Chapter 260: 166, First-grade Returning Core, Eight Extremes Immortal Life - Fusang Golden Crow
"Returning Core..."
Finally, it is formed.
The pill's glow is pure and profound, its spirituality abounds, and within it, a mysterious origin is revealed—it is a first-grade pill...
Seeing the pill forming, Xu Xing's heart finally felt relieved.
This time, he had cultivated for over two hundred years just to condense this single pill.
Upon reaching the Returning Core Realm, one is qualified to be called a "True Man" by cultivators.
If one joins a Sect and takes up a position, they would be at least a House Elder of a pavilion, not just a subordinate Deacon, and possess considerable authority.
Dao Pill and Returning Core Realm cultivators are the middle-layer of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace.
Not to mention those who have condensed a first-grade Returning Core Pill, like him, who now have the opportunity to compete for the Chief of the Master and Disciple Lineage, and truly enter the Eyes of the Sect's Upper Ranks.
Since the Returning Core has been formed, it's time for the next realm's Immortal Fate...
Xu Xing eagerly looked into the Ideation Space.
As expected, an additional Immortal Fate appeared under the [Immortal Fate] category on the Kunlun Mirror.
[Mirror Master: Xu Hang]
[Dao Fruit: Spring God Ju Mang (Radiance), Six Caverns Immortal Official (Capital), Outer Dao Golden Body (Radiance), Sui Yun (Capital), Clear Array (Capital), Human King physique (Immortal Green), Bright King Body (Immortal Green), Yan Shen Body (Immortal Green)...]
[World: Brocade Emperor (Returning Core· Pre)]
[Time: One to twenty.]
[Fate Grid: Righteous Hero (Yellow).]
[Immortal Fate: Fusang Golden Crow (Eight Extremes).]
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Xu Xing opened the secondary page of the Eight Extremes Immortal Life [Fusang Golden Crow].
[Fusang Golden Crow (Eight Extremes): Son of Emperor Jun, essence of the Great Sun. Upon becoming a divine being and ascending to the Lord of the Sun, you preside over the bright sky. As a child of a divine spirit, you enjoy the favor of the Immortal Path. Your progress in Wood, Yang, and Emperor Dao cultivation methods is rapid, and you are born to rule over a hundred birds. When facing external enemies plotting against you, you possess Immortal Fate, which significantly increases your chances of turning danger into safety.]
The legendary son of Emperor Jun, one of the ten suns, this Immortal Fate...
Last time, the Spring God Ju Mang was related to the Eastern Green Emperor... I've cultivated the Great Sun True Scripture and Withered Wood Sword Scripture, so the two cultivation methods condensed into the Returning Core Pill, that's why the [Fusang Golden Crow] Immortal Fate appeared...
Xu Xing pondered.
The benefits of having an Immortal Fate are obvious—his cultivation speed is unmatched by ordinary people.
Even in the resource-scarce Bloodline World, he would not die midway through his path. As long as he spends time accumulating steadily, one day his realm will be cultivated to its peak.
For example, when Xu Xing refined the Purple Magpie Morning Glow, with the help of the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Sentence Mang], he succeeded in one fell swoop and successfully derived the Nine-colored Cloud Dawn Power.
Now, without a doubt, the Eight Extremes Immortal Life [Fusang Golden Crow] will offer him even greater assistance.
Apart from assistance...
The manifestation of Immortal Fate can give me a glimpse of destiny.
Xu Xing thought.
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With a thought, Xu Xing returned to the Main World once more.
"You have condensed the Eight Extremes Immortal Life [Fusang Golden Crow], do you wish to solidify it with [Dao Fruit], transforming it from an illusory cause to a tangible effect?"
"The Eight Extremes Immortal Life [Fusang Golden Crow] is incompatible with the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Sentence Mang], do you wish to replace the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Sentence Mang] with the Eight Extremes Immortal Life [Fusang Golden Crow]...?"
"This process is irreversible."
Reading the lines that appeared on the golden Mirror Surface, Xu Xing didn't hesitate and nodded, agreeing to solidify the new Immortal Fate with [Dao Fruit].
In an instant, the Magic Power in his Dantian began to be consumed madly, and in just a short time, nearly twenty percent of his Magic Power was consumed.
He took out piles of Spirit Shells from his Storage Bag and placed them by his side.
These Spirit Shells, when carefully counted, were at least several hundred thousand.
Compared to pills that increased Magic Power, Spirit Shells were undoubtedly the lowest-cost method to condense Immortal Fate.
