preparations are sufficient to the extreme, and it is time to start practicing.

The first step is to cut and divide the soul.

Luo Chen closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking deep into his mind.

In the darkness, it was as if a golden ocean was rippling slightly.

This is the Sea of Consciousness!

Deep in the Sea of Consciousness, a cyan light mass stood still, slowly emitting halos of light.

Falling into the Sea of Consciousness, it becomes waves.

Leaving the body, it becomes spiritual sense.

As Luo Chen's spiritual sense returned to the Sea of Consciousness, large waves rolled toward the light mass.

Beside the light mass, they slowly stopped.

Luo Chen was staring at his own soul, as if facing a piece of meat, looking for the texture to cut.

A long time later, Luo Chen's heart moved, and using the method of "Locking the Pearl Curtain," he turned his spiritual sense into a blade and sliced gently at a corner of the light mass.

"Hmm..."

A muffled groan couldn't help but escape Luo Chen's mouth.

Pain!

But it was not unbearable.

However, Luo Chen discovered that his blade was not sharp enough.

The speed of cutting the main soul was especially slow.

That feeling was like cutting meat with a dull knife.

Continuous muffled groans escaped Luo Chen's mouth, and cold sweat kept seeping from his forehead and brows.

Later on, the sound from his mouth was almost in a state of low growling.

But even so, Luo Chen did not stop this action.

If he didn't complete this step, let alone Core Formation, he wouldn't even be able to condense spirit pearls.

Amidst the pain of cutting himself with a dull knife, Luo Chen's will was like steel, his spiritual sense like a blade, firmly and unswervingly cutting at the corner of the light mass.

One day, two days...

In a trance, it felt as if many, many years had passed.

But when Luo Chen opened his eyes, he clearly knew that only nine days had passed.

"*Hoo, hoo, hoo... *"

In the cultivation room, Luo Chen gasped for air.

His entire body was soaked, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

For a cultivator, this is an unimaginable situation.

After marrow-cleansing, the body of a Foundation Establishment true cultivator is not inferior to that of a body cultivator with minor success.

Moreover, Luo Chen's physique is not just as simple as minor success in the first stage of body cultivation, but a third-tier physique comparable to an ancient monster!

In this realm, the control over the body has reached the extreme, so how could it be so easy to sweat?

Thus, one can imagine the degree of that pain.

However, the result is gratifying.

Feeling the cyan thread wandering alone in the Sea of Consciousness, Luo Chen felt refreshed.

"Chu Kui failed seven times when he first completed the cutting of the main soul, and only succeeded on the eighth time."

"And I, although it took a bit longer, succeeded directly on the first try!"

"Truly a cause for celebration!"

With such a gap, according to Luo Chen's speculation, it probably relates to his overall quality being stronger than Chu Kui's.

Now, the foundation of his soul already exceeded Chu Kui's, not to mention Chu Kui, who was only at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment and had just started practicing "Locking the Pearl Curtain."

Another difficulty is the tolerance for pain.

From the time he was in the Qi Refining stage, he had cultivated the "Divine Brilliance Breaking Evil," from the initial spiritual power stimulating acupoints to the later body tempering with baleful Qi, and even body tempering with thunder.

It can be said that below the Nascent Soul stage, Luo Chen is confident that he is the most pain-tolerant existence.

The most critical point!

Luo Chen practiced "Calming the Wind and Waves."

Luo Chen practiced this technique for three years and has reached the minor success state.

Luo Chen doesn't know what other effects it has, but his willpower has indeed improved significantly.

From external performance, it means that when facing Core Formation masters like Senior Haoranzi and Fengyue, he becomes increasingly composed.

Internally, he is even calmer; even with a dull knife cutting into him, he is enough to endure it without changing his original intention.

To describe it in one sentence, it is: Mount Tai collapses before him without changing color, and even if the wind and waves rise, he remains unshaken.

"And there is one more point I ignored before."

"When the proficiency of 'Bright Spirit Breaking Evil' reached perfection, it didn't derive soul attack and defense effects, but gained a skill of multitasking."

"That multitasking, and this soul division, have quite a similar effect!"

With all these factors, Luo Chen "easily" completed the first step.

If Chu Kui were to judge it himself, he would probably use two words to describe it!

Foundation!

Luo Chen's foundation is truly too profound.

Now, it's just the simplest accumulation and release in practicing a secret technique.

After completing the first step.

Luo Chen was not in a hurry to proceed to the second step.

Instead, he rested well for two days.

Although he could endure that kind of pain, cutting the main soul did indeed cause damage to his soul.

Necessary recovery time must be given.

Of course!

During these two days of rest, basic cultivation did not stop.

The matters before Luo Chen were not just practicing secret techniques.

There was also pushing his realm to a state of perfection!

Three years had passed since he stepped into the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

In these three years, with the auxiliary support of a second-tier superior-grade cave dwelling and the perfect-grade Blood-Increasing Pills and Dust-Descending Pills, he maintained a stable cultivation speed.

That cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast in the eyes of outsiders!

But with Luo Chen's massive foundation, the progress was quite slow.

In three years, Luo Chen's realm progress only increased by four or five points.

【Foundation Establishment ninth layer: 5/100】

This is Luo Chen's current state.

At this speed, he would need at least fifty or sixty years to reach realm perfection.

Fairy Fengyue's eye was very sharp and accurate; she indeed judged that Luo Chen would need about fifty years to form his core.

But this judgment ignored Luo Chen's utilization of resources.

Second-tier superior-grade cave dwelling?

No!

Luo Chen had long ago rented the third-tier inferior-grade cave dwelling, Jia-3, on Mount Tianlan Peak for himself.

And this time, Luo Chen was not using a weak third-tier cave dwelling restricted by arrays as before.

Instead, relying on his strong physique and soul foundation comparable to a first-layer Core Formation cultivator, he directly used a normal third-tier inferior-grade spiritual land for cultivation.

In this way, his cultivation speed surged again!

It was no longer the eight or nine times of before, but a solid ten times!

In this way, the time for Luo Chen's Foundation Establishment realm to reach perfection could be shortened by ten times.

Perhaps in just five or six years, he would be able to cross this final realm of the Foundation Establishment stage.

