347: Golden Core Realm!

Chapter 345: Golden Core Stage!

A earth-shattering roar suddenly echoed through the dense forest.

The phantom of a water dragon instantly tore through the stagnant air, accompanied by bursts of explosive sounds.

Thousands of water splashes, like brilliant star rain, burst forth, outlining a magnificent water ripple in mid-air.

In the distance, the demonic snake, glowing with an eerie blue light all over its body, seemed to sense danger.

It suddenly raised its head, its tongue flicking.

A ghostly green, oil-like glow suddenly flashed in its vertical pupils, and its cold gaze locked onto the phantom of the water dragon.

In an instant, the huge head of the green demonic snake suddenly lifted, its gaping maw opening to an exaggerated arc, and a foul, fishy smell swept out like a hurricane.

Immediately after, a green venom, even more concentrated and deeper in color than before, sprayed out.

A pungent, putrid smell instantly filled the air.

Wherever it passed, even space itself seemed on the verge of being corroded into wisps of cracks.

“Boom!”

A loud noise, as if an earth dragon had turned over.

The water dragon phantom and the deadly venom collided with a roar, two powerful forces fiercely clashing, erupting in an eerie blue-green light.

Countless highly corrosive venom droplets shot out like sharp arrows in all directions, leaving a trail of devastation wherever they landed.

On the ground, hard rocks were corroded into hideous deep pits.

Ancient trees, requiring three people to embrace, were struck by the aftermath, their trunks instantly corroded into honeycomb-like holes.

Bark peeled off, and the wood rapidly carbonized.

Rotten leaves on the ground turned into viscous black sludge, bubbling with toxic foam.

Even those unfortunate nameless small demonic beasts that couldn't escape, if they even touched a single drop of venom, immediately festered to the bone.

Finally, they rapidly dissolved in painful wails, leaving behind only a pool of foul-smelling pus.

All of this came so suddenly that even the previously moist and fresh air was completely enveloped by the highly toxic mist.

In the thick water vapor, every wisp of moisture seemed to carry deadly toxins.

Upon seeing this, Lu Xuan’s sword-like brows slightly raised, and the spiritual energy around him suddenly surged like a tide.

He had no intention of stopping.

Immediately, Lu Xuan abruptly circulated the Azure Sea Billow Skill to its Peak.

The profound water-elemental Cultivation Technique exploded around him like crashing waves.

The Clear Water Sword in his hand hummed and trembled, its blade suddenly emitting a dazzling blue light.

Liquid-like spiritual essence flowed from the sword tip, then condensed into more than ten deep blue sword rainbows.

These sword rainbows tore through the air at an incredibly fast speed; the naked eye could only catch afterimages, and the sounds of breaking air even lagged behind the attacks themselves.

“Puff, puff, puff—”

In the distance, dull piercing sounds exploded like raindrops, echoing throughout the entire forest.

On the massive body of the green demonic snake, more than a dozen bowl-sized blood holes suddenly burst open.

Crimson blood instantly gushed out, forming a winding river of blood on the ground.

The sudden, intense pain made the green demonic snake emit a sharp, wailing cry like a baby.

Each sound wave vibrated, causing the surrounding leaves to fall.

Even more chilling was that the edges of every wound on the snake's body were covered in ice crystals, which spread wildly at a visible speed, as if alive.

Wherever the ice crystals reached, scales shattered and flesh froze.

Just as the green snake let out a heart-rending shriek, five more azure sword rainbows once again streaked across the sky, precisely striking the snake's body.

Immediately after, the five azure sword rainbows, their momentum undiminished, continued forward, crashing into the giant rock behind them.

In an instant, shattered stones flew, and three massive rocks were neatly sliced flat, their cross-sections smooth as mirrors, with a lingering chill.

And the scales on the demonic snake's body gradually began to crack inch by inch.

Accompanied by the dull thud of tearing flesh, huge chunks of meat fell from the snake's body, heavily thudding into the forest.

As the last azure afterimage flashed past, it was the Clear Water Sword in Lu Xuan's hand.

When the Clear Water Sword hovered in the distant air, the massive head of the green demonic snake had already crashed to the ground.

In its vertical pupils, human-like terror and unwillingness were still frozen.

It seemed unable to believe that it would be defeated so easily under this sharp sword light.

Lu Xuan's expression was calm, and he lightly hooked his sword finger.

The Clear Water Sword, as if summoned, sped back from a thousand meters away.

Blue light flowed around the sword body, like a spirit bird returning to its nest, transforming into a stream of light and disappearing into its scabbard.

Only faint spiritual energy fluctuations remained in the air.

Fang Yunshui’s legs went weak, and he collapsed to his knees.

The scene before him had completely overturned his understanding of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

Wherever those sword rainbows passed, the air was frozen into fine, icy crystal trails.

The spiritual energy within several hundred meters surged wildly under the pressure of Lu Xuan's sword momentum.

He finally understood how powerful this Immortal Master from the Canglan Heavenly Mansion Sect was.

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that he had successfully sent his son into the Canglan Heavenly Mansion Sect.

