Chapter 347: Purifying True Essence, Martial Dao Core Formation

After Yan Buji finished refining the Soul-Repair Pill, he gave it to Wang Man so that he could heal his injuries and further restore his cultivation level.

However, this will definitely take a long time.

"Aren't you worried about Long Batian's actions? They've now gathered a huge group of Dragon People, at least numbering several thousand," Wang Man asked before leaving.

"It's fine; there are things I'm not good at, but for some people they're extremely easy."

Yan Buji smiled; the casino was operating normally, and the daily gambling Dragon People were countless.

What if there's no gambling capital?

Waiting for Wang Chao and the others to distribute the Grain-Avoiding Pill.

But the Grain-Avoiding Pill was treated by them as a strategic resource, no longer handed out casually; instead they established a series of rules and reward‑punishment systems, and Wang Chao and the others even led the way to the Dead Volcano Crater to gather resources.

As a result, most Dragon People have very few options.

To obtain the delicious Grain-Avoiding Pill, one can only start cultivation with Wang Chao, then take on hunting missions to acquire cultivation resources and continue training; this forms a positive loop.

The Grain-Avoiding Pill was changed to a quota of three per person per month, whetting the Dragon People's appetite.

Those days have already begun, yet Yan Buji takes no action.

Wang Man, seeing Yan Buji's confident demeanor, said no more: "When I recover from my injuries, I'll also go to the Dead Volcano Crater to gather resources and prepare to restore my cultivation level."

"No problem. In your spare time, just watch how Wang Chao and the others do it," Yan Buji laughed.

"Even if you stop helping them refine the Grain-Avoiding Pill, when Wang Chao's side unites and no longer needs the pill, what will you do?"

"Who says I need the Grain-Avoiding Pill to control the Dragon People? That method is only useful in the early stage," Yan Buji laughed.

Wang Man was stunned for a moment: "Then you…"

"Remember, human hearts change. The lazy currents of the Boundless Trench aren't as hard to resolve as imagined; what I can achieve, they can also achieve. When my own efforts yield no proper reward, that's the moment I should act," Yan Buji said with a cold smile.

Having said that, Yan Buji turned and closed the door.

Wang Man gave him a puzzled look and also left.

After integrating the tri‑fusion Dragon‑Tiger Xuan Technique into his Martial Dao Profound Skill, Yan Buji also smoothly broke through the later part of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Come to think of it, Yan Buji truly never felt cultivation could be so simple.

The Martial Dao breakthrough gave Yan Buji a sense of security; at least on this severed Martial Dao path, he still has talent.

"We must speed up; we'll break through the Core Formation Stage."

Breaking through the Core Formation Stage via Martial Dao is no longer as difficult as Magical Cultivation. He even needs to refine True Essence with his current technique, increasing its quality again, to cross the Core Formation threshold.

At the same time, the Core Formation Stage, a precursor to the Golden Core Stage, did not exist in antiquity; countless geniuses pushed the upper limit of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and to differentiate they created the Core Formation Stage. This stage, as a transition from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, can actually be approached from three aspects.

For Martial Cultivation, purifying True Essence, forging the soul, and refining the flesh are all ways to draw nearer to the Golden Core Stage; the Core Formation Stage requires exactly these three steps.

Now Yan Buji has entered the later part of Foundation Establishment; the increase of True Essence is the same as before. However, because the Profound Skill system differs from magical power, a nine‑fold refinement of True Essence isn't possible, so a direct breakthrough suffices.

Purifying True Essence—this is Yan Buji's first encounter with an enhancement of the very nature of power, and at first he was somewhat at a loss.

Just as internal Qi transforms into True Essence, he didn't understand the principle of the change, assuming it only occurred after the Profound Skill was cultivated.

But now it seems that's not the case.

To condense liquid True Essence into a Golden Core, Yan Buji consulted the ancient martial texts and roughly identified three prerequisites.

The integration of refined Qi, vital spirit, and mind yields the Golden Core!

"Purifying True Essence doesn't seem that troublesome either."

Yan Buji thought for a moment; True Essence in the dantian is clearly distinct from magical power, and all he needs to do is increase the quality of True Essence.

He had considered many methods, but chose the simplest: compressing True Essence step by step through internal refinement to purify it.

"Fortunately I've stored many spiritual pills; otherwise I truly couldn't manage it," Yan Buji said, eating a spiritual pill mainly to heal internal injuries.

Internal refinement of True Essence easily damages the organs; after much trial Yan Buji realized it might be because his Profound Skill heavily stimulates the flesh, so the refinement of True Essence also burdens the organs.

The faster he pushes, the more likely he is to get injured.

It's just like alchemy....

Alchemy?!

Yan Buji's pupils contracted; he halted his cultivation, began studying various elixirs, and then examined the method for forging the Reverse‑Life Blood Pill.

"Exactly! I use my flesh as the furnace, the Profound Skill as the carbon, internal refinement of True Essence—doesn't that equal the Golden Core Stage?!"

Yan Buji, gaining occasional insight, began attempting to mobilize organ power actively, channeling the strength of the five organs into the dantian, rotating them according to the five‑element yin‑yang method.

This also leveraged Yan Buji's alchemy experience and his foundational Five‑Element skill, encasing True Essence within, and tempering it with earth‑origin fire.

Although earth‑origin fire bears a strong earth attribute, it is still a form of Spiritual Fire, far faster than refining with one's own strength.

Thus, through the yin‑yang rotation of the five organs and six bowels, Yan Buji discovered a breakthrough method involving the three‑gate manifestation of the qi meridian!

As True Essence continuously purifies in the dantian, it flows into the middle and upper dantians; because Yan Buji's spiritual awareness is awakened, he perceives the purified True Essence feeding back into his flesh, especially within the middle dantian's spiritual platform, where it also spawns new True Essence, forming a minor micro‑cosmic circulation.

After a massive purification of True Essence, Yan Buji could feel its quality rise, with abundant power spreading throughout his body, feeling quite refreshing.

When the True Essence purification is complete, the minor micro‑cosmic circulation has already formed within Yan Buji's body, but it still requires ingesting large amounts of pills to maintain the cycle; otherwise loss is still likely.

With the True Essence purification issue resolved, Yan Buji's strength rose again.

When he replenished all the consumed True Essence into purified True Essence, his total True Essence amount remained unchanged, yet his power level far surpassed the Foundation Establishment Stage, reaching the Core Formation Stage.

Martial Dao Core Formation Stage!

Although it is merely a transitional realm, it is far stronger than ordinary late Foundation Establishment.

"Now that True Essence purification is solved, the next step is still to cultivate the flesh first."

For this step, Yan Buji also conceived a plan: using the post‑Heavenly Sturdy Qi martial art to deduce a new technique.

With the aid of the Golden Foil Pattern, Yan Buji can instantly comprehend all spells, and the martial techniques are included.

Moreover, although each time the spell‑based deduction of a technique stalls at a vague concept, Yan Buji found a loophole.

That is, by deducing from a large number of spells, he can refine that vague technique concept.

As soon as the technique concept becomes clear, he'll know how to cultivate it.

Regarding this point, Yan Buji was also quite shocked, and he never imagined that the Golden Foil Pattern also had the ability of reverse deduction cultivation method.