Gold Core Is A Star, You Call This Cultivating Immortality?

Chapter 138: Ordinary and Unremarkable Gold Core

The starry sky is brilliant, with the Milky Way stretching across the heavens.

The universe is vast and profound, desolate yet boundless.

One cannot see the end at a glance, with countless stars.

A star burns with endless fire, emitting endless heat, as if Qi Yuan is within reach, just a hand away.

Hot and scorching, sweat drips from Ning Tao's fair and tender face. Her black long dress clings tightly to her petite body, accentuating her graceful figure. Even as a Great Supreme, she can feel the heat at this moment.

She looks at this universe with a peculiar expression, tinged with a hint of fear of the unknown.

The so-called stars are all connected to the legends of deities.

And in this universe, there are so many stars...

Qi Yuan embraces Ning Tao, his body scorching, even hotter than Ning Tao's delicate body. His voice trembles as he says, "This is a brand new universe..."

If we were to divide it according to the concept of the universe, in reality, the Ash Water World, the Moon Watching Continent, and the Drifting Wind World are all in the same universe.

Above the sky, there is the same expanse of stars, the same projection of gods, or rather, reflection.

Of course, the situation in the Drifting Wind World may be somewhat special.

Qi Yuan has come to a brand new universe through the Gate of Myriad Differences.

This universe is completely silent.

Qi Yuan does not sense any living beings.

Or perhaps, there are living beings, but he does not sense them.

In any case, the sun, moon, and stars here are the true sun, moon, and stars.

They are not the reflection of gods, nor false projections.

Qi Yuan holds Ning Tao, and the Great Sun Golden Lotus within him burns everything. His consciousness begins to blur.

Leaving the Drifting Wind World, he seems to have left the game and does not need to immediately return to the Ash Water World.

But his current physical condition needs to be resolved.

The Great Sun Golden Lotus continues to burn.

He looks at Ning Tao, and a trace of fluctuation appears in his expression. "I should go."

Otherwise, the Great Sun Golden Lotus will harm Ning Tao.

Ning Tao stands in the vast void, looking at the familiar figure within reach. Her eyes are determined as she tightly grips Qi Yuan's sleeve. Her slender legs wrapped in black stockings also tightly hold onto Qi Yuan's waist, as if she is afraid that he will suddenly disappear like before.

Looking at the timid Ning Tao, a smile appears in Qi Yuan's eyes. "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Qi Yuan says as he looks at the star in front of him, which appears to be small. "See, that little sun will soon become my Gold Core."

A trace of confusion flashes in Ning Tao's eyes.

She doesn't understand, but she listens quietly.

"I want to go there and swallow it," Qi Yuan's eyes showed determination.

"You don't have to worry about me, I... Heavenly Dao Foundation Building, just swallowing a star!

I once heard of a powerful being who swallowed the entire universe in one gulp.

Swallowing a star is nothing."

"Blood Pearl... you're not allowed to deceive me!" Ning Tao's eyes filled with mist.

She was afraid, Qi Yuan was deceiving her.

Qi Yuan wanted to leave her alone here to face the burning Great Sun Golden Lotus that would incinerate everything.

"When have I ever deceived you?" Qi Yuan's thoughts were complicated, he held Ning Tao's delicate hand, his expression gentle.

The bond between the two was deep, very deep.

At this moment, the burning of the Great Sun Golden Lotus became even more terrifying, and in an instant, it burned Ning Tao's clothes to ashes. It was as if she intentionally didn't resist this burning.

Qi Yuan's hand rested on Ning Tao's smooth back, and he could see every inch of her fair and jade-like body.

The petite body slightly trembled, and the inverted jade bowl lightly brushed against his arm, Qi Yuan suppressed his greed.

Ning Tao leaned close to Qi Yuan's ear, her voice soft and sweet, but her tone was domineering: "Blood Pearl, you've seen this lady's body, even if this lady is ugly, you can't despise her!

If you leave without saying goodbye, this lady... will keep you by her side for eternity!"

At this moment, Qi Yuan couldn't tell whether the charming young girl in his arms was a canary or Ning Tao.

He only knew that her eyebrows and eyes were particularly captivating.

"No, I won't." Qi Yuan looked at the girl, his gaze firm, but with a hint of concern, "It's just... after I refine the star into a Gold Core, I might... leave this place. Perhaps, only the Gold Core will stay here.

If I form a Gold Core, don't keep looking at it, you might forget."

