72: Another extreme situation!

As expected, the Time-Space Merchant Guild is powerful!

Nangong Yu sighed inwardly, but he wasn't in a hurry to fuse the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire.

He waved his hand slightly, and a light screen appeared.

[Time-Space Merchant Guild]

[Level: 2]

[Binder: Nangong Yu]

[Guild points: 71,746,190]

[Accumulated points: 113,190,000]

[Note: Spirit Stones and points can be exchanged at equivalent value. Accumulate 1 billion points to unlock the third level, increasing by a thousandfold...]

..."Unlocking the third level is still a long and arduous journey!"

Nangong Yu sighed. Half a year ago, when the Beichuan Empire surrendered, seven-tenths of the Spirit Stones compensated to the Qingyou Empire fell into Tian Kui's hands.

As for other compensations, Tian Kui took not a single cent!

Of course, this was also because the Qingyou Empire knew its own situation and willingly offered the compensation.

Tian Kui obtained these Spirit Stones, along with the war spoils accumulated by the Divine Shadow Squad during the war, totaling over 88 million, all of which he exchanged for points.

Afterward, he exchanged for eighteen Low Grade spirit marrow and threw them into his grotto-heaven to boost his strength.

As for Intermediate spirit marrow, it required 100 million points, which he couldn't afford!

In addition, he also exchanged for two Spirit Techniques, namely Shadow Chasing Steps and Ghost Shadow Sword, both Earth-Grade, costing him hundreds of thousands of points.

He hadn't bought anything else in the past six months, not even extensively buying Spirit Medicine for Alchemy and reselling.

Mainly, Low Grade Medicinal Pills didn't seem very profitable and wasted time, so he planned to reconsider later.

Of course, the main reason was that he was lazy!

Nangong Yu's consciousness exited the Time-Space Merchant Guild. He stood up and glanced at Qing Ling, "Qing Ling, you can go rest first. I want to be alone for a while!"

"Little Prince, I..."

Qing Ling wanted to refuse, but before she could say more, Nangong Yu waved his hand, "Alright, go on!"

"Yes, Little Prince!"

Qing Ling nodded helplessly, but she only walked to a nearby corner and sat down.

Apparently, she wasn't at ease leaving Nangong Yu alone, even though this was Shouxian Palace.

Nangong Yu smiled faintly and didn't mind. He sent Qing Ling away simply because he was afraid of accidentally hurting her when fusing the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire later!

Although he deeply trusted the Time-Space Merchant Guild, necessary precautions still had to be taken.

Immediately, he gave a look to someone in the dark, and an illusion enveloped him.

This way, even if something happened to him, outsiders would only see him meditating with his eyes closed.

Nangong Yu sat cross-legged in mid-air. With a thought, the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire in the Time-Space Merchant Guild instantly vanished.

Immediately after, a slightly terrifying burning sensation started from his Dantian and instantly swept through his entire body, causing him to involuntarily gasp.

"Hiss!"

"This feeling is so uncomfortable!"

Nangong Yu sighed, but with the assistance of the Time-Space Merchant Guild and the refinement of the Grand Void Origin Returning Art, the scorching heat quickly dissipated.

Before long, a cluster of seven-colored flames appeared in his Dantian, which was precisely the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire!

And in the center of the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire was a tiny seven-colored bead, which must be the Origin of the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire.

Nangong Yu felt the sense of intimacy emanating from the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Others faced near-certain death, or even certain death, when refining spiritual flames, yet he could accomplish it with ease. His Golden Finger was indeed outrageous!

Nangong Yu's thoughts stirred, and a seven-colored flame appeared in his hand, exuding terrifying might, as if incinerating everything.

He felt it, vaguely sensing that this flame could even severely injure Spirit Venerable Realm Cultivators.

That is to say, after being refined, the power of the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire was limited by his cultivation. Otherwise, the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire would be even more terrifying!

Nangong Yu put away the Furnace-Destroying Sacred Fire and glanced at his own condition, a wry smile appearing on his face.

