Chapter 215: Promoted to Late-stage Foundation Establishment, The Three Barriers of Golden Core Formation

"Obtain a Third-tier island for free?"

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

From the memories of the Three Owls of the Wu Clan, he knew that this was one of the methods the Wuji Alliance used to attract Loose Cultivator Golden Core Real Persons.

After all, if a Golden Core Real Person wanted to cultivate, they certainly needed to find a suitable Spirit Vein.

In this way, they would inevitably need to join the Wuji Alliance.

For the Wuji Alliance, this approach was actually not a loss.

Because the territory controlled by the Wuji Alliance was truly vast, far too vast.

With Wuji Island as the center, radiating across a sea area of hundreds of millions, or even several hundred million kilometers, there was no telling how many islands were in the surrounding area.

Among them, islands possessing a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein were naturally in the minority.

But as for islands with a Third-tier Spirit Vein, just those already discovered numbered over one hundred thousand.

As for islands with a Second-tier Spirit Vein, those were even more countless, impossible to enumerate.

With so many islands, relying on the power of the Wuji Alliance, it was naturally impossible to develop every single one.

There simply wasn't enough manpower.

Just developing an island like Wuji Island, with a diameter of one million kilometers, was enough to exhaust a large amount of their manpower.

It was precisely because of this that they might as well be generous and take out some Third-tier islands to gift to Golden Core Real Persons.

In any case, the nominal control rights belonged to the Wuji Alliance.

If the other party died, their Longevity was exhausted, or they betrayed the alliance, this Third-tier island could be taken back.

Over time, the Wuji Alliance could obtain a large pile of islands thoroughly developed by Golden Core Real Persons without any effort.

At the same time, they would obtain the many assets on the islands.

It could be said that this was a strategy with multiple gains.

At the same time, it was also an open conspiracy.

Even if other Golden Core Real Persons knew of the Wuji Alliance's intentions, they would still flock to it.

To a certain extent, the Wuji Alliance was indeed a massive alliance, ruling over a large number of Golden Core families and Golden Core sects, which surrounded Wuji Island like stars.

It was simply like the stars arching over the moon.

As long as the Wuji Alliance could continuously cultivate Nascent Soul Ancestors, it could exist eternally.

"Understood."

Leng Yuexi and the others nodded, looking at this group of Golden Core Managers.

"I wonder which Third-tier island you would like?"

At this moment, the Golden Core Manager Peng Hao took out a stack of documents, all of which contained information about the various Third-tier islands, and handed them all to Leng Yuexi and the others to choose from.

Once selected, it could not be changed.

"Husband, which island should we choose?"

At this moment, Leng Yuexi used Divine Sense Transmission to Zhou Sui, wanting to ask for Zhou Sui's opinion.

After all, this choice was incredibly important; once the wrong one was chosen, it would basically be impossible to change.

"Which island?"

Hearing this, Zhou Sui's eyes revealed a glimmer of light. To be honest, even with the memories of the Three Owls of the Wu Clan, he did not have a very deep understanding of the islands possessed by the Wuji Alliance.

After all, the number of islands controlled by the Wuji Alliance was simply too large.

However, fortunately, he possessed a Heaven and Earth Strange Gu—the Object Seeking Gu. After five years of cultivation, this Gu Insect had also reached the level of a Second-tier mid-grade, and compared to the beginning, its abilities were even more powerful.

It could not only help the Host find specific objects and people, but it could also help the Host find things they desired in their heart, even if this thing was incredibly vague or they had no impression of it at all.

This was the power of the Object Seeking Gu; it was like a wish-granting machine that could help the Host find any object.

Thinking of this, he did not hesitate and immediately activated the power of the Object Seeking Gu.

"Help me find the most suitable island."

Zhou Sui infused his thoughts.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~

In an instant, the Object Seeking Gu seemed to perceive something; the power on its body permeated into the infinite Causal Lines and then obtained some information from the Void.

The next second, a stream of information submerged into the depths of Zhou Sui's sea of consciousness.

"Samsung Island Group, suspected to have a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein."

Suddenly, Zhou Sui obtained this piece of information from the Object Seeking Gu; his mind was greatly shaken, and he felt incredibly excited inside.

