"This is the Wood Source Pearl?" This was the first time Shi Xuan had ever seen this thing, the legendary source of wood-type spiritual power.
Lu Shenzhi nodded: "There are many good things in this secret realm. I don't know if they are just illusions or if they are real."
Shi Xuan ignored all that; the fact that the bead provided more spiritual energy here was undeniable, so she recklessly activated the "Life of All Things" technique. Pure wood-elemental spiritual energy surged into her body, then was transformed by the "Life of All Things" technique, becoming the five elements of spiritual energy that circulated again within Shi Xuan's meridians.
Before long, the overflowing spiritual energy began to assault the barrier of the Golden Core. This time, the barrier was stronger than ever before, and no matter how the spiritual energy attacked, it remained unmoved.
But Shi Xuan was not in a hurry. She maintained her own pace, looking at the array manual in her hand while spending some energy constantly trying to break through the barrier of the Golden Core, again and again, without being impatient or agitated, as if playing.
Due to Shi Xuan's massive foundation of seven spiritual roots, coupled with the results of the transformation of all things, Shi Xuan's Qi Palace has an astonishing capacity. The spiritual energy required for each level up is more than ten times that of others, not to mention a major stage like Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.
But it seems that the principle of water dripping wears away stone is true. Under the continuous impact of the propaganda, the strong barrier has gradually loosened.
Only then did Shi Xuan finally put down her array manual and begin to focus all her efforts on breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
The growth of all things is no longer a matter of passing through, but is now fully stimulated and running at full speed.
Shi Banban breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this. This guy hadn't even used his full strength yet. Fortunately, he took out the Wood Source Bead. Otherwise, how would he have dealt with her when she suddenly went all out like this!
The stone slab was so caught up in the fact that it had saved the entire illusion by taking out the Wood Source Bead in time that it completely ignored the fact that the whole thing was caused by it. It could have easily sent the person away without taking out the Wood Source Bead, but its own cleverness led to a large loss of spiritual energy, which caused the entire illusion to fall into crisis.
Suddenly, Shi Xuan's barrier broke, and a large amount of spiritual energy surged wildly within his spiritual palace, forming a vortex that continuously rotated, compressing and recompressing the overflowing spiritual liquid.
The spiritual liquid became increasingly condensed, gradually transforming into a solid state.
At this moment, Shi Xuan suddenly entered a mysterious state. The condensation of this golden elixir was so similar to her alchemy process that they seemed to have the same effect.
In this mystical state, she treated the formation of the elixir as a large-scale alchemy process, using spiritual power and divine sense to control the spiritual liquid to form the elixir, and then rapidly rotating it under strong pressure, separating all impurities through compression and rotation.
Shi Xuan approached this Core Formation with unprecedented patience. The distribution and compression of spiritual energy, the gathering and condensation of spiritual liquid, resembled a large-scale alchemy process in its best condition, with each step carrying an indescribable rhythm, subtly in harmony with the natural order of heaven.
The golden elixir gradually formed, becoming round and bright.
However, because Shi Xuan's spiritual palace was too large, and the amount of spiritual liquid stored within it was astonishing, the golden core grew larger and larger as it spun rapidly, becoming somewhat excessively large.
Shi Xuan had no choice but to increase the compression force and rotation speed to make the golden pill more compact in order to reduce its volume.
In that mysterious state, after an unknown amount of time, the golden core finally took full shape!
Shi Xuan almost instinctively cast a pill-collecting incantation, but unfortunately, the pill couldn't be collected.
The golden core within her spiritual palace was many times larger than the one she had formed in her previous life. It was so pure that it was completely free of impurities. The surface of the golden core shone with a golden luster and contained a hint of Daoist charm, making it indescribably beautiful.
With the Golden Core fully formed, an even greater amount of spiritual energy was absorbed by all living things, consolidating this newly advanced cultivation level.
Within this almost solidified vortex of spiritual energy, a ray of light descended from the sky, enveloping Shi Xuan's head and imprinting a radiant purple mark onto Shi Xuan's newly formed golden core.
The golden elixir was instantly imprinted with the glow of the Dao seal, the golden light and purple hues complementing each other. From another angle, the surface of the golden elixir seemed to flow like water ripples. The more one looked at it, the more one seemed to be immersed in it, attracted by the mysterious rhythm of the Dao.
Xuan finally awoke from his meditation and saw Lu Shenzhi beside him, whose figure had become even more solid. He looked puzzled and asked, "Why is there a blessing from the Heavenly Dao? During the first stage of alchemy, I refined so many pills, but I never received a Heavenly Dao seal. Why is there one this time when I form my core?"
Lu Shenzhi pondered for a long time before saying, "It's probably because the items used in the alchemy trials were all illusions, and the pills obtained were also illusory, so the Heavenly Dao didn't recognize them... But this time your advancement... is probably real."
"Is it really true?" Shi Xuan was somewhat confused. "Then why didn't the Golden Core Tribulation appear?" She remembered that her fourth senior brother's tribulation had struck forty-nine times, and in the end, it even gave her a lightning spirit root.
"I've heard that advancing in a secret realm or similar place might be in a place where the lightning tribulation cannot reach, but it won't disappear. It will just wait outside. The day you leave the secret realm will be the day you face the lightning tribulation."
Shi Xuan nodded. Now that they were in an illusion, there was no need to think about things that would happen a long time from now. They should just focus on learning the fifth-order formation.
Although he had already advanced to the Golden Core stage, he was used to cultivating and studying formations at the same time as before, so Shi Xuan simply let the Myriad Things Life continue to operate as before.
Shi Banban felt a sense of relief upon seeing Shi Xuan advance to the next level, thinking that everything was finally over and she could put away the Wood Source Pearl. However, even after the Golden Core was formed, she still refused to stop cultivating, and her spiritual energy consumption was even greater than during the Foundation Establishment stage.
The idea of putting away the Wood Source Pearl was completely abandoned. Now it only hoped that she could pass the level as soon as possible. It couldn't afford to serve her such a wasteful person.
Formations are difficult to master, and it is even more difficult to learn their essence.
Before Lu Shenzhi fell into a coma, he was at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm, and he had only cultivated to the sixth level in the art of formations. During the ten years he lost his five senses, he gained more insights than practical experience.
Now, thanks to Shi Xuan's influence, I can freely access these valuable materials in this illusionary realm and benefit greatly.
Lu Shenzhi was so engrossed in his studies that he forgot all about returning home. The two of them became deeply absorbed in their studies.
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Meanwhile, inside the Divine Cauldron Sect, Fan Mingzhu angrily smashed the teacup in front of her. The fine white jade teacup shattered instantly, breaking into pieces on the floor.
"Am I destined to live like this forever?" Fan Mingzhu exclaimed, her face flushed. "Why should I!"
"Junior Sister, please don't get agitated," Gu Zhusheng reassured her. "Master will surely find a solution!"
Since changing her spiritual root, Fan Mingzhu was initially very proud of her rapid cultivation progress, but as time went on, some problems began to emerge—her spiritual root gradually began to show signs of backlash.
This secret technique of changing spiritual roots has not been used by many cultivators, and there are not many records left by predecessors. There are successful cases, but we don't know what happened to them in the end.
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