Chapter 362: Chapter 188: Obtaining a Prismatic Augment Again

Successfully forming a Flawless Golden Core meant that the most difficult step of the breakthrough process was over.

But Xiao Chen still couldn’t relax, because there were three more very important steps to follow.

They were: condensing True Essence, strengthening Divine Sense, and Casting the Golden Body.

One of the reasons Golden Core Cultivators held an overwhelming advantage over Foundation Establishment Cultivators was because they possessed True Essence, which was more condensed and powerful than Liquid Magical Power.

Just as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could unleash three times the power of the same Magic by using Liquid Magical Power,

A Golden Core Cultivator could gain another boost of up to five times the power by using True Essence.

Therefore, even a newly advanced Golden Core Cultivator who had just broken through, hadn’t had time to learn Tier Three Magic, and hadn’t yet obtained a Spiritual Artifact,

could still rely on the boost from their True Essence to effortlessly and instantly kill a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.

It was precisely because of this absolute advantage in power that Golden Core Daoists could afford to be hands-off leaders, unworried about betrayal.

Conversely, if the breakthrough was interrupted for some unexpected reason before the step of condensing True Essence was completed, then one could not be considered a true Golden Core Daoist.

And to condense True Essence, one first needed a massive amount of Spiritual Qi.

In order to rapidly draw in the surrounding Spiritual Qi, many Cultivators would cause the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from dozens or even hundreds of miles around to surge toward them.

This would create all sorts of different celestial phenomena, also known as Core Formation phenomena.

At the same time, it would also expose their location, making them a likely target for their enemies.

However, Xiao Chen had chosen an excellent location for his breakthrough. It was a barren wasteland for thousands of miles in every direction, guaranteeing no one would disturb him.

As for Spiritual Qi, that was even less of a problem.

With a single thought, the Spiritual Light from the Fake Pill in mid-air flared brilliantly.

The Magical Tai Chi Cycle revolving around the Fake Pill instantly generated a powerful suction force, drawing out all the Spiritual Qi from the surrounding Spirit Stones.

In basically every breath, a Spirit Stone was drained dry.

This continued for a full six hours before all the Magical Power in Xiao Chen’s body was converted into True Essence.

There were exactly one hundred and eight strands, no more, no less, corresponding to the number of a full Circulation.

The moment the True Essence conversion was complete, the Golden Core in his Dantian naturally produced an intense suction force.

It absorbed every last wisp of True Essence into the Golden Core.

From now on, all of a Cultivator’s True Essence would be stored inside the Golden Core, not the Dantian.

One could use True Essence to nourish the Golden Core, and in turn, use the Golden Core to purify the True Essence.

If one were to practice a Golden Core Secret Technique in the future, even more benefits could be gained.

However, this also meant that if the Golden Core was damaged, the Cultivator’s total amount of True Essence would decrease, and their Cultivation Realm might even regress.

If the Golden Core were completely destroyed, even if one managed to survive with the help of an elder or a Spiritual Object, they would become a powerless cripple.

After condensing the True Essence, the next step was to strengthen the Divine Sense.

According to the records in the True Monarch of the Yellow Spring’s Secret Scripture of Life Passage Punishment, a newly formed Golden Core was an aggregation of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

But if one didn’t absorb the spiritual essence within it quickly, the Cultivator would have to painstakingly cultivate their Divine Sense on their own in the future.

The specific amount of this spiritual essence was related to a Cultivator’s aptitude before Core Formation.

As someone with a low-grade Spiritual Root, Xiao Chen didn’t have high hopes for this part.

He methodically extended his Divine Sense into his Dantian, concentrated his will, and then rammed it into the Golden Core.

THUD~!

It was like piercing through an invisible film and falling into the depths of a lake.

Xiao Chen felt his Divine Sense instantly become countless times lighter, and in a daze, it began to expand rapidly like a soap bubble.

Originally, the investigation range of his Divine Sense at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment was only nine hundred zhang.

He was a bit stronger than most, but had only just barely reached a thousand zhang.

But at this moment, Xiao Chen felt as if he had left his physical body, his perspective continuously soaring higher.

Two thousand zhang, three thousand zhang, four thousand zhang...

It continued until every grain of sand and every stone within a thirty-li radius appeared before his eyes with perfect clarity.

Only then did Xiao Chen feel a strain on his Sea of Consciousness and, coming to his senses, retracted all of his extended Divine Sense.

’How could it be so much?’

According to the Yellow Springs Secret Scripture, the Range of Divine Sense for an ordinary Early Stage Golden Core Demon Cultivator should be between twenty and thirty li.

As someone with a low-grade Spiritual Root, he had thought it would be quite good if he could just reach the passing mark of twenty li.

He never expected to directly hit the upper limit.

Xiao Chen immediately had a realization: this was another benefit of his solid foundation.

The outside world thought he relied on various Spiritual Objects for his cultivation, that he was using external aids to rush his progress.

But in reality, with the help of the Augment, his Cultivation was equivalent to what could be achieved through arduous training, and he also had an excellent base like the Celestial Dao Foundation Establishment.

Of course he could achieve the maximum Range of Divine Sense.

’Good, good. This way, I won’t be at a disadvantage in my Range of Divine Sense when facing ordinary Golden Core Cultivators.’

’And in the future, the difficulty of catching up to those prodigies with Celestial Spirit Roots has also been reduced significantly.’

A smile touched Xiao Chen’s lips, but his hands did not slow down.

Lacking a suitable Tier Three Cultivation Technique, he temporarily activated the Spirit-Nurturing Technique to circulate the True Essence within his body.

He would use his True Essence to complete the final step of Core Formation—Casting the Golden Body!

Advancing from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core wasn’t just about gaining a Golden Core; it was a qualitative leap in one’s level of existence.

The most direct manifestation of this was the explosive increase in a Cultivator’s lifespan, from two hundred years to five hundred years.

Upon reaching this Realm, the rise and fall of mortal affairs and the grudges of the common world were no longer their concern.

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