Invincible!

Chapter 225 Golden Elixir
Li Xian sensed something the moment he entered these celestial lights.

This ethereal light...

It contains significant characteristics of emptiness.

And this characteristic...

He felt a sense of familiarity.

This is……

"Harmony with the Dao!?"

He immediately understood the source of the familiarity.

This is the way of harmony!
The body merges with the Great Dao of Void!

"Aren't you afraid of being transformed by the Dao?"

A question flashed through his mind, but then he suddenly understood.

“True immortals who have already refined their emptiness and merged with the Dao can still retain a trace of their true self even if they temporarily merge with the Dao… Their true purpose in trying to ‘merge with the Dao in the void’ is merely to use the Dao of the void to travel to the origin of the Dao, which is… the Immortal Realm!”

Once they reach the celestial realm, they will struggle to emerge from the "void".

Therefore, the ascension of a true immortal is also known as "breaking through the void" ascension.

Using the Great Dao as a boat, we traverse the void and ascend to the realm of immortals.

Mr. Li understood.

But for him now, understanding these things, apart from broadening his horizons, doesn't mean much.

What he really needs to do now is to take advantage of the moment when heaven and earth meet to comprehend the interaction of yin and yang.

"Extreme Yang Thunder Flame, Pure Yin Earthly Fiend..."

Li Xian was inside the pillar of light, quietly sensing the violent collision between the two forces in the gale layer.

Each collision sends out terrifying bursts of light.

This dissipating wave was transmitted downwards through the pillar of light, and was felt by Li Xian and others who were inside, thus gaining insight into the wonder of the interplay of Yin and Yang within it.

People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn from Heaven and Earth.

Li Xian sensed this change while recalling bits and pieces of his memories about the interaction of Yin and Yang.

Deep within his mind, the two forces of Yin True Essence and Yang True Fire were already simulating rapid rotation, convergence, and collision.

It's like two large gas giants that originally followed different orbits.

Through constant interaction and contact, they will become intertwined, and when the time is truly ripe, the two planets will collide and merge completely. Using the immense power of their collision, they will ignite the new star, transforming it into a blazing, indestructible star.

This is the essence of the Golden Elixir!

"Mastering Yin and Yang, refining the Five Elements, and achieving primordial unity is the Golden Elixir."

Li Xian quietly contemplated this profound mystery.

In order to gain a clearer understanding of this profound mystery, he even took to the air and followed the earthly evil energy, soaring straight into the sky.

The closer one gets to the clouds, the more lightning and flames are drawn down from the void traces left behind by the True Immortal Xu Zhou's ascension.

Most of the lightning flames will be attracted by the yin energy, collide with it, and merge into one during the collision and explosion.

However, during this process, a small amount of lightning flames will also lose control and hurtle towards Li Xian.

As soon as Li Xian made contact, he immediately felt that the power within these lightning flames was extremely domineering, extremely strong and yang, and extremely pure and fierce!

Its characteristics seem to extend beyond the formation of all energy structures, involving the lowest level of composition.

Just like the most basic atom in matter.

This pure Yang energy seems to be the fundamental form that constitutes all things.

"When one reaches the pinnacle of refining the spirit, one will condense a Yin spirit. Once the Yin spirit is formed, one can delve into the layer of thunder and flame and draw down the tribulation of lightning. This process is the yin and yang interaction between man and heaven and earth. Under the constant bombardment of thunder and flame, the Yin spirit captures the pure yang power within, causing yin to give rise to yang, tempering and illuminating a point of pure yang within the Yin spirit, transforming it into a Yang spirit, also known as the primordial spirit. This is the realm of the primordial spirit immortal..."

Li Xian's thoughts wandered.

At that moment, he suddenly realized something.

The Yin and Yang spirits in the Refining Spirit realm are, to some extent, the Taiyin of the Fifth Realm and the Taiyang of the Sixth Realm in the Dao Realm.

