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

Chapter 157: The Yin God is too strong, I have to devour the stars!

Three days later.

Qi Yuan looked at the various techniques in the storage bag, smiling with satisfaction.

"Indeed, it feels good to have subordinates."

"If the techniques from the Drifting Wind World are useful to me, that would be even better."

"With so many techniques, I should be able to advance to the Divine Infant stage and reach the mid-Gold Core stage, right?"

Qi Yuan pondered.

For Qi Yuan, the cultivation of the Gold Core Great Dao was like an endless abyss.

After all, how many planets and stars are there in the universe?

Qi Yuan had no idea.

It would indeed consume a lot of energy to devour them all.

"However, the Gold Core Great Dao that I previously deduced should be enough for me to use the sun's true fire on my Gold Core and devour a few planets, right?"

Qi Yuan looked inward at his dantian, where there was a projection of a Gold Core with a blazing flame on top.

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

It wouldn't take long for him to be able to devour some planets for fun.

Without further hesitation, Qi Yuan immersed himself fully in the techniques he had obtained.

...

Great Shang Kingdom, Divine Light Sect.

Elder Xuan Chong of the Divine Medicine Peak had a grim expression, and the True Monarch Ku Mu didn't look too good either.

In front of them stood a young man in a white robe.

"True Monarch Ku Mu, we are from the same clan, how could I deceive you?"

"And Elder Xuan Chong, the three of us are from the same clan, we should prioritize the interests of the Wood Clan!" The young man in the white robe was named Mu Kong.

When the Wood Clan was being exterminated by Hong Lian, he was not in the clan and barely escaped with his life.

True Monarch Ku Mu looked at Mu Kong with a hint of anger in his eyes. "The interests of the Wood Clan? It's just your own interests!"

Mu Kong smiled faintly and said, "With True Monarch Ku Mu's talent, when will you be able to reach the Violet Palace realm?"

"As for my master, the Elder Supreme of the Red Sword Sect, he is a Violet Palace cultivator."

"As long as you offer the 'Wood Yuan Scripture' to the Great Shang Kingdom and serve the Red Sword Sect, my master's injuries can be healed, and we can seek revenge for the Wood Clan!"

He spoke with grandeur and confidence.

True Monarch Ku Mu's face darkened.

The Red Sword Sect had been coveting the Great Shang Kingdom for a long time.

The former emperor of the Great Shang Kingdom had the shadow of the Red Sword Sect behind him.

Now that the old emperor's support had failed, they sent Mu Kong as a mediator?

"True Monarch Ku Mu, give me an answer within three days, otherwise... if my master comes here, he won't be so reasonable." Mu Kong looked down on everything. "Today, hmm, I will stay at Seven Colour Peak."

"It is said that the peak master of Seven Colour Peak is incredibly beautiful. I wonder if I have the fortune to see her?"

True Monarch Ku Mu's face turned grim. "The peak master of Seven Colour Peak is in seclusion and does not see outsiders."

He didn't know that the peak of Seven Colour Peak had long been empty.

"What a pity," Mu Kong said regretfully.

His strength was weak, only at the Primal Core stage, so he naturally didn't dare to offend Ruan Yixi.

But... when his master arrived, the result might be different.

"True Monarch Ku Mu, Elder Xuan Chong, think carefully and prioritize the overall situation."

"In three days, if my master doesn't receive my message, he will personally come to the Divine Light Sect."

After saying that, Mu Kong smiled and walked towards Seven Colour Peak.

True Monarch Ku Mu and Elder Xuan Chong stood in the hall, their expressions particularly unpleasant.

"Too arrogant!" True Monarch Ku Mu wished he could kill Mu Kong with a single palm.

But he couldn't do it because of the Elder Supreme of the Red Sword Sect. He couldn't drag the Divine Light Sect into a crisis of destruction.

"Is the feng shui here not good?" Elder Xuan Chong, who was usually silent, spoke up.

He had been in the Divine Light Sect for hundreds of years, quietly cultivating and never interfering in the affairs of the sect.

But during these hundred years, he discovered that there were many problems within this small Divine Infant sect.

He alone discovered over a hundred spies within the sect.

There were also some strange disciples, attendants, and elders.

He originally thought that those people joined the Divine Light Sect with special purposes in mind.

But the result... well, they never caused any trouble.

The problematic ones formed a problem-free sect.

Before the Hundred Nations War, and now with the threat of the Red Sword Sect, Elder Xuan Chong felt that there was something wrong with the feng shui here.

True Monarch Ku Mu was exhausted.

He came from a large clan and had gone through endless hardships to reach this point. His expression was resolute. "Destiny sometimes ends, but people... are endless."