After cultivating for two days, Luo Chen completely confirmed this judgment of his.

In the cultivation room.

Luo Chen woke up from a night of cultivation.

Feeling the massive spiritual energy increasing in his body, the pure spiritual liquid continuously falling from the spiritual energy cloud mass in his nine-layered Qi Sea.

It was like rain falling.

He nodded with satisfaction.

"As long as the body can withstand it, using resources to exchange for time is always the fastest shortcut!"

This sentence is something only he could say.

If it were other Foundation Establishment loose cultivators, even wealthy ones like Chu Kui, they wouldn't dare to boast.

Because they simply didn't have that many resources!

A cultivation environment costing a million spirit stones a year—let alone Foundation Establishment, even Core Formation cultivators couldn't afford it!

Even if it were a Daoist disciple of a Core Formation great sect, they wouldn't dare to say that.

Even if the sect provided them with a suitable weak third-tier spiritual land, their bodies couldn't withstand it!

Tao Wan had long reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment and had been a Daoist disciple for a long time.

But it was only twelve years ago that she managed to achieve the Core Formation Great Dao.

Too many trivial matters? Poor aptitude?

No, it was just that they didn't dare to use third-tier spiritual land for long-term cultivation.

This time, summarizing it, it was still that word.

Foundation!

Luo Chen's massive internal and external accumulated foundation allowed him to be so reckless and explosive in his potential at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

After confirming his current cultivation speed, Luo Chen also had more confidence in the future.

Then, what needed to be done next was the second step of "Locking the Pearl Curtain."

One month later!

Luo Chen's attention was carefully fixed on the cyan spirit pearl in his Qi Sea.

It looked like an elixir pill he saw most often.

But on the surface, liquid was flowing endlessly.

Such a peculiar scene was dazzling.

Suddenly!

A drop of spiritual liquid was about to fall from the cyan spirit pearl.

To this, Luo Chen was unhurried.

From within that spirit pearl, a cyan thread darted out like a swimming fish, directly stringing the spiritual liquid that was about to fall.

The first spirit pearl, done!

"The classics record that after a cultivator advances to Core Formation, spiritual power transforms into magic power. The essential difference between the two lies in the fact that magic power is a mixed energy of spiritual power contaminated with the soul."

"It is more powerful, and its control is more at will."

"And a golden core is a condensed body of countless magic power. Thus, there is the common saying: 'Swallow a golden core into the belly, my fate is mine, not heaven's.'"

"Now it seems, this spirit pearl of mine indeed possesses some characteristics of magic power."

"If I use this to adsorb all the spiritual power in the Qi Sea, letting it continuously expand and compress, I should be able to thoroughly achieve Core Formation!"

Countless thoughts emerged in his mind.

But in the end, Luo Chen suppressed that impulse.

This was only the first one!

One spirit pearl didn't have enough attraction to swallow all the spiritual power in the Qi Sea.

"The road is still long!"

Luo Chen sighed.

Resting slightly, he did another thing.

Cultivating "Calming the Wind and Waves."

The more he practiced this secret technique, the more comfortable he felt.

Even if Luo Chen's thoughts kept popping up like bamboo shoots after rain during the cultivation process, and various distracting thoughts occasionally stirred up waves, he could always calm down in the end.

Although he couldn't reach the level of using a wisdom sword to cut off love threads and erase other distracting thoughts.

It did indeed have the miraculous effect of calming the wind and waves with a single mind.

"The path of cultivation is long and arduous. With inner demons inside and great tribulations outside, there are countless temptations on the long immortal path."

"Even if I consider my Dao heart firm and my foundation solid, I often fall into obsessions and demons."

"Even under the temptation of mere beauty like Hui Niang and Gu Caiyi, I have moments of inability to hold back, let alone other thoughts of revenge, compassion, and anger."

"Practicing 'Calming the Wind and Waves' more, even if it's useless for Core Formation, is of great benefit to my overall cultivation."

A few muttered words firmed Luo Chen's determination to continue practicing this secret technique.

In this way, his daily routine was completely stabilized.

Focusing on "Locking the Pearl Curtain," auxiliary practice of "Calming the Wind and Waves," and the daily cultivation of increasing spiritual power in his body were never neglected.

Time slowly slipped away in this bitter cultivation.

"Almost there!"

"It's definitely almost there!"

In the cultivation room, Luo Chen was spirited.

He discovered that his speed of cutting the main soul and stringing the spirit pearls was getting faster and faster.

Before, it took a month to complete the first and second steps to condense a spirit pearl.

But as he became more and more skilled at cutting himself, and the soul threads stringing the spiritual liquid became more steady, accurate, and ruthless, this time was continuously shrinking.

Now, it only took twenty days to condense a spirit pearl.

Moreover, Luo Chen felt there was still huge room for improvement.

As for the pain of cutting the soul?

"You get used to it after cutting enough."

Luo Chen mocked himself, looking indifferent.

But in fact, was it really that easy to get used to?

It was just that his willpower was getting stronger, and he was actively ignoring that kind of pain.

"Perhaps, I can practice 'Locking the Pearl Curtain' to the major success state when I reach Foundation Establishment perfection?"

Luo Chen began to imagine the future, holding beautiful hopes.

However, Luo Chen's hope encountered difficulties two years later.

Luo Chen closed his eyes tightly, his body trembling continuously.

Large waves of spiritual power fluctuations rose and fell on his body.

His ink-bamboo white robe moved without wind, snapping loudly.

"Chu Kui did not deceive me!"

"Thirty-six is the limit!"

In his Qi Sea, thirty-six spirit pearls were spinning rapidly.

The powerful momentum seemed to form the spiritual pressure unique to Core Formation cultivators, pressing the spiritual liquid in the entire Qi Sea to the limit.

Each one was spinning crazily, trying to absorb and swallow more spiritual power to strengthen itself.

But doing so, the consequence was... the balance was about to be broken!

"How could this be?"

"According to the secret technique records, minor success is thirty-six, medium success is one hundred and eighty, and major success is three hundred and sixty-five, and all have been achieved by people."

"Why can only Chu Kui and I practice it to the minor success state?"

"This won't do. Either I actively disperse the spirit pearls, or I must attempt Core Formation. But if I do that, the former is throwing away all previous efforts, and the latter is far from reaching the best opportunity for Core Formation."

