Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

The flow of demonic energy in the meridians gradually shifted from being restless to being introverted.

The golden core slowly rotated in the center of the dantian, each pulse crushing and re-condensing the remaining violent demonic energy. The massive amount of demonic energy poured in during the core formation was now being absorbed and digested in an extremely efficient manner.

The nine spirit-demon conversion arrays were still operating, but the concentration of demonic energy at the central array eye had dropped by more than half. The golden core was like a bottomless pit, devouring all the demonic energy it could reach.

About half an hour later, the demonic energy in his body completely subsided.

The inner walls of his meridians were cleansed by the power of the Golden Core stage, making the already extremely tough meridian walls even thicker. The efficiency of spiritual energy absorption and release in the major acupoints throughout his body also increased to a higher level, and wisps of demonic energy flowed around him with each breath.

[The conditions for permanent Demon Core Creation (Purple) have been met: Condensation of a Demonic Golden Core]

[The "Magic Core Creation (Purple)" has become a permanent entry.]

In the equipment slot, the phantom of the Demonic Qi Altar core suddenly trembled and shattered into countless purple light spots that dissipated.

A regular equipment slot has been freed up.

Purple tier. This is the first purple tier to become permanent.

Before Li Yuan could examine the changes on the panel closely, a subtle sensation surged into his mind. It wasn't a panel notification, but a clear awareness of his own condition.

A Golden Core cultivator's lifespan far exceeds that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The moment he completes the Core Formation, his lifespan has already surpassed eight hundred years.

More than 800 years.

The longevity pill in the storage bag, which had never been equipped, required a cumulative lifespan of five hundred years to become permanent.

That freed up a space.

Li Yuan took out the Longevity Pill from his storage bag and put it into the empty slot.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Longevity Pill (Complete)]

[Lifespan Condensation (Green) in effect]

[Lifespan Condensation (Green) has become a permanent entry]

The phantom of the Longevity Pill flashed briefly in the equipment slot before disappearing into specks of light. The slot became available again.

The effect of reducing the rate of lifespan loss by 10% is solidified into one's constitution. This entry may not be eye-catching, but its strength lies in its long-term impact. Subtracting 10% loss from an 800-year foundation accumulates to several decades of extra lifespan.

Immediately afterwards, a third notification popped up.

[The conditions for making the Mystic Pearl (Blue) permanent have been met: Breakthrough to a major realm]

The Mysterious Pearl (Blue) has become a permanent entry.

The phantom of the Mystic Pearl shattered and dissipated from the equipment slot, freeing up another ordinary slot.

The moment the permanent transformation was completed, a very slight ripple appeared in Li Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness. The effect of being able to sense the rough abilities of a Golden Core cultivator in advance had not disappeared; only the perspective had changed.

During his Foundation Establishment stage, the Mysterious Nether Pearl allowed him to glimpse the terrifying full extent of the Golden Core stage; the leap in dimensionality was nothing short of earth-shattering. Now, however, he himself is already at the early Golden Core stage, and the Mysterious Nether Pearl's effect has automatically adjusted to allow him to perceive the rudimentary abilities of the mid-Golden Core stage. The gap between the early and mid-Golden Core stages is far less significant than the difference between Foundation Establishment and the Golden Core stage, so the improvement is not obvious.

Before he could even process this change, a fourth notification arrived.

[The conditions for permanent spiritual vein cultivation (purple) have been met: break through to the Golden Core realm on a large spiritual vein]

The phrase "Spirit Vein Contains Spirit (Purple)" has become a permanent entry.

In the special equipment section, the phantom of a large spiritual vein shattered.

The changes were most dramatic at this moment.

All three effects are simultaneously solidified into a permanent constitution: spiritual energy quality is increased by 50%, spiritual energy automatically recovers, and automatic cultivation is enabled.

The improvement in the quality of spiritual energy is the most obvious; in comparison, one's own demonic energy only receives the bonus from automatic cultivation.

Li Yuan felt the demonic energy slowly circulating in his meridians, and the effects of automatic cultivation became even more profound. Even if he did nothing, an extremely subtle but continuous energy was slowly generating and circulating in his meridians, as if there was an inexhaustible miniature spiritual spring within his body.

But it wasn't over yet. Li Yuan then took out the jade slip that guided his Core Formation.

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Attempt to condense a Golden Core once (Already satisfied)]

[Equipped: Core Formation Guidance Jade Slip (Complete)]

The Core Formation Guidance (Blue) has become a permanent entry.

The phantom of the jade slip guiding the Core Formation appeared briefly in the equipment slot before shattering into specks of blue light that merged into the body, and the vacated slot reappeared.