However, the Taiyin and Taiyang realms are merely the initial contact with the mysteries of Yin and Yang, laying the foundation for future mastery of Yin and Yang.

And the Yin spirit...

In particular, the primordial spirit, formed by the infusion of the soul after the manifestation of the Yang spirit, transforms life into a completely new form.

This is a sublimation of a higher level of life.

A transformation from human to immortal.

The next level of the human immortal body is equivalent to a human-shaped golden elixir.

Or it could be described as the essence of the Great Dao.

It is the foundation of refining emptiness and uniting with the Dao.

An immortal who reaches the level of a human immortal only needs to comprehend one great Dao and merge with the Dao to become a true immortal, achieving the theoretical lifespan of heaven and earth and the radiance of the sun and moon.

"The Yin, the Yang, the Golden Elixir, the Refining of the Spirit... everything is for the sake of becoming an immortal!"

At this moment, Li Xian finally understood why these four realms were summarized in ancient times as "refining Qi to transform into spirit".

Because the ultimate pursuit of this realm is to cultivate oneself into a human immortal who has refined the spirit and returned to emptiness.

The most crucial aspect of this, returning to emptiness, does not refer to a simple state of "nothingness".

If one cultivates to the point of nothingness, wouldn't one be transformed into the Dao?

The key to returning to emptiness is being able to maintain one's own existence even in nothingness.

The foundation of this existence is the Great Dao!
This corresponds to the process that the body of a human immortal is the body of the Great Dao.

This also corresponds to the transformation from a human to an immortal.

"Only after cultivating the body of a human immortal, and then undergoing the process of refining emptiness and merging with the Dao, can one avoid being transformed by the Dao, that is, losing oneself, and truly becoming a part of heaven and earth, the void, and the Great Dao."

"Refining Qi to Transform Spirit, Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness, Refining Emptiness to Unite with the Dao..."

Li Xian muttered these three realms to himself.

After gaining a sufficient understanding of these realms, he looked back at Taiyin, Taiyang, Jindan, and Lianshen...

Suddenly, a new feeling arose.

"It's as if they've broken down a complex realm and made it into a fragment for worldly cultivators to practice, as if they're afraid that the cultivators won't be able to see the mystery within and comprehend the true meaning of immortality and mortality."

Li Xian calmed his mind, sensing the interplay of Yin and Yang between the lightning flames and Yin energy, while actively drawing in streaks of lightning flames to see if he could capture their purest Yang characteristics.

Because there was so little lightning below, he even flew a distance higher.

For a time, he even witnessed Ji Qingfeng shuttling through the lightning flames, constantly observing them, and even suppressing his divine sense fluctuations to the extreme, occasionally experiencing the state of the lightning flames approaching him.

Of course, he was just giving it a try.

What truly withstands the bombardment of lightning and fire is the Yin energy continuously drawn from the earth veins of Rolling Cloud Mountain and sent to the heavens.

It's like getting a taste of someone else's tribulation lightning.

Moreover, since the Yin energy of the earth veins lacks sentience, the lightning and flames drawn down are natural phenomena and will not be accompanied by inner demons.

It can be considered a trial version of a tribulation.

This kind of experience is extremely precious for cultivators who want to transcend tribulations; it is no exaggeration to say that it is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.

……

The process of heaven and earth connecting lasted for about half an hour.

Finally, the earth vein yin energy that had accumulated over a full sixty years and was drawn into the void by the Ascension Peak formation collapsed under the bombardment of the Nine Heavens Thunder Flame.

The energy of heaven and earth was purified.

With the Yin energy of the earth veins completely destroyed by the Nine Heavens Thunder Flame, the formation no longer needed to be maintained.

The pillars of light gradually dissipated.

Whether it was Ji Qingfeng above the sky, Li Xian near the sky, or the thirty-five experts from the Great Luo Immortal Sect who were seizing the time to comprehend the wonders of the Yin-Yang convergence within the formation, they were all still feeling unsatisfied.

