Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

Maoshan, Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace, Ancestral Master Hall.

The statue of the Three Mao Patriarchs sits in the center, flanked by dozens of memorial tablets of past patriarchs, exuding a profound and enduring spiritual aura.

The cocoon of light, formed from condensed spiritual energy, slowly rotated in the hall, its surface shimmering with a warm purple glow.

Inside the cocoon of light, Lin Bei sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, his breathing long and even.

His consciousness was deep within his dantian, where the purple pseudo-core was undergoing its final transformation.

All nine Dao patterns lit up, like nine purple dragons swirling on the surface of the pill.

The lighting of the Dao patterns is only the first step. The next step is to melt all nine Dao patterns back into the pill body and merge them with the false pill so that it can transform into a true golden pill.

Shi Jian had explained the dangers of this step in detail before his breakthrough.

"The nine Dao patterns are the foundation you have built from the early stages of a mage to the peak. Each one carries your understanding of the path of cultivation."

"The forging process will be extremely difficult. If you are not careful, the Dao patterns will shatter. At best, your cultivation will regress, and at worst, your dantian will collapse."

Lin Bei closed his eyes and focused all his attention on his dantian.

As the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture continued to circulate, those Dao patterns began to permeate into the interior of the elixir, gradually merging into the core of the fake elixir.

This process is extremely slow, and each fusion causes violent fluctuations in spiritual energy.

Lin Bei could clearly feel that his consciousness was under tremendous pressure, and that the slightest carelessness would cause all his previous efforts to be in vain.

"So close...so close..."

He silently chanted in his heart, focusing all his efforts on guiding the fusion of the Dao patterns and his elixir body.

Soon, the first Dao pattern completely merged into the pill, and the fake pill shrank slightly in size.

The surface becomes smoother and more solid.

The second and third conditions were applied in succession, each time accompanied by intense pain.

Lin Bei gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.

"We can't stop... If we stop now, all our previous efforts will be wasted."

This step is the most crucial threshold on his path of cultivation. Once he crosses it, he will reach the realm of a True Person, possessing the ability to fly and greatly increasing his lifespan.

If we can't overcome this hurdle, it will probably take several years to refine it again.

He might not even be able to break through it until he dies of old age...

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The Dao patterns were merging at an increasingly faster pace, and the color of the fake pill gradually deepened from purple.

By the time the seventh Dao pattern was integrated, the surface of the fake pill was as smooth as a mirror, and its interior exuded a rich and warm aura.

With the eighth Dao pattern merging in, the fake pill was almost unrecognizable, leaving only a purple ball of light enveloped by cracks.

"The last one..."

Lin Bei took a deep breath and concentrated all his mental energy on the last Dao pattern.

The Dao pattern slowly rotated in his dantian, carrying all the insights and accumulations he had gained through cultivation, and was finally merging with his dantian body.

boom!

A dull, loud bang exploded inside his body.

The fake pill suddenly exploded, turning into countless purple light spots.

After swirling around in his dantian, the light spots quickly reassembled and condensed into a golden elixir that was entirely purple.

The surface of the golden pill was smooth and flawless, radiating a warm purple halo.

Inside the elixir, the faint afterimages of nine Dao patterns could be seen slowly flowing, merging with the golden elixir.

The Pure Yang Golden Elixir is complete!

Lin Bei looked at the golden pill in his dantian and felt a surge of joy.

He didn't rush to stop; this was just the first step in achieving a breakthrough to becoming a true immortal!

He remembered what Shi Jian had said: forming the Golden Elixir was only the first step.

To truly enter the realm of a True Person, one must carve out the first aperture within the Golden Core.

Only when the first aperture is opened can one truly step into the realm of a True Person.

Only the Golden Core can establish a true cycle with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, allowing cultivators to use its power to control objects and fly.

"open!"

Lin Bei let out a low shout, guiding all his magical power to condense into a sharp burst of energy, which he then thrust fiercely toward the Golden Core.

puff!

The golden pill trembled slightly, and a very shallow dent appeared on its surface.

The magic cone seemed to have struck an indestructible wall, shattering into countless fragments of light.

Lin Bei felt a sharp pain in his mind, as if someone had pricked his head with a needle.

what! ! !

Lin Bei gritted his teeth and held on with all his might!

After catching his breath, he once again condensed the magic cone.

The second impact caused the golden core to tremble slightly, but there was still no sign of it cracking.

The third time, the fourth time...

Each attack consumed a large amount of his magical power, forcing Lin Bei to stop and absorb external spiritual energy to replenish his strength before continuing the attack.

The spiritual energy from the ancestral hall flowed continuously into his body, providing him with ample spiritual replenishment.

On the fifth impact, a tiny crack finally appeared on the surface of the Golden Core, and Lin Bei was overjoyed.

It wasn't until the eighth impact that the Golden Core began to vibrate violently, and the dent on its surface almost formed a shallow hole.

At the same time, his body was trembling violently, and the intense pain had already left him mentally exhausted.

"Just one more hit..."

Lin Bei concentrated all his magical power into one point and blasted it fiercely towards the dent on the golden core.

boom!!!

The golden elixir trembled violently in his dantian, emitting a clear buzzing sound.

The dent suddenly widened, penetrating the entire pill, and a beam of purple spiritual light shot out from the hole.

The first acupoint is opened!

A powerful force surged from the golden core, flowing through the meridians and throughout the body.

His physical body, magical power, and spiritual power all simultaneously leaped to a new level at this moment.

The feeling was like suddenly flowing from a small river into a great river, and the world in front of you suddenly became much wider.

The circulation speed of the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture suddenly accelerated, and the spiritual energy from the outside world surged into the dantian, where it was slowly absorbed and refined by the golden core and integrated into the first aperture.

Lin Bei's aura continued to rise, and the purple spiritual light surrounding him became increasingly intense.

A visible ripple of spiritual energy formed in the Ancestral Hall, spreading out in all directions.

In the Nine Heavens Palace of Ten Thousand Blessings, the Pure One was meditating in a side hall.

As that aura swept across the hall, he suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

"Good, good...the breakthrough was successful!"

Master Qingwei pushed open the side hall door and strode towards the main hall of the ancestral master.

At the same time, Shi Jian's figure had already stepped through the air from the direction of the back mountain and landed in front of the Ancestral Hall.

The two exchanged a glance, said nothing, and walked into the hall at the same time.

Lin Bei sat cross-legged on the futon, his body enveloped in a layer of warm purple spiritual light.

His aura was still rising, though not as intense as when he broke through, but his foundation was rapidly becoming more stable.

"In the early stages of becoming a True Person, one has a solid foundation."

Master Qingwei nodded. "Its aura is much more powerful than that of an ordinary cultivator breaking through to the True Person realm. The Pure Yang Golden Core is indeed extraordinary."

Shi Jian stood to the side without saying a word, but a very rare smile appeared on his lips.