Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest
Chapter 1098: 1098: Suddenly Only

Chapter 1098: Chapter 1098: Suddenly Only

Wang Chen quietly returned to Luodu Immortal City.

After returning, he did not stay at home all the time. Instead, he went shopping for supplies in the city with Su Ziling.

Moreover, Wang Chen also arranged a meeting with True Person Shen, where they drank wine, enjoyed tea, and discussed the Tao.

He even refined a Magical Treasure for a member of the Qijue Club.

However, a month later, Wang Chen took Su Ziling and left Luodu again under the pretext of traveling.

Returning to the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion.

“Is this a Cave Heaven and Blessed Land?”

This was Su Ziling’s first visit to the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion, and she was nearly intoxicated by the abundant nature’s spiritual energy inside.

She merely possessed the Purple Mansion Cultivation Level, hence inevitably experiencing the drunkenness of spiritual energy.

“That’s right.”

Wang Chen smiled and said: “I am going to cultivate here for a while, you should also focus on your practice, aiming to achieve Core Formation soon.”

“Yes.”

Su Ziling bashfully stuck out her tongue.

Her talent is not bad, and she is not lacking resources for cultivation. However, her girlish nature has not entirely vanished, so she is not exceptionally diligent in her training.

Therefore, her progress over the past few years has been small.

In bringing her to the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion, besides needing someone to guard it, Wang Chen chiefly hoped for Su Ziling to calm her mind and aim for a higher realm.

Not to catch up with him, but not too far behind either.

Wang Chen smiled and then handed Su Ziling a key.

This was the key to Mysterious Origin, a part of the secret treasure that controls the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion. Holding it grants partial authority over the Cave Heaven.

After Su Ziling had consecrated the key to Mysterious Origin, Wang Chen sealed the entire Cave Heaven.

The defensive level of the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion is extremely high, so there is no issue with safety. However, accidents are unpredictable, and as the saying goes, it is always better to be precautious.

Once Su Ziling took over the Mysterious Origin Dark Immortal Mansion, Wang Chen then reopened the interior of the Cave Heaven and entered the Fleeting Moment Tower.

The interior of Fleeting Moment Tower is peculiar, surrounded by boundless void, with only a three-foot space in the center to stand on.

After entering the tower, Wang Chen took out an Earth Origin Meditation Mat and placed it on the ground, then sat down cross-legged.

He activated the Immortal Mansion Key in his Sea of Consciousness and started to adjust the flow of time within Fleeting Moment Tower.

The default time flow rate of Fleeting Moment Tower is one-to-one with the outside world, and Wang Chen gradually adjusted it to one-to-ten.

Fleeting Moment Tower supports up to one-to-a-hundred, but the last time Wang Chen tested it, the consumption rate of spiritual energy was insane, not just at one-to-one-hundred but even at one-to-fifty.

This tower itself has absorbed a massive amount of nature’s spiritual energy and is situated on a water source, enabling it to continuously draw spiritual energy to maintain operations.

Having not been used for many years, the accumulated spiritual energy was naturally considerable.

But adjusting the time flow too high, no matter how much spiritual energy, wouldn’t last long. It’s an unwise choice for those who know better.

Wang Chen felt that one-to-ten was already quite good, and it allowed for a continuous, moderate consumption without overusing the reserves of Fleeting Moment Tower.

Presently, Wang Chen’s cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the Golden Core stage.

Above this was the Nascent Soul Great Realm.

Under normal circumstances, he could have attempted Breaking the Golden Core to Condense the Nascent Soul, and his chances would have been quite high.

Because Wang Chen possessed the Foundation of Establishing the Tao— the Cangqing Ring, and his talent also met the standards for condensing a Nascent Soul.

But Wang Chen was very clear about his own shortcoming.

That is, insufficient accumulation.

From a minor Qi Cultivator to the current pinnacle of Golden Core, he traversed what others took a hundred years to do in just twenty to thirty years.