He didn't believe in destiny. He believed that everything had to be fought for.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, will you hand over the 'Wood Yuan Scripture' or not?" Elder Xuan Chong gave True Monarch Ku Mu a disdainful look.

True Monarch Ku Mu sighed. "Ah, the battle between the Eastern Land's geniuses should have already begun. I wonder how Fu Lu and Qi Yuan are doing."

Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan Chong's eyes also showed a hint of regret. "It's a pity, Qi Yuan didn't have enough time. Otherwise... if he had condensed his Gold Core, he might have had a chance to enter the top one hundred of the Eastern Land's geniuses and bring back the Purple Gold Gourd."

"With the Purple Gold Gourd, our Mu Clan finally has a chance to rise again."

The withered wood True Monarch said bitterly, "Even with Hong Lian still alive, how can we rise?"

Without mentioning Hong Lian, even the injured Violet Palace of the Red Sword Sect cannot handle it.

The two of them could only sigh helplessly.

After an unknown amount of time, a urgent voice suddenly came, "Something's wrong, Master!"

A steward rushed in, panic evident in his eyes.

Elder Xuan Chong couldn't help but hold his forehead, indeed the feng shui was bad.

"What's wrong?" asked the withered wood True Monarch, maintaining a calm demeanor despite the imminent crisis.

"Mu Kong... is dead... died halfway up Seven Colour Peak!" the steward reported the major news.

The face of the withered wood True Monarch changed drastically.

"Let's go!"

He waved his sleeve and flew towards Seven Colour Peak with Elder Xuan Chong.

When they landed halfway up Seven Colour Peak, the withered wood True Monarch saw the familiar towering tree.

Once, he and the Great Shang Empress, now the Empress Mu You, had rendezvoused here.

But now, Mu Kong's body was severed into two pieces, seemingly cut in half by a sword.

Jiang Lingsu stood by, wearing an orange long dress, resembling a bee.

"What happened?" asked the withered wood True Monarch.

Jiang Lingsu pondered for a moment and said, "I was cultivating in the room when I suddenly sensed a surging Sword Intent, so I looked outside."

"I saw a grass, cutting this person in half," she said, glancing at the ground.

Grass was everywhere, she didn't know which one had killed him.

"A grass, killing a Primal Core cultivator?" the withered wood True Monarch frowned, "Where is your master?"

He guessed that it must be Ruan Yixi's doing.

"My master... has left Seven Colour Peak. That's what Senior Brother told me," Jiang Lingsu replied.

Upon hearing this, the withered wood True Monarch looked at the body on the ground with even more concern.

Now, Mu Kong was dead.

The "Wood Element Scripture" was definitely not going to be handed over, and the grudge with the Red Sword Sect had completely formed.

"Activate the sect's grand formation immediately!" ordered the withered wood True Monarch.

The elder of the Red Sword Sect had long been seriously injured, and his strength was unknown.

But after all, he was still from the Violet Palace.

Hopefully... Divine Light Sect could survive this calamity.

At this moment, Jiang Lingsu said, "Master, Senior Brother said that in two days, some of his subordinates will come to Divine Light Sect and bring a gift for you."

"Subordinates?" the Divine Light Sect Master was a little confused.

And there's a gift.

"Isn't he participating in the competition of the Eastern Land's geniuses?" asked the withered wood True Monarch.

"I don't know," Jiang Lingsu shook her head, she wasn't very clear about these matters.

Even if the Senior Brother didn't participate, it didn't matter much to her.

Upon hearing this, the withered wood True Monarch didn't say anything more.

After all, this was just a small matter.

The threat from the Red Sword Sect was the real big issue.

...

Cuiyun Continent, Central Cloud City.

Qi Yuan had already moved to the Cloud Court.

"Leader!" the Cloud Court's head bowed his head respectfully and called out softly outside the main hall.

"Come in." Qi Yuan opened his eyes, a glimpse of the vicissitudes of time passing through his eyes.

The head of the Cloud Court and an old man with a hunched back entered, both with respectful expressions.

"Leader, these are the newly collected techniques." The Cloud Court once again handed over a storage bag.

Inside were densely packed technique jade slips.

Qi Yuan glanced at them and felt quite happy.

This was much faster than killing old men to obtain techniques.

No wonder everyone likes to be a capitalist, likes to exploit.

"You've done well, keep up the good work." Qi Yuan casually praised.

The head of the Cloud Court continued, "Recently, there have been some forces secretly investigating... the leader's identity, such as investigating all the members of the Hundred Nations Divine Flower Gathering."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan's gaze froze.

Someone was digging into his background?

This was too much!

Did he have any privacy left?