Generally speaking, the Wuji Alliance would only offer islands possessing a Third-rank Low-grade Spirit Vein.

As for islands possessing a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein, that was not even worth thinking about; they were basically all occupied by Nascent Soul Ancestors.

At the very least, they would be occupied by core members; it was impossible to give them to peripheral members.

However, there were exceptions to this.

That was if these islands had hidden Fourth-tier Spirit Veins that even the people of the Wuji Alliance had not detected.

And this was also a very normal occurrence.

After all, the exploration of Spirit Veins was actually a very difficult matter, not as simple as one might imagine.

This was similar to mineral veins; it was very difficult to find a rich vein.

Therefore, this also led to some Spirit Veins being hidden deep underground, unable to be detected by Cultivators.

Thus, some Cultivators would also have the opportunity to pick up a bargain.

Clearly, the Samsung Island Group suggested by the Object Seeking Gu was perhaps a hidden gem.

Thinking of this, Zhou Sui immediately used Divine Sense Transmission to inform the three women, Leng Yuexi, Lin Yazhu, and Shen Biqian, of his thoughts.

Although Leng Yuexi and the others did not understand why Zhou Sui wanted to go to such an island, they trusted Zhou Sui implicitly and naturally made the choice without any hesitation.

They also informed the Golden Core Manager Peng Hao of their choice.

"The Three-Star Island Group?"

"Our Wuji Alliance does indeed possess such an island group."

"This place contains three islands, and the shape of the islands is like stars, so they are named the Three-Star Island."

"They are called Muxing Island, Huoxing Island, and Shuixing Island, respectively."

"Among them, Muxing Island is covered with a large amount of vegetation, extremely lush and verdant."

"Huoxing Island possesses a Third-tier Earth Fire Spirit Vein, which is quite suitable for alchemists to cultivate."

"As for Shuixing Island, it is because there are many rivers on the island, and the water area is vast."

"The diameter of all three islands is about 10,000 kilometers, and they only have the standard of a Third-rank Low-grade Spirit Vein."

"The mineral resources on them are almost non-existent, and resources are very scarce."

"Only the Spirit Vein grade is relatively high; there is nothing worth mentioning."

"Knowing these circumstances, do you still want to obtain the Three-Star Island Group?"

Golden Core Manager Peng Hao flipped through the information and stated the situation of the Three-Star Island Group.

He was actually a bit surprised; he did not expect the other party to find the Three-Star Island Group all at once.

Even for a Golden Core Manager like him, who is very familiar with the various islands of the Wuji Alliance, he would be unable to find the Three-Star Island Group in a short time; after all, there are simply too many islands ruled by the Wuji Alliance, numbering in the tens of thousands.

How could he possibly be very familiar with every single island?

"That is correct, our three Golden Core sects happen to need three islands."

"They also happen to be together, presenting a pincer formation, which is also convenient for the interactions between our three major sects."

"Although the Spirit Vein grade is a bit low, it can be considered barely suitable for our cultivation."

"After all, we have just arrived at the Wuji Alliance, and it is not very realistic to want to find better islands."

"So after thinking it over, this Three-Star Island Group is still better."

Leng Yuexi smiled slightly.

"So that is how it is."

"Since that is the case, then you have decided."

"In a moment, I will take you to the Three-Star Island Group."

"In the future, that place will be the base for your three major Golden Core sects."

"Every year, as long as you pay the corresponding management fees, you can stay on these three islands indefinitely."

Golden Core Manager Peng Hao smiled slightly and immediately made the decision.

He had originally wanted to build a good relationship with these few Golden Core female cultivators, or even do them a favor by using his own connections to find some better islands.

But after thinking about it carefully, he chose to give up.

After all, the other party was only an outer member, so no matter how they chose, it would definitely only be islands with Third-rank Low-grade Spirit Veins.

Any island that was even slightly better had already been picked by core members.

How could it ever be the turn of other Golden Core True Persons?

Unless they made great contributions to the Wuji Alliance in the future and used those contributions to exchange for better islands.

Otherwise, they would be unable to obtain better islands.

"Then thank you, Fellow Daoist Peng."

Leng Yuexi nodded.

…………

More than ten days later.

