Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

On the cloud-covered hat.

Lu Zaian has been sitting here for three years, enduring wind and rain, sun and snow, his body seemingly integrated with the green rock beneath his feet, remaining completely still.

His silvery-white beard and hair hung down to the ground, almost taking root in the stone.

His aura was sometimes as deep and unfathomable as a bottomless sea.

At times, it is as vibrant and full of life as an ancient tree reaching for the sky;

Two completely different images flowed and intertwined in him, as if heaven and man were in harmony.

The Nine Netherworld clone stood quietly to the side, still maintaining its Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivation, faithfully protecting the Dao.

He was also waiting.

Because the resources in the northern airspace are insufficient to support him in completing the crucial step of Qi and Blood Embracing the Elixir.

He is waiting for his main body to break through to the Core Formation stage. At that time, the essence and blood of the [Longevity Dao Body] will become even stronger, which in turn will nourish his clone.

For the original body, it might just be a little bit of essence blood, but for him, it was the strongest and most suitable "spiritual object" for breaking through the Body Refinement and Core Formation realm!

Xiao Yi hovered beside Lu Zaian, its bright eyes fixed on its master.

At this crucial moment of Core Formation, it is no longer suitable for it to remain inside Lu Zaian's body.

Thanks to the nourishment of a large number of Yin Yuan Pills in recent years, it has successfully entered the late stage of the second tier.

If its master successfully forms its core this time, it will surely receive even greater life energy in return!

Just then, Lu Zaian slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for three years.

Deep within my eyes, the fleeting images of vast ocean waves and ancient tree buds seemed to flash by, and an indescribable artistic conception spread out.

"Within my dantian, the 700 drops of liquid mana have reached their full potential, with no gaps remaining. It's time..."

He muttered to himself, his voice calm and even.

"I established my foundation at the age of eighty-two, and now I am one hundred and twenty-one years old. I haven't lived a long life."

However, if it weren't for the initial contract with Xiao Yi, sharing the cultivation progress of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, and the subsequent assistance from Yang Yuan Pills, Yin Yuan Pills, and the Song family's resources, it would be difficult to achieve today's speed...

Finally, finally, I can glimpse the path to the Golden Elixir!

Even with Lu Zaian's calm demeanor, he couldn't help but feel excited.

After calming his mind, he no longer hesitated, and with a thought, he fully activated his cultivation technique!

The "Boundless Ocean Sutra" and the "Azure Spring Dew Technique" were simultaneously pushed to their limits!

Inside the dantian, the 700 drops of pure liquid mana were as if they were being squeezed by an invisible force, and began to collapse wildly inward!

compression!

Compress it again!!

Every drop of magic power contained terrifying energy, and now that it was being forcibly gathered together, it emitted a buzzing sound as if it could not bear the burden!

At the same time, strange phenomena in the outside world echoed it, becoming increasingly violent!

In the sky, at the center of the enormous vortex of spiritual energy, the azure phantom of the vast ocean and the emerald green phantom of the towering ailanthus tree became increasingly clear!

Giant waves crashed against the sea of ​​clouds, emitting a deafening roar;

The phantom of that Toona sinensis tree, though not yet a hundred years old but already eighty, took root in the vast ocean waves, radiating endless vitality!

Water and wood.

The two types of magical power began to merge perfectly within Lu Zaian's body amidst the strange phenomena of heaven and earth!

A harmonious, full, and infinitely possible aura began to emerge from the core of magical power, which had been compressed to its limit.

And it gradually emitted a faint golden glow!

Step one: Condensing the embryonic form of the Golden Elixir, complete!

However, this newly formed golden core was covered with pits and cracks, and its internal energy was far from stable, making it appear illusory and unreal.

Lu Zaian calmed his mind and poured all the essence, energy, and spirit he had cultivated throughout his life, as well as all his Taoist skills, into it without reservation!

Compress with all your might!

Polish!

Everyone in the mountains was shocked by this earth-shattering sight.

Xu Yan'er stood outside the Cloud Sea Palace, gazing up at the magnificent sight of the Vast Sea Toon Tree atop the mountain, her beautiful eyes sparkling with wonder.

