#60 - Chapter 60: Nezha, Yang Jian

Inside the mountain cave, Lin Changqing's eyes showed determination as he took out the golden Flower of the Great Dao and swallowed it in one gulp!

Today, he would form his Core! And it would be a Golden Core of the highest quality, with nine纹!

The spiritual power within Lin Changqing's body began to circulate wildly. The Great Dao Stone Pillar in his dantian trembled with a deafening roar, and one after another, the laws of the Great Dao began to manifest. At the very top, the three-foot-three Immortal Palace suddenly had streaks of golden clouds permeating it!

The number of these golden clouds was neither too many nor too few, exactly nine!

If anyone were to witness this scene, they would be utterly astonished. Ordinary cultivators forming their Core merely compressed the spiritual power within their bodies into a sphere, thereby achieving a qualitative breakthrough in the quality of their spiritual power.

However, if one were to form a Golden Core, the process would be accompanied by the permeation of golden auspicious clouds. A three-纹 Golden Core would have three golden auspicious clouds, a six-纹 Golden Core would have six golden auspicious clouds, and a nine-纹 Golden Core would have nine golden auspicious clouds.

These golden auspicious clouds were also known as blessings of Immortal Fortune.

Legend has it that in ancient times, during the era when the Heavenly Court ruled over everything,

if a cultivator could have nine golden auspicious clouds permeating during the Core Formation process, it meant they had received the blessing and recognition of the Heavenly Court.

They might even be able to be listed in the God Ranks of the Heavenly Court and obtain a position in the Heavenly Court if their realm reached a certain level in the future.

In other words, with these nine golden auspicious clouds, if Lin Changqing were in the ancient era, he might even be able to work alongside legendary mythological figures such as Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, Lei Zhenzi, Nezha, Yang Jian…

"The Core Formation process is indeed not easy. Even with the help of the Flower of the Great Dao, it's still quite difficult."

At this moment, Lin Changqing's face showed a slight expression of pain as the spiritual power in his dantian was being compressed frantically, evolving like a sphere.

This compression brought him immense pain.

Moreover, he could feel that every step of the spiritual power's compression was extremely difficult.

[The first day has passed, and your spiritual power compression is a little more than halfway complete. At this moment, half of a Golden Core has appeared in your dantian.]

[Although the process of compressing spiritual power is very difficult, fortunately, you have Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and swallowed the Flower of the Great Dao, so you have persevered through it all. After a day, you have almost succeeded by a little more than half.]

[The Core Formation of another day has given you many insights. The so-called Core Formation is not just the compression of spiritual power, but more like fusing your entire body, spiritual power, soul, flesh, and blood into that golden Core.]

[On the second day, you continue to persevere. Core Formation has reached the final step. Success will bring you a transformation, failure may result in death and the dissipation of your Dao.]

[After this day, you have completed a little more than half again. At this moment, the Golden Core being nurtured in your dantian already looks very much like a whole one. You feel that you can form it in another day.]

[Finally, another day has passed, and the Golden Core in your dantian is perfectly flawless.]

[After three days and three nights, you have finally formed the Golden Core.]

[And it's still a nine-纹 Golden Core!]

"Six lifetimes, a century of cultivation, finally achieving an immortal Golden Core today!"

Inside the mountain cave, Lin Changqing stood tall, a sense of ethereal immortality emanating from his entire body. In his dantian, a Golden Core was being nurtured above the Immortal Palace.

How to describe this Golden Core in Lin Changqing's dantian?

It was as if it contained infinite power, with nine Great Dao纹s appearing on the Core body, filled with the aura of the Great Dao, seemingly containing endless power.

And the most magical thing was that every tremor of this golden Core revealed infinite illusions behind it.

Sometimes it was five true dragons of the five elements with green scales and white whiskers, sometimes it was a huge pile of white bones, sometimes it was a yellow corpse river, and sometimes it was a black imperial figure.

This meant that this Golden Core condensed everything Lin Changqing had learned throughout his life, all his divine abilities and cultivation methods were fused into it.

"My current strength may be able to fight ordinary Core Formation Stage Four."

"I can cross about four minor realms to fight against enemies!"

"If I add the help of the Extinction Spear and top-grade Dao artifacts, I can fight against Core Formation Stage Five!"

Lin Changqing clenched his fists, slightly excited.

A Core Formation Stage One cultivator fighting against a Core Formation Stage Five cultivator, what kind of talent! What kind of astonishment!