Under the guidance of Golden Core Manager Peng Hao, the cultivators of the three major sects—Xianxia Sect, Pill Cauldron Sect, and Qingmu Sect—also arrived at the Three-Star Island Group; after all, this place was quite far from the main island, Wuji Island.

It was basically located in the outer region of the sea area ruled by the Wuji Alliance.

So they still flew for a long time before arriving at the Three-Star Island Group.

After bringing Zhou Sui and the others there, Golden Core Manager Peng Hao left directly and returned to Wuji Island.

"Is this the Three Star Archipelago?"

"It looks like a sea area where outstanding people and spirits gather."

Leng Yuexi was very satisfied; in this sea area, besides the three main islands, there were also some scattered islands, like stars, scattered all around.

The 10,000-kilometer diameter of the main islands was already quite extraordinary.

After all, the Asian continent where Zhou Sui lived in his past life was only 18,000 kilometers.

An area of 10,000 kilometers was equivalent to more than half of the Asian continent.

Islands like Xianxia Island with a diameter of 1.2 million kilometers were actually quite rare in the Canglan Sea.

At the very least, it would have to be a Fourth-tier Island to have such an island area.

"Huoxing Island has an Earth Fire Spirit Vein, which is very suitable for our Pill Cauldron Sect."

"Let us take this island."

Shen Biqian smiled slightly.

"Our Qingmu Sect wants Muxing Island."

"The wood-attribute Spirit Qi on this island is very dense, and it is also very suitable for our Qingmu Sect cultivators to cultivate."

Lin Yazhu said in a deep voice.

"In that case, our Xianxia Sect will take Shuixing Island."

Leng Yuexi nodded.

She did not have high requirements for the island; in any case, the entire Xianxia Sect only had three thousand people, so as long as there was a Third-tier Spirit Vein, that was completely enough.

With just a few words, the three Golden Core Cultivator women decided on the distribution of the three islands.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

Immediately, the cultivators of the three major sects took action, heading to their respective islands to begin construction.

After all, they needed to stay in this place for a long time, so naturally, they needed to build Immortal Palaces, houses, markets, and so on.

For these cultivators, such things were simply a matter of ease.

Naturally, there was no need for the Sect Masters to take action personally.

After all these cultivators had left, Leng Yuexi looked at Zhou Sui curiously: "Husband, why choose this Three Star Archipelago? Is there something special about this place?"

She felt that her husband's choice of this place was likely not as simple as it seemed and must have a deeper meaning.

"That's right, this archipelago might contain a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

Since there were no outsiders around anyway, he didn't mind revealing the secret of this place.

"A Fourth-tier Spirit Vein?!"

Hearing this, Shen Biqian and Lin Yazhu were also startled, and they looked at each other.

If a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein existed within this archipelago, it would be an unimaginable opportunity.

In the past, Xianxia Island lost its chance to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm precisely because it lost its Fourth-tier Spirit Vein.

This led a large number of Golden Core Cultivators to leave Xianxia Island in search of opportunities to form a Nascent Soul.

If a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein existed in this place, it meant that they could also form a Nascent Soul here.

There would be no need at all to borrow other Fourth-tier Spirit Veins to form a Nascent Soul.

The significance of this was naturally self-evident.

However, they sensed carefully, but they were unable to discover the existence of a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein.

Thinking about it carefully, this was also very normal.

If it were really that simple to discover a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein, this island would not have been given out by the Wuji Alliance.

"Husband, if a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein really exists, then where exactly is the source?"

Shen Biqian asked curiously.

"It is not within the islands, but deep under the sea."

Zhou Sui smiled slightly.

He had obtained the information about that Fourth-tier Spirit Vein from the Object Seeking Gu, and it was located right beneath the Three-Star Island group.

Because it was located in the Deep Sea, the many cultivators of the Wuji Alliance were unable to detect it.

"A location in the Deep Sea?"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid it will be incredibly troublesome."

Lin Yazhu frowned.

After all, wanting to channel a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein, especially one located in the Deep Sea, was likely not a simple matter.

Especially if the information about the Fourth-tier Spirit Vein were exposed, it would certainly be reclaimed by the Wuji Alliance immediately.

It would not be their turn to use it at all.

"It doesn't matter."

"I have already found the source of that Deep Sea Fourth-tier Spirit Vein."