With the permanentization of the inscription completed, Li Yuan felt that his control over the compression, condensation, and gathering of spiritual energy had become even more refined. Although he had already successfully formed his core, this inscription would still play a significant role in the future when he shattered his core and re-formed it.

Then Li Yuan took out the last item, the booklet of the Returning to Origin Longevity Technique.

[Effect: The passing of lifespan does not affect strength; the closer to the end of lifespan, the greater the increase (up to +30%).]

[Preview of Permanentization Requirements: Total lifespan reaches 400 years (met)]

【Return to Immortality (Blue) has become a permanent entry】

The moment the entry became permanent, Li Yuan vaguely felt a more solid connection between his blood, spirit, and cultivation foundation, as if the erosion of strength by time itself had been quietly removed.

At least in the long future of his lifespan, he doesn't need to worry about his combat strength declining due to age.

Six permanent notifications popped up in less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, and the panel then refreshed with a new system prompt.

[System Notification: One purple affix has been permanently added; a special affix equipment slot has been added]

The special equipment slot has been changed from one to two.

The panel continues to display further information.

[Completing five purple-level affixes permanently will unlock a new feature. Current progress: 2/5]

[New Feature: Grayed-out entries can be made permanent without completing the permanentization task.]

Li Yuan glanced at the two new rules. Five purple keywords needed to be permanently activated to unlock new features; he'd only completed two so far, so there was still a long way to go.

The fact that gray-level affixes can be made permanent is quite useful, but I don't have any new gray-level affix items on hand right now.

He turned his attention back to check the current status of his equipment inventory.

There are five slots in the regular equipment inventory, and three are currently occupied: the Three Elements Unity Bead, the Teleportation Stone, and the Alchemy Platform Creation.

Both special equipment slots are empty.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered on the alchemy platform for a moment.

The condition for making the Dantai Creation permanent is to successfully form a core on the Dantai platform. He did indeed successfully form a core, but the physical Dantai platform disappeared into the equipment slot when it was equipped. There was no physical Dantai platform at all during the entire process of forming a core.

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The condition was not determined to be met; it's a really frustrating permanent condition.

Li Yuan took a deep breath and turned his attention away from the panel.

Li Yuan looked inward at his dantian, where a dark silver, long, spindle-shaped embryo lay quietly.

After breaking through to the Golden Core stage, several extremely fine new lines appeared on the dark silver surface, with a faint golden luster flowing deep within.

At this moment, the embryo is still being nourished by the Golden Core, and its quality is slowly improving, but at an extremely slow pace. With his current cultivation level at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, it will require a long period of continuous nurturing to push this embryo from the second tier to the threshold of the third tier.

However, the direction is correct. The higher the cultivation level, the purer the spiritual energy, and the higher the quality of the energy fed back into the magic artifact. Once the shattered core is reconstituted and a top-grade spiritual energy golden core is formed, the growth rate of this embryo will reach another level.

After sorting out his thoughts, Li Yuan took out the white jade box containing the Condensing Essence Grass from the depths of his storage bag.

He opened the box, and the delicate fragrance of a low-grade third-tier spiritual herb wafted out once more. He held the Qi-Condensing Grass in his hand, and a control panel popped up.

[Equipable item detected: Condensing Essence Grass (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Trinity Condensation (Blue)]

[Effect: Increases the fusion of essence, energy, and spirit; each of essence, energy, and spirit increases by 10%]

[Preview of conditions for permanentization: Lifespan reaches four hundred years upon breaking through a major realm]

Blue entry. Spirit, energy, and vitality each increase by 10%, and the degree of fusion also increases.

The condition for permanent status is a lifespan of four hundred years upon breaking through a major realm. His current lifespan has already exceeded eight hundred years, but the condition is stuck at the crucial moment of breaking through a major realm. He didn't equip the Condensing Essence Grass when he formed his core, thus missing that window of opportunity.

However, breaking through the dantian and reforming it is also considered a breakthrough to a major realm. At that time, one's lifespan will far exceed four hundred years, and the conditions will naturally be met.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Condensing Essence Grass (Complete)]

[Tri-Element Cohesion (Blue) in effect]

The phantom of the Condensing Essence Grass disappeared into the equipment slot.

The moment it took effect, a gentle yet extremely long-lasting power spread from the depths of the dantian throughout the entire body. The essence, qi, and spirit, which were already highly coordinated under the influence of the golden elixir, were now brought even closer together.

