Chapter 420

Chapter 420: The Great Dao, the Secret of the Golden Elixir

The gray-robed man, guided by the Xiantian realm warrior he held, soared along.

Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he paused.

“Your Excellency, why have you stopped? This is Jizhou, and Cangzhou is still ahead,”

the Xiantian realm warrior asked, somewhat puzzled.

After adapting to the present moment, his fear of heights had lessened considerably, and his speech became more fluent.

“No need. I already know where to go. You may descend,” the gray-robed man

said calmly. With a push, he shoved the Xiantian realm warrior downward.

“Ah! Your Excellency, spare me!”

The Xiantian realm warrior was suddenly horrified. Feeling his body plummet, his fear reached its peak, and he flailingly flailing, screaming wildly.

Just as he thought he was about to be killed, a sudden force descended upon him, largely neutralizing his downward momentum. He

was left with only bruises and swelling, but not reduced to a pulp.

“Thank you, Your Excellency, for your mercy! Thank you, Your Excellency, for your mercy!”

The Xiantian realm warrior, having survived the ordeal, ignored his injuries and kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude.

But when he looked up again, the gray-robed man was nowhere to be seen in the sky.

“Is the secret realm fluctuation over there?”

After throwing the Xiantian realm cultivator to the ground, the gray-robed man departed.

He gazed in a certain direction, sensing the faint vibrations of the secret realm’s gate.

His junior brother’s death that day stemmed from his knowledge of a newly opened secret realm, his quest to explore and conquer it, ultimately leading to his death.

Therefore, his death was undoubtedly linked to that secret realm.

The gray-robed man’s swift escape speed soon brought him to the top of a valley, gazing at the entrance to the black vortex below.

“Is this the place? I sense the presence of my junior brother, someone who has been here before.”

…

“This Jindan realm is truly profound, vast and mysterious, far beyond my imagination.”

At the Lu family, Lu Qing opened his eyes, a look of wonder in his eyes.

At this moment, the jade slip in his hand had vanished.

He had downloaded and simulated all the jade slips left by the white-robed youth, reading and comprehending them.

He even briefly comprehended the chapter on the Great Dao bestowed upon him before the vortex of heavenly tribulation dissipated.

The jade slips left behind by the white-robed youth contained records of several cultivation techniques and some magical secrets.

Unfortunately, those techniques were all water-based, and their highest level could only be cultivated to the Golden Core Perfection stage.

There were no higher realms.

Lu Qing suspected this was a restriction imposed by the white-robed youth’s sect. At each stage, disciples could only exchange the corresponding cultivation techniques, to prevent the entire technique from being leaked.

This contemplation made Lu Qing realize that the Golden Core Realm was far more profound and profound than he had imagined. There are

four grades of elixir. Fundamentally, the magical elixir of the Golden Core Realm is divided into four levels: upper, middle, and lower, and the perfect Golden Core.

Furthermore, the Golden Core Realm is divided into nine levels, known as the Nine Transformations of the Golden Core Realm.

With each breakthrough, the Mana Core undergoes a transformation, its mana skyrocketing and its power significantly enhanced.

It can be said that each of the nine transformations of the Golden Core is like climbing a ladder to heaven.

One must constantly refine and purify one’s mana until it reaches its limit, then push beyond that limit, causing a qualitative change, before achieving a breakthrough.

This requires immense perseverance and determination, and it’s difficult to achieve.

Furthermore, according to the techniques described in the jade slips left by the white-robed youth.

The quality of the Golden Core is closely linked to the level of the Golden Core Realm that can be achieved.

Generally speaking, low-grade Golden Cores can only be cultivated to the third level, while mid-grade Golden Cores can be cultivated to the sixth level. Only high-grade Golden Cores can be cultivated to the seventh level and beyond.

Therefore, when Golden Core Realm experts reach a bottleneck in their cultivation, they usually try every possible means to refine their Golden Core and improve its quality.

This is the only way to achieve further breakthroughs.

“According to the cultivation method left by the white-robed youth,

after a cultivator reaches the seventh revival, the [God] nurtured within their golden elixir is already powerful enough to qualify them for the Soul Formation Realm.

However, the probability of failure in the Soul Formation Realm at the seventh revival stage is very high.

Even if one manages to successfully transcend the tribulation and achieve the Soul Formation, their potential is often limited, and

they won’t progress far in the Soul Formation Realm. They will likely perish before too long under the Soul Formation Tribulation.

Only after reaching the eighth and ninth revival stages does the probability of a breakthrough to the Soul Formation Realm greatly increase.

After achieving the Soul Formation, one also develops a deep foundation, allowing them to travel far in the Soul Formation Realm.

Even after enduring numerous tribulations, their essence remains indelible, existing from eternity.”

Lu Qing’s mind was filled with a variety of insights.

The white-robed youth was indeed a cultivator from the Great World. His cultivation method was far more sophisticated than the legacy left by the Lihuo Sect.

His explanation of the Golden Core Realm and its divisions were far more detailed and accurate than those of this world’s cultivation methods.

After all, whether it was the core inheritance of the Lihuo Sect or the Five Elements Body Refining Art he practiced,

They simply divide the Jindan realm into three levels: Minor Success, Great Success, and Perfection.

They haven’t developed a comprehensive cultivation system like the Nine Jindan Transformations.

“However, the cultivation methods of the white-robed youth’s world all consider the Ninth Jindan Transformation to be the ultimate limit

of the Jindan realm. In reality, the Nine

Jindan Transformations isn’t the limit. The true limit should be Twelve Jindan Transformations!”

Lu Qing muttered to himself, his eyes gleaming.

This wasn’t just conjecture; it was a literal statement from the Great Dao text passed down from the

Heavenly Tribulation Vortex. Before the Heavenly Tribulation Vortex dissipated, the Great Dao text passed down to Lu Qing specifically addressed the Jindan realm.

It contained no specific cultivation methods, only profound and profound teachings on the Jindan realm.

However, these teachings clearly stated that

the Twelve Jindan Transformations represented the true Great Perfection of the Jindan realm.

However, to break through this limit and reach beyond the Nine Jindan Transformations, only cultivators who had condensed a perfect Jindan could achieve it.

Other grades of golden elixir, even top-grade ones, cannot break the limit of nine.

So from this perspective, the techniques left by the young man in white robes, which regard the nine transformations of the golden elixir as the perfect realm of the golden elixir realm, are not wrong.

After all, the perfect golden elixir is too special. Only one can appear in a world in a period of time.

Many cultivation worlds probably don’t even know the existence of the perfect golden elixir.

Lu Qing also got many opportunities and had the help of supernatural powers. He

broke the limit many times, practiced the five elements, and polished the foundation-building realm to true perfection without a single obstacle. Only then, by chance, he condensed this perfect golden elixir.

If he had missed any of these opportunities, he probably wouldn’t have been so lucky.

“But, if this happens, my future cultivation will be much more difficult.”

(End of this chapter)