Chapter 363

Fang Qingxue cultivated within her cave dwelling, preparing to break through to the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities and Golden Core Realm, while Fang Yu guarded her within the cave.

Fang Yu felt a faint sense of reflection.

His cultivation speed could hardly be called slow—he rose from the Physical Body Secret Realm to the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities in less than a year; for other cultivators, reaching the 5th Stage of Divine Abilities from the Physical Body Secret Realm would take at least forty or fifty years.

Moreover, most 5th Stage Heavenly Man Realm cultivators possess only ten thousand Xuan Huang Warhorse strengths, struggling to master five elemental divine abilities, whereas Fang Yu, even at the 5th Stage, had already cultivated three million strength, mastered dozens of divine abilities, and brought all five Great Elemental Arts to perfect completion.

Thus, Fang Yu was unquestionably a genius among geniuses—even the term "Supreme Genius" would not be excessive—but before the few rare beings in this world who exploited cheat systems and spent lifetimes of longevity, he still fell short.

Spending longevity to cultivate divine abilities, break through realms, gain more longevity, then spend again—this was a snowballing, irrational progression; keeping pace with—or surpassing—these individuals' cultivation speed was exceedingly difficult.

Fang Yu pondered his Ten Thousand Worlds King Map, a magic treasure of extraordinary wonder, allowing him to traverse the multiverse even within the Eternal Life Realm; he must make full use of the Ten Thousand Worlds King Map—for instance, by cultivating clones to develop across the Ten Thousand Worlds, far superior to cultivating alone in either the Eternal Life Realm or the Shrouding Heaven Realm.

Cultivating together is the true path.

Yet he had not yet cultivated a second clone or a second Primordial Spirit; he needed to obtain a cultivation method capable of forming a second clone to achieve rapid advancement.

Two minds cultivate faster than one, and two bodies cultivate faster than one.

As Fang Yu pondered, a celestial melody drifted from nearby, followed by a golden Xu Yuan Qi surging skyward, condensing within the cave into thirty-six golden rainbows spanning the void.

Upon these golden rainbows appeared countless human forms, lightning, fire, wind trials, rare flowers and exotic herbs, various spirit beasts and sacred beasts, and waves of auroras surging like tides.

Terrifying power rippled, boundless mystery unfolded; the thirty-six rainbows continuously transformed until they all converged into a single pearl.

In that instant, the pearl radiated boundless brilliance, illuminating the entire cave as if a sun had appeared within it.

"A Golden Core formed from thirty-six divine abilities!"

Fang Yu gazed at the divine abilities upon Fang Qingxue's Golden Core, his face filled with admiration.

Most Golden Core experts are fortunate to cultivate more than ten divine abilities; among Yuhua Sect's Golden Core disciples, West Jialan was revered as the First Female True Disciple with fifteen divine abilities, Wan Luo had seventeen, Ling Xiao had fourteen, while Bei Yaoguang and Zhong Tian Du remained unknown.

The more divine abilities one cultivates, the harder it is to condense them into a Golden Core; most experts first perfect the Five Elements, then travel to seek rare treasures and secret caves, cultivating a few more divine abilities, and only when nearing the midpoint of their Heavenly Man Realm lifespan—with no further cultivation possible—do they ascend to the Return to Oneness Realm, then transform into the Golden Core Realm.

Yet such cultivators rarely enter the Longevity Secret Realm, often stagnating at the stage of divine abilities.

The more divine abilities one cultivates, the more abundant the Xu Yuan Qi becomes; upon entering the Golden Core Realm, all divine ability energies undergo a great transformation with the physical body—the more divine abilities, the greater the benefit to the body.

That is, the more divine abilities cultivated before entering the Golden Core Realm, the longer the lifespan and the stronger the magic power after entering; divine abilities cultivated after the Golden Core cannot transform into the body and do not extend lifespan.

A 5th Stage "Heavenly Man Realm" expert has a lifespan of eight hundred years.

The 6th Stage "Return to Oneness Realm" does not increase lifespan.

The 7th Stage Golden Core Realm grants a lifespan exceeding one thousand years, typically around fifteen hundred years.

But the more divine abilities one cultivates, the more the lifespan exceeds this limit—potentially reaching three thousand or even five thousand years!

Fang Yu watched as Fang Qingxue's physical body and magic power surged upward to an astonishing level; finally, all power flowed into her body, and the golden Golden Core slowly sank into her mind.

One Golden Core swallowed, my fate lies in my hands, not heaven's.

"Finally broke through to the Golden Core Realm—my lifespan has reached five thousand years?"

As soon as Fang Qingxue retracted her Golden Core, she savored the subtleties of this realm; after a moment of contemplation, a smile appeared on her face.

She was clearly delighted with her breakthrough—her lifespan had leapt directly from two years before the Golden Core to five thousand years.

One step forward, lifespan extended to five thousand years.

What kind of advancement was this?

This single step was like leaping from the ground straight to the heavens.

Think of it—five thousand years of lifespan, what could one accomplish? How many divine abilities could one cultivate? It meant an immeasurably long life, infinite possibilities.

Within five thousand years, how many treasures could one acquire? How many realms could one ascend?

Even the Longevity Secret Realm was now within reach.

Emperors of the Shrouding Heaven Realm possess ten thousand years of lifespan; some who have cultivated multiple lifetimes may reach tens of thousands of years.

And now, with one step into the Golden Core Realm, Fang Qingxue had leapt from two years of lifespan to five thousand.