The realm has been ascended too quickly!

Thus, Wang Chen plans to use the ten years within the Fleeting Moment Tower to compensate for these shortcomings.

He reorganized his cultivation system, starting from the initial Five Elements Skill, and bit by bit, re-perceived the cultivation techniques he learned, searching for potential oversights and flaws.

One year, two years, three years…

Wang Chen, within the Fleeting Moment Tower, deeply cultivated for a full ten years!

During these ten years, he revisited the cultivation process from the third layer of Qi Cultivation to the ninth layer of the Golden Core, adjusting his essence, energy, and spirit to the most perfect balance.

Although Wang Chen’s cultivation level could not advance any further, through such cultivation, he truly reached a flawless level of the Golden Core.

Water overflows when full, and the moon wanes when it reaches fullness, at this stage, Wang Chen knew the time to break the Golden Core to condense the Nascent Soul had arrived.

And there was no turning back!

Moreover, nearly half of the nature’s spiritual energy stored inside the Fleeting Moment Tower had been consumed by him.

The remainder should be enough to support the needs of condensing the Nascent Soul!

With a single thought, Wang Chen no longer hesitated and immediately activated the Innate Five Elements Skill, directing energy into his Dantian to stimulate the Golden Core.

This Golden Core had long reached the state of Perfection, and with the injection of Wang Chen’s mana, it resonated instantly with the Pill Force, causing the core to abruptly expand, emitting billions of dazzling rays.

The natural spiritual energy from outside continuously poured into his meridians through Wang Chen’s acupoints, and was refined into the purest mana, slowly polishing the Golden Core inside his Dantian.

Wang Chen achieved a First Grade of Golden Cores, his Pill Force extremely robust, and his core extraordinarily solid.

This resulted in the first step of Breaking the Golden Core to Condense the Nascent Soul being much more challenging than for his peers, requiring immense willpower and patience to break through.

Polishing the Golden Core alone took Wang Chen a full three months!

At this moment, his Golden Core was about the size of an adult’s fist, perfectly round and overflowing with golden light, the inner pill force potentially breaking through any barrier at any moment.

The most critical second step had arrived!

Wang Chen opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and his spirit abruptly sank into the Cangqing Ring worn on his left ring finger.

His Divine Soul consciousness instantly connected with this mini world.

Next moment, accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Golden Core in his Dantian suddenly burst open, transforming into a mass of extremely pure and robust pill energy.

A brilliant light flashed in Wang Chen’s eyes as he exerted all his mana to control this mass of pill energy.

The nearly tangible pill energy continuously contracted and expanded, twisting and squirming, gradually forming a head, torso, and limbs.

As time passed, the pill energy materialized, with distinguishable eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, strikingly resembling Wang Chen’s appearance.

And in Wang Chen’s ears, the thunderous roars rumbled.

Most peak Golden Cores, when breaking the core to condense the Nascent Soul, would trigger Heaven’s mechanisms resulting in a Heavenly Tribulation, usually manifesting as thunder strikes.

However, since Wang Chen acquired the World Origin Force to replenish the Haotian Realm, it was as if he had a Heavenly Dao permit, thus although the thunder roared loudly, no lightning could pierce the Cave Heaven into the Fleeting Moment Tower, at most causing minor mental disturbances.

And Wang Chen’s resolution in his Dao heart was exceedingly firm, such disturbances had no effect on him, and he quickly ignored them.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Wang Chen suddenly looked up to the sky, raising his palm to strike heavily on his forehead.

Boom!

His Apex Aperture abruptly opened, a vividly lifelike Nascent Soul true form leapt out, hovering above his head.

The Nascent Soul, just like Wang Chen, sat cross-legged, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy within the Fleeting Moment Tower.

Only when the tower’s spiritual energy was nearly depleted did it reluctantly re-enter Wang Chen’s body.

Wang Chen formed a Dharma Seal with his hands, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

He had caught a glimpse of a higher and further vista!

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