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Chapter 631 - 629 Core Formation
Chapter 631 - 629 Core Formation
Chapter 631: Chapter 629 Core Formation
The Ice Glowworm Grass matured even faster than Lu Xuan had anticipated.
Not long after, while inspecting the Spirit Field to check on the Spirit Plants, he discovered that the translucent progress bars underneath four stalks of the deep blue extreme-cold Spirit Grass were completely filled.
Lu Xuan carefully harvested them: four stalks of Ice Firefly Grass, three of Ordinary Quality, and one of Good Quality—which for a Grade Three Spiritual Plant was quite rare.
After storing the Ice Firefly Grass, his gaze fell upon four quietly emerging White Light Groups.
It was a matter of Core Formation, and despite the countless trials within the Red Dust Stele, his heart still harbored some trepidation.
His figure skimmed by like a fleeting light, and the four gently shimmering White Light Groups shattered silently, like fireworks blooming, with myriad tiny light points coalescing into streams of light that rushed into Lu Xuan’s body.
Numerous thoughts flickered through his mind.
“Harvested one stalk of third-grade Ice Glowworm Grass, gained five years of Cultivation Level.”
“Harvested one stalk of third-grade Ice Glowworm Grass, obtained a Fourth Grade Treasure Ice-Soul Pill.”
“Harvested… ”
Out of the four stalks of Ice Glowworm Grass, three of the Light Clusters contained cultivation rewards, which together added an extra twenty years to his Cultivation Level.
Spiritual Energy surged forth spontaneously within his body, running rampant through his meridians and fiercely assaulting them.
“I can attempt Core Formation now.”
Lu Xuan concentrated on operating his Cultivation Technique, transforming the sudden influx of Spiritual Power into drops of Spiritual Liquid, and feeling the Spiritual Liquid about to overflow within his Dantian, he came to a moment of realization.
Then, he activated both the Illusion and Disappearance Five Elements Array and Cloud Bamboo Arrow Formation and arrived at a quiet chamber on the mountainside.
“After toiling on the farm for more than thirty years, the day has finally arrived for my Core Formation.”
His heart remained calm as his mind entered the Core Field, feeling the abundance of Spiritual Liquid within the Qi Sea, and he sighed emotionally.
Most cultivators with Foundation Establishment Perfectionist Cultivation Levels normallly await Core Formation at either the Sect or some unknown Spirit land, with a Formation protecting them, providing a safe and stable environment for breakthrough, and even having Golden Core Real People from their Sects guard them against any danger that might arise during the process.
Even though Lu Xuan didn’t have such an advantageous environment for his breakthrough, he had no concern in his heart about it.
The two Fifth-Grade Formations were enough to protect him, and regarding the potential dangers that might occur during the promotion process, he believed that with his accumulation and preparation, he would surely pass through safely.
With a thought, the Spiritual Liquid within the Qi Sea in his Dantian began to boil like water, its tumultuous motion under control and he began trying to compress the vast amount of Spiritual Liquid into solid Spirit Crystals.
This process consumed an astronomical amount of spiritual energy, and the purer the energy became, the easier it was to compress and transform, resulting in even purer Spirit Crystals.
Most of the Spiritual Power-within Lu Xuan came from the Light Clusters and was untainted by any impurities, which made the transformation process extremely smooth.
As the Spiritual Liquid gradually solidified, a vortex of Spiritual Power quietly formed around Lu Xuan as its center, rapidly growing to encompass the entire Cave Abode.
The Spiritual Power surrounding the Cave Abode furiously rushed into the vortex, and this phenomenon of heaven and earth was soon noticed by Golden Core Real People and Foundation Establishment cultivators near Thunderfire Star Cave.
Several streaks of light moved towards this location, stopping a few miles away from the Cave Abode.
“A fellow Cultivator is advancing to Core Formation.”
A middle-aged cultivator, at the “Early Core Formation Stage”, looked towards the distant vortex of Spiritual Power, a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.
“This friend is keeping a really low profile, so much so that he’s about to promote to Core Formation, and I hardly have any impression of this cave abode,”
A gentle female cultivator beside him commented with a smile. Her hair was full of silver threads which, upon closer inspection, turned out to be lightning threads tempered from flashes of lightning.
