Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 339 Heavenly Grade Five Elements Golden Elixir

"Zhou Ling's Core Formation is astonishing, and since it's based on one of the Five Elements, the spiritual energy it requires is terrifying. I've already activated a fifth-order Spirit Gathering Array!"

Seeing the concerned expressions on Dean Shen's and the others' faces, he spoke up to the dean.

Originally, he planned that activating the fourth-order Spirit Gathering Array would be enough, since Zhou Ling was only attempting the Golden Core Tribulation.

The spiritual energy gathered by the fourth-order Spirit Gathering Array is more than sufficient.

However, the spiritual phenomena triggered by Chen Ling were somewhat beyond his expectations.

To be on the safe side, we will directly activate the fifth-order Spirit Gathering Array to avoid affecting the quality of Zhou Ling's Core Formation due to spiritual energy issues!
"I will first ask Zhou Ling to thank Dean Xiang. As for all the losses from this tribulation, my Wang family will bear them!"

Patriarch Wang followed the Dean's lead with a cupped-hand salute and a smile.

"Patriarch Wang, you are too kind. Zhou Ling is an instructor at my Nine Heavens Sword Academy, and it is my responsibility to assist him in condensing his Golden Core!"

He waved to the dean and smiled.

With a talent like Zhou Ling and being an instructor at the Sword Academy, he would surely become a pillar of the academy in the future. Why would he charge Zhou Ling a fee for such a trivial matter?

Will he still have any face left after that?

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, the head of the Wang family smiled and nodded.

Regardless of whether the dean accepts the money or not, the proper attitude must be maintained.

"Hoohoo!"

At this moment, the spiritual energy in the Nine Heavens Sword Academy square suddenly became denser, and the wisps of spiritual energy vortexes seemed almost tangible.

It coalesced into a massive vortex of spiritual energy.

It surged and roared towards Zhou Ling.

"Hmm, such rich spiritual energy. What level of spirit-gathering array has the academy activated?"

"It's probably a fourth-order spirit-gathering array!"

"More than that, I think it's fifth-order!"

"A fifth-order Spirit Gathering Array! This is a privilege that even Nascent Soul Tribulation cultivators might not receive, yet it's being used by Zhou Ling's Golden Core Tribulation."

"This commotion looks no less than a Nascent Soul Tribulation."

"They possess the five elements of spiritual roots, and judging by their momentum, they're likely aiming to condense a Heavenly-grade Golden Core, so their spiritual energy naturally needs to be abundant."

Many cultivators exclaimed in surprise as they sensed the rich spiritual energy around them.

After all, such abundant spiritual energy is more than enough to support a Nascent Soul cultivator's tribulation.

But it’s normal to think about it.

After all, the situation Zhou Ling is currently exhibiting requires even more abundant spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

"Master, you must succeed!"

"Instructor Zhou."

Among the crowd, Weng Lanyue and the disciples of the Nine Heavens Sword Academy from Qingyun Immortal City also showed expressions of concern.

Weng Lanyue looked excited.

Jin Sheng felt a mix of emotions.

His starting point was originally far superior to Zhou Ling's.

But now they have been left far behind by Zhou Ling.

He is now completely convinced of his defeat.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

High in the sky, a massive vortex of spiritual energy from heaven and earth formed.

Zhou Ling was enveloped in it.

Zhou Ling stood suspended in the vortex of spiritual energy.

His body was surrounded by the spiritual light of the five elements, and the spiritual flames of the five elements were also around him, radiating an aura of endless vitality.

Having successfully passed the test of consciousness.

The third major challenge has arrived as scheduled.

Suddenly, a series of voices rang in his ears. Zhou Ling couldn't tell whose voices they were, but they directly impacted his soul.

As long as there are distracting thoughts in one's mind, it is easy for inner demons to form under such circumstances.

According to Dean Gong, inner demons are divided into inner demons and outer demons.

Golden Core cultivators primarily face their own internal demons.

The power is generally still within a controllable range.

As long as one's mind is strong enough, one will not be easily influenced by inner demons.

However, Zhou Ling was not worried about this inner demon.

His divine sense is now powerful, and he cultivates a high-level soul technique such as the Three Pure Creation Technique, which is enough to keep his divine sense clear at all times.

It can easily suppress inner demons.

Moreover, he has a talent to assist him; as that talent emerges, this inner demon will have no effect on him whatsoever.

The next moment, a series of illusory figures surrounded him.

Various figures came along with it.

"Ling'er, I'm afraid I'll never be able to form my core in this lifetime!"

"Ling'er, even your father is having difficulty reaching the third stage of body refinement. Don't waste any more resources!"

"Patriarch, I am truly sorry, my cultivation is not up to par, and I have no choice but to leave the Zhou family!"

"Zhou Ling, you actually can't see through me? You just wait!"

The voices came from various people, including familiar ones, unfamiliar ones, and even his former opponents.

Each sound was accompanied by a figure silently appearing.

Among those gathered were Zhou Ling's parents and others.

However, Zhou Ling maintained a clear mind and, with the help of [Intermediate Observation], easily dispelled the tribulation of inner demons.

