"I've finally broken through!"

Lin Chang'sheng could feel the powerful magical power surging within him, his eyes filled with excitement. After all the hardships, he'd finally reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment!

Stepping into Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, the magical power in his dantian was double that of the Eighth Layer.

At the same time.

The experience points required on his status panel had changed to 256,000.

"Keep cultivating! Absorb! I won't leave until I reach the peak of Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer!"

Lin Chang'sheng made up his mind.

At the same time, he was rubbing an elixir in his left hand, while summoning Qi Hui's soul with his right, gently caressing it.

[Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique: Perfection!]

Half an hour passed, and Lin Chang'sheng's panel popped up with a red notification.

"Finally perfected!"

Seeing that crimson notification on his screen, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed with satisfaction. Without hesitation, he activated the perfected Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique, absorbing the vast spiritual energy from the middle grade earth spirit vein.

"Good lord…"

"So fast, huh. Looks like I can actually form my Golden Core right here!"

Feeling the immense spiritual energy flooding violently into his meridians, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes flashed with shock and anticipation.

The perfected Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi at least five times faster than the entry level.

Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer experience +1!

Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer experience +1!

.......

Red alerts kept popping up on his panel, like an engine running at full throttle!

....

Void Hall.

Nascent Soul Area.

On a towering peak, an old man with a lean frame and fierce aura stared into the distance, his eyes dark and grim.

This man was Beimu Divine Race's Nascent Soul Elder, Celestial Concealment, also the grandfather of the Beimu Saint Heir.

"Daoist Celestial Concealment, let's go seek our fortune first. The array in the center of Void Hall needs your full support."

"There are still two months left. Then Void Hall will open. That little worm at the peak of Foundation Establishment will be crushed to death in an instant!"

Just then, a burly, bald middle-aged man appeared behind Celestial Concealment, speaking in a deep, booming voice.

"Mm. Two months, then."

Celestial Concealment was silent for a long time, then turned slowly and left together with the bald middle-aged man.

...

Twenty days later.

Deep beneath the thousand-zhang Spirit Marrow Pool, in an underground chamber, a young man of about twenty-four or five, handsome and clad in black robes, sat cross-legged on a stone platform, a strong aura radiating from his body.

His powerful presence whipped up a storm that swept through the cavern, sending shards of rock flying in every direction!

"Finally, breakthrough—reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer!"

Lin Chang'sheng felt the surge of power in his body, his eyes shining with satisfaction, muttering beneath his breath.

Lin Chang'sheng realized, upon reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, his magical power within had doubled yet again.

Moreover, his divine sense now extended over 1,100 li.

"My divine sense's coverage is already on par with the late Golden Core Stage. Not much short of the Golden Core's peak either… The Mind Cultivation Technique really is amazing!"

"If I advance to Golden Core, doesn't that mean my divine sense will rival the early Nascent Soul stage?"

Feeling the dramatic enhancement in his divine sense, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes glimmered with excitement.

"Just need to temper my peak Foundation Establishment cultivation a little more, then I can think about forming my Golden Core!"

Thinking thus, Lin Chang'sheng immediately resumed channeling the Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique, absorbing the rich spiritual energy from the upper grade earth spirit vein.

Lin Chang'sheng discovered that after reaching the peak experience for Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, his experience points were stuck at 255,999, unable to advance any further.

"Every single bit of experience is critical, and if I can't break through... Looks like I need to swallow Jade Spirit Marrow and a Golden Molding Pill to smash open the bottleneck to the Golden Core Realm!"

Staring at the borderline experience points on his panel, Lin Chang'sheng felt one step away from perfection, his eyes full of anticipation.

However.

He also knew he had just jumped from Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer to Ninth, then to the peak, all in the span of a short time.

He couldn't rush to take the Golden Molding Pill yet—first, he had to cultivate the Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique, absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, temper his current cultivation, and only attempt the Golden Core breakthrough once everything was completely stabilized.

"Xiaobai, you come out and recover a bit too!"

Lin Chang'sheng's eyes gleamed.

He reached into his spirit beast bag, and in a flash, the little white fox appeared in the cave. Its big, adorable eyes scanned around, nose twitching as it sensed the massive spiritual energy pervading the place. Instantly, its eyes danced with delight as it started absorbing the local spiritual energy.

Having said all he needed, Lin Chang'sheng went back to cultivating the Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique experience +1!

Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique experience +1!

...

Time rolled on.

After half a month more, Lin Chang'sheng opened his eyes. He gazed at his panel:

[Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer 255,999/256,000]

Just a bit short, but Lin Chang'sheng could feel the magical power in his dantian surging wildly, like a raging sea. He knew it was time to prepare for Golden Core formation.

First, Lin Chang'sheng took out the Jade Spirit Marrow. He'd had five drops originally. After letting Xiaobai absorb one, only four remained.

Next, Lin Chang'sheng pulled out a Golden Molding Pill.

"Start by swallowing a drop of Jade Spirit Marrow!"

Lin Chang'sheng picked up a drop of Jade Spirit Marrow, tilting his head back and gulping it down.

As the Jade Spirit Marrow settled in, a chilling sensation shot down his throat, immediately exploding into vast spiritual energy that flooded every limb and meridian, including the eight extraordinary meridians.

In that instant, Lin Chang'sheng sensed his magical power in the dantian ignite.

If spiritual energy was hot oil, then Jade Spirit Marrow was ice water!

Ice meets oil—instantly, an explosive reaction!

In that moment, all Lin Chang'sheng's meridians and dantian erupted, swelling his veins full of magical power before it surged through his meridians, circulated the whole body, and poured back into his dantian!

Eventually, a huge vortex formed inside his dantian—and within that vortex, a faint Golden Core silhouette began to take shape.

The Golden Core shadow was only the size of a dove egg.

"Still not enough. Time for another drop of Jade Spirit Marrow!"

Seeing that the Golden Core phantom in his dantian hadn't condensed further, Lin Chang'sheng immediately took out another drop of Jade Spirit Marrow and swallowed it.

With the Jade Spirit Marrow entering his system, the magical power in his dantian blasted again like water droplets hitting hot oil!

Lin Chang'sheng quickly activated the Primordial Golden Core Soul Suppressing Technique, guiding the rampant magical power to coalesce his Golden Core in the dantian.

But after swallowing the second drop, Lin Chang'sheng noticed the Golden Core phantom inside him was about twice as large, roughly the size of two dove eggs.

"Hmm? The Jade Spirit Marrow actually makes the Golden Core larger?"

Seeing the Golden Core phantom expand, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes narrowed with inspiration and he took out another drop, gulping it down. Instantly, the magical power inside him surged again!

After consuming three drops, Lin Chang'sheng found that the Golden Core phantom in his dantian was now the size of a chicken egg, a little more solid, but still not quite enough to fully condense.

"Looks like forming a Golden Core isn't as simple as I thought…"

Staring at the chicken egg-sized Golden Core phantom in his dantian, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes filled with contemplation. He immediately pulled out his last drop of Jade Spirit Marrow.

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