Of course, relying solely on Spirit Shells to provide the energy needed for condensation of Immortal Fate was also unrealistic.
The Kunlun Mirror only absorbed energy that belonged to the individual, either as Magic Power or the essence of the physical body and Divine Soul Power.
Relying on Spirit Shells to condense Magic Power could not compete with the rate at which the Kunlun Mirror consumed Magic Power.
Some pills still had to be swallowed.
But during this period, refining and assimilating Spirit Shells was a way to save money.
Save when you can, spend when you need to.
Xu Xing's cultivation has always been meticulous. After all, he wasn't a Noble Clan Disciple.
「Half a month passed in a flash.」
On the eighteenth day, the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Sentence Mang] that had been standing tall in the [Dao Fruit] column finally began to slowly disintegrate.
Immediately afterwards, he got another chance to predict the future.
Frames and frames of imagery.
Appeared before his eyes like a revolving lantern.
From the time he condensed the Flawless Immortal Foundation at the Sea Waterlight Court and entered the Biyuan Mountain Cave Mansion, went to Wangchuan Overlapping Mountain Island as an External Cultivator... Fulfilled his friendship and enmity with Yang Shao, becoming a disciple of Giant Sword Daoist Monarch... Then he returned to the Mundane World, where Yunniang bowed her head and joined forces with Ruan Baimei...
These were his memories after solidifying the Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate [Spring God Sentence Mang].
「And then, what followed.」
「The scene changed.」
In the forty-fourth year of Tiande, Xu Xing condensed a first-grade Returning Core on Whale Island and emerged from seclusion. Although he ranked Seventh in the Human Rankings, he was the first cultivator to enter the Returning Core Realm.
Advancing to the Returning Core Realm in less than fifty years, the Ten Major Sects of East Huangzhou were shocked. Targeting and assassination attempts against Xu Xing followed.
Such talent was rare even in ten thousand years.
In the same year, Xu Xing received a favor from Sect Master Ren Yuanrui. He did not need to participate in the Leader Election, and could directly become the eighth Chief in the Master and Disciple Lineage.
In the forty-seventh year of Tiande, Xu Xing was assassinated by Shadow Assassination Hall assassins but successfully killed four early-stage Returning Core, one mid-stage Returning Core, and ranked second on the Earth Must Kill List, just below the Godslayer Sect's Blood Butcher Lu Hua.
This time, the various sects no longer concealed their murderous intentions and sent assassins one after another to kill Xu Xing.
However, Xu Xing was self-aware and knew that despite having talent, he could only show off in the Returning Core Realm. If he encountered an assassination attempt from a Dao Pill Realm cultivator, he would surely die.
So, in the forty-seventh year of Tiande, Xu Xing applied to Sect Master Ren Yuanrui as the Chief of the Master and Disciple Lineage, and entered the Imperial City Peak to go into seclusion, avoiding assassination by hiding from the world.
There was a Blessed Land inside the Imperial City Peak.
It was the best choice for seclusion.
With the approval of Sect Master Ren Yuanrui, Xu Xing entered the Qingyu Blessed Land to cultivate in seclusion.
Like the Immortal Base, Returning Core also has three realms and nine levels.
The three realms are "Blending Light," "Purple Mansion," and "Yellow Court."
「In a short span of nearly thirty years.」
With the resources of the Sect, Xu Xing reached the third level of Blending Light, on the verge of the Purple Mansion Stage.
It was just that to reach the Purple Mansion Stage, he needed to find a corresponding Gangsha Meridian to cultivate and merge into his body to build the Purple Mansion.
However, Xu Xing was a First-class genuine transmission and was ranked as the Chief in the Master and Disciple Lineage. The Sect spared no effort in providing him a lower-grade First-class Dark Fish Gang Aura Vein.
Although the Dark Fish Gang Aura Vein could not be ranked as a top-grade vein among the First-class Gang Aura Veins, it was still ranked as first-class, and it was the Sect's greatest show of sincerity.
「Another fifty years passed, and Xu Xing's cultivation reached the third level of the Purple Mansion, nearing the Yellow Court Realm.」
However, an unexpected event occurred.
The Flying Feather Immortal Palace's Chi Yuan, one of the two Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs, transformed another hall in the outer five temples, thus establishing the Sixth Fifth Hall Crown.
From the Master and Disciple Lineage to the World Family Lineage.
After this incident, the Master and Disciple Lineage was completely defeated in the struggle against the Family Line, losing both their people and their momentum.