One by one, the figures dissipated, and the surroundings returned to silence.

Zhou Ling's gaze became increasingly clear.

But before Zhou Ling could even catch his breath...

The triple tribulation of lightning followed.

"Boom!"

The next moment, a sudden gust of wind arose in the sky, which had been a clear blue expanse at midday, and a fierce, cold wind howled in.

At the same time, dark, heavy thunderclouds swept in from high above.

It instantly covered an area of ​​more than ten miles, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring, and bolts of lightning as large as water columns shone within it.

A violent, raging storm of lightning struck the Nine Heavens Sword Academy's defensive shield, creating astonishing ripples.

At the same time, a figure advanced instead of retreating, charging straight up against the raging lightning.

It was Zhou Ling, who had just passed the three trials.

To achieve the Five Elements Heavenly Grade Golden Core, he must demonstrate his strongest power and personally annihilate the tribulation clouds.

Only then can one receive the greatest gifts from the rules of heaven and earth.

The stronger one's own strength, the more powerful the rules of heaven and earth one can obtain.

The higher the grade of the Golden Core, the better.

This highlights the importance of one's natal magic weapon.

Because a natal magic weapon is connected to its owner's aura, it is recognized by the rules as part of a cultivator undergoing tribulation.

If one relies on other means to pass through the tribulation of lightning, even if one passes through safely, the rewards from heaven and earth will be extremely limited.

This is one of the reasons why Foundation Establishment cultivators need to refine their natal treasures.

Many people even refine two or three natal treasures at the same time in order to pass the Golden Core Tribulation.

“Zhou Ling, achieving the Five Elements Heaven-Grade Golden Core is no easy feat, but you must succeed.”

Low in the air, Dean Gong calmly looked at Zhou Ling high above, a hint of concern flashing in his eyes.

Now that the tribulation has arrived, no other means can interfere with Zhou Ling.

Her protection of the Dharma can be considered half complete.

If Zhou Ling can successfully overcome the tribulation and absorb the gifts of heaven and earth, then he will have succeeded.

Of course, she had only recently successfully condensed a Heavenly-grade Nascent Soul, so she naturally knew the terror of the Heavenly-grade Golden Core Tribulation.

Moreover, Zhou Ling's tribulation lightning was of the Five Elements Heavenly Grade, which was several times more powerful.

But based on her understanding of Zhou Ling, she knew he wouldn't do something he wasn't sure of.

Moreover, the Five Elements Sword in Zhou Ling's hand has fused with the Five Elements rules of her Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, and has already reached the power of a mid-grade fourth rank.

This power was enough for him to withstand the lightning tribulation.

Moreover, there are other Five Elements Swords that form the Five Phases Sword Formation.

In addition, the Five Elements Spirit Flames are all techniques that demonstrate Zhou Ling's considerable strength. That's why she had a lot of confidence in Zhou Ling.

"Given the current situation, as long as Zhou Ling can safely pass through the tribulation, he will definitely be able to condense a Heaven-grade Golden Core!"

On the judges' panel, Lin Zhishou spoke with a rather solemn expression.

The Heavenly Grade Golden Elixir is already astonishing enough.

However, the Five Elements Celestial Grade Golden Elixir can only be described as extremely rare.

But considering all the circumstances of this competition, it seemed to him that it was normal for Zhou Ling to condense a Heaven-grade Five Elements Golden Core.

After all, Zhou Ling's performance this time was truly amazing.

"Chief Lin, this Heavenly Grade Five Elements Golden Elixir isn't so easy to obtain!"

"It would be better to choose a single attribute to achieve a Heavenly Grade Golden Core. With his talent, the probability of him reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the future would be very high!"

The head of the Wang family spoke up.

He knew Zhou Ling was extraordinary, but choosing to condense a Heaven-grade Five Elements Golden Elixir was not a wise choice.

Even if we succeed this time.

That would ensure the achievement of a Heavenly-grade Five Elements Nascent Soul.
There's also the Five Elements Transformation?

This time, the difficulty has increased more than tenfold.

Therefore, in his opinion, it would be better to choose the fire attribute and achieve a Heavenly Grade Golden Elixir.

This will ensure the attainment of a Heavenly-grade Nascent Soul in the future.

This increases the probability of reaching the Divine Transformation stage to over 40%.

After all, there aren't many cultivators in the entire Dao Alliance who can achieve the Nascent Soul stage.

"Although the Heavenly Grade Five Elements Golden Elixir is powerful, it may not go very far!"

Dean Xiang also spoke up.

They clearly agreed with the Wang family head's statement.

After all, once you reach the Golden Core stage, the resources for cultivation increase several times over, and cultivating five attributes at the same time becomes extremely difficult.

"Back then, the Five Elements Hermit was a formidable fighter. He was able to fight against a peak Nascent Soul cultivator while only being in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. This was a testament to the strength of his Five Elements attributes."

"However, his cultivation level is only at the late Nascent Soul stage, and he is even unable to break through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

"The main problem with the Nascent Soul is that the Five Elements attributes consume too many resources!"

Dean Shen also spoke up.

Everyone knows that both have their advantages and disadvantages.

