#247 - Chapter 247: Breaking the Golden Core and Transforming into a Nascent Soul

The next day.

Mount Xiaoyao, Peach Mountain.

Waves of spiritual energy emanated outwards as Lin Yaoyao, Little White, and the others broke through almost simultaneously.

Ye Kong sat by the Bitter Sea, his mind spread out, sensing that Lin Yaoyao, Little White, Ye Xiaoyao, and Mu Qianqian were all breaking through.

Little Qing's strength had increased a lot, but Ye Kong couldn't tell if she had broken through.

As for Ji Changsheng, he had just refined the horn and was now building his foundation.

"That's quite fast." Ye Kong was a little surprised. Not only were they fast, but they were also synchronized.

They were preparing to break through at almost the same time.

The Earth Mother sensed the fluctuations from the breakthroughs, walked out of her room, waved her hand to shield all the fluctuations, and then returned to her room to continue sleeping.

"First thing in the morning, you should be sleeping properly. What's with making a commotion when breaking through?" the Earth Mother muttered before returning to her room.

This stunned Ye Kong. Did the Earth Mother need to rest?

Ye Kong put down his fishing rod and walked towards Peach Mountain, directly entering the Earth Mother's room.

The Earth Mother was lying on the bed, resting.

"Earth Mother, do you need to sleep?" Ye Kong asked, surprised.

The Earth Mother opened her eyes and glanced at Ye Kong, sleepily saying, "I need to hibernate."

"Hibernate? Where does the Lianyun Continent have winter?" Ye Kong couldn't help but ask.

"The Lianyun Continent doesn't have it, but that doesn't mean other places don't. I am the Earth Spirit, not just of the Lianyun Continent."

"I'm not talking anymore, I'm going to sleep. I need to hibernate for three days. Don't disturb me no matter what." After the Earth Mother finished speaking, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

The Earth Mother sleeps for six days a year.

Three days of dog days and three days of cold days.

After taking a look, Ye Kong went back to the Bitter Sea to continue fishing.

Inside the thatched cottage.

Lin Yaoyao closed her eyes tightly, the spiritual energy in her body flowing rapidly and endlessly.

Her golden core floated above her dantian, slowly rotating, layers of golden light peeling off and pouring into Lin Yaoyao's body, stabilizing her body and soul.

As the golden light peeled off, a nascent soul, like an infant, was brewing and taking shape within the golden core.

Lin Yaoyao's aura continued to rise, becoming stronger and stronger, and the nascent soul was also rapidly taking shape.

Breaking the golden core and transforming into a nascent soul meant breaking open the golden core after the nascent soul took shape.

The stronger the golden core, the harder it was to break through. You needed to absorb the power of the golden core before the nascent soul could break it open.

Lin Yaoyao was now absorbing the power of the golden core. Her nascent soul had already taken shape and could break open at any time.

The miniature version of Lin Yaoyao in the nascent soul stood up, raising the golden core with both hands, as if to prop it open.

The golden core became weaker and weaker, and golden light poured into Lin Yaoyao's body, making her whole body glow.

"Crack!"

As the golden core became transparent, Lin Yaoyao's nascent soul broke open the golden core, absorbed the last trace of spiritual charm from the golden core, and sat firmly in Lin Yaoyao's dantian.

The nascent soul was completely transparent, as if it were an illusion.

The newly born nascent soul was still very weak and could not leave the body.

It could only wait until the nascent soul solidified before it could freely fly out of the body.

...

In another thatched cottage.

Little White's yin-yang dual cores, nourished by a large amount of demonic energy and spiritual energy, had doubled in size. Now his strength was about to reach the peak of the golden core stage.

The golden core and the demonic core, like the yin and yang on the Taiji diagram, rotated around Little White, repelling each other, chasing each other, and endlessly generating.

Little White was currently unable to control the golden core and the demonic core at the same time. He could only control one to limit the operation of the other.

Little White also engraved a demonic source on his demonic core. The demonic source could convert the spiritual energy in his body into demonic energy, so as to balance the yin-yang dual cores.

Little Qing was repairing her body and the shattered Heavenly Fate Pearl, while Ye Xiaoyao and Mu Qianqian were cultivating normally.

As for Ji Changsheng, who had just arrived, he was refining the horn little by little, integrating it into his body.

The tearing pain made Ji Changsheng wish he were dead.

"How can building a foundation be so painful!"

Ji Changsheng gritted his teeth, his face turning red.

The sea monsters in the Bitter Sea sensed the Sea King's aura and jumped out of the water one after another.

They thought their king had come to save them.

Ye Kong watched them jump out of the water and used his fishing rod to knock them back into the Bitter Sea.

"What are you thinking? Still expecting your king to save you?"

"If it weren't for it running fast and having many subordinates, it would be with you now." Ye Kong said angrily.

When he jumped into the Forbidden Sea, the Sea King directly bit at him.

However, Ye Kong cut off its horn with the Eight Desolate Demon Halberd.

Ye Kong originally wanted to catch it, but it ran away.

There were too many sea monsters around it, and Ye Kong was also limited underwater, so he couldn't chase it. He could only take the horn back.

Otherwise, there would be one more fish in the Bitter Sea now.

The sea monster was knocked into the water by Ye Kong's fishing rod and dared not struggle anymore.

Only then did Ye Kong continue fishing.

...

Deep in the Forbidden Sea.

The Sea King, whose horn had been cut off by Ye Kong, transformed into a human form and sat on the main seat in the palace.

His originally horned head had been cut off by Ye Kong, leaving a large scar.

"Damn humans!" the Sea King gritted his teeth.

As the overlord of the Forbidden Sea, he had never suffered such humiliation.

In the palace, there was also a group of sea monsters standing. Some had transformed into human forms, and some maintained their original forms.

It was difficult for sea monsters to transform. First, their strength had to reach a certain level, and second, they had to eat people. Only by eating people could they transform into their appearance.

The Forbidden Sea was the most dangerous place in the Immortal Cultivation World. Few people dared to set foot here, so there were not many sea monsters that could transform.

In the center of the palace, two sea monsters were lying on the ground.

One was the one Ye Kong had let go. It knelt on the ground and confessed the truth, so the Sea King did not make things difficult for it.

The other was a sea monster captured by the Eastern Forbidden Great Emperor, and was now being questioned.

"You betrayed the sea monsters and colluded with the human Great Emperor. You deserve to be killed!" one of the Sea King's subordinates said.

Upon hearing this, the sea monster trembled and couldn't help but kowtow.

It regretted it. It regretted impulsively running back.

"Our king is willing to give you another chance. After you go ashore, go and capture human cultivators to the Forbidden Sea!" the Sea King's subordinate continued.

The sea monster nodded upon hearing this.

The Sea King, sitting in the main seat, waved his hand and left a mark on the sea monster's body.

"If you dare to betray again, this mark will make you wish you were dead!" the Sea King said coldly.

The sea monster kept kowtowing, indicating that it did not dare to betray, and was then released.

The sea monster that Ye Kong let go was taken in by the Sea King.

This sea monster had swallowed many people. The Sea King took out those life essences and used them to help other sea monsters manifest into human forms.

One by one, the sea monsters obtained life essence and transformed into human forms.

Some turned into Xu Wudi, and some turned into Ghost Skull.

The Sea King was very satisfied with their changes.

"As long as we go out, this Immortal Cultivation World will be ours!" the Sea King said loudly.

"Roar!"

All the sea monsters roared, even though they had become human, they still had not changed their demonic nature.