Seven days later.
A Purple Sun suspended in the sky, with purple clouds swirling around the peak.
A blue boulder floated in mid-air, standing atop the peak.
On the boulder, a Daoist wearing a blue Daoist robe, barefoot and aura scattered, sat cross-legged.
Above his head, a Dharma Pill with strange five-colored patterns was continuously absorbing the essence of Spiritual Qi falling from the Purple Sun, transforming it into surging mana that flowed downward.
However, within the mana, there was a gray Demon Qi, extremely sinister.
Yet on the Daoist’s skin, strands of thunderlight flashed incessantly, and any trace of Demon Qi was immediately crushed to dust, dispersing into nothingness.
The pure mana streamed continuously, absorbed into the Daoist’s Dantian.
After a long time, the Daoist slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of purple Spiritual Light seemed to flicker and disappear in them.
"Truly, a Tier Three Upper-class Spirit Island. The Spiritual Qi here is incredibly dense; seven days of arduous cultivation here equates to nearly a month of cultivation on Heart-breaking Island..."
Gu Yuan sighed softly, full of emotion.
Heart-breaking Island was already a rare Top-Grade Spirit Island for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it paled in comparison to Purple Sun Peak.
A Tier Three Spirit Peak was truly a treasure land suitable for nurturing a Golden Core.
"With the assistance of this peak, in about twelve to thirteen years, I should be able to cultivate my mana to the point of Foundation Establishment Perfection. It’s time to consider Core Formation..."
With a slight sigh, Gu Yuan began pondering future matters.
With the help of the Dharma Pill and a Tier Three Spirit Peak, reaching Foundation Establishment Perfection is a sure thing.
But Core Formation is an extremely challenging issue.
When Gu Yuan was at the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, he had already made arrangements, preparing several methods to increase the probability of Core Formation.
However, seven days ago, upon hearing what the Daoist of Master Yunyang said, he realized that Core Formation is far more dangerous than imagined.
One careless mistake could lead to realm-breaking failure, causing a decrease in realm level and leaving no room for improvement ever again, or worse, result in death and the complete annihilation of the soul.
Only one Golden Core cultivator emerges from the Daoist School every five hundred years!
This probability is quite clear.
During Foundation Establishment, with Spiritual Qi at hand, everything falls into place smoothly, making cultivation seem ordinary.
But upon reaching Golden Core Realm, one immediately faces Celestial Tribulation, which is terrifying.
...
Gu Yuan, while pondering, set up his Escape Light, flying into the depths of the Spirit Peak Cave Mansion.
The cave mansion of Purple Sun Peak is neither expansive nor luxurious.
A meditation mat and a stone table make up the entire furnishings.
Even the meditation mat is just a display; the place with the densest Spiritual Qi on Purple Sun Peak is the azure stone cliff at the peak; there, the purple air gathers, like a dragon’s mouth, the source of Spiritual Qi.
Gu Yuan usually cultivates atop the azure stone.
Yet within the cave mansion, there is a Secret Treasure.
"Rumble!"
The sound of thunder echoed incessantly.
Before even getting close, endless strands of golden light illuminated the cave mansion as bright as day, and a rich Spiritual Qi rushed toward him.
Visible in the gray-white cliff, there is a three-foot-sized stone pool.
Within the stone pool, a pool of golden liquid flowed slowly.
The flow of the golden liquid was very slow, with minimal fluctuations, but it was mighty, roaring in waves, accompanied by thunderlight, like a pool of thundering liquid ceaselessly colliding within.
"Golden Thunder Liquid!"
The most precious Secret Treasure within Purple Sun Peak.
Consuming this liquid, one’s entire mana can condense into the Golden Thunder Technique, shortening the time to form a Golden Core and increasing the probability of Core Formation by twenty percent.
This is the greatest reward for the True Inheritance Chief.
"This liquid can increase the success rate by twenty percent; Cen Qingqing’s special constitution, through Dual Cultivation, should also increase the success rate by twenty percent."
"Thunderfire Golden Body Seal, a Body Seal Secret Technique, can also increase the success probability by two and a half percent..."
"Adding it all up, it should be sixty-five percent, plus the Gold-Attribute magical power; any of my methods have Foundation Establishment Peak Power, at least increasing by half a percent, thus, it’s seventy percent..."
"A seventy percent success rate with no room for accident, is still not enough!"
Gu Yuan enumerated his methods one by one, yet he still felt it was not secure enough.
The Golden Core Breaking Realm is either a success or a failure!
Rarely is there a second chance!
"Clang!"
Just then, a light and majestic aura swiftly approached from outside the peak.