Chapter 53: True Lord Qingyang!
Condensing the Core — the process of gathering a Golden Core by fusing the Dao Foundation.
As the saying goes, a single Golden Core swallowed into the belly, and my fate is decided by me and not by heaven.
A Golden Core cultivator lives over five hundred years and is also called a True Monarch, signifying a king among cultivators, transcendent and extraordinary.
Only upon reaching this realm could one truly step onto the stage of the cultivation world!
“Huala!”
As Lu Qingyang consumed the Golden Core Supplement Pill, streams of rich spiritual power wildly surged from within his body, rushing into his limbs and bones, rushing into his dantian.
Within his dantian, a twelve-layered diamond-shaped seal slowly rotated.
Above it, a palm-sized small seal floated out, emanating waves of faint golden light.
“Fuse!”
Lu Qingyang shouted in a low voice, and the Hundred-Life Demonic Stratagem circulated rapidly.
“Weng!”
That palm-sized small seal immediately quivered slightly, then radiated brilliant light, transforming into a blazing golden orb of light that hovered above his dantian.
Under the illumination of the golden orb, Lu Qingyang’s Foundation Establishment Seal slowly melted.
It transformed into strands of golden liquid droplets that seeped into the golden orb.
“Weng weng weng!”
“Weng weng weng!”
......
The moment the golden droplets transformed from the seal were injected, the golden orb emitted waves of soft humming.
It seemed like a dragon’s cry, yet also like a phoenix’s call.
The sound of dragon and phoenix resounded through Lu Qingyang’s body.
In his eyes, golden light surged, as if streaks of divine radiance shot from his pupils.
At the same time, a supremely powerful aura violently erupted from within him.
On the surface of his body, veins like white jade surfaced, covering his entire body.
Immediately after, waves of terrifying pressure burst from within him, shrouding Chaotian Peak!
An instant later, this pressure vanished again.
As if nothing had happened at all.
“The Golden Core… is formed.”
Lu Qingyang slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, within his dantian, a gold-white pearl the size of a fist floated quietly.
Condensing a Golden Core with a top-grade Dao Foundation must produce a top-grade Golden Core.
Though it’s a pity about the Ascension Seal…
At this moment, the Ascension Seal had already been refined into his Golden Core.
This was not intentional on Lu Qingyang’s part; rather, it was the nature of this treasure.
After core condensation, it would transform into nutrients and be fused into the cultivator’s Golden Core.
Therefore, though it was only a fourth-tier artifact, the Ascension Seal was truly precious beyond measure.
Even Core Disciples of ordinary major immortal sects could hardly afford to use one.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang calmed his breath and summoned his Attribute Panel.
After years of Simulation accumulation, his Attribute Panel was now nothing short of luxurious!
【Name: Lu Qingyang】
【Constitution: Tier 6】
【Comprehension: Tier 7】
【Fortune: Tier 6】
【Family Background: Tier 6】
【Remaining Simulation Points: 58】
【Simulation Save: Saved】
【Simulation Cooldown: 0 days 3 hours 2 minutes 5 seconds】
Thanks to this Tier 7 Comprehension.
It allows me to comprehend the essence of alchemy and artifact refining in large quantities during Simulations.
Otherwise, the Chaotian Sect could never have advanced so rapidly all these years.
Looking at that luxurious Attribute Panel, a faint joy appeared on Lu Qingyang’s face.
All these years, while developing his sect, his cultivation had not fallen behind either.
Now, not yet forty years old, not only had his cultivation reached the Golden Core.
Even his physical body cultivation had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from proving the physical body True Monarch.
As for combat power, even he himself now found it hard to gauge where his limit lay.
However, Lu Qingyang rather wanted to test himself against Jun Moyan, who had already reached the peak of Golden Core.
He always felt that he could suppress the other with a flip of his hand.
After all, from ancient times to the present, no True Monarch had ever opened with a top-grade technique.
Even a ‘Dao’-level technique, Lu Qingyang had comprehended one.
It was none other than the Minor Rain-Cloud Art!
“Weng!”
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyang waved his hand, and a lifelike cloud cluster sprayed from his fingertip.
The moment that cloud cluster appeared, the spiritual qi in the pavilion where Lu Qingyang resided instantly surged.
That’s right, this was the wonder of a ‘Dao’-level technique!
The ‘Dao’-level Minor Rain-Cloud Art could actually generate spiritual power and improve the environment!
“Go!”
Lu Qingyang opened the door and flicked his finger, sending that spirit cloud rushing outward.
The spirit cloud shot out like a rainbow piercing the sun, rending the sky.
In the blink of an eye, it flew above Chaotian Peak, then rapidly expanded.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Above the cloud cluster, thunder rumbled.
“Huala!”
“Huala!”
......
In an instant, a rain of spiritual power fell over Chaotian Peak!
That rainwater contained a strange fluctuation of spiritual power. Once touched, it made one feel comfortable all over.
It nourished every inch of land.
Especially the spiritual lake at the peak that Lu Qingyang often visited.
Under the nourishment of this spiritual rain, the lake water became even more immortal and beautiful!
Circles of ripples spread across the surface of the spirit spring lake, rippling out wave after wave, like a mirror.
A moment later, several unknown fry were actually born in the lake!
“Hu......”
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Lu Qingyang dispersed the technique.
With his current Heaven Spirit Root and top-grade Golden Core aptitude, casting the ‘Dao’-level Minor Rain-Cloud Art could only be maintained for this long at most.
But this was enough.
Years of subtle transformation had made the spiritual qi of Chaotian Peak now several times richer than the Inner Gate of the former Chaotian Sect.
Tiangong Island originally had only one low-grade spirit vein.
Now it had long been nourished and upgraded by Lu Qingyang to a high-grade spirit vein.
Such a Blessed Land could not be found anywhere in the entire Great Zhou before!
And above the sky, within a certain hidden cloud layer.
Ma Liang watched that wondrous scene on Tiangong Island and could not help but click his tongue.
“This Sect Master of the Chaotian Sect is no simple person!”
“Not only is his cultivation aptitude frighteningly high, he even knows such heaven-defying techniques!”
“Truly the envy of others!”
“And a Dragon-Phoenix Golden Core too, tsk tsk tsk. Our human race has produced another prodigy.”
“......”
At this moment, Ma Liang could not help but feel somewhat glad he had taken the task of protecting the Chaotian Sect.
After all, a hundred years later, a quarter of the twenty percent sect tax the Chaotian Sect paid annually would belong to him!
It was precisely for this reason that he felt lucky to have picked a potential sect!
Based on his observations over the years, with the Chaotian Sect’s current momentum.
A thousand years from now, it was not impossible for the Chaotian Sect to produce a Great Vehicle Venerable.
By then, he would receive an almost absurd income every year......
Lu Qingyang naturally had no idea that Great Vehicle Ma, who had shown himself only once in five years, was already making such calculations in the dark.
At this moment, he had put away his technique and sat cross-legged on the bed.
Quietly waiting for the Simulation cooldown.
Two or three hours was almost an instant for Lu Qingyang.
Before he had even finished assembling the parts of a new puppet, the Simulation cooldown was already over.
【Ding! Simulation cooldown complete】
【Begin Simulation? Yes/No】
“Yes.”
【Ding! Simulation saved: Loading save】
【Loading save, please wait......】
【Save load failed】
【Ding! Save load failed: limit reached】
【Reset Simulation? Yes/No】
“Reset.”