Chapter 1008: Chapter 0599: Gold Core Formation_2 Chapter 1008: Chapter 0599: Gold Core Formation_2 For cultivators, too much Spirit Qi rushing in often leads to only one result: the practitioner’s ridians would burst apart. A little carelessness and the cultivator’s ridians would be severed, broken into segnts, each possibly only an inch long. For a cultivator, such an outco is unimaginably tragic—an Immortal Pill might not even save them. From then on, they would be completely cut off from the path of cultivation, their entire being ruined.
However, this cultivation thod, deed perilous for others, was just perfect for Qi Tian.
Since the beginning of his cultivation, Qi Tian’s ridians were different from those of ordinary people. He fused the dical theories from his previous life on Earth with his foundation, making it exceptionally solid. His ridians were not only nurous, but also each was longer, sturdier, more resilient, and had a larger capacity than those of other cultivators.
This allowed Qi Tian’s ability to absorb the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth to far surpass that of other cultivators, and not just by a slight margin, but by a wide berth. Compared to so cultivators, he even had a multiple-fold advantage.
Moreover, aside from having ridians unlike others, Qi Tian possessed another advantage that no other cultivator had: the existence of the Heavenly Dao Engine. All the Spirit Qi absorbed by Qi Tian did not directly enter his ridians but first went into the Heavenly Dao Engine. There, the Heavenly Dao Engine refined and purified the Spirit Qi, removing impurities and the violent components unsuitable for cultivators, making it purer and easier for Qi Tian to absorb.
After being purified by the Heavenly Dao Engine and rushing into Qi Tian’s ridians, these energies underwent a full circulation within him before arriving at the sea of consciousness. There lay the most crucial thing for Qi Tian to date—an unford Gold Core.
Qi Tian was at the Half-step Golden Core realm. He had made attempts before, trying to truly step into the Gold Core Realm, but various reasons always thwarted him, particularly inadequate external conditions for cultivation, preventing him from crossing that threshold.
Now, Qi Tian felt that his chance to cross the threshold had arrived. He directed all the Spirit Qi that rushed into his sea of consciousness toward the unford Gold Core. At the mont, the Gold Core was like a loose ball of wool—fluffy and ford by many strands of Spirit Qi loosely intertwined, loosely assembled into a cluster, failing to form a solid mass or interweave tightly, maintaining significant distance from one another.
Then, under Qi Tian’s drive, the Spirit Qi entering the sea of consciousness flowed like myriad rivers into a vast sea, with countless energies converging.
Despite the large volu and purity of these Spirit Qi, upon entering the sea of consciousness, they beca trivial. They infused into each strand of the unford Gold Core, and with every surge, the strands would thicken just slightly. The alterations in volu with each change were minuscule, almost negligible.
Qi Tian was undaunted. With his relentless effort and the circulation of cultivation techniques over and over, more and more Spirit Qi was transferred, and though each change in the Gold Core’s strands was small, the multitude of changes added up. Eventually, a quantitative change led to a qualitative transformation—two neighboring strands joined, their ends extending, touching, and finally rging into a single strand. More and more strands began to touch and rge with one another.
As these strands fused more and more, a seemingly ethereal, sowhat translucent sphere slowly ford within Qi Tian’s sea of consciousness. This sphere was the goal that cultivators risked their lives for—the Gold Core.
When the Gold Core first ford, it was incredibly fragile, akin to an egg without a hard shell, one which would shatter upon the slightest touch, unable to exist in this world.
Qi Tian would certainly not make such a mistake; he did not let his cultivation co to a halt. He aid to solidify his Gold Core, to stand firmly within the Gold Core Realm rather than, like so Gold Core Stage powerhouses, lose footing due to so accident, and fall back down to the Foundation Establishnt Stage.
More and more Spirit Qi was funneled by Qi Tian into his sea of consciousness, where it exclusively rged into the Gold Core. With the influx of Spirit Qi, Qi Tian’s Gold Core grew increasingly stable. If Qi Tian’s initially ford Gold Core had looked sowhat like a balloon, it now contained more and more substances that could fortify the balloon, preventing it from easily shattering.
Of course, the Gold Core cannot absorb Spirit Qi without limit. After sending more Spirit Qi into his Gold Core, Qi Tian temporarily halted this process, but he did not stop cultivating. He had a clear understanding of how to cultivate to the Gold Core Stage and what to do upon just stepping into the threshold of the Gold Core Realm, and he had made plans much earlier.
Stepping into the Gold Core Stage does not signify that everything is going well. On the contrary, it is but an inconspicuous milestone on the lengthy road of cultivation. Without looking too far ahead, just in the imdiate future, if he ever wanted to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, then he absolutely could not afford any carelessness in the Gold Core Stage. Every minor realm within the Gold Core Stage must be treated seriously, and the foundations must be firmly and securely established.
How to establish a firm foundation?
Qi Tian had perused many relevant materials, especially the legacy of Master Ming Ren, which he had reviewed dozens of tis, thereby forming a mature plan.
He attempted to compress his Gold Core; it appeared large and seed sturdy, but Qi Tian was clear on one thing: his Gold Core was not as large or solid as it appeared to be. There were still many aspects he could manipulate.
Under Qi Tian’s efforts, his Gold Core began to rapidly shrink. Bubbles, fissures, and unnecessary impurities within the Gold Core were squeezed out during the compression process.
The ti Qi Tian spent condensing his Gold Core was not short, but he took even longer to compress it, several tis longer than the forr process. In the end, Qi Tian exhausted all kinds of thods and used every trick he knew, but he could no longer shrink his Gold Core any further. Qi Tian knew he had reached his current limit, and it was impossible to advance any further.
Qi Tian compared the results before and after compressing the Gold Core. At the ti of formation, the Gold Core was about the size of a peanut. Such a result, if compared with other Gold Core Stage powerhouses, would certainly not claim to be unparalleled, but it was quite rare. If word got out, it would definitely attract envious, jealous, and resentful gazes from countless people. However, after compression, the size of the Gold Core was only a fraction of its original, now only the size of a grain of rice—a very small size indeed. If this size were known to outsiders, most of the other Gold Core Stage powerhouses would probably look at him with pity.
According to so unwritten rules in the Cultivation World, a cultivator’s potential to go further is imnsely influenced by the size of their Gold Core at the ti they first enter the Gold Core Realm. Typically, the larger, the better, akin to raising fish in a river—the larger the fish grows, the easier it generally is for it to survive.
Qi Tian was actually aware of this rule, but he did not value it. He firmly believed that his choice was not wrong; his choice was the most correct one. A Gold Core that is too large is rely bloated and has unstable foundations, making future progress exceedingly difficult. Although his current Gold Core was small, it was incomparably sturdy. If he were to clash his Gold Core against others’, Qi Tian was entirely confident that he could obliterate theirs, leaving them no chance whatsoever.
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