But fortunately, Chen Xu remained alert, and he quickly controlled his emotions again.

Until the slow simmering, it was unclear how much time had passed.

At a certain moment, Chen Xu's Essence attribute suddenly rose by one point!

[Essence: 559]

A mere point of Essence, yet it was the most subtle signal.

Chen Xu used immense willpower to control the fluctuations of his emotions, continuing the slow simmering.

Again, it was unclear how much time had passed until the surrounding thick vapor seemed to slow in its weakening signs, and Chen Xu's Essence attribute suddenly increased directly by 10 points!

[Essence: 568]

It was those slowly infiltrating water Spiritual Qi that nourished Chen Xu's physique, causing his Essence to rise.

Chen Xu continued his cultivation, perceiving every subtle change during the process of refining the Great Pill.

At some point, the originally gushing True Qi within his meridians was entirely gathered together.

Converging in his Dantian, it turned into a thick mass.

Even further, the viscous True Qi similar to Jade Dew continued to gather as if it were a large medicine dried of impurities by flames.

The medicine ball gathered and solidified, gradually showing signs of forming a sphere.

In the Dantian, the medicine ball continued to become more rounded during the refining process of water and fire.

It rolled around, as if being kneaded and kneaded by an invisible great hand.

This so-called invisible hand was naturally Chen Xu's Divine Thought.

He was engrossed, excited, gradually even forgetting he was cultivating, only wanting to knead a perfect Pill.

Until a moment came when a faint exclamation seemed to sound in his ears.

Startled, Chen Xu's Heart and Spirit became confused, involuntarily pulling him away from the previous wondrous state.

Was his Condensing Pill going to fail?

No!

Thanks to this exclamation, Chen Xu snapped back, realizing his Tri-Attribute was not yet balanced.

He suppressed his rapid heartbeat, quickly attending to his Tri-Attribute, fully replenishing the deficient Essence and Divine Soul.

Essence was replenished from [570] to [605], consuming Free Attribute Points [35].

Divine Soul, likewise, was replenished from [581] to [605], consuming Free Attribute Points [24].

At this point, Chen Xu had [42] Free Attribute Points remaining!

Although it was a historical low, at the moment of complete balance of the Tri-Attribute, Chen Xu suddenly felt his Divine Thought leaping, entering a marvelously infinite world.

There, seemed to be an untamed void.

Pitch dark, yet boundless.

No sight of time or space, hard to distinguish up from down, past from future.

Yet suddenly at a certain moment, a spark of light ignited in this void world.

It was a flame!

A wisp of golden flame, hovering in this boundless world.

Like the first wisp of energy at the dawn of creation, instantly illuminating in all directions, giving the void shape and structure, past and future.

The flame thus began to generate from the first wisp.

The second wisp, the third wisp... then countless wisps.

Just as said, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three.

Three gives birth to all things.

Perhaps so.

Tens of thousands of rays transformed into a shimmering Golden Core, at this moment, bursting forth.

Chen Xu's Divine Thought was vibrant and excited, yet calm and collected.

He once again immersed himself in this marvelous change, only to see the radiant Golden Core rising in the boundless void, ascending!

Where is it headed?

Fire rises upward, the brilliant Golden Core naturally strives to break free from the confines of the Dantian, heading toward the true boundless world!

Chen Xu promptly understood, this was the second major checkpoint in refining the Golden Core.

Capturing the Golden Core!

Or rather, at this moment, Chen Xu's Golden Core was soaring upward, much like human thoughts, ever-changing.

It's been refined, yet it carries the risk of slipping away at any moment.

To apply the theory of Taoist cultivation, Chen Xu at this moment should capture the Golden Core, tame the mind-chasing monkey, control the surging heart, thereby truly grasping power.

Chen Xu was stirred but still not in haste.

The Golden Core seemed ready to fly away, yet he didn't forcibly suppress it, instead silently reciting in his heart:

"Stop the wild heart, it rests in Bodhi."

"Eighty-four thousand errant thoughts are swept with one whip into the true void."