Even with the Time-Space Merchant Guild assisting in the refinement and the Grand Void Origin Returning Art suppressing most of the sacred fire's leaked power, the residual heat of the sacred fire had still incinerated his clothes.

"It's a good thing I sent Qing Ling away just now, otherwise it would have been difficult to explain!"

Nangong Yu shook his head slightly, took out an identical set of clothes, put them on, and then sat back on the stone stool.

Immediately, with a thought, a light screen appeared in his mind.

[Name: Nangong Yu]

[Age: 1]

[Race: Human Race]

[Realm: Core Formation Realm Extreme Perfection]

[Spiritual Root: Grand Void Spiritual Root]

[Physique: Divine Shadow Dao Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Grand Void Origin Returning Art]

[Spirit Techniques: Hidden Abyss, Shadow Chasing Steps (Earth-Grade), Ghost Shadow Sword (Earth-Grade)]

[Professions: Alchemist (Fourth-Rank), Performer (Special Grade), Poison Master (Elementary), Physician (Elementary), Zither Master (Elementary)...]

[Weapons: void feather (Top-Grade Emperor Weapon), Flowing Moon Shield (High Grade Spiritual Artifact), White Jade Fan (Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact), Mother-Child Profound Spirit Needles (Low Grade Spiritual Artifact)]

[Subordinates: Ying Mei, Ying You, Tian Kui, Heavenly Might, Earth Leader, Earth Fiend, Earth Valor, Earth Hero, Divine Shadow Squad * 9]

[Items: Low Grade spirit marrow * 36, grotto-heaven pill * 80, Gold Gathering Pill * 87, Origin Returning Pill * 97]

...With the assistance of grotto-heaven pills and the spirit marrow within the grotto-heaven, he only took less than two months to open the remaining grotto-heavens, totaling 36 main grotto-heavens and 72 sub-grotto-heavens!

The reason they were called sub-grotto-heavens was because the 72 grotto-heavens opened later were only one-third the size of the first 36, so Nangong Yu jokingly referred to them as sub-grotto-heavens.

However, what surprised Nangong Yu was this:

When the last grotto-heaven opened, the 108 grotto-heavens subtly formed connections with each other, as if forming a special network.

This special network not only subtly strengthened and widened his Meridians but also made his spiritual energy circulate several times faster, significantly increasing his Cultivation speed once again.

Subsequently, with the aid of Gold Gathering Pills, he broke through the Core Formation Realm in just over three months and reached his current Core Formation Realm Extreme Perfection!

That's right, another Extreme Realm!

Generally, when a Grotto Heaven Realm Cultivator's grotto-heavens are all filled with spiritual energy, they can use Gold Gathering Pills to assist in condensing a Golden Core in their Dantian using all their spiritual energy!

Breaking through to the Core Formation Realm Early Stage!

The Golden Core in the Core Formation Realm is illusory, known as a Void Core!

As the Void Core is continuously refined with spiritual energy, it gradually solidifies, becoming a Solid Core!

A Solid Core signifies the Core Formation Realm Middle Stage!

Continuing to refine with spiritual energy, the Solid Core can transform into a Golden Core, which is the Core Formation Realm Late Stage!

However, at this point, the Golden Core is not yet complete and needs to be continuously refined with spiritual energy. When the Golden Core is perfect and flawless, it signifies the Core Formation Realm Peak!

At this time, one can shatter the Core to form an infant, condensing a spirit infant to Break through to the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm!

During this process, Cultivators can continuously use Gold Gathering Pills to aid in Breakthroughs and assist in refining the Golden Core, but only nine can be used; this is the limit!

But an unexpected situation occurred with Nangong Yu: after he reached the Core Formation Realm Peak, the spiritual energy within his Golden Core, as well as in his grotto-heavens and Meridians, was drawn by the various grotto-heavens, directly forming Golden Core Incarnations within all 108 grotto-heavens!

These Golden Core Incarnations seemed to be individual Incarnations of his Golden Core, forming a close connection with it.

And Nangong Yu inexplicably broke through to the Core Formation Realm Extreme Realm, which was quite outrageous!