Even his alternate account was exposed, this was an infringement of his right to privacy.

"Who is it?" Qi Yuan asked.

"It's probably someone from the Heaven and Earth Cave," said the head of the Cloud Court.

The Hundred Nations are adjacent to the Cuiyun Continent, and if one wants to investigate information about the Hundred Nations, it is inevitable to deal with the power of the Cuiyun Continent.

Nowadays, the Cuiyun Continent has a new ruler, the Blood Robe Alliance.

"Is he also Venerable Youqiong?" Qi Yuan's eyes lit up. "Did he threaten me or say he wants to kill me?"

The Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard was a little scared and weakly said, "No."

"Really?"

"Really." During this time, he had already understood the character of the Blood Robe Sword God.

This person is truly crazy!

Moreover, he enjoys killing.

Of course, his killings are logical, not like those indiscriminate Great Demons.

"Even if he didn't, he must have thought about it!" Qi Yuan's face turned serious, but he quickly gave up on this idea.

After all, that would be unreasonable.

When he writes a short essay, he also pays attention to evidence and doesn't falsely accuse a good person.

As for bad people, what's wrong with falsely accusing them?

"When I have time and encounter this Venerable Youqiong, I will personally ask him if he wants to kill me." Qi Yuan said.

When the Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

You're too bold!

If a Violet Palace were to rashly ask an Yin God Venerable if he wants to kill him?

Even if that Yin God Venerable hadn't thought about it before, he would probably develop the intention to kill.

At this moment, the Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard's thoughts were extremely complicated.

He didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing to recognize such a powerful person as their leader.

He was afraid that before the great calamity even began, he would go and cause trouble with some Yin Gods.

He secretly glanced at the old man next to him and made a gesture.

"Leader, I take my leave." The Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard said.

Tian Di Cave is investigating the leader's identity information, so naturally he must intervene to prevent them from investigating.

As for the leader's identity, they dare not investigate deeply.

If there are no problems, it's fine, but if the leader of the Cuiyun Continent is found to have issues...

It would be a disaster. What should they do without the foundation of the Yin Gods?

This feeling is like a cultivation clan whose ancestor was destroyed by someone, and the enemy takes over and pretends to be the ancestor.

As a result, even if the elders of that cultivation clan know that the ancestor has been replaced, they dare not speak out and continue to worship and flatter.

The Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard left, leaving only Qi Yuan and the old man in the main hall.

"Please sit." Qi Yuan glanced at the old man and a chair appeared behind him.

Qi Yuan has always respected and treated the old man specially.

Even when he came to the Ash Water World, he still upheld the good virtue of respecting the old and loving the young.

"Thank you, Leader, for granting me a seat." The old man was nervous.

"I heard that you have lived for nearly a hundred thousand years and have seen many Yin Gods?" Qi Yuan asked.

The old man in front of him is from the Earth Turtle Clan.

This Monster Cultivator is also the oldest in the Cuiyun Continent.

Qi Yuan specifically sought him out to find out how powerful the Yin Gods are.

"I have seen them." The old man of the Earth Turtle Clan was thin and frail.

But Qi Yuan knew that this was just an appearance. This old man's defense is probably stronger than the Grand Palace Master of the Clear Light Palace.

"How powerful are the Yin Gods?" Qi Yuan asked.

The old man of the Earth Turtle Clan showed a thoughtful expression, recalling the warning from the Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard.

In short, he described the Yin Gods as very powerful.

Actually, even without the warning from the Lord of the Yunzhong Courtyard, the old man of the Earth Turtle Clan felt that the Yin Gods were extremely powerful.

"The Yin God realm is the Immortal God realm. I have seen the owner of the Emperor's Extreme Shocking Dragon Crown, Venerable Wulong."

"He is a Yin God who has taken two steps in the heavens."

"Two steps in the heavens?"

"The Yin God realm is divided into seven small realms, namely, the first step to the seventh step in the heavens."

"The first to third steps in the heavens are collectively called Venerable."

"The fourth step in the heavens is the Great Venerable!"

"After completing the seventh step, one can be called... a Yang God!"

"A Violet Palace cultivator needs to condense a Divine Aperture, transforming their own mana into divine power, in order to become a Yin God."

"The cultivation of Yin Gods is to continue to develop Divine Apertures."

"With each additional Divine Aperture, their strength increases by about twice."

"Opening twelve Divine Apertures can be considered as taking two steps in the heavens."

"When they condense thirty-six Divine Apertures, it is the third step in the heavens."

"Is this doubling linear or exponential?" Qi Yuan asked.

If it's exponential growth, then it would be terrifying.

The old man of the Earth Turtle Clan was puzzled and didn't understand what Qi Yuan meant.