"Next, as long as I set up a Third-tier Gathering Spirit Array, I can channel the Spirit Qi of the Spirit Vein up."

"Thereby causing the Spirit Vein grade of the three islands to be upgraded."

"Reaching the level of Third-tier Middle Grade, or even Third-tier High-Grade."

"When you need to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm in the future, we can temporarily increase the concentration of Spirit Qi to reach the Fourth-tier level."

"In this way, no one will know that a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein exists in our place."

"Even if they come to our islands, they will only know that our islands have a Third-tier Spirit Vein."

"But based on your strength at the Golden Core Late Stage, protecting a Third-tier Spirit Vein is not a problem."

Zhou Sui rubbed his chin; he had already thought of a solution.

After all, he was a Third-tier High-Grade Array Master; setting up a Third-tier Gathering Spirit Array was simply a piece of cake.

Currently, among the three major sects, no one had a higher level of array mastery than him.

"Husband, since that's the case, then the Gathering Spirit Arrays and the Guardian Mountain Arrays of our three major sects are completely entrusted to you; after all, the skills of the Array Masters in our three major sects are all mediocre and simply cannot compare to you, Husband."

Shen Biqian looked at Zhou Sui with affection.

Leng Yuexi and Lin Yazhu also nodded.

After all, the Third-tier Arrays of their sects in the past were all built by Array Masters from a thousand years ago.

Now, the descendants were unworthy and could no longer recreate the arrays set up by their predecessors.

Only by borrowing Zhou Sui's power could they set up Third-tier arrays.

"No problem, just leave it to me."

Zhou Sui nodded; he could also take this opportunity to put the array knowledge he had studied for many years into practice.

Although his array cultivation had indeed reached the Third-tier High-Grade level, opportunities for practice were still very rare.

If he could integrate theoretical knowledge with practice and achieve a thorough mastery, he believed his array level would definitely improve by a large margin.

…………

One day later.

Zhou Sui used the Upper-grade Spirit Artifact Water-Avoiding Bead to enter the Deep Sea.

His entire body was wrapped in an air shield, which contained a continuous supply of Spirit Qi and could also isolate the outside water, allowing a Human to move freely within the seawater.

This was a Spirit Artifact from the Xianxia Sect's treasury, which Zhou Sui had taken out.

Because he needed to dive into the seabed to observe the Spirit Vein deep beneath the ocean floor.

"It really is a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein."

"But it is not as simple as just a Fourth-tier Low-grade Spirit Vein."

"Tsk tsk, perhaps it is a Fourth-tier Middle-grade, or even a Fourth-tier High-grade Spirit Vein."

"This is indeed a stroke of fortune, but it is also a source of trouble."

Zhou Sui employed Heart Eye Insight, and an invisible force of the heart spread out, perceiving the entire seabed; there were rolling mountain ranges beneath the ocean, and a vast Spirit Vein was hidden deep within the seabed.

Like a giant dragon, it lay dormant deep under the sea, with Spirit Qi so dense it was beyond imagination.

It was simply not something a Third-tier Spirit Vein could compare to.

Because the Spirit Vein was hidden within the seabed and separated by thick barriers, basically no Spirit Qi leaked out, so it was normal that no Cultivator had noticed it.

If he hadn't relied on the power of the Object Seeking Gu, he would never have been able to detect the trickery here either.

Perhaps it would have required waiting for a thousand or even several thousand years for crustal movements or volcanic eruptions to allow the Spirit Vein deep underground to leak its vast Spirit Qi for the world to know of its existence.

But now, things were different.

This Spirit Vein had been discovered by him.

Naturally, he needed to construct an Array to conceal this Fourth-tier Spirit Vein.

In this way, even if a Cultivator happened to pass by, they would not know that a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein existed here.

He certainly knew how much trouble it would cause if a Fourth-tier Spirit Vein were exposed.

But asking him to spit out the meat already in his mouth was even more impossible.

And most importantly, as long as he used an Array to cover it up, there would be no problems at all.

When he advanced to the Golden Core or even the Nascent Soul Realm, then even if the Fourth-tier Spirit Vein were exposed, no one would dare say anything.

"First, set up a Three-Tier Gathering Spirit Array to draw up the Spirit Qi from this Spirit Vein."

