Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation
Chapter 1333 - Chapter 1333 Chapter 868 Setting Foot in Yuanying_2

Chapter 1333: Chapter 868: Setting Foot in Yuanying!_2 Chapter 1333: Chapter 868: Setting Foot in Yuanying!_2 And beyond these measures,

He Song, to be even more secure, even set up another layer of Earth-Concealing Divine Light Array outside the location where he was.

In such circumstances, He Song was alone in this space, attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

As for the outside world,

anything that might disturb He Song had already been completely isolated.

On the outermost layer, the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Origin Array, a Nascent Soul Grand Array, stood guard.

Inside, there was also the Earth-Concealing Divine Light Array, a Golden Core Defense Array, on duty.

He Song, at the innermost layer, was as stable as Mount Tai.

And with all these arrangements in place,

He Song’s own state of mind had also been calm as still water for a long time.

But even so,

He Song waited for an auspicious day on the lunar calendar.

Only at this auspicious time did he immerse his mind into his Elixir Field.

The next moment,

He Song’s expression turned grave, and the Crack Elixir Skills were activated.

After a period of charging power, the sharp mana formed by the Crack Elixir Skills fiercely targeted the Golden Elixir within He Song’s Elixir Field.

And with a “crack” sound,

the previously smooth and mana-filled Golden Elixir

suddenly cracked open with numerous fissures.

It was like an egg covered with cracks on the outside,

seemingly on the verge of exploding the next moment.

Simultaneously, He Song’s body shook, and his face revealed an extremely painful expression.

However, this expression came quickly and left just as fast.

It soon calmed down.

Then, another Crack Elixir Skill was activated by He Song, and another sharp mana appeared within his Elixir Field.

Afterward,

as more Crack Elixir Skills were activated by He Song and violently bombarded his own Golden Elixir,

the Golden Elixir within He Song’s Elixir Field broke apart rapidly with time and continuous strikes from the Crack Elixir Skills.

In this manner,

after several times,

He Song’s Golden Elixir within his Elixir Field had completely shattered, with large golden fragments covering the inside of his Elixir Field.

And also at this moment,

He Song, who seemed to have endured the pain of a thousand cuts, let out a slow breath.

The Crack Elixir Skill was indeed powerful.

Merely after He Song cast the spell several times, he had successfully shattered the Golden Elixir within his Elixir Field.

But the Cultivator’s Golden Core is the foundation of a Gold Core Cultivator.

It is where a cultivator’s life and livelihood reside.

To destroy it, especially while conscious and by one’s own spellcasting hand,

the cultivator must endure an agony far greater than anything before.

Moreover, according to Meng Guan and Master Luo Jing, as well as the description of the Fragmenting Elixir and Condensing Nascent Soul Skill,

after successfully shattering their own Golden Elixir,

the cultivator’s life force and lifespan would rapidly deplete along with the fragmentation of the Golden Elixir.

The speed of this depletion was not too fast,

but it was not slow either.

And, before the cultivator could complete the condensation of their Yuanying,

this state would persist.

That is to say,

if a cultivator should fail to swiftly cast the secret skill to begin condensing their Yuanying after shattering their own Golden Elixir,

it’s likely that just the depletion of lifespan alone could cause their life force to rapidly vanish.

The depletion of lifespan would not immediately kill a Golden Elixir Great Perfection cultivator.

But it could drain much of the life force from their body, leaving them old and feeble.

And, if in the end,

the person still could not successfully condense the Nascent Soul,

then that lifespan could never be replenished.

That is to say,

once a cultivator fails in condensing the Nascent Soul, and most of their life force has ebbed away,

not only would their cultivation dissipate into nothing, but their remaining lifespan would also be very short.

Likely within a few years, at most a decade or so, they would die of old age.

Moreover,

the speed at which life force depletes after a cultivator fragments their Golden Elixir

would be perceived by the cultivator throughout the whole process.

Under such circumstances, a cultivator could carefully feel their life force fading away and their lifespan constantly reducing.

For a cultivator, such a situation is extremely severe.

After all, being able to sense the continuous loss of one’s life force and the reduction of lifespan.

The psychological pressure it brought was inevitably immense.

Few people could face it calmly.

Moreover, next, he had to withstand intense pain and the great psychological pressure of sensing his life essence ebbing away.

He labored to activate the Nascent Soul Secret Skill, attempting to gather the spiritual essence within the Golden Elixir Fragments and, with this essence as a foundation, he began to condense the Yuanying.

Such a feat,

For anyone, was probably not going to be simple.

Besides, during this period, he would likely be invaded by Heart Demons.

And this,

Was precisely the true reason why Gold Core Cultivators struggled to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Many Gold Core Cultivators fell at this step.

This elevated the status of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Cultivation World.

However,

He Song, who had just fragmented his Golden Core, preparing to attempt the Nascent Soul Secret Skill to begin condensing Yuanying,

Now sensed something amiss.

Logically,

As soon as he had shattered his Golden Core, he should have immediately felt his life force waning and his lifespan markedly diminishing.

But at this moment, He Song felt none of these issues.

He did not feel his life force continually ebbing away,

Nor did he sense a decrease in his lifespan.

Even the sharp pain from shattering his Golden Core, as time went by, he gradually adapted to.

Under such circumstances,

If He Song were to perform the Nascent Soul Secret Skill now, the interference he faced would be far less than that of an Ordinary Cultivator.

The reason for such a situation,

Based on He Song’s speculation,

Was likely related to his status as an everlasting being.

He Song did not quite understand why he could live forever,

Nor did he know where this longevity came from or what the principle behind it was.

But, how could an everlasting being see a reduction in life force due to the passing of lifespan?

As an everlasting being,

He Song’s lifespan was infinitely great.

Even if he did lose some lifespan,

This bit of lifespan to He Song was likely like a grain of sand in the Milky Way.

Even if it truly disappeared, it could not possibly affect the Milky Way at all.

Under such circumstances,

That reduction of life force caused by the passing of lifespan,

How could it possibly occur in He Song?

More so,

He Song still had no clear understanding of how an everlasting being’s lifespan should be calculated.

But he feared that even if his Golden Core were shattered thousands, millions, or even billions of times,

His lifespan was absolutely unlikely to diminish to a point where even he himself could feel it.

Thus, having shattered his Golden Core just once,

How could it affect He Song himself?

As for the pain inflicted upon the body after shattering the Golden Core,

That matter was even less of concern to He Song.

Although he could still feel pain after shattering his Golden Core,

If he wished, he could shut off his five senses, so even if his body was pierced through, he would not feel any pain.

This pain from shattering the Golden Core was just something He Song wanted to leave himself a reminder of as he attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Naturally, He Song could block it out at any time.

Of course, since the pain from shattering the Golden Core had gradually subsided with time,

He Song had not chosen to block it.

Instead, after realizing his own uniqueness,

He quickly started to activate the Nascent Soul Secret Skill, attempting to condense the Yuanying.

Since there were no external disturbances,

He Song naturally succeeded on his first attempt with the Nascent Soul Secret Skill.

And with the execution of the Heaven and Earth Condensing Yuan Skill,

He Song soon sensed wisps of spiritual essence over the Golden Elixir Fragments within his Elixir Field.

As he gathered these wisps of spiritual essence using the Heaven and Earth Condensing Yuan Skill,

They quickly coalesced within the center of He Song’s Elixir Field.

With the passage of time,

This essence became increasingly dense.

Ultimately,

Under the manipulation of He Song, the spiritual essence within all the Golden Elixir Fragments in his Elixir Field was consolidated at the very center of his Elixir Field.