Peak Golden Core in Half a Day

Li Fan stood in the secret chamber, silent for a long time as he pondered countermeasures. Having calmed down, he was not overly panicked. After all, his current situation was far from reaching the end of the line. The myriad living beings of the Xuanhuang Realm possessed no True Reversion; in life, they had only one chance. He had merely returned to the same starting point as everyone else. Moreover, he still held the immense advantage of foreknowledge accumulated over numerous cycles of reincarnation across his previous lives. "All of this originated from a casual thought back then. "When creating the clone with Xu Ke's essence blood, I blended in a wisp of Mr. Bai's divine charm." Li Fan thought rapidly, quickly pinpointing the source of all his anomalies. "Indeed, there is no free lunch under heaven. "By bearing a divine likeness to Mr. Bai, I gained peerless talent and comprehended a few divine abilities. "In exchange, he subtly corrupted the clone, and even the original body. "Although I had grown wary the moment I sensed something was wrong, and resolved to activate True Reversion immediately if I noticed the original body being affected... "What I did not anticipate was that by the time the original body realized it, it was already too late." In Li Fan's mind, that breathtaking, flawless face flashed once again. "Mr. Bai..." "Interesting." "You wish to borrow me for your rebirth? Then I shall grant your wish!" A sharp glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes. The Dao Transformation Stone in his mind, already pushed to its absolute limit, suddenly erupted with a full burst of blue radiance once more. Countless images flashed within it as Li Fan deduced various possibilities for the future. "You wish to obstruct my Dao path... "It won't be that simple!" Abruptly, the light of the Dao Transformation Stone died out. Li Fan had already devised a countermeasure. A sneer played at the corner of his lips. Li Fan sat down slowly, unhurriedly returning to cracking the data of the Limitless Spirit Void Method once again. *** The scene returned to Xu Bai's side. Exchanging a glance with the sacred embryo, both simultaneously wore an eerie smile. Xu Bai pointed gently at the red string before him. "Go!" As if coming to life, the red string flew straight toward the sacred embryo. At the same time, Xu Bai took out piles of supreme-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and shattered them with a palm strike. The offspring—or clones—produced by the Sacred Blood Embryo Transformation Method possessed no cultivation. Yet for Sacred Embryo Xu Bai, this was no problem at all. His aptitudes were identical to Xu Bai's, having already reached an unimaginable level. Not to mention, he also possessed the cultivation experience accumulated over Li Fan's many years of reincarnation. "Absorb the spirit of heaven and earth to harness its Qi!" Sacred Embryo Xu Bai chanted softly. Inside the secret chamber, an invisible whirlwind seemed to whip up. Dense spiritual energy, nearly tangible, howled as it surged toward Sacred Embryo Xu Bai. In merely a few breaths, he shattered the boundary between mortal and immortal cultivator, successfully stepping into the early Qi Condensation stage. His speed of absorbing spiritual energy did not slow in the slightest; on the contrary, it grew even faster. The avatar Xu Bai remained expressionless, repeating the process of retrieving supreme-grade spirit stones, shattering them, and retrieving more. Had it been an ordinary cultivator absorbing so much spiritual energy in such a short time, their body would likely have burst long ago. Yet Sacred Embryo Xu Bai was like a bottomless pit. Without a change in expression, he swallowed however much spiritual energy came, drawing every bit into his dantian. His realm climbed upward at a speed visible to the naked eye. Middle Qi Condensation, late Qi Condensation... Peak Qi Condensation! The Heavenly Calamity that plagued countless cultivators across the world seemed not to exist at all for Sacred Embryo Xu Bai! For the first time, the avatar Xu Bai witnessed the horrifying speed of cultivation of a new method cultivator possessing truly top-tier talent without the hindrance of bottlenecks! "Borrow the wonders of heaven and earth to establish the Dao foundation!" Sacred Embryo Xu Bai chanted once more. Within his dantian, Mr. Bai's red string emanated a faint glow. Without the slightest obstruction, it fell naturally into place. In just the span of a breath, Sacred Embryo Xu Bai had successfully established his foundation. The faint red string dissolved in his dantian, turning into his Dao foundation. From this, he also learned its true name: Heaven's Will Sword. "If there be Heaven's will, it shall be one with mine." "Marvelous," Sacred Embryo Xu Bai and the avatar Xu Bai said in unison. Having stepped into the Foundation Establishment stage, Sacred Embryo Xu Bai did not halt his progress in the least. He continued to endlessly absorb the dense, pure spiritual energy filling the secret chamber. His cultivation realm climbed both rapidly and steadily. In the Foundation Establishment stage, there was still not the slightest bottleneck or calamity. Mid Foundation Establishment, late Foundation Establishment, peak Foundation Establishment... "Peer into the laws of heaven and earth to forge the Golden Core." Sacred Embryo Xu Bai stood with his hands behind his back, chanting under his breath. He opened his mouth and drew a breath; the dense spiritual energy in the chamber, which had been nearly condensing into liquid, emptied in an instant. He simply took a storage ring full of spirit stones handed over by the avatar Xu Bai and grasped it in his hand. Within his dantian, a red radiance slowly solidified. "My will is Heaven's will; my heart is Heaven's heart," Sacred Embryo Xu Bai murmured naturally, slowly. It was as though an earth-shattering explosion occurred. Red light swept across every corner of his dantian, then abruptly contracted to the utmost degree. Moments later, a speck of red light emerged within Sacred Embryo Xu Bai's dantian. Sacred Embryo Xu Bai had entered the Golden Core stage! In such a brief span, he had accomplished what ordinary cultivators took decades, or even centuries, to achieve. Still, he did not halt his cultivation. With the supply of spiritual energy unending, Sacred Embryo Xu Bai forged ahead toward peak Golden Core. Unsurprisingly, not a single Heavenly Calamity appeared. From this, one could catch a glimpse of the double standards of the Xuanhuang Realm's Heavenly Dao. And when Sacred Embryo Xu Bai finally succeeded in advancing to the peak Golden Core realm, scarcely half a day had passed since he was officially created. "Is this Mr. Bai's cultivation speed?" "No, Mr. Bai back then was even faster. A mortal becoming a Soul Formation cultivator in an instant." Within the secret chamber, Sacred Embryo Xu Bai and the avatar Xu Bai exchanged question and answer. After a long silence, the avatar Xu Bai shook his head slightly. "In today's Xuanhuang Realm, reaching Golden Core in half a day is already the limit." Sacred Embryo Xu Bai nodded in agreement. "'Plunder the essence of heaven and earth to achieve the Nascent Soul.' Without prior preparation, no matter how great the talent, one cannot advance a single inch further. "As the saying goes..." Sacred Embryo Xu Bai cupped his hands toward the avatar Xu Bai and walked away with a carefree stride. "Ahead lies an immortal path one cannot tread, for the Dharma-Transmitting Heavenly Venerable looms overhead!" His figure had vanished, yet his voice echoed in the secret chamber, lingering long after. The avatar Xu Bai knew that Sacred Embryo Xu Bai had gone out to seek the opportunity to form a Nascent Soul. Perhaps for other cultivators, this process would inevitably be fraught with immense hardship. Yet for Sacred Embryo Xu Bai, it was mere child's play. There was not even a need to worry about Sacred Embryo Xu Bai's safety. Though he was currently only at peak Golden Core, even a Soul Formation cultivator might not necessarily be his match. Because... "My heart is Heaven's heart."