Practice begins with immortality

As the calamity clouds gradually dissipated, Wang Bai successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage.

Wang Bai looked inward at his Dantian and saw a golden pill the size of a baby's fist, emitting a powerful and vast aura. This was his golden pill.

Wang Bai felt the surging power in his body and said, "My magic power is more than ten times stronger than before, both in quality and quantity. The range of my spiritual awareness has even reached fifteen miles. And—"

He suddenly unleashed a savage aura, several times more powerful than before the tribulation. Through the tempering power of the thunder tribulation, his physical cultivation realm also greatly improved, reaching the middle stage of the Golden Core.

At this moment, Wang Bai's strength has been greatly improved.

"There's truly a world of difference between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core. However, the spiritual energy and resources of the Luoxia Mountains are no longer sufficient to sustain my cultivation," he pondered. He then said, "Once I break through to the middle Golden Core stage, I'll depart for the Northern Yan Immortal Cultivation Realm." With that, Wang Bai flew directly towards the Luoxia Mountains.

What Wang Bo didn't know was that the local people were amazed by his divine appearance after seeing him transcend the tribulation. Later, a wealthy family funded the construction of a small temple at the foot of Qingxuan Mountain, and Qingxuan Mountain was renamed Tianlei Mountain.

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After returning to Shengxian Town, Wang Bai began to further refine the jade pendant.

after one day.

"It's worthy of being a space magic weapon, it also has the function of storage." Wang Bai immersed his mind in the jade pendant, and sighed as he looked at the storage space possessed by the jade pendant. The size of this storage space is comparable to a small country. This is the space after being damaged. If it was before the damage, it would only be bigger.

"From now on, I don't have to worry about storage issues, and the jade pendant can be stored in my dantian."

A month later.

Wang Bai completely consolidated his cultivation in the Jindan realm, and then used the jade pendant to come to the wilderness.

"There are still ten years until the King's City is called up. I should continue to practice during this time." Wang Bai thought to himself, and then he went to the Savage Mountains to hunt the King Beasts to cultivate his body. Lei Ling had given him a map of the Savage Mountains before, which contained many discovered King Beast nests.

The Savage Mountains are home to numerous King Beasts, so every 20 years, the three major cities unite with the great clans of the Savage Mountains to explore new lands. These expeditions are led by King-level warriors, who are responsible for the King Beasts, while the War Generals are in charge of the herds commanded by the King Beasts.

Generally speaking, it takes at least three King-level beings to slay a King Beast of the same realm, as King Beasts possess more innate magical powers than King-level beings. While King-level beings possess only one, King Beasts possess at least three. Some powerful King Beasts are even born with this magical power. Furthermore, King Beasts possess intelligence comparable to that of adult humans, and King Beasts are often connected to one another. When encountering a King-level being hunted by a King Beast, unless there's a grudge, they will likely aid the other. Even if they don't, they'll likely attack the human at a crucial moment. Therefore, few King-level beings venture into the Savage Mountains alone. However, Wang Bai is no ordinary King-level being.

"According to the map of the Savage Mountains Lei Ling gave me, the lair of a King-level, Initial-Stage Iron-Blooded Beast lies just ahead." Wang Bai then used his full strength to activate his Breath Condensation Technique, concealing his form with a spell and quietly sneaking into the lair. In the center of the lair, he saw a silver-red beast, resembling a lion or tiger, sleeping soundly.

Wang Bai wielded the magic sword and struck the beast's vital points with all his strength. The beast felt severe pain and then woke up and roared, but Wang Bai did not give it a chance and killed it directly.

Thus, Wang Bai relied on maps and the power of his Golden Core technique to hunt supreme beasts within the Savage Mountains. To be on the safe side, he mostly hunted early-stage King-level beasts, those specialized in physical form or those without attributes. Leveraging his advantage in both physical and spiritual cultivation, he often succeeded. Sometimes, there were dangers, as when he was pursued by three supreme beasts, equivalent to those at the peak of Golden Core perfection, and only managed to escape after exhausting all his methods.

In this way, ten years have passed.

In a cave outside the Savage Mountains.

"I finally got it, the blood essence of the Iron Ant King Beast." Looking at the drop of blood as big as an adult's fist in the porcelain bottle in front of him, Wang Bai swallowed it directly and refined it.

"After refining this King Beast's blood essence, my combat body realm will be able to break through to the high king level."

Three hours later, Wang Bai's body refining realm broke through to the late Golden Core stage.

"It's almost time for conscription. When the time comes, follow the main force and head deep into the Savage Mountains to hunt those top-tier king beasts."

One day later, above the Thunderous Royal City.

"Brother Wang, come here!" Lei Ling and the other two beckoned to Wang Bai. Wang Bai came directly to them, and relying on the effect of his breath-holding technique, he displayed the aura of a mid-level king.

"Brother Wang, your strength has improved significantly over the years! You've actually reached the middle level of the King Rank. It looks like this expansion will be very rewarding."

Soon after, a total of 40 king-level warriors gathered above the entire Leixiao Royal City.

"It seems that everyone is here. Let's head to the Savage Mountains!" Afterwards, everyone headed to the Savage Mountains, and the general-level troops would enter after them.