Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 743 The Golden Elixir is Complete
Yellow Maple Valley.

Fang Yu sat cross-legged on the floor of the simple side room, surrounded by the strange smell of burnt spiritual herbs and roasted pork, as well as the powerful Dao essence emanating from the perfectly round golden pill that floated in his palm, flowing with a tangible liquid golden light.

He weighed the golden elixir in his hand, which had been "refined" in an outrageous way, and a signature roguish smile curled at the corner of his mouth. "A product of Laozi is bound to be of the highest quality! Reaching the pinnacle in one step starts today!"

His eyes narrowed, all traces of his cynicism vanished, and he took a deep breath, tossing the golden pill into his mouth like a candy bean.

Um.
It's a bit like Ferrero Rocher chocolate.

But it's too tough to bite.

He simply swallowed it down.

The golden elixir entered the abdomen but did not immediately melt. Instead, it was like a miniature blazing sun sinking into the dantian, suddenly releasing an unimaginable torrent of terrifying energy!
This power was extremely strong and yang, containing the purest gold essence and fragments of the Great Dao Law. It violently washed over his limbs and meridians, as if it wanted to burst open his body, which had already been transformed into an extremely tough body by the fruits of the divine tree and the ginseng fruit!
"They're here!" Fang Yu thought to himself, not daring to be negligent.

He instantly cleared his mind of all distractions, and the three cultivation techniques began to operate simultaneously under the control of his powerful divine sense!

The core principles of the *Qingjing Jing* (Classic of Purity and Tranquility) flowed first into my heart: "The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to Heaven and Earth."

The profound scriptures create invisible ripples, spreading from the sea of ​​consciousness.

A serene and tranquil Daoist aura, characterized by non-action and embracing the center, permeated the air, quickly calming the mind agitated by the entry of the golden elixir into the body. This allowed the surging torrent of energy to be guided after its initial impact.

A faint, serene halo, seemingly capable of isolating him from all the noise of the outside world, enveloped him.

The profound techniques of the "Taiyi Qinghua Cave Mystery Essentials" were activated, and countless fine, mysterious runes carrying the ancient aura of Qinghua lit up in his meridians. Like countless tiny rivers and filters, they tamed and guided the Golden Core power, which was enough to destroy an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, according to some mysterious trajectory. Instead of destroying, it began to actively refine and strengthen Fang Yu's physical body and spiritual power, pushing them to an unprecedented state of purity.

Fang Yu's pores opened, and wisps of azure light, imbued with the essence of life, emanated from his body.

The "Azure Origin Sword Manual" mental cultivation method given to him by Li Huayuan was pushed to its limit! This cultivation method, the main practice of the Core Formation elders of Yellow Maple Valley, has now become the key to his breakthrough!

"Azure Yuan Sword Qi, break through barriers and sever obstacles!" With Fang Yu's will, the pure and powerful spiritual energy within his body, flowing like a great river, instantly condensed into countless small but incomparably sharp azure sword energies. With an indomitable and resolute momentum, they fiercely pierced the invisible chasm between Qi Refining and higher levels—the Foundation Establishment bottleneck!
"boom!!!"

It was as if a silent thunderclap exploded within Fang Yu's body!

With the combined power of the "Qingjing Jing" to stabilize the Dao heart, the "Taiyi Qinghua Dongxuan Miyao Zhang" to sort out the origin, and the "Qingyuan Jianjue" to break through obstacles, the incomparably solid bottleneck of the Qi Refining stage was as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of this golden pill that condensed Laozi's wisdom and the essence of a massive amount of spiritual materials!
The bottleneck shattered instantly!

The immense energy, now unimpeded, instantly pierced through the bridge between heaven and earth!
Deep within his dantian, the core of his Qi Refining stage spiritual energy, which had originally resembled a vortex of mist, underwent a tremendous qualitative change under the combined effect of the Golden Core power and the three cultivation techniques! The spiritual energy was frantically compressed and condensed, and a dazzling golden spot at the core suddenly lit up, like the first ray of light at the beginning of the universe!

Immediately, the golden light point rapidly rotated and expanded, greedily devouring the enormous energy and fragments of laws released by the golden core.

Almost instantly, a "seed of the foundation of the Dao" the size of a longan, perfectly round and flawless, with a mysterious aura of gold and blue flowing throughout, was formed!
But this is just the beginning!
Peak of Qi Refining → Early Foundation Establishment → Mid Foundation Establishment → Late Foundation Establishment → Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!
Fang Yu's cultivation level was like a rocket that had gone out of control, soaring wildly at an astonishing speed!

Every barrier of a minor realm is utterly fragile before the terrifying potential and golden core power that have accumulated over 140,000 years.

In just a few breaths, his cultivation level soared from the peak of Qi Refining to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!

However, this is far from the end!
The newly formed "Seed of Dao Foundation" suddenly trembled at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, and the true "Golden Immortal" meaning that originated from the essence of the Golden Core contained within it completely erupted!
The "foundation of the Way" collapses and sublimates in an instant!
Om-!
An immense pressure, many times stronger than before, suddenly spread out from Fang Yu's body!
Within his dantian, a dazzling, round golden elixir, the size of a dragon's eye, with its surface interwoven with cyan-gold sword patterns and profound Dao traces, exuding an aura of eternal immortality, was clearly suspended!

Core Formation Stage!
A genuine Core Formation cultivator! Not a substandard one, but a Core Formation stage cultivator with profound foundation!

A violent storm of spiritual energy swept out from Fang Yu's body, instantly blowing off the roof of the simple outbuilding, sending bricks and wood chips flying everywhere!

The overwhelming spiritual pressure caused the entire secluded courtyard to tremble. The sow in the corner of the courtyard, whose burns had just been healed by medical ninjutsu, let out another scream, rolled her eyes, and fainted.

Storm subsides
Fang Yu slowly opened his eyes. In the depths of his pupils, a flash of golden and blue lightning and a profound shadow of reincarnation seemed to appear and then disappear, before returning to calm, leaving only a light that was more restrained yet unfathomable than before.

He felt the power surging within him like a great river, as vast as the ocean, and the golden elixir slowly rotating in his dantian, seemingly containing the power to split mountains and cleave seas. The familiar roguish smile reappeared on his lips, carrying an air of utter disdain.

"Han Li wants to compete with me in speed? Ha, he's crawling like a tortoise! ​​What does it mean for him to reach the Core Formation stage at 126 years old? It's like I completed a 3x3 mission on the first day, while he only managed to investigate the dam, kill eight soldiers, and three special units on the last day of the season. Heh heh!"

Fang Yu muttered to himself, casually brushing the dust off his shoulder, "Early stage of Core Formation, I can walk sideways in Yellow Maple Valley with just this cultivation level. Add to that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, ninjutsu, and the Rinnegan, wow, it's like riding a rocket."

Lao Jun poured cold water on you, saying, "Don't be too happy yet. A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. This world is not as simple as you think. Just take Xiang Zhili, whom I met the day before yesterday. His cultivation level is already at the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. There are also those above the Ascension realm, such as the Void Refining realm, Body Integration realm, Mahayana realm, True Immortal realm, Golden Immortal realm, Taiyi realm, Daluo realm, and Dao Ancestor realm."

"To put it simply, right now you're just a new level 10 character who's only just left Jianye City and has a smattering of skills. You'd struggle to even clear a shipwreck in the East China Sea by yourself, and a random encounter with a stray dog ​​could kill you, understand?"

Fang Yu slapped his forehead. "Ma Yun, have some mercy! Turn off the online game! Look how much this old man has corrupted you!"

(End of this chapter)