He would leave a part of himself here.

Ning Tao seemed to understand but not fully. She tilted her head, her moist vermilion lips approached Qi Yuan, and she lightly bit her teeth, a proud smile on her face. "I've left a mark, husband, from now on, you belong to me."

But soon, her smile disappeared, and a timid expression appeared on her face. "Blood Pearl, you also bite this lady, this lady... wants to be yours!"

Bold and charming was Ning Tao, shy and coquettish was the canary.

Qi Yuan lowered his head and leaned in, a faint fragrance wafted over, he said, "The combined mental age of the two of us is not even as big as someone else's shoe size.

Little friend Ning Tao, I have to go."

Such childishness, simplicity, and purity dispelled the worries in Qi Yuan's heart.

Ning Tao hugged Qi Yuan's head, her snow-white face blushing. On her body, a black dress appeared again, and her slender and fair legs were once again wrapped in black stockings.

At their level, in the dust of the universe, condensing a piece of clothing was the simplest thing, of course, it could also be condensed using mana.

She looked at Qi Yuan, her voice carrying a hint of arrogance, "You know."

Qi Yuan nodded, he looked deeply at Ning Tao, his gaze turned to the countless stars in the vast universe.

Finally, it landed on the closest and smallest sun.

He charged forward without hesitation.

Ning Tao watched from afar, separated by the vast universe.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

After an unknown period of time, a strong light suddenly flashed on that star.

The light quickly extinguished.

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Qi Yuan's eyes.

He had entered the interior of this star.

Endless high pressure and high temperature compressed and burned his body.

Within his body, the Great Sun Golden Lotus was also burning everything.

The two continued to burn, reaching a delicate balance.

The pain Qi Yuan's body endured far surpassed anything he had experienced before.

Especially the Great Sun Golden Lotus, its terrifying ability to burn everything made his body unbearable.

Radiance of Death!

The ultimate skill was continuously displayed, and Qi Yuan's power continued to rise.

He was resisting the Great Sun Golden Lotus.

The Great Sun Golden Lotus was the relic of the Great Sun Illuminating Buddha after his nirvana, incredibly terrifying.

After being covered in dust, it would burn everything in the world.

"Forget!"

At this moment, Qi Yuan displayed his Origin Divine Ability, the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra.

At this moment, only the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra could change the situation.

He fully unleashed the power of the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra at this moment.

This Origin Divine Ability, which was powerful enough to leave a mark on the Gate of Myriad Differences, was now displaying its true power.

During his time in the Drifting Wind World, Qi Yuan rarely used the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra.

Previously, Qi Yuan rarely used the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra because using it too much would also affect himself.

So even if he used it, he exercised great restraint.

The Origin Divine Ability was his path.

As a player, how could his own path affect himself?

Even if he forgets, it is because he wants to forget, not because he is influenced by the Origin Divine Ability.

When he condensed the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra and broke free from the predicament of transforming into the Great Demon at the Gate of Myriad Differences, he had already planned it.

Just like how the Origin Divine Ability, Illusionary Realm Master's Heart Demon Induction, was engraved on his Law Weapon formed from a drop of his blood.

His plan was to engrave the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra on his Gold Core.

So at this moment, he could use the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra without any restraint.

"Forgetting is the truth."

"Forgetting is the path."

"You are the Great Sun Golden Lotus, you have not been covered in dust."

"I am the Great Sun Illuminating Buddha, and you are a part of my body!"

The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra was influencing everyone.

Qi Yuan's body was scorching hot, blood-red, and flames were constantly burning.

But his body emitted a pervasive Buddha nature.

The Great Sun Golden Lotus seemed to have spirituality. It really slowed down its burning, but when it sensed the various auras of greed, arrogance, and lust on the blood-colored longsword, it started burning again, even more fiercely than before.

Qi Yuan threw the longsword directly into the void.

"It is my third corpse, already severed!"

"I am the Great Sun Illuminating Buddha!"

"You are the relic in my stomach!"

"You have not been covered in dust!"

Qi Yuan continuously displayed his Origin Divine Ability, soothing the Great Sun Golden Lotus.

He spoke with a voice full of charm as lotus flowers bloomed from his mouth.

Inside the star, the burning of the Great Sun Golden Lotus finally subsided.

Qi Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "One of the treasures has been soothed, but there is still one more to go."