On the outskirts of the Cangwu Mountains, Lu Xuan casually left Fang Yunshui behind.

This was Fang Yunshui's own request; he didn't want to return to Huaqing City with Lu Xuan.

This was a very wise choice, and it was a plan Fang Yunshui had envisioned from the start.

Everything was as he had expected!

No, the progress time of the plan was far beyond his imagination.

Who would have thought that the Immortal Master who came from the Canglan Heavenly Mansion Sect this time would be so powerful?

Even a Foundation Establishment Stage demonic beast couldn't last for half an incense stick's time.

After leaving Fang Yunshui, Lu Xuan found another hidden place.

A deserted giant cave deep in the mountains.

Looking at the empty System points on the System panel, Lu Xuan's eyes gradually narrowed, flashing with dangerous light.

“It seems I’ll have to find a Golden Core Stage demonic beast in the future.”

Having made up his mind, Lu Xuan then looked at the Profound-grade spiritual fruit in his hand, the Purple Lotus Fruit!

“A Profound-grade spiritual fruit!”

“I hope it’s useful…”

In this spiritual energy-infused cultivation world, Heavenly Spiritual Objects are classified by Cultivators into five major grades—Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, and Mortal—based on their power and spirituality.

The higher the grade of a Heavenly Spiritual Object, the more it contains mysterious power that can change the world.

And Profound-grade Heavenly Spiritual Objects serve as a crucial turning point for distinguishing between the mundane and the extraordinary.

Every time a Profound-grade or higher Heavenly Spiritual Object appears, it triggers a bloody storm in the cultivation world.

Because Profound-grade spiritual objects, and Heavenly Spiritual Objects above Profound-grade, contain various profound powers.

Profound-grade spiritual objects can help some Cultivators reshape their Foundations, and can also give those with mediocre Aptitude a chance to cleanse their marrow and refine their bones.

Earth-grade spiritual objects, on the other hand, possess powerful effects that can extend Lifespan.

When necessary, they can help old monsters trapped by their impending Lifespans to contend for a sliver of life.

If a fated person consumes them, they can even glimpse the ultimate truths of heaven and earth from their spiritual essence.

It can be said that a single moment of enlightenment can lead to a leapfrog Breakthrough in cultivation Realm.

As for the highest grade of Heavenly Spiritual Objects.

That is, the legendary Heaven-Grade spiritual object, which has long transcended the scope of Heavenly Spiritual Objects.

Some Cultivators even respectfully refer to it as the “untouchable treasure of creation.”

It is said that those who consume Heaven-Grade spiritual objects can defy fate and reshape immortal bones.

Even ordinary mortals without Spiritual Roots can be reborn through them, gaining astonishing cultivation Aptitude.

For high-level Cultivators, it even contains the opportunity to break through shackles and advance by leaps and bounds.

However, Heaven-Grade spiritual objects are rarely seen, perhaps once every thousand years.

Often, as soon as one appears, it triggers a life-and-death struggle between righteous and evil factions, and between Sects and aristocratic families.

Countless Cultivators go mad for them, even willing to incite world-destroying cultivation wars.

After consuming the Purple Lotus Fruit, Lu Xuan felt an incredibly pure Heavenly Spiritual Energy constantly nourishing every corner of his Physical Body.

However, his perfected Foundation Establishment Stage Realm was still like a bottomless pit.

It was only absorbing spiritual energy, with no sign of breaking through the Bottleneck.

Lu Xuan didn't mind this and instead looked at the data on his System panel.

Host: Hongchen Immortal Lu Xuan (Second Life)

Realm: Foundation Establishment (Perfected)

Cultivation Technique: Azure Sea Billow Skill 3/9 (Can be deduced)

Points: 3500

Host, please confirm whether to consume 3200 points to deduce the Azure Sea Billow Skill!

!!!!

Upon seeing the most needed item appear, the spiritual energy within Lu Xuan instantly erupted, creating a spiritual energy storm around him.

System points!

3500 System points!

“Deduce!”

As this word fell, a terrifying Aura swept through the entire cave.

Heaven and earth spiritual energy began to converge wildly around Lu Xuan.

The blue spiritual energy swirling around his body grew increasingly dense, actually solidifying into a substantial mist, shimmering with ripples in the dark cave.

As spiritual energy surged through all the Meridians in his body.

The vast spiritual energy of the perfected Foundation Establishment Stage was wildly converging towards a mysterious place deep within Lu Xuan's Dantian.

In an instant, countless torrents of spiritual energy, like myriad rivers returning to the sea, crashed together in Lu Xuan's Dantian.

Dazzling blue spiritual light burst forth, like a scorching sun, illuminating every detail of the entire cave.

The spiritual energy within Lu Xuan's body, which had originally flowed like liquid, rapidly compressed and solidified in the violent collision.

Finally, it condensed into a brilliant blue orb.

The surface of this orb was circulating with extremely terrifying blue spiritual energy.

Every strand of blue spiritual energy contained unimaginable power.