Questions floated into his mind.

Making Luo Chen restless.

Just at this moment, the Rotten Wood Black Chess hidden in his body emitted layers of halos, allowing Luo Chen to calm down.

This was the miraculous effect after five years of using the "Calming the Wind and Waves" secret technique to refine the Rotten Wood Black Chess to the master level of proficiency.

It didn't need to be actively triggered; when Luo Chen's thoughts were complex, it would be passively triggered.

The wind and waves gradually dissipated.

Even if there were still some thoughts arising, Luo Chen was relatively much calmer.

A guess floated into his mind.

"Luoyun Sect, they held something back!"

This guess didn't come from nowhere.

Through the cultivation insights traded from Master Tianxingzi, it was written by the Core Formation master Elder Linghu Xu Jie.

He had briefly mentioned the origin of the "Locking the Pearl Curtain" secret technique.

"'Locking the Pearl Curtain' was obtained by our sect's ancestor from a secret realm, accompanied by three techniques and two arts, with which the ancestor established the Luoyun Sect's inheritance. Practicing this technique is extremely painful and difficult. If one also practices the other soul inheritance secret technique of our sect, it would be best..."

That's it!

Three techniques and two arts!

Although he didn't know the specifics, "Locking the Pearl Curtain" indeed had to be coordinated with another soul inheritance secret technique.

"If that's the case, perhaps the minor success state is the limit that we, who practice it forcibly without the accompanying secret technique, can reach."

Luo Chen opened his eyes and smiled bitterly.

This explained why the Luoyun Sect was so generous in taking out a superior Core Formation secret technique for the loose cultivators on the battlefield at that time to exchange for.

Without the accompanying secret technique, the effect of "Locking the Pearl Curtain" at the minor success state was at most equal to an inferior Core Formation secret technique.

At least, in his current feeling.

If these thirty-six spirit pearls were used for Core Formation, the effect was not much different from the spiritual vortex after the perfection of "Qingyuan Miao Dan Method."

"If it's just like this, I'm not satisfied!"

Luo Chen's expression darkened, searching for a remedy.

Attempting Core Formation now? Don't even think about it, directly rejected!

Disperse one spirit pearl, maintain the state of thirty-five, then practice to Foundation Establishment perfection, and then make up the number of thirty-six small celestial cycles to charge at the Core Formation stage?

Can be considered.

"Actually, there is another way. I can disperse all thirty-six spirit pearls, then continue to cut and string them every day to brush the secret technique's proficiency. After the proficiency of 'Locking the Pearl Curtain' reaches major success, perhaps the system can derive a complete cultivation method?"

This was trying to exploit a system loophole.

After some thinking, Luo Chen felt this method had a certain feasibility.

The only problem was that this secret technique itself was complete!

It wasn't deleted; it just lacked another accompanying soul secret technique.

The system was very likely not to complete it.

Silence!

If that were really the case, then after brushing the proficiency to the full, Luo Chen would likely be met with empty joy.

Instead, it would drag out his Core Formation time.

In the long silence, Luo Chen looked inside his Qi Sea again.

Those thirty-six spirit pearls, pure to the extreme and seemingly about to solidify, were still spinning endlessly.

The swallowing power generated between them made the Qi Sea churn, and countless spiritual liquids were about to flow backward, rushing toward each spirit pearl.

But the current state was already the limit.

If they swallowed more spiritual liquid, the balance would inevitably be broken, and the thirty-six spirit pearls might even collide, causing unimaginable damage to Luo Chen.

Watching and watching.

Suddenly!

Luo Chen had a sudden inspiration.

"They are in the same Qi Sea, checking and balancing each other, hence the small celestial cycle number. But because they each swallow spiritual power, they cause imbalance."

"What if I separate and isolate these spirit pearls?"

"In that way, wouldn't they form a situation of existing independently? With my powerful main soul, I can easily suppress them, waiting for them to reach major success in the future, and then directly fuse them together!"

This abrupt thought was not just a flight of fancy.

Because Luo Chen really had an environment to isolate the spirit pearls!

Other cultivators might not be able to, but Luo Chen really could!

Because, he had opened his acupuncture points!

The human body has acupuncture points, seven hundred and twenty in total, forming the number of the double celestial cycle.

During the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, after the meridians were fully opened, Luo Chen began to open his acupuncture points using body cultivation methods.

First opening them with spiritual energy, then with sha energy, and finally, in the ruins of the Soul Transformation stage, using the power of thunder to open all the acupuncture points in his body.

These acupuncture points were not useless; they could store a large amount of spiritual energy in normal times.

Luo Chen even treated them as a second Qi Sea.

Otherwise, his robust spiritual power wouldn't have far exceeded his peers.

"Those acupuncture points of mine, having long been impacted by spiritual energy, polished by sha energy, and even forged by the power of thunder."

"A mere spirit pearl should be able to be stored!"

"If I move every newly condensed spirit pearl into an acupuncture point for storage, and separate and isolate them, wouldn't the imbalance situation disappear?"

After this thought emerged, Luo Chen could no longer hold back.

After continuous deduction and experimentation.

He determined that this was indeed feasible!

Without hesitation, he began moving the spirit pearls that very day.

When he moved a complete spirit pearl into the largest acupuncture point and successfully sealed it with a spiritual power restriction.

Luo Chen couldn't help but be ecstatic!

Success!

His idea was correct.

He didn't know how the Luoyun Sect's accompanying secret technique handled it, but this method of his directly solved the current problem.

"In this way, I can continue to condense and string new spirit pearls."

"Major success 'Locking the Pearl Curtain,' three hundred and sixty-five celestial cycles, just around the corner!"

Time slowly slipped away.

The fifty-year preparation period for the pioneering war was getting closer and closer.

As one of the three immortal cities closest to the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, the number of cultivators gathered in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng had already exceeded a million.

Within it, there were countless Qi Refining cultivators, and the number of Foundation Establishment true cultivators easily reached ten thousand.

Even Core Formation masters were no longer as rarely seen as before.

According to estimates by those in the know, there were at least ten Core Formation cultivators currently in Mount Tianlan.

And that was just those who were settled there daily, not counting those who occasionally passed through.