The Great Sun Golden Lotus had been soothed, but this star had not yet been soothed.

"Thanks to Bai Ze, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to soothe." Qi Yuan sighed.

Before leaving the Drifting Wind World, Bai Ze had helped Qi Yuan by swallowing all the heart demons in the world into the Heart Demon Induction Sword.

Bai Ze also bestowed countless Buddhist teachings and some gifts from the Great Sun Illuminating Buddha to Qi Yuan.

That's why Qi Yuan could better soothe the Great Sun Golden Lotus with the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra.

"Great Sun Golden Lotus, mold my flawless golden body of crystal!"

Qi Yuan shouted loudly.

The flawless golden body of crystal must be cultivated.

He wanted to forge the hardest stomach in the world, otherwise, how could he swallow the Gold Core?

With his shout, the Great Sun Golden Lotus burned again.

But this time, it wasn't burning everything, but burning Qi Yuan's soul and body.

The immense energy of the Great Sun Golden Lotus continuously eroded Qi Yuan's body, inch by inch, thread by thread.

This kind of pain was unbearable.

But Qi Yuan's eyes burst with ambition: "Only by enduring hardships can one become superior. I, Qi Yuan, will definitely dominate the cultivation world in high school!"

The Great Sun Golden Lotus continued to burn, reshaping his body.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Yuan opened his eyes as if he had experienced endless years. His skin was translucent and emitted a faint glow, like white porcelain.

Just by looking at him, one would feel a sense of holiness and want to worship him.

"The flawless golden body of glass... has finally been achieved."

With such a powerful golden body, swallowing a star should be no problem, right?

His eyes finally turned to the star he was on.

He passed through this star and looked at the countless stars.

The other stars were all bigger than this one.

This greatly stimulated Qi Yuan's appetite.

However, he was easily satisfied, looking at the small sun he was on and saying, "Even though you're small, you're still cute."

As he spoke, his entire body's cultivation power radiated at this moment.

To advance from Foundation Building to Gold Core, a cultivator needed complete cultivation power, a suitable vessel for the Gold Core, and the ability to condense their cultivation power into a solid form, assimilating the vessel and refining their own Gold Core.

Qi Yuan didn't know how much cultivation power he had.

But it was definitely a lot.

"Even an ordinary Foundation Building cultivator can form an Immortal Grade Gold Core!"

"With my Heavenly Dao Foundation Building and complete Violet Palace cultivation power, forming a star Gold Core shouldn't be a problem!"

His powerful cultivation power continued to permeate.

After just a few dozen breaths, Qi Yuan's face showed a disappointed expression. "I was wrong, you're not small at all, not cute at all."

This star was already the smallest within Qi Yuan's sight.

However, this volume was estimated to be thousands or even tens of thousands of times larger than the Blue Star in his previous life.

His cultivation power simply couldn't condense enough solid matter, nor could it wrap around and refine this star into his own Gold Core.

Qi Yuan looked at the small sun and used the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra again.

"You're not the sun, you're a chocolate ball."

The small sun didn't react at all.

"You're not a star, you're not the sun, you're the Gold Core I left here!"

With Qi Yuan's voice, the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra reached its peak.

At this moment, he wanted to engrave the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra onto this star.

His Origin Divine Ability was finally about to reach the legendary state of engraving.

He shouted, "Great Sun Golden Lotus, explode for me!"

Qi Yuan grabbed with both hands.

On one hand, he tried to engrave the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra onto the star.

On the other hand, he directly exploded his flawless golden body, his entire body spreading throughout the star, wrapping and refining it into his own Gold Core.

At this moment, Qi Yuan shattered into countless particles.

He only retained his final consciousness.

"This is not my physical body, this is my cultivation power."

"You are my Gold Core!"

The supreme Origin Divine Ability, the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra, continued to engrave on the star.

The star, which initially seemed somewhat "silent," began to explode wildly.

The shattered flesh and blood of the flawless golden body floated above the star.

"In the mortal world, there is always Heavenly Dao for a world to be complete!

You don't have Heavenly Dao above you, so we are a perfect match!"

"You are a chocolate ball!"

"You are an egg!"

"You are a stone!"

"You are my Gold Core!"

Qi Yuan continued to engrave.

The potential of the Great Forgetting Heart Sutra clearly surpassed the Illusory Realm Master's Heart Demon too much.

With this powerful origin continuously engraving, and with no Heavenly Dao on this star, no one could stop Qi Yuan.