"Alright! This is a rare opportunity. Our sect has prepared cultivation caves for you all. Let's make the most of this time and properly digest the insights and experiences we've gained."

The voice of Ji Mingyue, a rogue cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, came, reminding everyone.

"Yes."

The group agreed and, without wasting any time, followed the directions to the various caves.

Li Xian was no exception.

Transforming into a beam of light, they quickly arrived at the mansion closest to Ji Qingfeng.

He kept replaying the magnificent scene of thunder and flames bombarding the Yin Sha.

"Unfortunately, I have touched no less than a hundred lightning flames, but I have never been able to sense the pure Yang power within them... This situation could be due to either the lightning flames I have been in contact with being too weak and not yet meeting the standard for generating pure Yang power, or it could be that I have not yet cultivated Yin spirit... or even developed divine sense, let alone comprehended the pure Yang power within them."

Li Xian pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized something.

“When I observed Ji Qingfeng comprehending the Thunder Flame, he tightly suppressed the fluctuations of his divine sense… because divine sense is yin, and if it manifests in the area where the Thunder Flame is located, it will attract the Thunder Flame's attack…”

Lingxu once said that without cultivating divine sense, one cannot even receive information about the completion of the Void Dao Body, or even if one does receive it, one cannot digest it, and naturally one cannot achieve the completion of the Dao Body.

If nothing unexpected happens...

The same applies to the power of pure Yang.

Only by cultivating divine sense and manifesting it within the thunder and flames can one comprehend pure yang and cultivate pure yang immortal power.

"Divine consciousness".

Having mastered the sword intent, it was said that he could now tap into his divine sense, but Li Xian had been too busy lately and ultimately had no free time.

and……

If he could perfect his sword intent, then exploring his divine sense would be twice as effective with half the effort, so he wasn't in a particular hurry about it.

"Instead of spending a lot of time and energy to cultivate divine consciousness with the Great Perfection of Sword Intent, it is better to cultivate the Golden Core first."

The key to refining the Golden Elixir lies in maintaining a balance between Yin and Yang.

He originally planned to quickly perfect his sword intent, cultivate divine sense in one step, and then rely on the advantage of divine sense to ensure the balance of yin and yang forces, thus flawlessly condensing his golden core. But now…

Having witnessed firsthand the connection between heaven and earth and the interaction of yin and yang, he has gained sufficient understanding of the balance between yin and yang.

You can start practicing the Golden Core technique now.

"My short-term goal is to reach the Golden Core stage in three years and the Spirit Refinement stage in five years. If you calculate the time, three years have actually already passed."

At that moment, Li Xian glanced briefly at the collection in the storage ring.

After handing over the Eighth Realm Magic Treasure to Ji Qingfeng, the sect naturally returned the ten billion merit points.

Currently, he has reserves of both Nine-Turn Creation Pills and higher-grade Rejuvenation Pills in his storage ring.

"Although the ninth-realm magic weapon of Supreme Zhuoyong is already being forged, there is no need to wait for the sword intent to be perfected and the divine sense to be activated. Let's form a core first."

At that moment, Li Xian's thoughts stirred, and the Yin True Essence and Yang True Fire within his body began to rotate.

The cathode generates the anode, and the anode generates the cathode.

Yin and Yang are inherently like water and fire.

The burst of magical power of a cultivator at the True Fire Realm of the Sun is achieved through the clash between the Yin and Yang energies of the Yin and Yang.

In the past, the clash between these two forces was precisely controlled; the amount of Yin True Essence sprinkled into the Sun True Fire determined the amount of power to be unleashed.

To achieve the Golden Core, the Taiyin True Essence and Taiyang True Fire must rotate at high speed during the process to ensure their close integration.

Once the rotation starts, it's hard to stop.

If one is not careful and fails to control the process of yin and yang interacting, the forces of the yin and yang will collide completely and be released at the moment of impact, with power that...