In such an environment, the lively atmosphere had already become restless to the extreme.

Everyone was waiting for the start of the pioneering war ten years later.

However, with so many high-level cultivators gathered, the demand for spiritual land and cave dwellings naturally reached its peak.

The number of cave dwellings on Mount Tianlan Peak was already insufficient before, and now it was even harder to find one.

Especially for Core Formation cultivators!

They had a more urgent need for high-grade cave dwellings.

From time to time, someone would go to the rotating sect to ask when the Jia-3 cave dwelling could be rented.

But every time, they would receive the answer that the cave dwelling was occupied.

This day.

An outer-domain Core Formation master finally couldn't hold back anymore.

In front of a Luoyun Sect Core Formation cultivator, he slammed the table and asked angrily.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, by what right do they occupy the Jia-3 cave dwelling for twenty years?"

That Luoyun Sect Core Formation cultivator lowered his eyelids, "Because he paid enough spirit stones."

The outer-domain cultivator shouted angrily, "But twenty years have passed, and it's already three years overdue; are you still renting it to him?"

The Luoyun Sect Core Formation cultivator said faintly: "His sect members have paid for another three years for him; I can't just kick him out, can I?"

The outer-domain cultivator was speechless for a moment.

A moment later, he couldn't help but say: "Can't Fellow Daoist Qu be accommodating? I urgently need to practice a major technique to deal with the pioneering war, and that third-tier spiritual land is indispensable. Giving it to a Foundation Establishment cultivator is truly a waste of heaven's gifts."

"How about this, whatever spirit stones he pays, I'll pay the same, how about that?"

Is this first force, then courtesy?

The Qu-surnamed Luoyun Sect Core Formation cultivator curled his lips.

In the immortal city, it's not about cultivation level, but about spirit stones; for the same price, it's about first come, first served.

Moreover, your realm is higher than his, but that person's relationship with the Luoyun Sect is better than yours, an outsider.

However, he naturally wouldn't explain too much.

Just as he was thinking about what method to use to send this person away, his expression suddenly changed.

Without waiting to chatter, he walked straight out of the hall and stared fixedly in the direction of Mount Tianlan Peak.

The outer-domain Core Formation master was first angry, then suddenly realized something.

When he stepped out of the hall and looked in the direction of Mount Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but glance at the Qu-surnamed cultivator who was staring intently.

It is rumored that Luoyun Sect cultivators are proficient in the path of refining the spirit.

Their spiritual sense is far stronger than their peers.

The other party discovered the phenomenon earlier than he did, so the rumors were not false.

Had he been too rude earlier?

Just as he was feeling uneasy, he suddenly heard a soft exclamation.

"It's just Core Formation, what's there to be surprised about?" the outer-domain Core Formation master wondered.

But when he carefully noticed the Core Formation phenomenon on Mount Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but blurt out.

"Immortal Venerable above, which great Core Formation sect's Daoist disciple is forming their core here!"

The Qu-surnamed cultivator glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Ignorant, with such a spectacle, how could it be a Daoist disciple of a great sect?"

The outer-domain Core Formation master was stunned, and his face turned slightly pale.

Like them, there were quite a few Core Formation cultivators who noticed the phenomenon on Mount Tianlan Peak.

Even later, from Core Formation masters down to Qi Refining cultivators in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, all noticed the Core Formation phenomenon.

Without other reasons, it was truly too terrifying.

The wind roared, and colorful clouds gathered.

The sound of dragons roaring and tigers howling was endless.

There was even that sky-piercing tornado, reversing into the sky.

Spiritual energy from all directions gathered toward that tornado.

And this was just the beginning!

About a stick of incense later.

The tornado didn't shrink, but instead became larger and larger.

The mighty momentum swept across the entire Mount Tianlan Peak.

Countless first-tier and second-tier cave dwellings shook in unison.

The spiritual energy confined within the cave dwellings couldn't help but surge toward the Jia-3 cave dwelling.

Even!

The third-tier spiritual vein beneath this immortal city was affected.

The Qu-surnamed cultivator's expression went from curiosity at the beginning, to surprise later, and finally to hesitation.

"Something's wrong!"

"This person's foundation is truly terrifying."

"A mere man-made third-tier spiritual vein is not enough to support him. If he is allowed to swallow like this, he will destroy most of the cave dwelling's layout."

After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind.

"Forget it!"

"The True Person has said to be kind to him."

"I will help him!"

With a thought, the Qu-surnamed cultivator abandoned the outer-domain Core Formation master and flew toward the central hall of Mount Tianlan Xiancheng.

Not long after he left.

The entire Mount Tianlan Xiancheng suddenly emitted a loud *boom*.

The outer-domain Core Formation master who remained in place had an expression of disbelief.

"Did they open the immortal city's spiritual vein restriction?"

While he was shocked, large amounts of spiritual energy suddenly surged out from beneath the immortal city.

The concentration was so high that it directly raised the immortal city, which was only at the first-tier level, to the second-tier!

And the entire Mount Tianlan Peak was instantly transformed into a third-tier spiritual land!

The sky-piercing tornado, aided by this power, became even more massive.

The act of swallowing heaven-and-earth spiritual energy became even more joyous.

How to describe it?

Only the word "whale-swallowing" would suffice!

Also in this process, a figure suddenly stepped up from the misty wind and clouds.

The figure was upright, the face illusory.

Only a head of black hair fluttered behind, reflecting those black eyes that clearly saw all things, like a god or a demon!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 452 =====

His gaze slid downward, pausing on the two entries: "Ancient Third-Tier Body Tempering Realm" and "Ten Thousand Daos Convergence."

Since returning from Mount Mount Jilei, his body tempering realm and this body tempering cultivation method had made very little progress.

The reason for this was very simple.

He lacked the external force required for body tempering.

The power of thunder was hard to find, and even when heavenly thunder occasionally descended, it did not last long.

Therefore, it had created the awkward situation he was in today.

However, Luo Chen had long since found a solution to this situation.

That was to use the Source True Fire for body tempering!

When "Ten Thousand Daos Convergence" was first created, its core concept was "True Fire as False Thunder," borrowing thunder to temper the body.

Now that thunder was hard to find, he could completely return to the essence, cultivating the Fire Peng True Body and using fire to temper the body.

