I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

In the years following the closure of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm, the cultivation world of the Southern Wilderness was in an uproar.

The name Li Han swept through dozens of cultivation kingdoms, large and small, like a storm.

Major sects and reclusive families offered extremely generous bounties, and countless Foundation Establishment and even Golden Core cultivators searched everywhere for him.

But this rogue cultivator seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Not only was he not caught, but there were also occasional reports of him killing and stealing treasures from elders of major sects who were chasing him.

Li Han grew stronger with each battle during the pursuit.

During this period, he became the undisputed protagonist of this world, his brilliance as the chosen one unmatched.

After returning to their sect, Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er hastily handed over their mission and then immediately announced that they would be going into seclusion.

The setback in their Daoist resolve did not completely destroy these two peerless geniuses.

On the contrary, the shame of watching their opportunities snatched away by ants became the most obsessive driving force in their bones.

They swore that they would not leave seclusion until they had formed the legendary top-grade Golden Core.

Core formation is an extremely strict dividing line in the world of cultivation.

The Golden Elixir is divided into nine grades.

The seventh to ninth ranks are considered inferior, which can increase lifespan by one thousand years, but there is no hope of ever reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Those who reach the fourth to sixth rank are considered to be of moderate ability and can extend their lifespan by three thousand years.

The first to third grades are truly top-grade golden pills.

It not only requires a massive accumulation of resources, but also a profound understanding and resonance with the laws of heaven and earth.

Without exceptional comprehension, forcing oneself to reach the third-grade Golden Core will only lead to qi deviation and death due to repeated backlashes from the laws.

Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er are at the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment stage; they have the resources and confidence to endure and comprehend.

Even if they miss out on the inheritance, the sect's resources will still be tilted towards them.

Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Yu almost never stepped out of the cave.

Cangxuan Sect, Inner Gate Cave.

Seventy-year-old Su Yu sat cross-legged on a futon.

Thanks to his quiet accumulation of wealth on the outskirts of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm back then, he earned terrifying resources that would make ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators green with envy.

His cultivation level had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment with remarkable stability.

The next step is to form the core.

But Su Yu hesitated to take that final step.

Deep down, he wasn't confident about achieving the Core Formation stage.

During his sixty years in the sect, Su Yu witnessed too many cases of failed Core Formation attempts.

In the Cangxuan Sect, Qi Refining is as easy as being a dog, Foundation Establishment is everywhere, but Golden Core cultivators number only a hundred or so at most!

Thousands upon thousands of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators at the Great Perfection stage are trapped and die at this stage throughout their entire lives.

Just a few years ago, Senior Brother Liu from the Internal Affairs Pavilion and two Senior Sisters from the Transmission Hall died at this threshold.

They were stuck at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment for a full hundred years.

Seeing that their physical functions were about to irreversibly decline, they had no choice but to forcibly form their core.

Su Yu was inside the sect at the time and clearly felt those intense fluctuations of spiritual energy.

It draws upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to infuse the body, forcibly compressing and solidifying the vast, ocean-like liquid true essence within the dantian.

That was an extremely brutal and irreversible process.

Once you start, there's no turning back.

Without exception, the results were all the same.

The true essence completely spiraled out of control at the critical point of extreme compression, and the violent spiritual power rebounded and went berserk within the body.

Before the three senior brothers and sisters could even let out a scream, their dantian was blasted into a huge bloody hole.

His physical body was torn apart inch by inch, and his soul was completely annihilated in the storm of spiritual energy.

A hundred years of arduous cultivation, and death brings the dissipation of one's spiritual path.

This brutal mortality rate is completely different from that of Foundation Establishment.

Back then, Su Yu, despite having the lowest grade nine spiritual root at Qianlong Manor, dared to attempt to break through the threshold of Foundation Establishment.

Because there are ways to build a foundation.

Authentic Foundation Building Pills not only provide a vast amount of pure medicinal power, but also contain the principles of nourishing the meridians and protecting the dantian.

Even if the breakthrough fails, as long as the energy dissipates in time, most people will only suffer serious injuries and will not die on the spot.

But if the Golden Elixir is off by even the slightest margin, it will lead to utter annihilation.

Everything can only be endured by the cultivators themselves using their physical bodies.

Even those exceptionally talented geniuses are walking a tightrope between life and death when facing this threshold.

Even geniuses with high aptitude, such as those with first- or second-grade spiritual roots, have had precedents of failing to overcome the barrier and perishing.

Even the exceptionally talented Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er.

Su Yu has been at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment for some years now.

However, there has been no news of those two peerless geniuses who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet.

Although they were constantly honing their foundation and comprehending the laws in pursuit of the legendary top-grade golden elixir.

But this also proves just how difficult it is to cross the threshold of the Golden Core stage.

Even the most outstanding talents can fall into the mire if they are not careful.

Even those with the best resources and the greatest talents must tread carefully.

For an ordinary cultivator to achieve the Core Formation stage, it's practically a gamble with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death, risking everything.

Su Yu sat cross-legged on the futon, calmly considering all of this.

He was well aware of his disadvantages.

Mediocre comprehension.

This is an insurmountable physical barrier.

For him, the desire to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth and form a golden core of the upper or even middle grade was simply an unrealistic fantasy.

He took the path of building a foundation through underground tunnels.

It relies on pure resource accumulation and the powerful physical body brought by the "Savage Dragon Body Technique".