It's no different from self-destructing one's golden core.

Let alone a sixth-realm cultivator like Li Xian, even a ghost immortal or a nascent soul immortal would not feel good taking such a blow head-on without any magic to defend against it.

Just like now...

"Boom!"

A deafening roar suddenly came from not far from the cave.

The true essence of Yin and the true fire of Yang raged and exploded, creating a rolling wave of energy.

Even though the formation blocked and suppressed it immediately, a slight movement still escaped and was detected by the perceptive Li Xian.

This characteristic... "Someone failed to form their core."

He frowned.

"You've only just finished observing the convergence of Yin and Yang, why not take it easy and consolidate your gains before attempting a breakthrough? That's far too reckless."

He said something.

but……

Looking at the Taiyin True Essence and Taiyang True Fire already circulating within his body...

He doesn't seem to have the right to criticize others.

After a moment of silence, he waved his hand, activating the array of the cave dwelling and entering seclusion mode.

Guided by spiritual consciousness, the Yin and Yang energies intertwined and rotated with each other, faster and faster, and the angle of rotation gradually changed from a circle to an arc, and the angle became closer and closer.

At some point...

The forces of Yin and Yang suddenly intersected within the body.

Theoretically, at astonishing speeds, the convergence of the two energies would produce an unprecedented roar.

It's like accelerating the release of energy that should have taken ten seconds to one millisecond. The change in the time unit amplifies the destructive effect countless times!
However, Li Xian himself already had ample experience with the interaction of Yin and Yang.

At the moment of their convergence, the colliding Yin True Essence precisely penetrated the interior of the Yang True Fire, causing them to merge.

Similarly, the true fire of the sun was also subtly injected into the true essence of the moon, allowing the two to merge into one perfectly.

This caused the energy that would have been released ten or a hundred times greater under high-speed operation to not explode at all; instead, the two sides merged into one another.

Of course, minor fluctuations are still unavoidable.

This shock erupted within Li Xian's body, even shaking his internal organs, which had been refined into the five innate energies.

However, having cultivated his true form to the seventh level, he also experienced significant internal strengthening. Coupled with the powerful control forged by his perfected sword intent, this outflowing energy burst was precisely controlled within a tolerable range.

Ultimately, the damage from this round of interaction was so great that even the Nine-Turn Creation Pill in his mouth didn't need to be crushed; the Undying Dao Body's own regenerative power was enough to alleviate it.

"The convergence of Yin and Yang..."

Li Xian quietly sensed the changes brought about by the interaction of the two energies and accurately recorded the process of the two energies "intersecting" and intermingling.

The two energies, Taiyin and Taiyang, are still rotating rapidly, and at a relatively fast speed.

In less than half the time of the previous encounter, the two high-speed energies converged for the second time.

"Buzz!"

The energy of the moon is poured into the true fire of the sun, and the true fire of the sun also illuminates the true essence of the moon.

But this time...

The energy released by the oscillation between the two was much smaller than before.

"That's it."

Li Xianping calmly controlled the two energies, making them accelerate even faster, laying the foundation for their final fusion and the condensation of the golden elixir.

With this acceleration, soon, the third, fourth, fifth...

The orbits of the two energy clusters continued to shrink, their speed increased, and the frequency of collisions also increased, from once every few hours at the beginning to several times, dozens of times, hundreds of times, thousands of times per hour...

The exchange of energy is constantly increasing, and the collisions between energies are becoming more and more frequent.

at last……

At a certain moment, the two balls of energy, moving at extreme speed, collided completely. An unprecedentedly dazzling energy fluctuation, carrying an immortal and indestructible golden radiance, suddenly shone out from Li Xian's body.

These lights even penetrated his skin and spread throughout the entire cave, illuminating him and the surrounding hundreds of meters in a soft golden hue.

"The Immortal Golden Elixir!"

Li Xian immediately focused his mind to sense the radiant golden substance within his body.