Moreover, the Withered-Prosperous Fire indeed had other profound mysteries; it could burn and refine the vitality of living beings and devour it.

However, there was no need to rush at the moment.

The most urgent task was still Core Formation.

He would talk about body tempering after Core Formation succeeded or failed.

After all, it was an excellent cultivation method that had cost a large amount of achievement points and was deduced by absorbing all of Luo Chen's accumulations; Luo Chen naturally would not let "Ten Thousand Daos Convergence" be buried.

He even already had many good ideas that occurred to him occasionally to perfect the specific cultivation steps of this set of cultivation methods.

Although the previous effects were good, they were a bit rough.

Mentioning Core Formation, he had to mention those two secret techniques.

Ten years of intensive cultivation!

Both "Locking the Pearl Curtain" and "Settling the Wind and Waves" had reached the Grandmaster level; they were only one step away from Great Perfection.

But it was precisely this one step away that he could not cross no matter what.

Especially "Locking the Pearl Curtain," which had been stuck at 【999/1000】 for a while now.

Even if Luo Chen actively dispersed the spiritual pearls and then kept re-cultivating them, he still could not improve.

Regarding this, Luo Chen's conjecture was that it was likely related to Core Formation.

Only by thoroughly fusing those three hundred and sixty-five spiritual pearls into one Golden Core could the secret technique be considered complete.

After all, this technique had three steps, and Luo Chen had only pushed the first two steps to the limit.

The third step was fusion.

Luo Chen had not tried it yet.

He did not dare to try it rashly, as that represented taking the final step completely.

It was not just the final step of the secret technique, but also the final step of the Foundation Establishment stage!

After focusing on these, there was nothing else to talk about.

It was just the accumulation and improvement of the previous decades.

Spell proficiency had improved, alchemy techniques were complete, and he had newly learned a Third-Tier spell.

Oh!

His alchemist level had improved to a Third-Tier Alchemist after successfully refining the Third-Tier Underworld Origin Pill!

This was good news.

It was also good news that was within his expectations.

Finally, there were the achievement points.

Previously, in order to master the Underworld Origin Pill, he had consumed forty achievement points in one go.

But after years of replenishment, he had returned to a safe level of 52.

Possessing abundant achievement points gave Luo Chen great confidence.

After thoroughly browsing the attribute panel, Luo Chen had a clearer understanding of his current state.

"Whether it is my physique, my spiritual sense, or my spiritual power reserves, I have comprehensively surpassed Foundation Establishment true cultivators and am infinitely close to a Golden Core early-stage cultivator."

"In terms of Core Formation secret technique cultivation, I have also reached the point where there is no further progress to be made."

"All preparations are ready."

"Next..."

Luo Chen took a deep breath of the air outside the cave with a hint of greed, and then closed the cave entrance without any lingering attachment.

"Failed again!"

"How could this be? I clearly did my best!"

"I dare say my preparations for Core Formation could rival even the Daoist children of Nascent Soul sects, and yet I still fail?"

In the cultivation room.

Luo Chen's face was as dark as ink and as gloomy as water.

He held a cracked bronze mirror in his hand, and a voice of disbelief came from his mouth.

Core Formation had failed, and it had failed twice!

Of course, it was not that Core Formation had failed in reality, but that he had failed in simulating Core Formation using the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror.

As one of the three great inheritance magic treasures of Ghost God Valley, the original purpose of this mirror was for Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators to simulate Core Formation.

Luo Chen possessed the treasure, so he naturally could not waste it.

Therefore, when he decided to enter a death retreat to charge toward the Golden Core stage, he actively drove this object.

With the protection of the Lanke Black Chess, plus having cultivated the Third-Tier illusion technique "Mirror Flower Water Moon" for many years, he already had a certain resistance to illusion techniques.

Therefore, even without the protection of sect elders by his side, Luo Chen dared to simulate the questioning of his heart alone.

But the results of both times were unsatisfactory.

The first time, he used the Grandmaster-level "Locking the Pearl Curtain" secret technique to perform Core Formation, and failed.

The specific reason was unknown.

Luo Chen only remembered that at the final step, after the three hundred and sixty-five spiritual pearls fused together, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

After a boom, he woke up feeling groggy.

After resting for a month, he drove the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror again.

This second time, he used the Underworld Origin Pill for Core Formation, but the result was still a failure.

The reason for this failure was even more blurred.

After swallowing the elixir, there seemed to be a huge sense of expansion in his body, and then... there was no then.

It was as if a gust of wind had blown past, leaving nothing behind.

He woke up naturally, without even feeling any fatigue in his spiritual sense.

Under his gloomy expression, Luo Chen forced himself to stay calm and summarize the reasons for the two failures as much as possible.

"Core Formation for a cultivator is a natural transformation; even without auxiliary resources such as secret techniques and elixirs, there is a certain chance of successfully forming a core."

"However, this chance of success is too small, which is why the sages of the past, from a high vantage point, summarized and created some methods to increase the chance of Core Formation. Such as Core Formation secret techniques, such as breakthrough elixirs, and such as some rare treasures of heaven and earth."

"'Locking the Pearl Curtain' is a superior Core Formation secret technique; I cultivated it to the Grandmaster realm, which increased my chance by thirty percent on top of the foundation I already had for successful Core Formation."

"The Underworld Origin Pill is a Third-Tier Underworld Sea Pill derived from the Nascent Soul Holy Land Mingyuan Sect, which inherently increases the chance of Core Formation by twenty percent."

"Although they were simulated in two separate attempts, they shouldn't have both failed."

"Why would this be?"

Luo Chen asked himself.

In his mind, he kept searching for possible answers.

After a long time, he finally got a plausible answer.

Returning to the essence, it was still that cliché topic.

Aptitude!

His Five-Element Spiritual Root aptitude was holding him back.

However, unlike his poor aptitude in the past, this time he changed his direction of thinking.

Using the evaluation of Master Fairy Canglong to correctly view his aptitude.

"Poor? It is definitely not poor."

"In fact, under my cultivation, this aptitude can actually be considered excellent. It allows me to possess a wider Qi sea, accommodate several times the spiritual power of those at the same level, and my combat ability far exceeds those at the same level. In comparison, the disadvantage of slow cultivation speed can actually be compensated for by using massive resources."

