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Chapter 243 A golden pill swallowed, and I realized my fate was not in the hands of heaven! (Third update)

Of all these emotions, the most deadly is love. Once one falls into it, it becomes difficult to attain the Celestial Realm. Very few cultivators can see through love, making it the most deadly poison on the path to immortality.

The cultivators affectionately call it a "love tribulation."

Just like Cheng Xuanfeng, the third brother of the Seven Sons of the Clouds, and Qin Ruofei, the fourth brother, they knew that love was the biggest obstacle to their cultivation into celestial immortals, but they still chose to become Daoist partners.

This is the terrifying thing about love: knowing full well that it will hinder your path, yet still willingly embracing it and going through fire and water.

The key is that even if you forcefully separate the two, it won't work. As long as you have feelings for each other, as long as you're moved, even if it's unrequited love, you've fallen into a love trap.

And even when problems arose in the relationship later, it was still the same.

For example, if two people who were originally destined to be lovers turn to hate and resentment because of love, then this hate and resentment is also a tribulation of love, unless the two people completely let go of this relationship and are completely free of worries.

Otherwise, one will remain trapped in the tribulations of love, unable to break through to become a celestial being and ascend to the upper realm, unable to attain true immortality.

Therefore, one can only rely on oneself to overcome the trials of love; no one can help. If the elders of the sect find that their disciples are caught in the throes of love, they will only sigh and will not stop them. Stopping them would be useless and would only make things worse.

Moreover, one only considers matters of love and tribulation upon reaching the Earth Immortal Realm, and how many people can actually cultivate to the Earth Immortal Realm?

If you really can't get rid of the entanglement of love, you can choose to die and be reincarnated. But even if you die and are reincarnated, you can easily fall into the entanglement of love again because of your memories.

Cultivation is difficult, and achieving immortality is even more difficult. In this world, a cultivator who can ascend to the upper realm and become a celestial immortal is truly one in several thousand years.

There are countless people with exceptional talent, but once they reach the Earth Immortal Realm, talent becomes irrelevant.

"Having swallowed a golden pill, I realized my fate was not in the hands of heaven!"

While in deep meditation, Li Chuan circulated the alchemy method recorded in the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture, rapidly rotating the already full true essence in his dantian to begin condensing the golden elixir.

Under the Heavenly Dao rules of this world, apart from the Heavenly Tribulation of the Forty-Nine Heavens and the Passionate Tribulation, there is no concept of a bottleneck in the Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul stages.

Once you have accumulated enough true essence, you will naturally be able to form a core and transform into an infant.

There won't be a case where someone cultivates to the Foundation Establishment stage until they reach the peak of Foundation Establishment at the age of one hundred, and then gets stuck in the Core Formation stage due to poor aptitude or lack of enlightenment, and dies at the age of one hundred and fifty after their lifespan is exhausted.

In this world, cultivation aptitude simply refers to the body's efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy. Under the same conditions, those who absorb spiritual energy more efficiently are considered to have good aptitude, while those who absorb it less efficiently are considered to have poor aptitude.

A disciple with good aptitude can form a core in a hundred years, while a disciple with poor aptitude can spend one hundred and fifty years without resting for a single day, without learning spells or refining magic treasures, and wholeheartedly absorbing spiritual energy. Due to their low efficiency, they cannot accumulate enough true essence to meet the conditions for forming a core, and thus they cannot form a core either.

Most mortals in the world are like this; even with the best cultivation techniques, in Emei, where spiritual energy is most abundant, those with poor aptitude cannot enter the Core Formation Realm.

Unless one has a miraculous encounter, obtains rare and precious herbs that improve their constitution, or takes precious elixirs like the Zengyuan Pill for a long period of time.

"Freeze it!"

With a loud shout, Li Chuan's body became like a vortex of spiritual energy, frantically absorbing the dense spiritual energy of Emei Mountain, then transforming it into true essence to replenish his dantian, allowing the liquid true essence within his dantian to slowly transform into a spinning golden pill.