Its brilliance and splendor were like that of a newborn star formed by the collision of two atmospheric planets, releasing endless light and heat.

Without any hesitation, the powerful spiritual sense stirred the newly formed, yet uncondensed, golden matter, causing it to follow the trajectory of the Primordial Floating Dawn True Body and the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, and inscribed it.

"Ok?"

Just as Li Xian successfully completed the inscription of these two supreme spells, he keenly sensed something.

"It seems that... I can inscribe another innate spell on my golden core?"

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

It is a consensus that a golden elixir forged from an unparalleled Dao foundation can only record two supreme spells.

But he...

Although somewhat surprised, his thoughts did not slow down at all.

The next spell...

His mind quickly flashed through various sect-protecting spells, such as the Sun-Chasing Sword Qi, Endless Radiance, Water God's Decree, Primordial Magnetic Divine Light, and Life Breath.

But the moment the thought crossed his mind, he rejected it.

It's a waste to inscribe the sect's sacred magic.

So……

"Void Sword Escape!"

Void Sword Escape is both a supernatural ability and a form of magic! Naturally, it can also be recorded!

"Wait! If the Void Sword Escape can be recorded, what about my sword intent divine ability?"

As his thoughts wandered, a black sun seemed to emerge from the depths of Li Xian's soon-to-cool-down golden core, and the black sun collapsed at an extremely fast speed into an incomparably heavy dark particle.

As this dark particle formed, Li Xian's "Golden Core," which was originally only equivalent to golden matter, also rapidly condensed and manifested its form in a way that was unprecedentedly stable.

"It's done!"

Li Xian's eyes lit up slightly.

Looking at the golden crystal that radiated an immortal light, the patterns on the crystal that belonged to the Primordial Chaos True Body and the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, and the dark particles hidden deep within the Golden Core, he couldn't help but smile.

The spell has been successfully inscribed.

Moreover, once the Golden Elixir is formed, almost all the essence, energy, and spirit of the entire body are condensed into the Golden Elixir and transformed into a solid state. As long as one does not experience a life-or-death battle or suffer a severe injury, there will be no damage whatsoever.

This state...

"No wonder it is said that one can live for a thousand years after cultivating the Golden Core... If one never uses supernatural powers or spells after condensing the Golden Core, and never engages in strenuous activities, living for fifteen hundred years is not a problem."

Li made his estimate.

pity……

No Golden Core cultivator would refrain from using supernatural powers and spells just to live a few hundred more years.

……

Several days later, the cave's array was fully activated.

Li Xian's figure emerged from the formation.

He immediately felt the transmission array plate vibrate.

It was clearly Nangong Feixu who sent the message, but it was blocked by the formation.

However, this was not the time to reply, as he had already sensed several presences outside the cave.

As he leaped forward, he saw Xu Shiping, Ji Qingfeng, and Mu Xingchui, who was struggling to break through to the next realm after cultivating a false core, waiting outside.

Moreover, as his formation was activated, a divine sense also broke through the air and arrived.

It was Ji Mingyue, the Primordial Spirit Immortal who was the head of the Taiqing Sword Sect and the gatekeeper of the Great Luo Immortal Sect.

This wandering immortal was also keeping a close eye on his condition.

Sensing the still-unrefined and harmonious aura emanating from Li Xian, Ji Qingfeng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Master Li, you've... succeeded!?"

"Ah."

Li responded.

Condensing the Golden Elixir carries risks; each energy exchange is extremely dangerous. However, his foundation is too profound, and each Yin-Yang exchange allows him to accumulate experience, reducing the risks even further for the next time. As a result, he did not encounter any danger throughout the entire process.

"Great! Great! Great! This is wonderful!"

Upon hearing Li Xian's response, Ji Qingfeng couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh: "I knew it! At the Golden Core stage, I was no match for you, True Disciple Li... No, I shouldn't call you True Disciple Li anymore, but Daoist Li!"

