392: Chapter 392 When you succeed, the Golden Core is within reach!

Chen Mu stepped out of the Burning Incense Heaven in one stride.

The dark red spatial rift behind him closed rapidly, completely cutting off that violent Li Fire Law.

He pressed one hand against the hilt of his blade, and the cyan lotus mark on his brow slowly faded away.

The Old Ancestor's Divine Thought had already been withdrawn.

Chen Mu did not pause for even a moment; his fingertip tapped heavily against his Storage Ring.

A cyan-black chain of Karma tore through the air.

The dark red Jade Slip, which carried the highest secrets of the Chili Sect, instantly vanished into the Void Realm of Chaos along the chain.

Deep within the Yuanmu Grotto-Heaven.

The phantom of the heaven-reaching jianmu tree blotted out the sky and sun, its lush branches and leaves reaching into the clouds.

Gu Changsheng sat upright upon the green wood throne.

A ripple of cyan light spread out in the Void Realm before him.

The dark red Jade Slip pierced through the spatial barrier and rested steadily in his palm.

Extremely complex fire-attribute Formation patterns flowed across the surface of the Jade Slip.

This was a top-secret Restriction personally laid down by the ancient Bing Fire Immortal Master.

Even if Old Monster Chili had spent a thousand years contemplating it, he could only glimpse the surface.

Gu Changsheng slightly opened his five fingers.

The immense computational power of his Golden Core Stage Late Stage exploded outward.

The Yuanmu Law transformed into countless cyan probes, a hundred times finer than a strand of hair.

They pierced aggressively into the core of the Jade Slip.

Peeling away the layers, dissecting it piece by piece.

The dark red Formation patterns struggled violently, erupting with blinding firelight in an attempt to self-destruct.

Gu Changsheng pressed his fingers down.

The world power of the Grotto-Heaven transformed into an invisible millstone and crashed down directly.

Crack.

The ancient Restriction shattered inch by inch, turning into pure fire-attribute Spiritual Qi that dissipated into the air.

An ancient, distant dao rhyme, imbued with the vicissitudes of time, surged wildly through his palm and into his spiritual terrace.

A massive amount of information exploded within his Sea of Consciousness.

Gu Changsheng closed his eyes and quickly organized these complex memory fragments.

"Li Fire Secret Scroll."

What was recorded inside was not some killing technique at all.

It was the heaven-reaching Dao that the ancient Bing Fire Immortal Master had deduced by exhausting his life's efforts.

Above the Golden Core is the Dao Embryo Realm.

Gu Changsheng tapped his fingertips gently on the armrest of the green wood throne.

The iron Law of the Cultivation World is that the core of the Golden Core Stage lies in condensing a wisp of Immortal golden essence.

If the golden essence is not extinguished, the original body does not die.

The Dao Embryo Realm, however, is when the golden essence reaches Perfection and the dao fruit forms an embryo.

Words become Law, and one holds the authority of a region of heaven and earth.

This is already the threshold of an Immortal.

How does one form the embryo?

In the core area of the Secret Scroll, a line of text was carved in dark golden ancient divine script.

"Law Perfection is merely a stepping stone."

"To attain the Dao Embryo, one must touch the resonance and feedback of the Heavenly Dao fruit position."

Gu Changsheng's movement of tapping the armrest stopped abruptly.

He opened his eyes, and cyan and gold light flowed rapidly in the depths of his pupils.

Fighting alone, working behind closed doors, and polishing one's own Laws to the extreme.

This path reaches its end at Golden Core Perfection.

One can never cross that natural chasm.

The Heavenly Dao is impartial, yet also heartless.

To steal the authority of the Heavenly Dao and gestate the Dao Embryo, one must follow the underlying logic of the Five Elements' mutual generation and Restriction.

The Secret Scroll provided the only way to break the deadlock.

"Support another Dao."

"Support a Cultivator whose fruit position mutually generates, or mutually restricts and harmonizes with one's own, and assist them in attaining the Golden Core fruit position."

"At the moment that supported Cultivator successfully attains the Golden Core and the fruit position is bestowed upon them."

"Heaven and earth intersect, and the Laws resonate."

"The Heavenly Dao will bestow an immeasurable amount of great fortune."

"This fortune will follow the invisible lines of Karma and feed back madly to that guide."

"This power of feedback is the only key to breaking through the Golden Core barrier and gestating the Dao Embryo."

