Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 217 - 137 Advancing to Core Formation_1

Chapter 217: 137 Advancing to Core Formation_1

Ten years went by swiftly.

In a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, there stood a three-story cyan pavilion with the words "Qingmei Pavilion" inscribed on the signboard.

In a secret chamber, Shen Long was seated on a red cushion, his eyes tightly shut, his body enveloped in a red glow.

In front of him were placed three porcelain bottles and a cyan jade box, which was covered in dust.

After a while, the red glow surrounding Shen Long dissipated, and he opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of stale air.

"After ten years of refinement, combined with four Core Formation spiritual objects, it definitely should be possible,"

Shen Long muttered to himself.

He had been in closed-door cultivation for ten years, tempering his mana in order to make it purer, all to prepare for Core Formation.

When Shen Long introspected with his Divine Sense, he could see a miniature red lake in his dantian, representing his mana.

Under his command, the miniature lake slowly began to rotate, guiding all his mana toward the red lake at the dantian.

Half a month later, there appeared a tiny red sphere within Shen Long’s dantian. Upon closer inspection, the red sphere was translucent and not solid.

This was the Golden Core, although it was not yet fully formed.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator to compress all their mana and True Yuan into a Golden Core was no easy task. Countless cultivators have been stuck at this stage. External help would naturally make the process easier.

Shen Long opened the lid of the box and took out a Jade Ebony Fruit, quickly devouring it.

As soon as the fruit entered his stomach, it transformed into a vast amount of energy.

He hurriedly started cultivating, refining the energy into mana, directing this mana toward the dantian.

After refining a Jade Ebony Fruit, the Golden Core partially solidified, taking on a red hue.

Shen Long ingested the Golden Elixir Jade Liquid, refined its powers, and a more colossal wave of mana flowed into the dantian, gradually solidifying the Golden Core.

Centered around Qingmei Pavilion, spiritual energy from within a fifty-mile radius began to converge here.

The changes in nature’s spiritual energy attracted the attention of some cultivators, who naturally recognized that someone was attempting to break through to the Core Formation Stage.

Ice Silkworm True Person received the news and immediately rushed over, standing atop a high peak, gazing into the sky at a huge spiritual energy whirlpool.

"The spiritual energy forms a vortex, the celestial phenomenon of Core Formation! This youngster should succeed, right?"

Ice Silkworm True Person talked to himself.

The spiritual energy whirlpool slowly began to rotate, surging toward Qingmei Pavilion.

A quarter-hour later, the spiritual energy whirlpool submerged into Qingmei Pavilion.

A thunderous roar sounded, and dark clouds gathered densely above, forming a massive thundercloud over Qingmei Pavilion.

"Heavenly Tribulation!"

Ice Silkworm True Person’s face tensed, and his eyes filled with nervousness.

Generally speaking, when a Foundation Establishment cultivator attempts to break through to the Core Formation Stage, they must withstand twenty-seven strikes of Heavenly Tribulation. For more powerful Foundation Establishment cultivators, the power of the Heavenly Tribulation could be greater, which often manifests in special forms of thunder and lightning.

If Heavenly Tribulation treated everyone equally, the number of Core Formation cultivators from major powers could increase tenfold or even dozens of times.

In a way, Heavenly Tribulation is also a test from the heavens, as well as a form of recognition. The stronger the cultivator, the more powerful the Heavenly Tribulation when breaking through significant stages.

When Ice Silkworm True Person was breaking through to the Core Formation Stage, among the twenty-seven strikes of Heavenly Tribulation, there were three strikes of Dual-Color Divine Thunder.

The thundering sound of thunder rang out, the thunderclouds churned, and a lightning bolt as thick as a finger flashed down, aiming straight for Qingmei Pavilion.

A massive amount of yellow mist emerged from the ground, the rolling yellow fog enveloped Qingmei Pavilion.

The silver lightning entered the yellow fog and disappeared without a trace, as if it had sunk into the sea, with no sound escaping.

Soon after, a bolt of silver lightning, thicker than the previous one, struck down, followed by a third bolt of silver lightning...

Time passed by, and with each strike of Heavenly Tribulation, the area of the yellow fog sea gradually shrank, as did the thunderclouds above.

When the twenty-fourth Heavenly Tribulation strike descended, the storm clouds churned and surged, producing arcs of green, red, and blue lightning.