He immediately cupped his hands and smiled, "Congratulations, Master Li, on condensing the Golden Elixir, attaining the Dao True Person status, and living to be a thousand years old!"

Xu Shiping and Mu Xingchui also followed suit, bowing and saying, "Congratulations, Master Li! Heaven dares not underestimate you; may your immortal path endure forever!"

"Golden Elixir".

Li Xian also cupped his hands in response.

This is indeed a landmark achievement.

Once I swallowed a golden pill, I realized that my fate was not determined by heaven. If I attend a banquet in the celestial palace in the future, I must not forget the years I spent proving my Dao in the mortal world.

Only those who have reached this stage of cultivation can be called true practitioners.

Based on Li Xian's deduction of the relationship between the Golden Elixir and the Immortal Body...

Calling him a demigod wouldn't be out of the question.

In any major power, he would be a pivotal figure.

It really got to me...

Even if someone is a True Fire Realm cultivator with the combat power of a Golden Core, the major sects will treat it as a fight between juniors and won't take it to heart. At most, they'll try to get revenge later.

But a Golden Core cultivator died...

That would be a serious provocation, and it wouldn't be surprising if it directly triggered a local war between top powers.

"Among the other thirty-five people in this batch, besides me, has anyone else broken through to the Golden Core stage?"

Li asked first.

"Not yet."

Mu Xingchui's expression dimmed slightly: "On the contrary, two people were too eager for quick success and failed on the path of yin and yang meeting."

"No need to rush, it's only been a month or so."

Ji Qingfeng smiled and said, "In previous years, it usually took one or two months, or even three to five months, for someone to break through to the Core Formation stage. Some people even went into seclusion for a year or two at a time. Not everyone is like Li Daozi, with such a profound foundation, who broke through to the Core Formation stage so quickly."

"call out!"

At this moment, a stream of light shone down and condensed into the figure of Ji Mingyue.

Ji Qingfeng, Xu Shiping, and the others quickly bowed.

Ji Mingyue waved her hand and looked at Li Xian: "Congratulations, Li Daozi. With the Golden Core complete, refining your spirit is only a matter of time. You have already broken through all the thresholds before reaching the Immortal Realm. In the future, you only need to overcome the tribulation of lightning, and the Immortal Realm will be beckoning to you. I believe that day is not far away."

"you flatter me."

Mr. Li replied politely.

Between the Golden Elixir and the Refining Spirit stage, it's a slow and meticulous process of tempering the spirit, and there's basically no danger to life. The difference between high and low talent is simply a matter of speed.

And he has now achieved mastery of sword intent...

For him, the process of refining his spirit was indeed sooner or later.

"You deserve this praise."

Ji Mingyue said, "When you condense your Golden Core on Ascension Peak, would you like to hold a Golden Core Banquet? If so, my Taiqing Sword Sect can handle it all. This realm is the most important hurdle in a cultivator's life. After passing through it, one can enjoy a lifespan of a thousand years and truly attain immortality."

"There's no need for the Golden Core banquet. I should go to the sect as soon as possible."

Li Xiandao.

After listening, Ji Mingyue pondered for a moment and nodded: "The true disciple who condenses the Golden Core within three Jiazi (60 years) will become the sect's Dao Child. As for you, your lifespan is only half a Jiazi. The title of Dao Child is beyond doubt. Once you become a Dao Child, you can enjoy many privileges of the sect and will hold an important position in the sect. You really should go back first."

She smiled and said, "No immortal can infiltrate the sect's territory. With your escape skills, no one can stop you. I won't see you off. I hope you can bring me an even bigger surprise next time we meet."

Li Xian nodded slightly.

He wasn't very interested in the other privileges of the Daozi, but...

In the understanding of those powerful immortals, only by cultivating the Golden Core can one truly attain immortality and enlightenment.

If you go to the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals at this time, you will surely return with a full load of treasures.

(End of this chapter)