While the effect of increasing essence, energy, and spirit by 10% isn't numerically exaggerated, the actual increase is quite considerable when applied to the base level of the Golden Core stage. The speed of spiritual consciousness condensation increased slightly, the circulation of qi and blood became smoother, and the rotation of the Golden Core within the dantian stabilized somewhat.

Li Yuan then took out the dark blue snake scale wrist guards from his storage bag.

[Equipable item detected: Serpent Scale Bracers (Complete)]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Armor (Green)]

[Effect: Automatically reduces damage taken by 10% when attacked]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Withstand a full-force attack from a Tier 2 magic weapon with your bare body without taking damage (0/1)]

The green attribute grants a passive damage reduction of 10%. To make it permanent, you need to create an opportunity to engage in actual combat.

"equipment."

[Equipped: Serpent Scale Bracers (Complete)]

[Protective Protection (Green) in effect]

The phantom of the bracers disappeared into the equipment slot. A very faint cushioning effect appeared on the body's surface; it wasn't a shield, but a deeper, passive shock absorption mechanism acting between the muscles and bones.

After adjusting the equipment slots, Li Yuan closed his eyes and released his divine sense outwards.

The world at the early stage of Golden Core is completely different from that at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The range of divine sense at the Golden Core stage has tripled. The perception network, which was already quite large when the Foundation Establishment stage was complete, is now like a fishing net that has been stretched several times larger, rapidly spreading in every direction underground in Mo Zhou.

The permanent blue attribute of Dark Insight underwent a qualitative change. Perception accuracy and range doubled, and the sensitivity to detecting demonic energy fluctuations was elevated to a whole new level.

During his Foundation Establishment stage, his perception of this large spiritual vein was limited to the direction of its main trunk and its rough scale. But now, the entire spiritual vein unfolds clearly in his divine sense.

The main vein extended deeper from beneath his feet, its scale far exceeding his previous estimation. Countless branches spread out in all directions like tree roots, intricately intertwining with the surrounding geological structure.

But what really caught his attention was the end of the main vein.

The main trunk did not dissipate naturally deep within the earth, but instead converged into an extremely dense node, pointing directly to an unknown area shrouded in layers of seals. The aura of the seal was ancient and profound, consistent with the restrictions he had sensed in the Xuan You Branch Hall.

The direction points to the place where the former inhabitants once lived.

Li Yuan kept this discovery in mind and did not explore it further. The strength of the seal far exceeded his current ability to reach it, and forcibly probing would only alert the enemy.

He stood up and walked to the edge of the nine spirit-demon conversion arrays.

The formation was still operating, continuously drawing spiritual energy from the spiritual vein's pores for conversion. Since the core formation was complete, there was no need to continue consuming the spiritual vein.

Li Yuan severed the spiritual energy supply to each of the nine formations one by one. The light on the formation patterns gradually dimmed and eventually went out completely. He did not dismantle the formations themselves, but sealed them away, in case they were needed later.

He then collected the remaining materials scattered on the ground into his storage bag and used earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to ascend) to the top of the sky.

After passing through 160 zhang of thick rock layers, Li Yuan returned to the teleportation chamber beneath the Stone Wasteland.

Twenty mid-grade spirit stones were embedded into the energy slot of the stone platform. A white light shone, and space distorted.

Upon landing, the unique damp and cold air characteristic of the limestone plateau hit us.

Liangzhou.

After returning to the stone house in Wulin Market, Li Yuan sealed the doors and windows and activated the soundproofing array.

He sat down at the table and began to outline the next steps in his Core Formation process.

The mid-grade demonic energy golden core within my body is a product of the increased difficulty of alchemy at the alchemy platform. Although its quality has decreased by one grade, its existence is a means, not an end.

The core value of Dantai Creation lies in the fact that after successfully forming the elixir, one can form it again.

After the Demon Core's creation was made permanent, the ability to shatter and rebuild the core was solidified within him. When shattering the core, the system ensured the process was controllable, preventing the dantian from being completely destroyed. Without this safeguard, no cultivator would intentionally shatter their own golden core.

The Golden Elixir is the source of essence, energy, and spirit; shattering the Golden Elixir is no different from suicide.

The path is clear.

First, shatter the demonic golden core, then re-form the core using spiritual power. When forming the core with spiritual power, there is no difficulty or penalty associated with the alchemy platform; one can rely on their own inherent strength to fully attempt to reach the highest grade of golden core.

As for the dual-core fusion method researched by the sect leader of the Xuanyou Sect, it is currently only a possibility.

Therefore, it is necessary to condense a high-grade spiritual energy golden core, so that one does not have to place one's hopes on the dual-core fusion method, and the future will be brighter.