"I, Luo Chen, am also a person of excellent talent in another sense!"

"But it is precisely because of this excellent, and even terrifying, aptitude that the assistance required when breaking through realms becomes even greater!"

If cultivation is compared to building a house.

Then aptitude is the foundation.

Those with fewer spiritual roots have smaller foundations, so naturally, they build houses quickly and beautifully.

With just a little assistance, they can build something decent.

But those with more spiritual roots have larger foundations; to build a house, they need more materials.

Naturally, when building the big house of Core Formation, they need more assistance.

"Superior techniques are not enough!"

"The Underworld Origin Pill is also not enough!"

"I still have the 'Reversed Spiritual Vortex' of the 'Clear Origin Wonderful Alchemy Method'!"

"No, next time, I will use all methods together and see the effect."

Since one method can only increase the chance of Core Formation by a few percent individually, what if they are used together?

Unknowingly, a slightly crazy idea filled Luo Chen's mind.

Although it was a bit crazy, it was not impossible.

Because Luo Chen had a sharp weapon in his hand, he could give it a try!

Looking at the cracked Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror, Luo Chen rested for a few days, and then threw his spiritual sense into it without hesitation.

Inside the yellowish mirror surface.

A Daoist sat cross-legged.

The third failure arrived as scheduled.

Along with the failure came the complete scrapping of the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror.

This was something within his expectations.

It was originally an incomplete magic treasure.

Over the years, Luo Chen had used it many times to question his heart; not only did he use it himself, but he also gave it to Gu Gu Caiyi and the disciples of the Luo Tian Society for Foundation Establishment.

With such frequent driving, plus Luo Chen not having the corresponding maintenance and repair methods, the condition naturally became worse and worse.

Last time in the Origin Magnetic Valley, when he used the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror to help Miao Wen find his true self, this treasure had already shown signs of impending damage.

Now, it had barely supported Luo Chen through three Core Formation simulations, which was already the limit of the limit.

Luo Chen looked at the bronze mirror fragments in his hand with a hint of regret.

This was a rare spiritual sense magic treasure!

After a faint sense of regret, a look of excitement appeared on Luo Chen's face, and there was even a hint of a smile.

When misfortune never comes singly, why could he still laugh?

The reason naturally lay in the fact that in the last simulation, although he failed, he was infinitely close to successful Core Formation!

"My idea is correct!"

"Although they belong to different Core Formation paths, they each have their own mysteries."

"As long as I resolve the conflicts between them and take their essence, it will surely help me soar into the sky!"

"However, relying solely on these two secret techniques is still lacking."

Luo Chen's thoughts turned, and a green light flashed on his hand.

Three jade slips appeared in his hand.

They were precisely the three inferior Core Formation secret techniques: "Dragon Phoenix Tribulation," "Escaping the Cage," and "Primordial Law."

"If I fuse these three secret techniques with 'Locking the Pearl Curtain,' can I tailor a Core Formation secret technique for myself?"

Luo Chen had the confidence!

He had obtained these secret techniques many years ago and had studied them extremely meticulously, so it would not be difficult to get started.

It could even be said that for each of these secret techniques, he had more or less met some of the conditions.

He had the ready-made Rising Dragon Pill and Ice Phoenix Pill required for "Dragon Phoenix Tribulation."

He also possessed the powerful physique and the fierce Third-Tier breakthrough elixir required for "Escaping the Cage."

"Primordial Law" was even simpler; his "Clear Origin Wonderful Alchemy Method" was originally of the same origin, and its grade was even higher.

If he fused the four methods and created a unique technique.

Perhaps he could maximize the chance of Core Formation!

Even if he couldn't make one plus one equal two, as long as it was greater than one, it would be fine!

Four secret techniques, three types of elixirs, and solid Three Treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

If even then he couldn't break through to the Golden Core stage, Luo Chen would doubt whether the Five-Element Spiritual Root was truly abandoned by the Heavenly Dao, and he would even doubt whether the existence of the Five-Element Divine Sect was reasonable.

As for whether the fused technique would be suitable for cultivation?

Although he no longer had the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror, he still had the system as a cheat; when the time came, he could try to use achievement points to get started and identify it.

He did it as soon as he thought of it!

Luo Chen had no way back now.

Relying on his solid foundation, broad knowledge, and super talent for spell cultivation.

Luo Chen began to cultivate the three Core Formation secret techniques.

One year, two years, three years...

After all, they were only inferior Core Formation secret techniques; cultivation was not complicated, and most relied on external forces to form a core.

After only three years, Luo Chen had cultivated the three secret techniques to the Grandmaster level.

After reaching this step, he did not continue to cultivate.

Instead, he began to try to fuse them with "Locking the Pearl Curtain."

However, the fusion process was not very smooth.

After all, they were completely different methods brought out by the four sects, and there were conflicts between them.

Luo Chen spent a year with slow progress.

But by the fifth year, Luo Chen also tried to integrate "Settling the Wind and Waves" into it.

The four originally incompatible secret techniques unexpectedly presented a strange balance after the addition of "Settling the Wind and Waves."

This day.

In the cultivation room.

Luo Chen pulled out the system attribute panel and held a bamboo slip he had written himself between his hands.

This was the Core Formation secret technique he had created over the past five years, incorporating the strengths of various schools and using his own knowledge.

He named it "Dust Origin Technique."

People are like dust, their hearts facing the universe, and the character "Origin" has the meaning of the foundation of heaven and earth and all things in the universe.

With this technique, even those with the most inferior aptitude would have a chance to reach the Great Dao.

The naming of this secret technique contained Luo Chen's ambition to reach the Great Dao of Zhu Zhu Changsheng.

【Dust Origin Technique, Supreme Core Formation Secret Technique, do you want to get started?】

When the system gave the cold text prompt.

Luo Chen closed the system with a smile on his face.

Of course, he didn't need to get started!

He knew the various tricks within the method he created better than anyone else, and he had even laid the foundation.

There was absolutely no need to waste achievement points.

Next, he just needed to sort it out and cultivate it step by step once.

And the time required for this process?

Luo Chen felt it wouldn't be too long!

Two years later!

Luo Chen left the cultivation room and went to the living room.

