Chapter 223 Swallow the Pill, Ascend to Heaven in One Step
[Nine Orifices Golden Core (Fourth Order): Originating from the embodiment of a Mysterious Immortal, this core was refined from the remaining essence at the juncture of the immortal's lifetime exhaustion. Upon ritualistic self-disembowelment to extract the core, if a Qi Cultivator consumes it, their cultivation can reach the perfection of the Golden Core Realm. Non-Qi Cultivators, however, will explode and die. (Details)]
[Detailed Information: The Golden Core gathered from practicing the Purple Cloud True Scripture comes with divine skills: Qi Gathering and Heaven Repairing Technique (Ninth Order), Law of Heaven and Earth (Ninth Order), Shrinking Earth into Inches (Ninth Order), Heaven Returning Technique (Ninth Order), Demarcate (Ninth Order), Beast Servant (Ninth Order), Samadhi True Fire (Ninth Order), Swallowing Stars (Ninth Order), Move Stars Change Constellations (Ninth Order)]
Gazing at the information within his Spiritual Eye, Chu Zheng's eyes flickered with a hint of hesitation.
This Qi Gathering and Heaven Repairing technique; an unnamed Mysterious Immortal possessed mastery over it as well.
If he obtained this through the Repair Master panel, then was there some connection between the Repair Master and the Qi Refining Lineage?
This single Golden Core, simply by swallowing and assimilating it, would immediately allow Chu Zheng to step into the perfection of the Golden Core Realm and also instantly possess nine divine skills. This was a legacy from a Mysterious Immortal, on par with the stature of an Immortal King or Immortal Venerable, equivalent to a supreme existence in the universe.
None of the nine divine skills within the Golden Core were below the Ninth Order; these were the Mysterious Immortal's personal insights, elevated to this level.
It could be said that by consuming this Golden Core, Chu Zheng's transformation into spirit from Qi refining would be just in sight, akin to an ascent to the heavens, saving him at least a hundred years of arduous cultivation.
However, grafting another's Golden Core was something he had never done before, and he didn't know if there might be any dangers involved.
By swallowing this Golden Core, he would be in debt to this unknown Mysterious Immortal. Could he handle the karmic repercussions of a Mysterious Immortal?
Yet he was more puzzled that the Golden Core could change ownership. If according to this method, one could integrate someone else's Golden Core without any side effects, wouldn't Mysterious and even Golden Immortals of the Qi Refining lineage be able to mass-produce Qi Cultivators with Nine Orifices Golden Cores?
This seemed somewhat exaggerated, and there might be some restrictions he was yet unaware of.
Looking at the Golden Core at his fingertips, Chu Zheng closed his eyes and pondered for a long while before finally raising his hand and tossing the Golden Core into his mouth.
He had dealt with existences at the Immortal King level before, and there was no need to be overly cautious. If he could overcome the Refine Spirit Realm in this incarnation and step into the Returning to Void during this tribulation, he would have a chance to elevate the rank of Repair Master to Seventh Order.
A Seventh Rank Repairer corresponded to cultivators of the Immortal Tribulation Secret Realm. At that time, there might be an immense surprise waiting for him. If he could repair Semi-Immortal Treasures and Semi-Immortal Pills, the hidden cards in his hand would suddenly skyrocket.
If he had a Semi-Immortal Treasure in hand, the cultivators of the Immortal Tribulation Secret Realm would find it far from easy to take action against him.
Upon swallowing the Golden Core, a sensation of intense swelling spread through his viscera, tearing a bloody path and forcefully squeezing into his Dantian.
A tremendous suction emerged from the Golden Core, draining the mana from Chu Zheng's body in just a few breaths.
Inside the Dantian, the original Dao Embryo began to wither, its essence drained. All the essence was absorbed into the Golden Core.
As his mana was fully drained, Chu Zheng felt no emptiness; on the contrary, he experienced a fullness like never before.
Streams of Spiritual Liquid gushed from the Nine Orifices of the Golden Core, replenishing his desiccated Dantian. The surging mana began to enhance his body's strength.
The mysteries of the nine divine skills successively flooded into his mind.