"Even if it's just a little bit, it will be enough to raise the Spirit Veins of the three islands to the Third-Tier High-Grade."

Zhou Sui rubbed his chin and began to think about how to set up the Array.

For him, with his cultivation as a Tier 3 High-Grade Array Master, this was simply child's play.

What's more, he had the help of the Book Gu.

Right now, he was like an engineer, carrying out a massive project.

…………

Another month passed.

During this time, Zhou Sui helped the Xianxia Sect set up the Tier 3 High-Grade Array, the Purple Mist Yin-Yang Array, on Shuixing Island, and helped the Pill Cauldron Sect set up the Tier 3 High-Grade Array, the Earth Fire Flame Dragon Array, on Huoxing Island.

It could be said that his status as a Third-tier Array Master had also resounded throughout the three major sects.

Many Cultivators were sincerely convinced by him.

Even if some still said he was a kept man, strength was strength; this was an indisputable fact.

At this moment, he had set up the Tier 3 High-Grade Array, the Wood Spirit Divine Thunder Array, on Muxing Island.

Rumble~~~

Inside an empty Immortal Palace on the highest mountain peak of Muxing Island, Zhou Sui finished setting up the final Array Node.

Suddenly, a massive Array barrier instantly enveloped the entire Muxing Island, covering an area of over ten thousand kilometers in radius.

At the same time, the Three-Tier Gathering Spirit Array was also successfully set up.

This also made this mountain peak the source of the Spirit Vein and the place where the Spirit Qi was most dense.

"Done."

Zhou Sui smiled slightly, feeling very joyful.

After setting up Arrays on the three islands, he noticed that his comprehension of Arrays had reached a higher level, and it seemed that the realm of a Fourth-tier Array Master was not particularly far away.

He also realized the difference between a Three-Tier Gathering Spirit Array and a Second-tier Gathering Spirit Array.

An ordinary Second-tier Gathering Spirit Array merely gathered the Spirit Qi between heaven and earth together.

But this would lead to the leakage of Spirit Qi, and the internal Spirit Qi concentration would not be very high.

However, the Three-Tier Gathering Spirit Array was different.

Because it generated the power of an Array Domain, it could gather all the heaven and earth Spirit Qi together, funneling it all into the barrier.

Such heaven and earth Spirit Qi could not escape to the outside world at all.

Therefore, the Spirit Qi that a Three-Tier Gathering Spirit Array could gather was several times more than that of a Second-tier Gathering Spirit Array.

The efficiency of use was also astonishingly improved.

"Daoist Zhou, thank you for helping my Qingmu Sect set up the Third-tier Array."

"If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid the Qingmu Sect wouldn't know what to do."

Lin Yazhu, the Sect Master of the Qingmu Sect, said with great emotion.

After all, the cost of asking a Third-tier Array Master to take action was unknown.

Even within the Wuji Alliance, the price for having a Third-tier Array Master take action was very high, enough to make the Qingmu Sect bleed heavily.

Now that Zhou Sui had actually taken the initiative to help for free, it was unknown how many resources this had saved.

If this man could really be made to join the Qingmu Sect, I'm afraid the Qingmu Sect's strength would also see an astonishing improvement.

If that were truly the case, perhaps she needed to find a way to make this man stay.

This was also her responsibility as the Sect Master of the Qingmu Sect.

Thinking of this, she felt very moved inside, her pretty face flushed red, and her beautiful eyes looked at Zhou Sui with watery affection, as if her heart were filled with endless love, almost impossible to control.

"Hm?!"

At this moment, Zhou Sui's heart stirred; he sensed a mysterious power emanating from the Infatuation Gu, instantly spreading throughout his entire body, as if at this moment his aura and Lin Yazhu's aura had merged into one.

It was as if yin and yang had fused, inseparable from one another.

"Sect Master Lin, my helping your Qingmu Sect set up a Third-tier Array Formation is not free."

Zhou Sui said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Not free? What exactly do you want?"

Lin Yazhu asked curiously.

"Need you even ask? What I want, of course, is you, Sect Master Lin."

Zhou Sui stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her slender waist; looking at her noble face and her aura, which was like that of an empress, he immediately felt a sense of conquest.

After so many years, he was finally going to conquer this noble woman.

"Wh-what?"