To temper the fleeting and devastating lightning into hair threads and attach them to one’s head showed the immense strength of her flesh body and divine soul.
“As a loose cultivator, the chances of successfully promoting to Core Formation are simply too slim,”
Another young man with a steady demeanor remarked, having experienced the same journey himself, he was acutely aware of the dangers that lurked within it.
“Is this… Friend Lu’s cave abode?”
Soon, more than a dozen nearby Foundation Establishment cultivators were attracted by the anomaly, lingering far off about ten miles away, looking at Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion with a hint of envy in their eyes.
Promotion to Core Formation was the ultimate wish for all Foundation Establishment cultivators, something they dreamed of day and night.
Among them was a one-eyed middle-aged man, Luo Ming, who had previously entered the Thunder Sea Medicine Garden with the others. His eyes showed a fleeting expression of hidden jealousy as he looked at Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion, frantically recalling whether he had offended Lu Xuan anywhere before.
Lei Zheng, standing next to him, watched expectantly in the direction of the cave mansion, and with a thought, a communication talisman shot out quickly.
As the spiritual power absorbed grew more and more, Lu Xuan felt his meridians undergoing round after round of frenzied impact, as if every bone in his body was being pressed by a force of ten thousand jins, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of his skin, seeping blood from the crevices.
Fortunately, he had cultivated the “Transforming Dragon in the Void” and other body refinement techniques, and had ingested many spiritual objects such as Jade Scale Fruit and Emperor’s Flow, not to mention possessing treasures like Tai Sui’s Meat, a sixth-grade item.
After swallowing it, since Lu Xuan’s flesh body was not strong enough, most of the essence of Tai Sui’s Meat was hidden within his body. Now, under immense pressure, the remnant essence of Tai Sui’s Meat rapidly healed and repaired Lu Xuan’s body.
This significantly reduced the pressure he faced at this stage, and slowly, tiny spirit crystals began to appear in his Dantian, floating and sinking within the Qi Sea like stars in the sky.
Lu Xuan, sensing a trend toward exhaustion, bit the tip of his tongue. A Saint Baby Pill, which had been hidden in his mouth, quietly shattered and a stream of extremely purified Yin attribute spiritual power flowed down his throat, coursing through his limbs and bones, wrapping the massive spiritual power and transforming into droplets of Spiritual Liquid, gathering into the Qi Sea in the Core Field.
More and more spirit crystals formed from the compressed Spiritual Liquid, and slowly it came to the last and most difficult step, crystallizing into a pill, where the divine soul and the pill would become one.
Lu Xuan’s mind was like an ancient well without ripples; he did not let the numerous thoughts that could give rise to Heart Demons distract him. With spiritual sense, he controlled the countless fine spirit crystals, like stars in the sky, and slowly merged them together.
While the spirit crystals seemed as small as dust, controlling them was incredibly challenging. Thankfully, Lu Xuan’s spiritual sense had been nourished by a fifth-grade Treasure Spiritual Notch and had trained in the “God Derivation Sutra” for years, making it much more powerful than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfectionist, allowing him to complete this step.
He looked at the countless spirit crystals in his Core Field stacking upon each other, and knowing that it was not the time to be frugal with treasures, he inhaled sharply and the drop of Clear Marrow Jade Liquid before him entered his body.
A hazy clear mist flashed in the Core Field, and for a moment, Lu Xuan felt a close connection between his spiritual sense and the countless spirit crystals, as if they were naturally harmonious.
With every thought, streaks of clear light passed by, and at the center of the numerous spirit crystals, a point of golden luster lit up.
The luster gradually solidified into a golden dot, continuing to devour the surrounding pale blue spirit crystals.
The spirit crystals continued to collapse and slowly merged with the golden dot…
In the end, a golden pill, radiant and containing a faint blue flame, formed.
Lu Xuan’s consciousness remained steadfast, not swayed by the treasure, his spiritual sense like a sharp blade, with a resolute and unstoppable force, fiercely rushed towards the golden pill.
In an instant, as if passing through an invisible film, his spiritual sense smoothly entered the interior of the Golden Core.
Powerful and rich spiritual nature surged from the surface of the Golden Core, gently settling into the Qi Sea in the Core Field.
Core Formation!