This means that he can only choose the most brutal method of forming his core.

Forced compression.

Using his extremely powerful physical body as a container, he forcefully molded the liquid true essence into a golden pill.

This approach is extremely dangerous, with an alarmingly high probability of failure.

Moreover, even if it were to succeed, it would only be the lowest grade nine golden elixir.

But Su Yu felt no fear or hesitation.

The lifespan of someone who has built their foundation in the underground passage is four hundred years.

He is only seventy years old.

If they stayed peacefully in the sect, or returned to the Su family of Qianlong on the border of Yue Kingdom.

He can still live comfortably as an ancestor for over three hundred years, enjoying a wealth and honor that ordinary people can only dream of in several lifetimes.

The vast majority of cultivators who are not confident will choose this path.

It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.

But Su Yu had no intention of being content with the status quo.

Cultivating immortality is essentially about defying fate.

People are afraid of death because they only have one life.

But he was different. This was only his third incarnation.

Even if he fails on the path to the Golden Core and dies, he will have no regrets.

Just like in my previous life when I forcefully swallowed a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

He used his life to explore the threshold of the Golden Core in his next life, and to feel the limits of the meridians and dantian when liquid true essence solidified.

This deal wasn't a loss.

Only by experiencing it firsthand can he have absolute confidence when he stands before this threshold again.

I've figured this out.

Su Yu closed his eyes, no longer hesitating, and began to guide the vast liquid true essence within his Qi Sea to collapse wildly towards the very center of his Dantian.

The instant the liquid true essence began to collapse, the violent rebound of spiritual energy arrived as expected.

An extremely sharp tearing sensation came from within his dantian.

If an ordinary cultivator cannot suppress their dantian at this stage, it will instantly shatter.

However, Su Yu's physical body was forged by the blood of hundreds of second-tier demonic beasts and three third-tier great demons.

The formidable defense of the "Savage Dragon Body Technique" played a decisive role at this moment.

The extremely resilient meridians and powerful flesh and blood forcefully withstood this deadly rebound of spiritual energy.

He was like someone trying to crush an explosion with his bare hands.

If you lack the understanding to comprehend the laws, then use the purest force to forcibly suppress them.

Suppression, rebound.

Suppress again, then rebound.

Su Yu was completely caught in this tug-of-war with his own true essence.

This is like walking on the edge of a cliff.

He was constantly on the verge of his dantian exploding.

The slightest mistake could result in utter destruction.

Time passed under extremely tedious and dangerous pressure.

One year.

Five years.

ten years.

Su Yu sat cross-legged in the secret room like a lifeless stone statue.

He poured all his spiritual sense and power into suppressing his dantian.

There was no sudden enlightenment, no mystery.

This is an extremely long and physically demanding task.

It was also an extremely cruel form of torture against the will.

Another decade has passed.

On the Welcoming Peak of the Cangxuan Sect, batches of new disciples have already come and gone.

The aftershocks of the Great Wilderness Secret Realm gradually subsided as Li Han disappeared.

Finally, twenty-nine years have passed.

Cangxuan Sect, Inner Gate Cave.

Ninety-nine-year-old Su Yu suddenly opened his eyes.

Within the Dantian.

That mass of liquid true essence, which had been suppressed for twenty-nine years and reached an extremely terrifying density.

Finally, at this moment, an extremely crisp cracking sound was heard.

Quantitative change led to qualitative change.

That extremely dense mass of true essence suddenly collapsed inward.

A solid point radiating substantial golden light slowly took shape in the center of the Qi Sea.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding liquid true essence seemed to have seen the center of the vortex and frantically clung to it.

Solidify, and form a pill!

Su Yu lowered his head and focused his spiritual sense on his dantian.

A golden pill, the size of a longan and perfectly round, was quietly suspended in the center of the dantian.

The surface of the Golden Core lacks the complex Dao patterns that symbolize the laws of the Great Dao.

Only eight extremely faint lines indicate its grade.

Eighth-grade Golden Elixir.

Not even mediocre; among those at the Core Formation stage, they are absolutely at the bottom.

But there was not a trace of disappointment or resentment in Su Yu's eyes.

He survived.

There was no opportunity, no sudden enlightenment.

With only a powerful physical body and extreme patience and meticulousness, he managed to mold the golden core.

No matter how low the rank, this is a genuine Golden Core stage cultivator.

In this vast territory spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, reaching the Golden Core stage signifies crossing the threshold into the ranks of high-level cultivators.

They are no longer low-level disciples who can be used as cannon fodder at any time.

Su Yu brushed away the dust that had accumulated on his robes for nearly thirty years, made a hand seal, and opened the stone door of the cave.

Thirty years of seclusion feel like a lifetime ago.

Su Yu stepped out of the cave.

He did not deliberately conceal his aura; the pressure of the early Golden Core stage spread outwards naturally.

The two Foundation Establishment stage deacons guarding the mountain path felt the spiritual pressure and their bodies trembled violently.

When they saw who it was, they quickly stepped forward and bowed.

"Welcome back, Martial Uncle Su, upon your return from seclusion!"

The deacon's voice carried a clear sense of awe.

In the Cangxuan Sect, once one forms the Core, their seniority automatically advances by one level.

Even if it's an eighth-grade Golden Core cultivator, that's still a Golden Core True Person!

Every Golden Core cultivator is a true pillar and powerful figure in the sect.