As long as Qi Yuan's appetite was big enough, he could swallow this star in one bite.

This star was gradually collapsing step by step.

The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra continued to engrave, and this star slowly transformed into Qi Yuan's shape.

Qi Yuan no longer had a physical body, and his flawless golden body had turned into solid cultivation power, wrapping the star lightly.

Of course, this wrapping was more like a touch-and-go.

It was completely fragmented in various places.

It was too big!

The star was just too big!

It was not cute at all!

The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra continued to engrave without any obstacles.

The unattainable "Daydreaming Technique of the Great Sun" was achieved by Qi Yuan at this moment.

This universe was not limited to just this one star!

Infinite galaxies, countless stars and planets.

There is no Heavenly Dao, no other living beings.

This universe is completely unexplored.

Qi Yuan eats what's in his bowl, while thinking about what's in the pot.

"The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra is engraved!"

"Gold Core... begins!"

Qi Yuan shouts loudly.

The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra is finally engraved on this star.

This star finally takes on Qi Yuan's form.

"Condense!"

A terrifying aura sweeps through, and the star suddenly bursts with intense light, forming a Gold Core. The intense light dissipates, and the star returns to its original appearance.

No matter who comes to this realm, they would probably see this star as an ordinary one, not as a cultivator's Gold Core.

The aura of the Forgotten Realm permeates the star's Gold Core, suspended in the vast universe.

Swallowing a Gold Core, today I finally know who I am!

Qi Yuan finally forms a Gold Core and becomes a Gold Core Perfected Being!

In the Divine Light Sect, apart from a few peak masters, this is also a rare existence!

Qi Yuan's consciousness slowly returns.

His eyes gaze at the black figure in the depths of the universe, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

The radiance of the star turns into a galaxy at this moment, magnificent and beautiful, like auspicious clouds.

The galaxy cuts through the endless universe and falls in front of Ning Tao.

As a Great Supreme, Ning Tao is astonished and puzzled when she sees this scene.

The terrifying aura ahead surpasses everything.

Even the Sovereign and the White Emperor appear insignificant in the face of this terrifying aura.

"Blood Bead..." Ning Tao's lips tremble.

She sees through the galaxy but does not see the figure she is most familiar with.

At this moment, the star also emits its final sound.

"It is here, I am here."

The white galaxy sweeps over, baptizing Ning Tao's body at this moment.

It can be said that Qi Yuan's Gold Core is infinitely powerful.

He is the star, and he is also the Heavenly Dao.

Now this Gold Core can be compared to a deity, or even... more terrifying than a deity.

After all, how can an ordinary Yin God stand against a star?

Ning Tao steps onto the galaxy formed by starlight, looking up at the seemingly close star, a smile appears on her lips. "This is much better than the ends of the earth."

In the lonely universe, the girl is accompanied by the star.

...

Ash Water World.

"Pain!"

"So painful!"

"So swollen?"

Inside the wooden house, Qi Yuan is in pain, clutching his stomach.

"Am I pregnant?"

He looks at his stomach, which looks no different from usual.

But he feels that his stomach is swollen and empty at the same time, conflicting sensations.

He looks at the wooden cat puppet on the bedside.

Helplessness flashes in his eyes.

"One day underground, a hundred years in the sky."

The time difference in that universe is very, very large.

"What about my Gold Core?"

Qi Yuan looks inward at his dantian, only to see that it is empty, with nothing at all.

"My Gold Core is still left... in that universe?"

At this moment, Qi Yuan feels something and walks out of his wooden house.

He looks up at the starry sky, where countless stars can be faintly seen in the blue sky.

At a glance, Qi Yuan sees that beside the radiant sun, there is an additional... small sun.

The small sun is not as dazzling as the big sun, but it still emits a radiant light.

He looks at the sun in the sky.

[The projection of the star's Gold Core, there has always been a woman accompanying you.]

One day on the ground, a hundred years in the sky.

"When I grow up a little more, I should be able to swallow more stars. This time difference... is just right."

(ps1: Before leaving, Qi Yuan bestowed blessings upon Ning Tao, enhancing her strength.

ps2: Ning Tao is located on the star's Gold Core and is in a special state. This will be mentioned when she appears later, as it is related to Ning Tao's future path.

So... this is not actually for the sake of cruelty, or rather, it's not actually cruel.)

(End of this chapter)