"Are you, are you crazy? What kind of foolish things are you saying?"

Lin Yazhu's pretty face flushed red, and she was flustered; at this moment, she seemed to have forgotten that she was a Golden Core Real Person, and for now, she was just a weak and helpless little girl.

"The Qingmu Sect has just migrated to this unfamiliar place, and it is precisely the time when it is consuming wealth and engaging in major construction."

"As the Sect Master, in order to save the sect's wealth, you should be willing to pay a small price, right?"

Zhou Sui looked at Lin Yazhu and said quite domineeringly.

"You despicable and shameless fellow, so that is why you made the surrounding disciples leave, leaving only the two of us."

"A lone man and a lone woman in the same room, is this the scheme you were plotting?"

"Do, do you think I, Lin Yazhu, would just give in like this?"

Lin Yazhu widened her beautiful eyes, her pretty face bright red.

"Could it be that you won't?"

Zhou Sui reached out and gently lifted her smooth chin.

"Fine, for the sake of the sect's future, being bullied by you is something that cannot be helped."

"After all, I, I am doing this for the future of the sect."

"But you must be gentle."

Lin Yazhu's pretty face was bright red as she said weakly, seemingly having lost the ability to resist.

…………

Several hours later.

Zhou Sui and Lin Yazhu finally completed the Zhou Gong Rites and became one.

"You have fallen in love with your Dao Companion, your hearts are connected, your love has deepened, and the Infatuation Gu is very joyful, having gained a huge evolution and reached the realm of Third-tier High-Grade Perfection."

"You have gained a certain degree of cultivation experience in the Golden Core Realm."

"Your Spirit Root aptitude has been improved to a certain degree."

"You have obtained the other party's Yin Essence, and your cultivation has risen to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage."

Suddenly, messages flooded into the depths of Zhou Sui's sea of consciousness; these were the fruits of his labor.

He also secretly marveled, not having expected that he would unite with Lin Yazhu in this way.

After all, it had been a long time since Lin Yazhu had been infected with the Gu.

But there had never been much movement.

Because the power of the Infatuation Gu had been suppressed by Lin Yazhu's powerful Dao Heart.

But this was always just suppression, not a total cleansing.

Therefore, the longer it was suppressed, the more violent the eruption would be.

Now that they had found a safe residence, it could no longer be restrained.

Of course, the benefits of obtaining the Yin Essence that Lin Yazhu had cultivated for over three hundred years were self-evident.

Originally, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, and to break through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, it would have taken at least ten years of cultivation to potentially break through this bottleneck.

But now, having obtained this vast Yin Essence, his Foundation Establishment Mid-stage bottleneck was instantly shattered.

It was as if the water had flowed and the channel was formed, without any obstruction at all.

"Is this the realm of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage?"

Zhou Sui used his divine sense to perceive the situation inside his Dantian Qi Sea.

He saw that after advancing to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, the volume of his Dantian Qi Sea had expanded once again, as if it had expanded from a deep pool into a small lake, with a large amount of dark golden Dharma Power liquid flowing within.

There were a full five hundred drops of dark golden Dharma Power liquid inside, each drop containing vast energy.

Compared to before, his Dharma Power had more than doubled.

One can imagine just how great the benefits were after advancing to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Rumble~~

At this moment, he circulated the Dharma Power within his body, and the five hundred drops of Dharma Power liquid circulated continuously, seemingly forming a river as they completed one cycle after another.

He felt the Dharma Power within his body was incredibly surging.

It seemed that a light strike could cause terrifying lethality.

"It's too exaggerated; an ordinary Foundation Establishment Late Stage Perfection Cultivator's Dantian Qi Sea can only hold three hundred and sixty-five drops of Dharma Power liquid; this is the limit for an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

"Such a total amount of Dharma Power is already completely sufficient to condense a Golden Core."

"But now, my Dantian Qi Sea holds five hundred drops of Dharma Power liquid, and this is not even the limit."

"If I cultivate until Foundation Establishment Perfection, I fear I could increase it to one thousand drops of Dharma Power liquid."

"The total amount of Dharma Power alone is several times that of other Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

"Is this the Gu God Scripture? Compared to other immortal cultivation techniques, it is indeed far too powerful."