One must know that in the Core Formation realm, the gap between each stage is too great. Being able to cross one stage to defeat an enemy is already considered a genius!

But Lin Changqing could actually fight across five minor realms to defeat his opponent!

This was the terror of a nine-纹 Golden Core!

Another reason for Lin Changqing's excitement was that his ability to fight Core Formation Stage Five meant that he already had the power to change the war situation between the righteous and demonic paths in Blackwater County…

Currently, the highest combat power of the righteous path in Blackwater County is Fairy Nishang's Core Formation Stage Six, but she was seriously injured by the Autumn Moon Demoness and can now only exert the strength of Core Formation Stage Five.

The demonic path has two Core Formation Stage Five cultivators as its highest combat power in Blackwater County.

And this is also the reason why the righteous path is retreating steadily in Blackwater County.

Fairy Nishang is equivalent to one Core Formation Stage Five, and the demonic path has two. Two against one, the demonic path has an advantage in high-end combat power.

Not to mention that the demonic path also has an advantage in the number of early-stage Core Formation True Persons at the bottom.

But now Lin Changqing's combat power can make up for this gap!

"Finally reached this step…" Lin Changqing sighed with emotion. Having become a Core Formation cultivator, he had finally gone from being a chess piece to a chess player, at least able to manipulate the game of Blackwater County.

In the first simulation, if he had the strength he has now,

he alone could have killed all the demonic path Core Formation cultivators who besieged Jianqiu City!

Six simulations, a century of cultivation, he finally reached this step!

Inside the mountain cave, Lin Changqing strode out, his eyes showing determination, the blood-red spear carried behind him.

Today, with the spear in hand, he would stir up a storm in Blackwater County!

[You fly towards Blackwater County. Along the way, you pass through Sian County and Wude County. Passing through these two places, you unexpectedly get some news… ]

[It turns out that in the few days you were in seclusion forming your Core, Qingzhou was in great chaos, and it was all because of you.]

[The demonic path's number one genius, Mo Tian, died. The Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Mo Batian, was furious and left seclusion, vowing to avenge his grandson.]

[When Mo Tian died, he left behind a life tablet in the Heavenly Demon Sect. The tablet recorded the murderer's information, and the murderer's information is you.]

[The moment he came out of seclusion, the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Mo Batian, issued a kill order to the world.]

[At this moment, the entire demonic path in the world is frantically looking for you, because Mo Batian's rewards are very generous.]

[It is rumored that Tiandu County is in chaos, because Mo Batian suspects that you left the secret realm and stayed in Tiandu County, so he is frantically looking for you here.]

[In addition, Mo Batian has also sent his "Seven Kings" to guard Blackwater County to see if they can find you.]

[The so-called Seven Kings are Mo Batian's subordinates, all of whom are Core Formation True Persons. The highest is Core Formation Stage Six, and the lowest is Core Formation Stage Four.]

[Because these seven people happen to be surnamed Wang, they are called the Seven Kings, and these seven people are also sworn brothers.]

[In addition, according to rumors, the eldest and seventh of the Seven Kings each hold an ancient Jianmu Diagram!]

[And at this moment in Blackwater County, these Seven Kings are said to be setting up a Shura Great Array, saying that if you don't show up for a day, they will refine a city of a million living beings!]

[There is still one day left before they start refining.]

[Hearing this news, your eyes turn cold. These seven people have already earned their deaths! The seventh and eldest of these seven people possess ancient Jianmu Diagrams. You urgently need to improve your strength and need the World Tree fragments in the Jianmu Diagrams on these two people.]

[In addition, they dare to use the method of killing people and refining cities to force you out, then you will come out and turn these seven people upside down!]

"Mo Batian wants to kill me. This person is at Core Formation Stage Ten, so my top priority is to improve my strength."

"While this person is now in Tiandu Realm, I will kill back to Blackwater County, first kill the weakest seventh of the Seven Kings, seize the Jianmu Diagram, swallow the World Tree fragment, and reach Core Formation Stage Two."

"When I reach Core Formation Stage Two, I will have the strength to deal with the strongest eldest of these Seven Kings, turn around and kill all the Seven Kings, get another Jianmu Diagram, swallow the World Tree fragment, and reach Core Formation Stage Three."

"With Core Formation Stage Three, my true combat power can contend against Core Formation Stage Seven, and Mo Batian will not be so easy to kill me."

In an instant, Lin Changqing decided on a plan in his mind!