"Bind the mind-chasing monkey without a knife, no whip needed to tame the mind-horses."

"Awareness arises as thoughts arise, once aware, do not follow."

"Heart dies, Divine Lives, thoughts cease and Qi is born..."

He recited silently, while also constantly analyzing the essence of the scriptures in the depths of his heart.

As in the very beginning, when he first arrived in this world.

He discovered his own helplessness, so he resolved to find a way out through diligent study.

At first, he had no silver coins to buy paper and pens, so he broke off withered branches and practiced writing on the ground.

He had no famous teacher to guide him, and could not even attend school, so he walked twenty miles of mountain roads daily to the town's private school to quietly audit the young scholars' lectures.

The children in the school drove him away, but he bore the insults, picking up a broom to clean the school.

Or he worked as a cleaner and odd-jobber, and by running errands and copying books for the students, he eventually was no longer driven away.

Eventually, the teacher would occasionally help him clear up his doubts unintentionally.

Until he could finally recite the introductory books fluently, returning home to exhibit his talent to his parents, thus gaining the full support of the family, and finally being able to enter the school with dignity.

He memorized the profound and obscure Four Books and Five Classics, and passed the local scholar examination.

He experienced years of failure in the County School exams as well.

He once read by candlelight on a snowy night, and under the blazing sun, he silently recited and analyzed the scriptures while helping his family with the harvest.

He experienced all sorts of worldly hardships and contempt.

He was not born with extraordinary talent, receiving universal acclaim.

This path was paved by his own blood-soaked footprints, one step at a time!

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book was an amazing surprise, but it was not all of Chen Xu.

To this day, what reason does Chen Xu have to fail to control his restless mind?

In the vast emptiness of the Dantian, in the light of the soaring Golden Core, there seemed to be a strange monkey laughing shrilly.

It seemed to say, "Cultivation is tedious, how can it be more interesting than fame and fortune, fine wine and beautiful women, the bustling world?

Hehe, boy, why do people suffer?

Isn't it to enjoy?

Come, indulge...

Hehehe!"

Laughter overlapped, filled with eerie strangeness.

But compared to the many Ghost Markets Chen Xu had seen, it was nothing.

"Let the heart die and the spirit live, the thought stops and the Qi arises!"

Invisible, it seemed a great hand descended from the sky.

With ease, it captured the soaring Golden Core.

The strange monkey in the light of the Golden Core let out a sharp scream, then vanished like a bubble.

Fame and fortune, fine wine and beautiful women, the bustling world?

High-ranking officials, renowned for a time, magnificence and exuberance...

What of it?

Short as a hundred years, long as a thousand, it will eventually turn to a handful of dust.

Even if one's name endures in history, those grand records will ultimately fade.

I do not need others to remember me, I will ultimately embark on the path of the Dao.

Not necessarily to live forever, but certainly to understand the Way, then to die without regret!

If one achieves longevity, it would not be in vain either.

Dong!

The Golden Core fell into his abdomen.

Within the Dantian, the light flames slowly receded.

The glow of the Golden Core remained brilliantly bright, yet now indescribably gentle, making Chen Xu's Divine Thought remarkably clear, feeling he had never experienced such a marvellous moment in his life.

The Golden Core floated at the center of the vast Dantian.

Suddenly, a wisp of vapor rose.

The Golden Core fell into his abdomen.

Within the Dantian, the light flames slowly receded.

The glow of the Golden Core remained brilliantly bright, yet now indescribably gentle, making Chen Xu's Divine Thought remarkably clear, feeling he had never experienced such a marvellous moment in his life.

The Golden Core floated at the center of the vast Dantian.

Suddenly, a wisp of vapor rose. The Golden Core fell into his abdomen.

Within the Dantian, the light flames slowly receded.

The glow of the Golden Core remained brilliantly bright, yet now indescribably gentle, making Chen Xu's Divine Thought remarkably clear, feeling he had never experienced such a marvellous moment in his life.

The Golden Core floated at the center of the vast Dantian.

Suddenly, a wisp of vapor rose.

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