He took out the resources needed for Core Formation one by one.

Three Underworld Origin Pills, Rising Dragon Pill, Ice Phoenix Pill, Heavenly Mountain Returning Yang Water, Obstacle-Fixing Talisman, Heart-Calming Incense, Li Canghai Pill...

Densely packed resources.

Some were collected by Luo Chen himself.

Some were obtained by President Sima Hui Niang, who drove the Luo Tian Society cultivators to auction them for him from the various large and small auctions in the Yuding Region over the years.

For this, countless manpower and material resources were consumed.

Looking at the fully prepared resources, a hint of excitement was hidden in Luo Chen's calm eyes.

Bathing, changing clothes, burning incense, and straightening his crown.

After returning to the quiet room, he sat upright, waiting for his heart to be calm and his intent to be sincere.

For a full month, Luo Chen adjusted his state to the absolute peak.

At this time, his energy was surging, his spiritual energy was perfectly integrated, his mind was as still as an ancient well, and he was unshaken even if the sky fell.

Fifty years ago, he first obtained the Ghost God Questioning Heart Mirror and failed to simulate Core Formation.

Fifty years later, he had three consecutive simulations, all of which failed.

But every failure was getting closer and closer to success.

During this process, he gained several insights from predecessors on Core Formation and personally witnessed Chu Kui's Core Formation process.

For this day, he had prepared too much and waited too long.

"Everything has been done to the extreme; success or failure depends on this one move!"

Luo Chen's lips parted slightly, and he took a deep breath.

Inside the cultivation room, the extremely rich spiritual energy turned into a white Qi dragon and surged into his body.

As if sensing something.

In the Qi sea filled with countless pure spiritual liquid, a mutation suddenly occurred.

The two pills he had swallowed in advance suddenly tore through the spiritual power restriction, and two strands of extraordinary medicinal power immediately fell into the Qi sea.

One was icy cold, the other was scorching hot.

The two medicinal powers collided with each other, drawing out the water and fire power in the Qi sea; in an instant, the water and fire were reversed, clashing against each other.

Under this extreme collision, the Qi sea suddenly began to boil.

Countless spiritual liquids gathered toward the center, and vaguely, a pill seemed to be forming.

Suddenly!

The pill, which was just taking shape, suddenly shattered!

The moment it shattered, before it could condense again, it was controlled and turned into a tiny vortex.

This spiritual energy vortex was extremely small at first.

But as it kept rotating clockwise, it became larger and larger.

In the nine layers of the Qi sea, countless spiritual powers surged into the spiritual energy vortex, being sifted over and over again like a sieve.

This process lasted for who knows how long.

It felt like an instant, yet also like ten million years.

After this step was completed.

The vortex, which had been rotating steadily, reached an extreme point and then strangely began to rotate counter-clockwise.

The change brought about by this completely different direction of rotation was earth-shattering!

Before, it was just gently sifting spiritual power, filtering impurities, and removing pill toxins.

But with the counter-clockwise turn, a huge devouring force instantly surged out.

The entire Qi sea boiled in an instant!

Countless spiritual liquids surged toward the reversed spiritual vortex.

This spiritual vortex became larger and larger.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if there was a tornado reaching the sky in the depths of the ocean, stirring the vast sea.

As if it wasn't lively enough!

A pill suddenly dissolved.

A terrifying medicinal power that had reached the extreme suddenly fell into the ocean.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment the medicinal power erupted, nine consecutive terrifying thunderclaps exploded within Luo Chen's body.

With every thunderclap, his body trembled once.

His Ancient Third-Tier physique was actually cracked with tiny fissures under this kind of vibration.

It was as if nine thunder dragons wanted to escape from his Qi sea and break free from this body.

However, Luo Chen did not allow it!

The body is like a cage, the heart is like a prison.

If I haven't escaped, how can I see the Great Dao?

Amidst the terrifying thunderclaps, the terrifying medicinal power had no choice but to surge into the Qi sea.

As soon as it entered, it was sucked into the sky-reaching tornado that had expanded to the limit.

With the addition of the Underworld Origin Pill's medicinal power, the balance of water and fire, and the floating and sinking of metal and wood within Luo Chen's body at this moment, was completely broken.

The nine-layer Qi sea shattered instantly.

Endless spiritual power fell from the nine heavens, smashing the ocean into constant vibration.

If it continued, he feared that before the Golden Core could condense, the Qi sea would be completely shattered.

And it was at this moment!

"Stabilize!"

In the dark, a vast divine sound fell into the Qi sea.

Then.

A spiritual pearl as bright as a star broke free from the acupoint confinement and hovered above the Qi sea.

In this instant, the Qi sea was tranquil.

But the next moment, it began to vibrate again.

"Not enough!"

"Come again!"

The divine sense sound erupted again, and more spiritual pearls entered the Qi sea.

If a great power were to pierce through Luo Chen's body and see the scene in his Qi sea at this moment.

They would see an unimaginable picture.

In the vast ocean, water and fire collided, metal and wood floated and sank, and the terrifying physique turned into solid earth walls to block the leakage of spiritual energy.

A giant tornado rotated counter-clockwise, crazily devouring the spiritual energy in the boundless ocean.

It even stirred the nine-layer Qi sea into pieces.

In the acupoints outside the sky, spiritual pearls fell like stars, like rain, using great power to stabilize the stormy waves raised by the boundless ocean.

Who knows how much time had passed.

The vast divine sense sound erupted again.

"Fuse!"

Three hundred and sixty-five stars hovered together above the empty Qi sea.

Then they turned into meteors and rushed toward the sky-reaching tornado like moths to a flame.

Water and fire are reversed, water and fire are balanced, metal and wood float and sink, and the Great Dao can be expected.

The sun and moon in the furnace, the creation is self-evident, something is created from nothing, and the dragon and tiger gather.

The essence of heaven and earth, the soul and spirit, the stars of the universe, all gathered in the universe.

Luo Chen fused the three methods of top, middle, and bottom, exhausting his entire foundation.

The Golden Core Great Dao was right before his eyes.

"If not now, when will I form the core!"

With a low roar, the three hundred and sixty-five spiritual pearls that had merged into the tornado began to fuse continuously under the guidance of the main divine sense.