"Approximately, how many 1 Divine Aperture Venerables can an 11 Divine Aperture Venerable defeat?" Qi Yuan changed to a simpler way of speaking.

"At least 10, possibly dozens, or even hundreds. The higher the Divine Aperture, the stronger the divine power contained within. The Wulong Venerable is at the Second Step of Heaven, with thirteen Yin Gods opened. Even the incomplete Emperor Extreme Shocking Dragon Crown, when unleashed, can rival the power of six or seven Yin Gods with Divine Apertures opened," Qi Yuan asked, "How many Divine Apertures has Ye Qian Venerable opened?"

The Earth Turtle smiled helplessly, "Such secretive matters, how could I possibly know?"

Hearing this, Qi Yuan gained a general understanding of Yin Gods.

It can be said that the gap between Yin Gods is also immense.

At this moment, the Earth Turtle whispered, "Some time ago, Senior had a battle with Clear Light Palace in the Illusory Realm, and the remnants of the battle fell in the Cuiyun Continent. The old man went to take a look..."

Initially, Qi Yuan summoned the Gold Core projection to destroy everything.

But in reality, the Stellar Gold Core caused some disturbances in the Illusory Realm, creating some remnants.

"Based on the remnants of the battle, the battle that took place back then was roughly at the Second Step of Heaven," the Earth Turtle said with a shocked expression.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan began to estimate.

The Stellar projection summoned across universes was only at the Second Step of Heaven?

But when he thought about it, it was normal.

After all, crossing an entire universe, it was still a projection and not the true form of the Gold Core.

It seems that he was still too weak.

Qi Yuan felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

"The strongest Yin God in the Ash Water World is probably at the Second Step of Heaven. Are there any Yang Gods?" Qi Yuan asked.

"This old man doesn't know, but there are no Great Venerables in the Eastern Land, only Venerables, that much is certain."

"Okay," Qi Yuan nodded. It seemed that Ye Qian Venerable, at most, had reached the Third Step of Heaven.

The Earth Turtle left.

In the vast palace, only Qi Yuan remained.

He looked at the Dao techniques in his storage bag with a peculiar gaze.

"Yin Gods are indeed powerful, but... my Stellar Gold Core is in another world."

"What should I do if Ye Qian Venerable reaches the Third Step of Heaven?"

According to the Earth Turtle, the minimum number of Divine Apertures at the Third Step of Heaven was 36, and the complete number was 81.

If Ye Qian Venerable had 81 Divine Apertures now, Qi Yuan would definitely not be able to defeat him.

"No, my Gold Core Great Dao must be prioritized!"

Qi Yuan looked inwardly at his dantian and found that the True Sun Fire inside his body had accumulated to a certain extent.

Only a dozen days had passed here, but in that universe, thousands of years had already gone by.

"True Sun Fire... Devour!"

At this moment, Qi Yuan activated the True Sun Fire.

Within his dantian, it instantly became scorching hot.

In the vast universe...

Flames flickered on a star.

A cold and beautiful girl in a black dress opened her eyes, and a strand of True Sun Fire burned in her palm.

She looked at the thirteen planets in front of her, her face filled with excitement.

"True Sun Fire, go!"

With the girl's voice, the golden flames on the star suddenly soared.

The size of the star suddenly increased tenfold, a hundredfold in that instant.

In the Ash Water World, the small sun in the sky became even brighter, flashing for a moment.

All ordinary people, even cultivators, couldn't help but glance at the small sun, showing a look of confusion and bewilderment.

In the vast universe, the True Sun Fire rose.

In all directions of the universe, the flames burned intensely.

The flames of the mythical fire devoured everything, constantly spreading its enormous waves of heat throughout the vast universe.

Thirteen huge planets, which were bodies that ordinary people couldn't measure in their entire lives, appeared tiny like dust under the True Sun Fire.

One, two, three... Thirteen planets were successively devoured by the True Sun Fire.

Whether they were solid planets, gaseous planets, or icy planets, the True Sun Fire inexplicably ignited on these celestial bodies.

A hint of joy flashed in Ning Tao's eyes, "A few more palaces have been added."

At this moment, in the Ash Water World, Qi Yuan couldn't help but burp for the first time since he started cultivating.

He looked inwardly at his dantian and saw the projection of the stars.

They were called stars, but in reality, there were only fourteen.

One star, thirteen planets, and several small stars that were too insignificant to be counted.

"Let's start collecting stamps!"

"The next target, devouring a star!"

Qi Yuan sensed that there was still a considerable amount of True Sun Fire remaining.

"If one star can't kill Ye Qian Venerable, what about two?"

(This chapter is complete)