Gu Changsheng suddenly understood everything.

All the logic connected perfectly.

The true scheme of the mysterious person who saved Cao Yun earlier was to let Cao Yun attain the Golden Core.

By utilizing the moment Cao Yun attained the fruit position.

To steal the fortune bestowed by the Heavenly Dao and assist himself in charging towards the Dao Embryo.

Gu Changsheng stood up and stood before the throne with his hands behind his back.

A cyan canopy rotated slowly above his head.

He possessed the Zhen-Xun Primal Wood Fruit Position.

If he were to support another Dao, the fire-attribute and earth-attribute would be the best choices.

Chen Mu cultivated Wither and Flourish Death Qi and followed the primordial wood branch; his fate was already bound to him.

He could not independently attain another fruit position.

Gu Changsheng's gaze pierced through the high sky of the Grotto-Heaven and fell toward the direction of the Central Plains.

The most perfect candidate had already jumped onto the chessboard himself.

The Sect Master of Chengtian Pavilion, Immortal Master Hou Chen.

He cultivated Ji Earth and had the cultivation of the Purple Mansion Great Perfection.

Ji Earth is gentle and inclusive, best at bearing.

Within the Grotto-Heaven world, wood and earth had long since achieved perfect harmony and mutual generation.

This groundhog, who had been hiding for five hundred years, had just dug out the Earth Core Fire Essence and achieved a monumental merit.

His Luck was at its peak period.

Most importantly, everyone in Chengtian Pavilion had already become the most obedient dogs in Gu Changsheng's hands.

Supporting an obedient dog to ascend is far safer than trying to tame a wild wolf.

Gu Changsheng tapped his fingertip lightly.

He extracted a portion of his insights on breaking through the Realm from the "Li Fire Secret Scroll."

And cast it into the Void Realm before him.

The chain of Karma tightened instantly, crossing thousands of miles of space, and headed straight for the Central Plains.

The Central Plains, the underground bunker of Chengtian Pavilion.

The thick lead-stone walls completely blocked out external detection.

Deep within the bunker, Spirit Stones were piled up like mountains.

Immortal Master Hou Chen was directing several trusted Elders to count the supplies.

"Take out all the Barrier-Breaking Pills from the storage!"

Hou Chen slapped the table, spitting everywhere.

"Distribute them to the Death Soldiers sent out as undercover agents!"

"Tell them, as long as the intelligence is accurate, Chengtian Pavilion will provide them with cultivation resources for their entire lives!"

Before his voice had faded.

The space within the bunker twisted violently without any warning.

A vast, deep, cyan vitality imbued with absolute majesty aggressively pierced through dozens of layers of defensive Formations.

And descended directly into the center of the bunker.

The few trusted Elders did not even have room to react; they were pressed directly onto the ground by this pressure.

Immortal Master Hou Chen's body stiffened violently.

He would never forget this aura, even in death.

This was the heavenly might of True Monarch Yanqing.

Hou Chen knelt on both knees without hesitation, his head smashing heavily against the hard stone floor.

"This old one respectfully welcomes the True Monarch's decree!"

He howled at the top of his lungs, his voice full of fanaticism and awe.

Cyan light gathered rapidly in mid-air.

An earth-yellow Law mark tore through the air and hovered steadily in front of Hou Chen.

Gu Changsheng's true voice exploded deep within Hou Chen's spiritual terrace along the line of Karma.

"You have done well this time."

"This Seat never mistreats those who get things done."

"This Ji Earth insight is enough to complete your Purple Mansion Foundation."

"When you have achieved success, the Golden Core is within reach!"

The sound waves dissipated.

The cyan pressure retreated like a tide.

The underground bunker returned to deathly silence.

Immortal Master Hou Chen knelt on the spot, his entire being completely stunned.

The Golden Core Realm.

A Realm he had been hiding for five hundred years and dared not even dream of.

So many brilliant Prodigies in the Central Plains had killed until rivers of blood flowed just for a chance at the Golden Core.

Now, this heaven-reaching fortune had just fallen lightly onto his head.

No probing, no tests.

It had directly paved the road to the Golden Core right beneath his knees.

Hou Chen reached out his hands, trembling.

His palms cupped that earth-yellow Law mark.

Holding the Law insight bestowed by Gu Changsheng, Immortal Master Hou Chen's fat body trembled violently with extreme excitement.