Cultivation Begins with Skill Points
Chapter 364 - 362: Breakthrough to the Xuandan Realm_2

Chapter 364: Chapter 362: Breakthrough to the Xuandan Realm_2

At the same time, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence Qi suddenly became restless, roaring and transforming into blazing flames, wrapping around the Xuandan.

The scorching temperature began to emanate terrifyingly.

Rotating swiftly within the flames, each rotation would add a trace of golden brilliance on it.

"One True Pill condenses Profound Origin, Spirit Fire refines into Golden Core."

Zhong Lin gazed intensely at his Xuandan floating in the void, and he himself was also levitating cross-legged in the void, possessing a transcendent and ethereal temperament.

The potential of the human body is limited; only by continuously borrowing power from the heavens can one break through limits again and again, earning stronger and deeper potential.

Tempering the Spiritual Body was one such time, and currently, the condensation of the Xuandan is another.

Fuse the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit into a Void Pill, then release it outside the body. Using the Spiritual Fire formed by the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, temper it continuously like refining an elixir in a Pill Furnace, finally transforming it into a true and genuine Xuandan.

Heaven and Earth serve as one great Pill Furnace, and the Xuandan is the elixir within that furnace.

Zhong Lin was too familiar with this process.

Of course, tempering the Golden Core with Spiritual Fire is not that simple. The Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire is fierce; any slight mistake can ruin the Xuandan, like failing in alchemy, turning into a pinch of ash in the end. Many people fail due to fear or lack of preparation.

The light casualties would suffer severe injuries, while severe ones might die on the spot.

Such as Feng Lan Sword Lord in the Luoxing Islands, who failed because of a breakthrough, only condensing a Void Pill. Although possessing part of the Xuandan Realm’s power, it still belonged to the Transcendent Realm.

The Xuandan above the head, refined by the Spiritual Fire formed by Primordial Qi, tempered not only the Xuandan itself but also Zhong Lin’s physical body.

Zhong Lin could sense the transformation of life essence, a surge of joy rose in his heart, the joy of the most fundamental evolution of life.

Time flowed like sand; in the blink of an eye, nearly an hour passed, the originally bright Xuandan suddenly burst into magnificent golden light, illuminating the darkness like a true sun.

Zhong Lin stared intently at the now fully formed Xuandan, at this moment only needing to swallow the Xuandan signified a successful breakthrough, crossing from the Transcendent Realm to the Xuan Guang Realm, becoming a true Xuandan Realm powerhouse; back then, Chen Jia was merely at this level.

At this moment, Zhong Lin’s gaze penetrated the dazzling golden light, looking into the Xuandan.

Xuandan has grades, the higher the grade, the more powerful it is at the same level, and it also represents potential.

Condensing the Xuandan is borrowing power from the heavens, reforging the foundation, only deeper potential can allow one to go further.

Like a tall building, only with a sufficiently deep foundation can the building be constructed taller.

The grading of the Xuandan is based on the intensity of the golden light; the so-called immortal nature of gold and its amalgamated nature is just so.

The lowest grade of the Xuandan is the Ninth Grade, with dim golden light.

The higher the quality, the stronger the golden light.

It is said that a First Grade Xuandan is also known as the Immortal Golden Core, claimed to be the immortal nature of gold and free in the grand cosmos.

The most direct manifestation is in defense, Xuandan Realm martial artists’ skirmish revolves around destroying each other’s Xuandan. If the Xuandan is shattered, even if one survives, they are ruined.

Low-grade Xuandan can be easily shattered, while the higher the quality, the harder it is, with the First Grade Immortal Golden Core claimed to be indestructible, it’s quite clear from this.

Zhong Lin looked at his own Xuandan, barely radiating golden light, and sighed slightly in his heart.

"Seventh Grade Xuandan, indeed!"

To condense a Seventh Grade Xuandan was already within Zhong Lin’s expectations, since among the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, he only excelled in ’essence.’ After all, whether it was tempering the physical body with the "Dragon Elephant Golden Body" or the Five Elements Spirit Body formed at the Spirit Embryo Realm, both honed the physical body’s Qi-Blood.

The ’energy’ aspect was cultivated through his self-created "Five Elements Mixed Essence Skill," which barely reached Earth Level cultivation technique.

The ’spirit’ aspect was driven upwards by elixirs, without any outstanding features.

To condense a Seventh Grade Xuandan was already a blessing by heaven; most martial artists in the world only condense Lower Third Grades of Xuandan, like Heaven Pavilion’s Pavilion Master Zhang Shaorong.

Not everyone practices Heavenly Level cultivation techniques, consumes top-tier Spirit Pills, and meditates on supreme illustrations like the disciples of the Holy Land; Lower Third Grades of Xuandan are the norm.