The instant the Golden Core was formed, a unique power of the Heavenly Dao, belonging to this world, silently poured into his body, causing an unknown leap in his life essence and greatly increasing his lifespan.

"This is the Golden Core Realm! It's truly different!"

After getting a general feel for the energy contained within the Golden Core, Li Chuan slowly opened his eyes.

No wonder it's common for cultivators to win battles across realms, but extremely rare to win a battle across a major realm.

The quality and quantity of true essence in this Core Formation stage are completely incomparable to those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

If the amount of true essence in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment is five times that in the early stage, and the amount of true essence in the peak stage of Foundation Establishment is ten times that in the middle stage, then the amount of true essence that can be output after condensing into a solid golden core is one hundred times that of the peak stage of Foundation Establishment.

If it were just a matter of having a lot of true essence, that wouldn't be a big deal; at most, it would just mean a longer lifespan. The key is that the quality of true essence in a solid golden pill is much stronger than that in a liquid true essence during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Using the same spell, wielding the same magic weapon, and employing the same amount of true essence, the Core Formation stage spell and magic weapon were completely defeated by the Foundation Establishment stage.

That's why it was so astonishing that he, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, defeated a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, crossing two major realms.

"It's time to return to the sect!"

After successfully forming his core, Li Chuan packed up briefly and prepared to temporarily leave Emei Mountain and return to Xiaozhushan.

Although Xiaozhushan is a small sect, it has a long history and there is still much for him to learn about various spells, formations, and the like.

Mount Emei does indeed have a high concentration of spiritual energy, but he is not a disciple of Mount Emei. No matter how good their relationship is, he cannot learn Mount Emei's magic and sword control techniques, at least not for the time being.

In addition, when Li Qingfeng went down the mountain to visit his family and settle his worldly affairs, he made a two-year agreement with his master, Daoist Qingzhu, and it has now been more than two months over.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Qingfeng, on forming your Golden Core!"

As soon as Li Chuan pushed open the door and stepped out of the courtyard, he heard a chorus of congratulatory voices. Upon closer inspection, he recognized them as the Seven Masters of the Clouds, his closest associates within the entire Emei Sect.

It turned out that all seven of them were experienced individuals, and they could tell from the spiritual energy fluctuations in Li Chuan's courtyard that Li Chuan had reached the Core Formation stage.

So he left his own yard early to come to Li Chuan's place to offer his congratulations.

They originally thought that Li Chuan's ability to inherit the secret techniques from his previous life and exert Nascent Soul combat power during the Foundation Establishment stage was already incredibly extraordinary. They never expected that Li Chuan's cultivation aptitude would be so terrifying.

Even with the Yuan-Boosting Pill given by the Lotus Fairy, the fact that he progressed from the early Foundation Establishment stage to Core Formation in just two years proves his extraordinary talent for cultivation.

"I also owe a great debt to the Lotus Fairy for the elixirs she gave me and to the White-Browed Immortal for allowing me to cultivate here."

Li Chuan replied modestly, and then said:

"Junior brother has been traveling for two years and has now formed his Golden Core. He has made some progress and is about to return to the sect to report to his master. I would like to ask Senior Brother Chu to help convey this message to True Man White Eyebrows."

"What? Junior brother, you're leaving Emei?"

Upon hearing Li Chuan's words, before Chu Yuxiang could even speak, Shangguan Qian became nervous.

Li Chuan smiled upon hearing this:

"Senior sister, I've only been away for a few months. The spiritual energy of Emei is abundant and beneficial for cultivation. After I report to Master, I'll shamelessly come over to bother you again."

"Junior brother, do as you please. Master has already instructed that you can enter and leave Emei at any time without reporting to him."

Chu Yuxiang gave Shangguan Qian a meaningful look before explaining to Li Chuan.

"Then I'll be taking my leave now, junior brother."

Li Chuan wasted no time, releasing the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl that he had been nurturing in his dantian, which transformed into a streak of red light and disappeared into the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)