Not only that, the sky-reaching tornado, which had expanded to the limit, generated huge pressure, forcing them to merge into one from the outside.

In the hazy and chaotic state.

Vaguely, a glazed pill, emitting five-colored light, was generated amidst the lightning, thunder, wind, and rain!

Mount Tianlan Xiancheng.

There were only ten years left until the Opening War.

As one of the three immortal cities closest to the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, the number of cultivators gathered in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng had already exceeded one million.

Within it, there were countless Qi Refining cultivators, and the number of Foundation Establishment true cultivators easily reached ten thousand.

Even Golden Core masters were no longer as rare as they used to be, where one could only see one or two occasionally.

According to estimates by those in the know, there were at least ten Golden Core cultivators currently in Mount Tianlan.

And this was only counting those who lived there daily, not those who were just passing through.

In this environment, the lively atmosphere had long since become restless to the extreme.

Everyone was waiting for the start of the Opening War ten years later.

However, with so many high-level cultivators gathered, the demand for spiritual land and cave dwellings naturally reached its peak.

The number of cave dwellings on Mount Tianlan Peak was not enough before, and now it was even harder to find one.

Especially for Golden Core cultivators!

They had a more urgent need for high-grade cave dwellings.

From time to time, someone would go to the rotating sect to ask when the Jia-3 cave dwelling would be available for rent.

But every time, they would get the answer that the cave dwelling was already occupied.

This day.

A Golden Core master from outside the region finally couldn't hold it anymore.

He slammed the table and asked angrily in front of a Golden Core cultivator of the Luoyun Sect.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, by what right does he occupy the Jia-3 cave dwelling for twenty years?"

The Luoyun Sect Golden Core lowered his eyelids, "Because he paid enough spirit stones."

The outside cultivator shouted angrily, "But twenty years have passed, and it's already three years overdue; are you still renting it to him?"

The Luoyun Sect Golden Core said indifferently, "His subordinates paid for another three years for him; I can't just kick him out, can I!"

The outside cultivator was speechless for a moment.

A moment later, he couldn't help but say, "Can't Fellow Daoist Qu be flexible? I urgently need to cultivate a great method to deal with the Opening War, and that Third-Tier spiritual land is indispensable. Giving it to a Foundation Establishment cultivator is truly a waste of heaven's gifts."

"How about this, whatever spirit stones he pays, I will pay the same, how about that?"

Is this "first soldiers, then gifts"?

The Luoyun Sect Golden Core cultivator surnamed Qu curled his lips.

In the Xiancheng, it's not about cultivation level, but about spirit stones; for the same price, it's about who comes first.

Besides, your cultivation level is higher than his, but his relationship with the Luoyun Sect is better than yours, an outsider.

However, he naturally wouldn't explain too much.

Just as he was thinking about what method to use to send this person away, his expression suddenly changed.

Without further ado, he walked straight out of the hall and stared fixedly at the direction of Mount Tianlan Peak.

The outside Golden Core was first angry, then suddenly realized something.

When he stepped out of the hall and looked toward Mount Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but glance at the staring cultivator surnamed Qu.

It is rumored that Luoyun Sect cultivators are proficient in the path of refining the spirit.

Their spiritual sense is so strong that it far exceeds those at the same level.

The other party discovered the anomaly before him, so the rumors were true.

Was he a bit too rude earlier?

Just as he was feeling uneasy, he suddenly heard a soft exclamation.

"Isn't it just Core Formation? What's there to be surprised about?" the outside Golden Core asked, puzzled.

But when he carefully noticed the Core Formation anomaly on Mount Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but blurt out.

"Immortal Venerable above, which great Golden Core sect's Daoist child is forming a core here!"

The cultivator surnamed Qu glanced at him and snorted coldly, "Ignorant, with such momentum, how could it be something a Daoist child of a great sect could have?"

The outside Golden Core was stunned, and his face turned slightly pale.

There were quite a few Golden Core cultivators like them who noticed the anomaly on Mount Tianlan Peak.

In fact, later on, everyone in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng, from Golden Core masters down to Qi Refining cultivators, noticed the Core Formation anomaly.

Without other reasons, it was truly too terrifying.

Gale winds howled, and colorful clouds gathered.

The sounds of dragons roaring and tigers howling were endless.

And there was that sky-reaching tornado, rolling back to the sky.

Spiritual energy from all directions gathered toward that tornado.

And this was just the beginning!

About a stick of incense later.

The tornado didn't shrink; instead, it became larger and larger.

The vast momentum swept across the entire Mount Tianlan Peak.

Countless First-Tier and Second-Tier cave dwellings shook in unison.

The spiritual energy imprisoned within the cave dwellings surged toward the Jia-3 cave dwelling involuntarily.

Even!

The Third-Tier spiritual vein beneath this immortal city was affected.

The expression of the cultivator surnamed Qu changed from curiosity at the beginning, to surprise later, and finally to hesitation.

"Something's wrong!"

"This person's foundation is truly terrifying."

"The man-made Third-Tier spiritual vein is not enough to help him. If he is allowed to swallow like this, I fear it will destroy the layout of most of the cave dwellings."

After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind.

"Forget it!"

"The True Person has said to be kind to him."

"I will help him!"

With a thought, the cultivator surnamed Qu left the outside Golden Core and flew toward the central hall of Mount Tianlan Xiancheng.

Not long after he left.

The entire Mount Tianlan Xiancheng suddenly let out a loud boom.

The outside Golden Core, who was still in place, showed a look of disbelief.

"Did he open the spiritual vein restriction of the Xiancheng?"

As he was shocked, large amounts of spiritual energy suddenly surged out from the entire Xiancheng.

The concentration directly raised the Xiancheng, which was originally only at the First-Tier level, to the Second-Tier!

And the entire Mount Tianlan Peak was directly transformed into a Third-Tier spiritual land in an instant!

The sky-reaching tornado, aided by this power, became even more massive.

Its act of devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth also became more joyful.

How to describe it?

Only the word "whale-swallowing" could describe it!

Also during this process, a figure suddenly stepped up from the hazy wind and clouds.

The figure was tall and straight, and the face was illusory.

Only a head of black hair fluttered behind, setting off the black eyes that reflected all things, like a god or a demon!

(End of chapter)