"From the very beginning, it is a world of difference, not to be mentioned in the same breath."

Zhou Sui was also filled with wonder as he perceived the state of the Dantian Qi Sea within his body.

He had obtained the cultivation techniques of the three great sects, as well as a great deal of experience regarding Golden Core formation.

Naturally, he knew exactly what the situation was like when other Foundation Establishment Cultivators formed their Golden Cores.

He was also very clear on how he should proceed to form his own Golden Core.

"Forming a Golden Core is much like Foundation Establishment; it also requires passing through three barriers."

"The first barrier is naturally the Mana Barrier. If one's Dharma Power is not sufficiently pure, it is impossible to form a Golden Core; even if one manages to form it, the presence of too many impurities will lead to failure."

However, basically more than ninety-nine percent of Foundation Establishment Cultivators face this situation, because they did not achieve Foundation Establishment autonomously, but rather through a Foundation Establishment Pill, so their Dharma Power is naturally not pure enough.

Of course, it is not that there is no way to solve this problem; one can find a Jiedan Spiritual Object to assist. A Jiedan Spiritual Object can help a Foundation Establishment Cultivator purify the Dharma Power within their body, ensuring it is free of any impurities.

In the past, Leng Yuexi was like this; she obtained the Jiedan Spiritual Object, Ice Fire Spirit Liquid, which purified the Dharma Power in her body, leaving no impurities, and naturally increased her probability of Golden Core formation by thirty percent."

"The second barrier is the Divine Sense Barrier. This barrier is also quite important, because if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator wants to succeed in forming a Golden Core, the power of their Divine Sense is indispensable. If the Divine Sense is not powerful enough, it is naturally impossible to compress the liquid Dharma Power and cause it to condense into a Pill."

"The third barrier is the Blood-Qi Barrier, which can also be called the Physique Barrier. If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator is old and frail, or has injuries to their body, it is very easy for this to lead to failure in forming a Golden Core."

"Because the Dharma Power during Golden Core formation is extremely powerful, once it circulates through the meridians, if the body is not strong enough to withstand the circulation of this Dharma Power, it will naturally lead to the rupture of meridians and the body exploding to death."

"These three barriers are incomparably important for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

"Even if one fails to pass a single barrier, it will lead to failure in forming a Golden Core, resulting in death and the dissipation of one's Dao."

Zhou Sui rubbed his chin, recalling the many experiences of Golden Core formation he had obtained previously. These were left behind by generations of Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the three great sects, and the degree of their preciousness can be imagined.

This is also the benefit of a Jin Dan Power.

The experience left behind by generations of cultivators also brings huge benefits to their descendants, allowing them to avoid the same detours; the benefits of this are self-evident.

Now he could be considered to have inherited nearly a thousand years of cultivation experience from the three great sects, and could be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants.

"Clearly, for a Cultivator, forming a Golden Core is even more dangerous than Foundation Establishment."

"This is a road of no return."

"Once one fails, the Dharma Power will riot, causing the body to explode and die; it is almost irredeemable."

"Unless one has rare Pills to protect the body and shield the entire frame, death is certain."

"However, for me, these are not problems at all."

"Because I achieved Foundation Establishment autonomously, the Dharma Power within my body has no impurities and is incomparably pure."

"As for my Divine Sense and physique, there is even less need to mention them."

"Even though I have not yet reached the Golden Core Realm, I am already more powerful than the average Golden Core Cultivator."

"In other words, as long as the Dharma Power within my body can be raised to the state of perfection, then I can naturally form a Golden Core autonomously."

A glimmer of light appeared in Zhou Sui's eyes.

Compared to other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, his current situation was truly far, far too strong.

He was also very glad that he had chosen to achieve Foundation Establishment autonomously back then.

In this way, he did not know how many resources he had saved.

Even without any so-called Jiedan Spiritual Object, he could still succeed in forming a Golden Core.

Others need to take risks, facing a nine-in-ten chance of death.

But as for him, he had no such concerns at all.

It could be said that being ahead by one step means being ahead in almost every step.

His choice back then to not take the Fine Foundation Establishment Pill and instead choose autonomous Foundation Establishment was still a quite correct decision.

However, if one lacks opportunity and aptitude, it is better to take a Foundation Establishment Pill; at least it is safer.