Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 38 The Transformation of the Five Golden Pills

Huang Qian and his men reached the riverbank, but only saw Wu Fang. He asked, "Junior Brother Wu, isn't Fellow Daoist Lei with you?"

With a bitter expression, Wu Fang recounted what had just happened.

"I brought him into the secret realm because I valued his strength and his ability to cultivate Qi, but I didn't expect him to be so reckless and unwilling to listen to advice. He was swept away by the river as soon as we entered," Wu Fang sighed. "Now I'm one less ally in my fight for the Yan Huan Pearl. If I had known this would happen, I should have listened to Senior Brother Huang's advice and brought Junior Brother Ge instead!"

Huang Qian was also surprised, but still advised, "What's done is done, there's no use in regretting it. We should hurry and cross the river. Many people know about Yan Huanzhu, if we get there too late, we might not even have a chance to compete for her."

Huang Qian took out a magical gourd and threw it into the river. The gourd immediately grew larger. The three of them jumped onto the gourd, which slowly drifted towards the other side of the river.

Lei Ming watched the three leave from underwater before entering the water with peace of mind.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, I'm afraid I've failed you this time. I'll make it up to you when I have the chance," Lei Ming thought to himself. Then, the river parted in front of him, and he quickly headed towards the bottom of the river.

The One-Horned Silver Moon Python is similar to Lei Ming's clone. It can mobilize some of the Water Element Divine Light, but it alone cannot subdue the treasure, which is why Lei Ming had no choice but to come down.

As thunder roared, the one-horned silver moon python immediately returned to its feet, and a black divine light several dozen feet long swept towards the cave entrance, causing the entire river to tremble.

"Again!" Lei Ming was not surprised but delighted. In the past 10 years, his Five Elements Divine Light had grown a lot. It could even sweep away the magic treasures of Core Formation cultivators, but it could not shake the bottom of the river. This further proved the value of this treasure.

The water-based divine light kept sweeping towards the cave entrance, and the commotion at the bottom of the river grew louder and louder, but even when Lei Ming's magic power was exhausted, he still couldn't take away the treasure.

Lei Ming ate a few pills and quickly recovered his magical power, then continued. Two days later, Lei Ming finally collected the riverbed, which had stretched for an unknown length, and saw it transformed into a drop of black water, hovering in front of Lei Ming.

"Such pure water attribute power!" Lei Ming was greatly surprised. Although the water droplet was small, it was the strongest spiritual energy fluctuation he had ever seen.

Without hesitation, Lei Ming immediately had the Five Elements Pine Nuts swallow the water droplet. The water droplet entered his dantian and merged into the Five Elements Pine Nuts. The water element divine light in the Five Elements Divine Light shone brightly, increasing threefold in an instant, and its light completely overshadowed the other four divine lights.

Lei Ming was suddenly inspired and began to circulate the "Heavenly Origin Water Transformation Technique." The spiritual energy within his body slowly condensed, transforming into a black, round golden pill in his dantian.

Above the great river, wind and thunder rolled, dark clouds gathered, and thunder shook the surrounding area.

The spiritual energy from all directions converged and swirled, forming a massive vortex, directly beneath which lay thunder. Thunder's newly formed golden core, like a whale sucking in water, devoured the spiritual energy, quickly growing from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a broad bean. The spiritual power within Thunder's body also became more abundant, and his entire being underwent a transformation from the inside out.

"Finally, I've formed my core." Lei Ming let out a long roar and burst out from the riverbed. The one-horned silver moon python beneath his feet also changed. The horn on its head, which was originally only about a foot long, has now grown to more than four feet. Two sharp claws protrude from its belly, and the scales on its body have become more solid, exuding a faint sense of majesty.

When Lei Ming formed his core, the One-Horned Silver Moon Python also broke through at the same time, evolving into the One-Horned Silver Moon Flood Dragon!

Lei Ming consolidated his cultivation and immediately flew north. He had come at Wu Fang's invitation, and he owed Wu Fang a favor for his Core Formation. Lei Ming wanted to repay Wu Fang, but to his surprise, even after flying to the northernmost part of the secret realm, he hadn't seen a single cultivator.

A bad feeling suddenly rose in Lei Ming's heart.

"Could the secret realm have already closed?"

Lei Ming hurriedly searched everywhere in the secret realm, but after several days, he found only the corpses of some cultivators and not a single living person. He also went to the entrance of the secret realm, but the space there remained unchanged.

All of this indicates that Lei Ming missed the time to leave because of his breakthrough.

"Damn it!" Lei Ming shouted, frantically attacking the weak points in the space. It had taken him several months to break through this time, and the Southern State Secret Realm had long since closed.

After the breakthrough, Lei Ming's strength increased significantly, but he was still unable to shake the space at all.