Stabilizing his mind, solidifying his spirit.

Zhong Lin opened his mouth and inhaled, the spinning Xuandan instantly dimmed, gradually settling in front of him, directly returning to the Dantian regardless of the physical body.

At the moment the Xuandan resumed its position, Zhong Lin’s aura escalated dramatically.

"Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire refines the Golden Core; my destiny is mine, not dictated by heaven; the Xuandan is finally formed, but it’s still not enough."

Zhong Lin’s eyes flashed with Divine Light, directly swallowing the prepared Golden Origin Fruit.

The elixir melted immediately upon entering, with a golden torrent erupting like a roaring dragon entering the sea, rushing directly towards the Dantian and then merging into the Seventh Grade Xuandan.

Rumbling!

At this moment, the originally dim Xuandan suddenly seemed like a blazing sun radiating infinite light and day, with scorching golden light illuminating the entire Dantian.

Under the support of the Golden Origin Elixir’s power, the Xuandan became increasingly brilliant, increasingly majestic. The Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, which had dispersed, suddenly surged again, even more massive than before.

Even the average Yu Shu’s eyes were extremely bright, filled with excitement for the effect of the Golden Origin Pill.

With a thought, a half-human tall gourd appeared in hand, the palm trembled, the gourd directly shattered, revealing a liquid exuding masculine force, like white jade, it was none other than Primordial Liquid Nectar.

The Nectar appeared and was directly attracted by Zhong Lin, transforming into surging Primordial Qi and then thoroughly absorbed, sent into the Xuandan.

Sizzle!

It was like a fire mountain with a lake of oil poured on it from thin air, and the golden light on Zhong Lin’s Xuandan became more and more brilliant.

At this moment, Zhong Lin’s Xuandan once again metamorphosed, spawning an aura of the immortal Conception.

And during the Golden Core’s transformation, Zhong Lin’s physical body also underwent another round of tempering, ultimately increasing physical life span.

At this moment, Zhong Ling only felt the Xuandan merge with the physical body, becoming a mysterious existence; he could sense his lifespan soaring again, reaching a millennium.

His physical body grew stronger amid the fusion with Xuandan, reaching a terrifyingly powerful realm; every inch of skin, every inch of muscle, and bones changed, the blood became thicker, with each heartbeat resonating like a drum.

"It is done."

Yu Shu exclaimed in surprise.

Zhong Lin also opened his eyes, slowly stood up, feeling the Xuandan radiating golden light in his Dantian, and the surging power throughout his body, couldn’t help but smile slightly.

"Zhong Lin, what Grade? Did you condense an Ultimate Grade Xuandan?" Yu Shu asked excitedly.

Zhong Lin instinctively sensed the Xuandan in his Dantian; the Xuandan was entirely brilliant, radiating golden light, only having some slight unevenness, like a spot on a piece of white jade, although not large, it gave off an obsessive compulsion feeling.

"Second Grade."

"I knew it, Second Grade Xuandan, wonderful, even some True Disciples of the Holy Land cannot condense Second Grade Xuandan." Yu Shu said excitedly,

"Too bad it’s still lacking, didn’t manage to condense a First Grade." Zhong Lin said regretfully.

"What are you thinking, a First Grade Xuandan is claimed to be the Immortal Golden Core; even with the Earth Spirit Divine Grass’s enhancement, the Golden Origin Pill cannot achieve such a heaven-defying fate reversal. Having a Second Grade is already good."

Yu Shu gave Zhong Lin a look, as a Loose Cultivator martial artist forming a Second Grade Xuandan is something that would make even the disciples of the Holy Land insanely jealous, yet he was not satisfied, hoping for a First Grade.

Zhong Lin smiled gently, not refuting.

"My turn, my turn, Zhong Lin, be my protector, I also want to break through."

"Alright."

Zhong Lin nodded, took steps towards the cave entrance to stand guard.

Yu Shu took a deep breath, didn’t start immediately but first took out a large quantity of Spirit Stones and Primordial Liquid Nectar from the Storage Bracelet, placing them in front of her.

Afterward, she sat down cross-legged, and following the same procedure, first taking a Gathering Top Pill into her abdomen.

Zhong Lin watched the scene in front with his eyes, then immersed his soul within the Xuandan, sensing the changes after the breakthrough.

The most significant change was naturally longevity; the Xuandan Realm breakthrough also enabled Zhong Lin’s lifespan to reach a millennium, truly becoming the figure at the old monster level.

Bear in mind, Zhong Lin had not yet reached the age of thirty, such a lifespan could truly be called long-lasting.

Next was his own power; the Xuandan was formed by fusing the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, now no longer dissipating the power of Qi-Blood, Spiritual Origin, and Divine Soul as before, but merging into one, becoming a new power.