It was the Golden Core, the most coveted object for all Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators in the cultivation world.

This also meant that Lu Xuan had officially stepped into the Golden Core Realm.

Golden Core Cultivators can not only freely fly through the air, traversing heaven and earth.

The Golden Core power within their bodies is also as heavy as a million jun.

With every gesture, they can split mountains and crack rocks, move mountains and fill seas, their power truly terrifying.

The most astonishing thing was.

Lu Xuan only took a few short hours to successfully break through the Bottleneck of the perfected Foundation Establishment Stage.

He completed a transformation that countless Cultivators struggle their entire lives to achieve.

“Golden Core Stage!”

When these three words slowly left Lu Xuan's mouth, the birds and beasts in the entire forest held their breath.

As if they all sensed the terrifying pressure emanating from this newly advanced Golden Core Cultivator.

Host: Hongchen Immortal Lu Xuan (Second Life)

Realm: Golden Core

Cultivation Technique: Azure Sea Billow Skill 4/9

Points: 300

“Profound-grade spiritual objects?”

“There should be quite a few of these in the Sect!”

“However, it's a bit tricky!”

After Lu Xuan broke through to the Golden Core Stage, he immediately set his sights on his own Sect.

However, Profound-grade Heavenly Spiritual Objects are extremely precious and not easily obtained.

Usually, one has to contribute a lot to the Sect to be qualified to obtain Profound-grade Heavenly Spiritual Objects.

Alternatively, one could become a Golden Core Elder of the Sect, and then receive Profound-grade Heavenly Spiritual Objects annually, along with some rare High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan’s eyes slightly narrowed.

With a gentle flick of his sleeve, blue spiritual energy, condensed to a tangible form, suddenly surged around him.

A sharp blue spiritual energy streak shot through the air, crashing into the giant rock at the cave entrance.

Only a deafening roar was heard.

The giant rock, weighing several thousand catties, instantly turned into powder under the impact of this spiritual energy streak.

Flying stone fragments scattered in mid-air, like a fine stone rain.

According to Sect rules, Golden Core Cultivators can enjoy a good status and resources.

Coincidentally, the news of him obtaining the Profound-grade Purple Lotus Fruit was well-known in Huaqing City.

This rumored Profound-grade spiritual object, which could help Cultivators cleanse their Spiritual Roots, would serve as an excellent explanation for his rapid advancement to the Golden Core Stage.

This way, he could avoid the trouble of being probed about the true reason for his Breakthrough.

However, Lu Xuan did not intend to bring up this matter as soon as he returned to the Sect.

He would have to wait at least a month before revealing his Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage.

After all, breaking through to the Golden Core Stage in just a few hours...

Lu Xuan was afraid that if he told anyone, he would immediately be captured by some expert and dissected for research.

On the Spirit Testing Plaza in Huaqing City, the setting sun's afterglow stained the ground dark red, yet it still couldn't dispel the pervasive tension in the air.

After Lu Xuan left with Fang Yunshui.

The dense crowd on the Spirit Testing Plaza not only didn't disperse, but instead, their gazes were all fixed on a certain corner.

Their focus was on the young boy left behind by Fang Yunshui.

If not for Lu Xuan's light remark, “This child can enter the Canglan Heavenly Mansion Sect,” before he left, declaring the boy's belonging.

A thrilling scramble would have already erupted.

The leaders of the four major powers all knew that this child was Fang Yunshui's weakness.

Since that cunning fellow dared to publicly acknowledge him as his “son,” it meant that this child was an excellent bait to lure him out.

As long as they held this little brat, they could control Fang Yunshui's lifeline.

Whether it was to demand the secret treasures he had stolen before, or to make Fang Yunshui pay for his blood debts.

They would hold absolute initiative.

Occasionally, suppressed whispers could be heard in the crowd, but they were quickly swallowed by deliberate silence.

At this moment, the distant clouds in the sky were suddenly pierced, and a faint blue spiritual light plummeted from the nine heavens.

Everyone felt a flash of blue light before their eyes; they couldn't even catch an afterimage before Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the Spirit Testing Plaza.

The lingering blue spiritual energy around Lu Xuan flickered faintly, and his robes fluttered without wind, making the surrounding atmosphere even more solemn.

The Huaqing City Lord's originally gloomy, frosty face instantly crumbled.

The sinister look in his eyes transformed into a fawning smile, and with a flutter of his robes, he scurried forward to greet him.

“Lu Executive!”

“This old man specifically selected three carts of excellent spiritual fruits and has already had the White-Feathered Spirit Bird enjoy them.”

Hearing this, Lu Xuan nodded slightly, his clear, cold gaze sweeping over the rows of cultivation seedlings on the plaza.

“Go!”

A single, concise word landed like a heavy hammer.

In the corner of the plaza, the White-Feathered Spirit Bird, which was pecking at spiritual fruits, suddenly raised its head.

The next moment, its wings, dozens of meters long, unfurled with a roar; its snowy white feathers shimmered with silver light under the sunlight, and the powerful airflow caused everyone's robes to flap violently.