"Tricolor Divine Thunder!"

Ice Silkworm True Person exclaimed in surprise.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators challenging the Core Formation Stage and drawing the Tricolor Divine Thunder had not been unheard of in the history of Spirit Control Sect, with fewer than twenty occurrences, it was a rare event that only happened once in a thousand years.

When Du Yinyin challenged the Core Formation Stage, she attracted seven stripes of Dual-Color Divine Thunder, which was already quite remarkable.

Shen Long had actually drawn three stripes of Tricolor Divine Thunder, and although it was only one more color than the usual, the power of Tricolor Divine Thunder was much stronger than that of the Dual-Color Divine Thunder, and it was also a form of recognition from the heavens.

The tricolor thunderclouds roiled and surged, sending down a thick bolt of tricolor lightning, streaking towards the small valley below.

Qingmei Pavilion had already been split apart, and Shen Long sat cross-legged on the ground, protected by a thick water-blue shield of light.

Ice Silkworm True Person had given him a set of top-grade Magic Artifacts for defense that he used to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, and the effect was quite good.

Shen Long never expected that he would draw the Tricolor Divine Thunder.

He flicked his wrist, and the Five Spirit Beads emitted a blinding Spiritual Light, as a thick multicolored shield flashed into existence, protecting his entire body while he produced a dazzling golden Talisman.

A third-grade Glazed Gold Body Talisman, Shen Long had just purchased a third-grade defensive talisman at Refuse Barbarian City.

During the journey to the Secret Realm, he had used up two third-grade talismans given to him by Ice Silkworm True Person, but still had the Glazed Gold Body Talisman, which would come in handy.

He slapped the Glazed Gold Body Talisman onto his body and, with a flash of golden light, a golden membrane enveloped him, making him look like a golden Buddha from afar.

The Tricolor Divine Thunder struck the water-blue shield, shattering it as if it were made of paper, then hit the multicolored screen, dimming its brilliance as the Five Spirit Beads developed some fine cracks on their surface.

Soon, the second bolt of Tricolor Divine Thunder descended, striking the multicolored shield, which shattered instantly like paper, and Tricolor Divine Thunder then struck Shen Long, with the tricolor lightning engulfing his silhouette.

The tricolor thunderclouds roiled and transformed into a gigantic tricolor thunder crane enveloped in circling lightning.

Any living being challenging a major boundary would face their last strike of the Heavenly Tribulation in the form of a living creature, also the strongest strike.

The thunder crane flapped its wings gently and swooped down from high above, heading straight for Shen Long.

The thunder crane plunged into the tricolor lightning, emitting an earth-shattering boom, the lightning flared, and the entire valley shook lightly, dust billowing.

At that moment, Chen Xiao also arrived, his expression solemn.

An astonishing Spirit Pressure burst from within the lightning, shooting into the sky, and Ice Silkworm True Person heaved a sigh of relief before flying towards Qingmei Pavilion.

As the dust cleared, Shen Long stood in a large pit billowing with black smoke, the golden membrane was gone, and the ground was littered with numerous Gold Ants, lifeless and charred.

The flesh on Shen Long’s body was a bloody blur, with some black dragon scales visible.

The last strike of the Heavenly Tribulation was too powerful, Glazed Gold Body Talisman could not hold it off, Shen Long summoned over a hundred thousand Gold Ants to form an armor to protect himself, while also using the Divine Skills from the Nine Transformations Flood Dragon Art, growing dragon scales on his body for protection, and thus he withstood the Heavenly Tribulation.

"Shen Long, take an Elixir quickly to heal your wounds, don’t damage your foundation."

Ice Silkworm True Person took out a snow-white pill and handed it to Shen Long.

Without any hesitation, Shen Long tossed the white pill into his mouth and swallowed it, then began Cultivating to heal his injuries.

Chen Xiao arrived, standing silently to the side.

Half an hour later, Shen Long finished Cultivating, looking somewhat improved.

"Thank you, Master."

Shen Long stood up and bowed respectfully.

"My boy, you attracted the Tricolor Divine Thunder, which was beyond your teacher’s expectations, but luckily you are unharmed."

Ice Silkworm True Person said with a smile.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Shen, our sect has gained another Core Formation Cultivator."

Chen Xiao congratulated Shen Long.