But overall, it is indeed as the Wang family head and others said that there will be more opportunities to enter the Nascent Soul stage.

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!”

As soon as Zhou Ling appeared, the surging thunderclouds suddenly erupted in a violent clap of thunder.

Streaks of purplish-brown lightning bolts crashed down from the thunderclouds, like giant thunder dragons, hurtling towards Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling remained calm, his eyes showing no fear, and let out a deafening roar as his body shot into the air.

At this moment, he neither used the Five Elements Sword nor relied on the Five Elements Spiritual Flame.

Last time, with the help of Dean Gong's Nascent Soul Tribulation, he absorbed a large amount of lightning rule power, which greatly improved his physical body and spiritual flames.

Such an opportunity is rare now, so we shouldn't miss it.

"Zhou Ling, what are you doing?"

Seeing Zhou Ling rush into the lightning tribulation without any precautions, Dean Gong looked very nervous.

Although he knew Zhou Ling was still a body cultivator, why did he abandon the Five Elements Sword and use his own body to fight against the lightning tribulation?

If there is even the slightest mistake, it will be utterly disastrous.

"This kid is way too arrogant!"

"Could it be that he chose to confront the lightning tribulation with his physical body because he was overexerted?"

"I really don't know what they were thinking!"

Upon seeing this, many judges exclaimed in surprise.

No one expected that Zhou Ling would choose such a dangerous way to undergo the tribulation.

In this competition, Zhou Ling used his body-refining cultivation, but dealing with lightning tribulation is a completely different matter.

But the next moment.

One after another, incredibly powerful and unstoppable waves of energy crashed down on Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling, however, neither dodged nor avoided the heavenly lightning, directly confronting it with his bare body.

"Boom!"

Terrifying lightning dragons struck Zhou Ling, then exploded.

It covered Zhou Ling's surroundings.

[You are being struck by lightning. Five Elements Lightning Power +1, Thunder Rule +5, Five Elements Rule +5]

[You are being struck by lightning. Five Elements Lightning Power +1, Thunder Rule +5, Five Elements Rule +5]

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As a thunderous dragon crashed down, a notification sound appeared in the system.

Zhou Ling felt completely relaxed and comfortable.

"This kid's body cultivation is so formidable!"

"To actually withstand heavenly lightning with one's bare body, this is the first time I've ever seen anything like it in all my years of life!"

"That courage is truly admirable!"

Seeing this, the judges were stunned, not expecting Zhou Ling's body tempering cultivation to be so formidable.

This power is not much less than his swordsmanship skills.

Absolutely terrifying!
"As expected, the lightning tribulation contains powerful rules that can not only cleanse the physical body but also greatly improve one's physique and understanding of the rules."

Although the Thunder Dragon looks incredibly terrifying.

However, due to the combined effects of his physical body and talent, it did not actually pose a significant threat to him.

After withstanding more than ten lightning dragons, the first lightning tribulation also dissipated.

Although the lightning tribulation was extremely violent at this moment, he was filled with anticipation.

Having absorbed the power of the rules of this tribulation lightning, his physique improved significantly, and he gained a clear understanding of the rules.

In the blink of an eye, the second lightning tribulation struck down fiercely, but Zhou Ling remained unchanged, still using his physical body to withstand it.

The power of the lightning tribulation at this moment was more than double that of before.

[You are being struck by lightning. Five Elements Lightning Power +1, Thunder Rule +5, Five Elements Rule +5]

[You are being struck by lightning. Five Elements Lightning Power +1, Thunder Rule +5, Five Elements Rule +5]

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At this moment, Zhou Ling had only one thought in his mind: "Let the lightning tribulation come even more violently!"

Unfortunately, the lightning tribulation subsided quickly.

The next moment, the sky churned violently, as if it had been completely enraged by Zhou Ling, with streaks of thunderclouds violently intertwining.

It condensed into a massive burst of lightning.

The third round of thunderbolts arrived in a fierce storm.

Its power is more than twice as strong as the second round.

The sky-covering thunder condensed into a hundred-foot-long lightning dragon, its body crackling with electricity, roaring as it crashed down.

The raging thunder was terrifying.

The cultivators in the square could no longer see what was happening during the tribulation.

But the sight was already horrifying.

Zhou Ling's expression also became extremely solemn, with the Five Elements Swords swirling around his body.

Combined with the five Five Elements Swords, the Five Elements Sword Domain is formed.

He slashed out with his sword.

A sword beam of five elements, several tens of feet long, clashed violently with the thunder dragon.

As the power of the tribulation lightning surged violently, Zhou Ling abandoned the idea of ​​using his physical body to withstand the third bolt of heavenly lightning.

Under the [Intermediate Observation] level, the power of this heavenly lightning has reached the level of a full-force attack from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

The physical body definitely couldn't withstand it.

If you can't handle it, then it's not worth it!
"boom!"

The raging heavenly lightning and the Five Elements Sword Domain continuously annihilated each other.

Finally, with a deafening roar, the Five Elements Sword Domain collapsed.

But the raging thunder dragon also dissipated.

Then, the lightning disappeared, the thunderclouds dispersed, and the sky returned to its original light blue color.

(End of this chapter)