To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Chapter 346 The Heart Seeking the Dao

Wendao Peak, outside Chenxing Pavilion.

Lin Chen and Qi Lingyun sat upright, but their expressions betrayed their absent-mindedness, clearly indicating that they were not paying attention.

Gu Fan pointed his fingers like a sword and slowly inscribed a row of ancient runes in the void, then said in a deep voice: "The Xuan is the ancestor of nature and the great source of all things."

"Using this talisman as the core to inscribe restrictions can conceal the spiritual essence of magical treasures; if connected with array principles, it can further lock the earth's veins and seal the spiritual domain."

Suppressing evil energy is the essence of "guarding the mysterious and embracing the one, using stillness to control movement."

"Do you all understand?"

As soon as Gu Fan finished speaking, there was complete silence outside Chenxing Pavilion, and no one responded.

He frowned slightly and glanced at the two of them.

Lin Chen suddenly came to his senses and quickly cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your teachings, Master. This disciple understands now."

As soon as he finished speaking, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: "Luckily, I was worried about Master's test, so I thoroughly understood it yesterday."

Gu Fan's expression softened slightly, and he turned to look at Qi Lingyun, who was still in a daze: "And you?"

Gu Fan sighed softly and flicked his finger in mid-air.

With a sharp "bang," Qi Lingyun immediately clutched her head and cried out in exaggerated pain, "Ouch! Master, spare me! I was wrong! I'll never be distracted again..."

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Gu Fan shook his head helplessly at that comical appearance.

"Alright, I suppose you're not really interested in listening anyway, so let's call it a day."

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Upon hearing this, Qi Lingyun immediately stopped shouting, chuckled twice, then suppressed her laughter, a worried look appearing on her face. She asked softly, "Master, you said that Senior Sister... she will definitely succeed in forming her core, right?"

"I have devoted myself to cultivating her for many years. It's only the Core Formation stage, so naturally nothing unexpected will happen." Gu Fan laughed loudly, his tone confident.

Qi Lingyun received an affirmative answer, and her tense shoulders suddenly relaxed, letting out a long sigh of relief.

It's no wonder she and Lin Chen were distracted during the lecture; they were simply too worried about Song Lian.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Song Lian has long since recovered from her old injuries and honed her magical power to a high level of proficiency. These days are the crucial time for her to go into seclusion and form her core.

Gu Fan specially gave up the Lingxu Cave Heaven and ordered Song Lian to cultivate in seclusion there. Even when he was giving a lecture to Lin Chen and Qi Lingyun, he specially moved it to outside the Chenxing Pavilion.

Although his tone was firm, a sense of heaviness lingered in his heart.

On the path of cultivation, every major realm you cross is a test of life and death.

Among the first batch of cultivators who attempted to break through to the Core Formation stage using the method of feigning death, only Lin Wan succeeded. The rest perished in their seclusion and turned into dust.

Even if only one person succeeds, it is enough to motivate those Foundation Establishment cultivators who originally had no chance to obtain the Mysterious Female Ancestral Qi.

Knowing full well the dangers involved, and that most of them would perish, they still bravely ventured into the Immortal-Seeking Peak, hoping for even the slightest chance to continue their path to immortality and advance further.

The face of Xuanji Zhenren appeared in Gu Fan's mind, and he thought to himself: Perhaps back then, my master also worried about me in this way.

Just as the three of them were about to get up, they suddenly felt the surrounding spiritual energy become agitated.

The spiritual energy around Wendao Peak gathered wildly, and a faint blue glow rose from the top of Wendao Peak, soaring straight into the sky. Wherever the glow passed, the wind and clouds trembled.

"Senior Sister succeeded!" Qi Lingyun was overjoyed and immediately jumped up, her eyes full of excitement.

Gu Fan gazed at the towering sunset and a smile of satisfaction appeared on his face.

The extraordinary phenomenon of Core Formation at Wendao Peak far surpasses that at Qiuxian Peak, demonstrating Song Lian's profound foundation and abundant resources.

Countless cultivators sensed the fluctuations in spiritual energy and emerged from their caves, gazing at Wendao Peak with eyes full of envy and longing.

Two hours later, the glow of the sunset gradually faded.

Song Lian walked out of Chenxing Pavilion with light steps, her face gentle and her eyes clear as a spring, like a lotus flower just emerging from the water.

She saw Gu Fan's figure, stepped forward, bowed and kowtowed, her voice gentle yet firm: "Thank you for your concern, Master. Your disciple has successfully formed her core."

"Good!" Gu Fan reached out and helped her up, his eyes full of approval.