"It seems that if we want to get out, we'll have to wait another 50 years," Lei Ming sighed in frustration. He wasn't a stubborn person, and he quickly adjusted his mood.

"Since we're here, this is an opportunity. Although the treasures in the secret realm have been looted, there should still be quite a few good things left."

Lei Ming rode the one-horned silver moon dragon, wandering leisurely through the secret realm. He killed any ignorant demonic beasts he encountered and collected any spiritual herbs he found. This journey lasted for three months. Three months later, Lei Ming arrived at the easternmost part of the secret realm, where there was a volcano.

"This place feels somewhat similar to what I experienced before."

Lei Ming was puzzled. He used the Fire Avoidance Technique to enter the deepest part of the volcano and used the Fire Element Divine Light to collect a burning stone. He had the Five Elements Pine Nuts devour the stone, which transformed into the purest fire-attribute elemental energy. The power of the Fire Element Divine Light within the Five Elements Divine Light greatly increased, and it also grew to three inches.

Lei Ming felt the spiritual power surging within his dantian, and his expression changed. He activated the "Blazing Sun True Technique," and the spiritual power was compressed again, forming a second golden core. This golden core was fiery red, clearly corresponding to fire-attribute spiritual power.

Another celestial phenomenon occurred, attracting a nearby fourth-tier demonic beast. A flash of crimson divine light, and the beast was beheaded, its very soul shattered.

"I've broken through again, and I even have a second Golden Core! Am I going to form five Golden Cores?"

Lei Ming sensed this was no coincidence. He searched carefully within the secret realm, and several months later, he found another metal-attribute treasure. With the help of this treasure, Lei Ming formed his third Golden Core, and his Golden Element Divine Light also improved significantly.

"My approach to the Five Elements is destined to be different from others."

Lei Ming gained an insight. When he formed his fire-attribute golden core, the Fire-Scaled Beast advanced to a fifth-tier demon beast; when he formed his metal-attribute golden core, the Golden-Crowned Eagle advanced. After their advancement, both spirit beasts, like the One-Horned Silver Moon Flood Dragon, had their primordial spirits enter their respective golden cores, completely transforming into Lei Ming's clones. Although called clones, they were more like magical artifacts, a situation not mentioned in the Spirit Control Technique.

Although Lei Ming didn't know why this change was happening, he felt it shouldn't be a bad thing. With each breakthrough, Lei Ming's strength increased significantly.

Lei Ming felt that the changes in these spirit beasts were inseparable from the Five Elements Pine Nuts. The Five Elements Pine Nuts were transformed from the origin of the Five Elements in the primordial world, and they were too domineering. They restrained all Five Elements power, and the Five Elements spirit beasts were naturally no exception.

Lei Ming tried it out, and the transformed Five Elements Spirit Beast could fully unleash the power of the Five Elements Divine Light. Although it was only a fifth-order spirit beast, its strength was in no way weaker than a sixth-order demon beast.

Lei Ming spent more than 30 years finally finding the last of the Five Elements Treasures in the Southern State Secret Realm. He absorbed this treasure and formed his fifth Golden Core.

When the fifth golden core was formed, the secret realm shattered like glass, the space cracked, and the gale in the void raged. Lei Ming's expression changed drastically!

"Damn it, this secret realm was supposed to be supported by five Five Elements Treasures. Now that I've devoured all five treasures, the secret realm can no longer exist."

The five elemental beasts circled around Lei Ming, forming a five-element array. The gale blew on the array, causing its light to flicker.

Despite the immense pressure, Lei Ming headed towards the exit. After the space shattered, the exit passage became visible.

A massive spatial rift appeared before Lei Ming, nearly collapsing the Five Elements Array. Lei Ming casually tossed out several top-tier magical artifacts, which simultaneously self-destructed, disrupting the spatial rift and allowing Lei Ming to pass through.

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"Nephew Wu, a treasure like the Yan Huan Pearl is not something you can protect. You'd better hand it over to me."

Before reaching Leishan, Ge Tianmin stopped Wu Zihua, whose face was ashen and whose eyes were filled with hatred.

"Uncle-Master Ge, I was a good friend of my grandfather. He just passed away, and you're already pressuring me. Even if you don't care about our shared sect, don't you even have a shred of friendship?" Wu Zihua said.

Ge Tianmin's expression twisted slightly: "Friendship, camaraderie? Your grandfather obtained the Yan Huan Pearl over thirty years ago, and hid it from me for over thirty years. When did he ever tell me? Wu Fang had the Yan Huan Pearl, yet he couldn't form his core; that was his fate. I knew this news, and I found you; that's my destiny!"

"Yan Huanzhu, Wu Fang?" a voice suddenly rang out.

(End of this chapter)