Before Chu Zheng could thoroughly experience them, a strong hunger emanated from his limbs, urgently needing a replenishment of Blood Qi.
He immediately took out the Melting Bead and extracted all the accumulated flesh and Blood Qi from recent times, swallowing it into his stomach. His body's strength rose drastically at an astonishing rate.
The muscles and bones stretched, his stature increased, and his Qi Strength grew incessantly.
After nearly half a month, Chu Zheng finally assimilated most of the changes brought by the Golden Core. His cultivation also reached the perfection of the Golden Core Realm, surpassing his original Qi Refinement's Cultivation.
Within the Sea of Consciousness, his Divine Soul was eager to try, just one step away from ascending to the Refine Spirit Realm.
Chu Zheng chose not to continue cultivating. He slowly stopped his practice, preparing to return to the camp.
Through his own cultivation, it would have taken him at least two to three years to enter the Refine Spirit Realm, but within the camp, there was a secret medicine that could increase the power of the spirit and soul, sparing him this period of time.
Once he stepped into the Refine Spirit Realm, he would be able to return to the hunting grounds to hunt Savage Beasts in their prime, which would yield far greater benefits than now.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
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There were still more than a decade until the next Great Beast Hunting Festival, so there was no need to waste this rare opportunity.
Just as his breath had stabilized and Chu Zheng was about to rise, a slight fluctuation transmitted in his heart, a subtle change occurred where his main body was located.
Chu Zheng sat back down again, shifting most of his attention back to where his main body was.
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In the Cangyun Realm, Wanlong City.
Within the secret chamber, Chu Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, a burst of colorful light shining on his brow, as his spirit and soul underwent a metamorphosis, and his cultivation surged once again, advancing to the Divine Infant Seven Transformations.
The Divine Infant Seven Transformations marked the late stages of the Divine Transformation Realm, and Tongxuan was now within sight, inseparably linked to the Incense Fire Divine Path.
At the moment of breakthrough, Chu Zheng sensed a calling from the distant stars, someone was summoning him.
After pondering for a moment, Chu Zheng closed his eyes again, and a thread of Divine Sense traversed the stars, following the call.
Time was indeterminate, but when Chu Zheng regained consciousness, light returned before his eyes, and he found himself unable to move, with a figure kneeling not far beneath him.
"Yuan Dazun…"
As he recognized the kneeling figure, Chu Zheng murmured somewhat dazedly, looking around, he found himself in a magnificent temple.
His consciousness had returned once more to the starry sky where the Incense Fire Divine Path reigned supreme.
Upon hearing the soft call from above, Yuan Dazun kowtowed repeatedly, weeping for joy:
"Greetings, Dao Lord!"
Chu Zheng glanced at Yuan Dazun, and after briefly estimating through his bone age, he quickly came to a conclusion.
A hundred years had passed since the death of one of his incarnations.
There was a plethora of redundant information within the Golden Body which had not been dealt with. During this time, he was almost in a state of slumber, entirely cut off from the outside world.
Chu Zheng spent some time processing the backlog of information before beginning to understand the current situation.
Over this century, Yuan Dazun had not given up on spreading faith for him, always working to increase his followers, and now the cultivation of his Incense Fire Divine Path was ever increasing, close to becoming a Junior Heavenly Monarch.
A Junior Heavenly Monarch, already Sixth Order, was equivalent to Tongxuan.
But now Yuan Dazun was limited by his insufficient cultivation, and he was gradually finding it difficult to control the believers under Chu Zheng's command.
Ever since one of Chu Zheng's incarnations perished with the dissolution of the Immortal Serpent Star, the position of Venerable had remained vacant. Although Yuan Dazun had once received a blessing, a hundred years of cultivation had only just sufficed to bring him to Third Order.
For someone about to step into the Sixth Order as a Junior Heavenly Monarch, managing the believers with this level of cultivation was undoubtedly becoming inadequate.
Looking at Yuan Dazun kneeling on the ground, an idea flickered through Chu Zheng's mind. If he combined the method of the totem with these believers, perhaps it would produce a favorable effect.