"A real Golden Core?! The Mountain Lord... the Mountain Lord is forming his Golden Core!"

She followed Lu Zaian all the way and witnessed him go from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, and now he is about to form the Golden Core!

It's only been a few years, it's terrifying!

Beside the spiritual fields of West Stream Valley, Xu Ming leaned on his hoe, his hunched body trembling slightly under the oppressive force of heaven and earth. His old eyes were filled with shock, and a hint of indescribable envy and admiration.

"The Mountain Lord... has formed his Core."

He was merely a Qi Refining cultivator who had wasted his life, yet in his twilight years, he was able to witness the birth of a Golden Core cultivator and feel the majestic power of the heavens.

This life... I have no regrets!

Meanwhile, outside Yunli Mountain.

All the cultivators who were drawn by the strange phenomenon, who were originally wary of each other and even secretly fighting each other for the so-called "opportunity".

At that moment, they all stopped what they were doing, looked up at the sky, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.

"It's a Core Formation celestial phenomenon!!"

"My God! There's actually a cultivator attempting to break through to the Golden Core stage in these mountains?!"

"Who is it?! When did such an unassuming Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator appear in the Northern Sky Domain? I've never heard of him before!"

"Could it be... Jiuyou, who disappeared for several years?!" Someone suddenly thought of that infamous evil star.

"No! Jiuyou is a body cultivator, and the celestial phenomenon of Qi and blood forming the core is definitely not like this! This is an anomaly of a magic cultivator forming the core!"

Immediately, someone spoke up to refute this.

Everyone stared intently, and they could vaguely see some of the conditions inside the dantian of the Core Formation cultivator within that strange phenomenon.

The nascent golden core, though radiating golden light, was clearly not yet perfect.

The surface is riddled with pits and cracks, and its luster appears somewhat dim...

"Difficult! Difficult! So difficult!"

An elderly rogue cultivator shook his head and sighed.

"The northern airspace is barren of resources. Without the help of a third-tier spiritual object, how difficult it is to condense a perfect golden core!"

So many brilliant minds have fallen at this final step! This senior... I'm afraid he also...

Some people also showed expressions of schadenfreude:

"Hehe, otherwise why would people say that the cultivation world in the Northern Sky Domain is in decline? How many Golden Core cultivators can emerge in each era? It's not surprising, it's not surprising at all."

However, just when everyone thought that the attempt to form the core was about to fail,

Mutations reborn!

At the summit, Lu Zaian unhesitatingly drew out the [Lihuo Spirit Elixir] that he had prepared beforehand.

A stream of spiritual liquid, resembling seven-colored glaze but burning with blazing white flames at its core, flowed out as if it possessed life, precisely pouring onto the cracked nascent golden core!

"laugh--!!"

It was as if a red-hot iron block had encountered a sacred spring.

The Golden Core trembled violently!

The pits and cracks on the surface were filled and repaired at a visible speed under the nourishment of the pure and miraculous energy of the [Lihuo Spirit Elixir]!

The luster of the golden core became purer and more dazzling, and the pressure it emitted increased exponentially!

"That's... a Core Formation Spiritual Object!!"

"He actually possesses such a treasure?!"

"Heaven blesses this man! He can expect to achieve the Golden Core stage!!"

A chorus of exclamations erupted from outside the mountain, filled with boundless envy, jealousy, and awe.

Mountain top.

Lu Zaian felt the rapid depletion of the [Lihuo Spirit Elixir] and the increasingly perfect and stable aura of his Golden Core, and sighed inwardly:

"Indeed, without this item, I would have been unable to achieve perfect golden core at the last moment, and my foundation would have been flawed. Fortunately, I was prepared in advance!"

When the last wisp of [Lihuo Spirit Elixir] energy merged into the golden core, the golden core finally took complete shape!

It is perfectly round and flawless, full and crystal clear!

The surface is covered with a light that flows slowly like ripples on water!

It exuded an overwhelming and powerful spiritual pressure, enveloping the entire Yunli Mountain, and even making the cultivators watching from afar feel their hearts tremble!

The Water-Wood Golden Elixir—completed!