Watching his personally trained disciple cross the threshold of Core Formation, an indescribable sense of accomplishment welled up in his heart.

Time flies, and another five years have quietly passed.

Inside the Spirit Ruins Cave, Gu Fan sat slumped on a futon, clutching a dark gold jade slip tightly in his hand. His brows were furrowed, and his expression was full of entanglement, as if he were caught in a dilemma.

This jade slip was obtained from Su Nanzhi, and it contains the secret method of Chu cultivators using Yin and Yang energies to refine the golden elixir.

Five years later, based on this method, he combined it with the "Innate Two Elements Transformation and Divine Evolution Chapter" and the Lingxiao School's inheritance, and finally improved it into a secret method suitable for the Creation Lineage.

Just yesterday, Gu Fan successfully cultivated the "Great Luo Inner Landscape Heavenly Profound Chapter" to the Golden Core Perfection stage, and awakened thirty-six acupoints.

At the same time, under the constant nourishment of the Crystal Pure Heart Bamboo, his divine consciousness became increasingly refined, and he successfully visualized 108 stars in the "Star Observation Divine Method," reaching the sixth level of perfection.

At this moment, within his sea of ​​consciousness, stars were arranged in a staggered pattern, with thirty-six main stars in the center and seventy-two auxiliary stars scattered around the perimeter, presenting a harmonious balance between the inner and outer worlds. With a thought, the spiritual light of the stars would flow.

Gu Fan is now only missing the accumulation of magical power and the final two purifications of his golden core to shatter his core and become an infant.

After the Seven Cleansings of the Golden Core, he was already 50% confident of surviving the Shattered Core Tribulation. If he were to use the Nascent Soul Pill in addition, his chances of winning would increase to 80%.

As for the inner demon tribulation, with the Crystal Purifying Bamboo present, Gu Fan has no need to worry.

What truly prevented him from making a decision was whether to risk undergoing the final two refinements.

The choice of essence and the number of times one undergoes the Golden Elixir Refinement directly determine the strength of one's innate supernatural power.

Innate supernatural abilities are a unique advantage of the Creation Lineage. Once awakened, they will accompany the cultivator throughout their entire immortal journey.

Based on the element of fire, refined according to the order of the five elements, and finally extracting the essence of yin and yang, this was a strategy that Gu Fan had set out long ago.

He knew in his heart that if he could complete this task and achieve the Nine Cleanses of the Golden Elixir, which was the culmination of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, he would surely awaken an extremely powerful innate divine ability.

But when he actually started preparing, he discovered that the difficulty was far beyond his imagination.

The method of simultaneously refining the elixir with Yin and Yang energies is a secret technique exclusive to the Tai Chi lineage.

Gu Fan needs to use this as a foundation to create a purification method that aligns with the laws of creation.

What's even more difficult is that completing two refinements simultaneously not only doubles the danger, but the more refinements are performed, the greater the risk of failure.

If we abandon the current favorable situation and fail at the last hurdle, all our past efforts will be in vain, and it will be too late to regret it.

But if he stopped there and directly shattered his core to become an infant, a trace of resentment arose in his heart.

The allure of his innate supernatural power and the risk of losing all his previous efforts torn back and forth in his mind.

"Senior, what do you think I should do?" Gu Fan asked after a long pause.

"What should we do?" Chang Yuan pondered for a moment, then his hoarse voice slowly rang out: "Logically speaking, I should advise you to form your Nascent Soul immediately. Once you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you can take me away from this world and return to the Void Universe."

"If you unfortunately perish in the elixir's shattering, I will have to be buried with you, which is really not worth it."

"But..." Chang Yuan's voice suddenly paused. He slowly crawled to Gu Fan's side, his dark golden snake eyes fixed on him, his tone unusually solemn: "You can ask yourself honestly, will you regret giving up these last two purifications today?"

"What is the most precious thing in this world? Divine skills and secret techniques, rare and precious materials? In my opinion, it is the possibility that one seeks but cannot obtain."

"I have seen countless people go mad for this, and even I myself, having fallen to this state, am a result of..."

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At the end, Chang Yuan suddenly hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Finally, he let out a long sigh, turned around and climbed up the peach tree, coiling his body on the lush branches, closing his snake eyes, as if lost in memories.

Gu Fan sat with his head down, deep in thought for a long time.

All the experiences I've had since embarking on the path to immortality flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

From the initial confusion upon entering the immortal sect to the growth through life and death, from the escape across the misty sea to the life-and-death struggle in the Liangyi Palace.

Suddenly, he laughed, his laughter gradually turning from a low chuckle to a loud, hearty laugh.

"In the pursuit of immortality and the Dao, how can one abandon the path halfway!"