190: Celestial Phenomena of Core Formation

Just then, he forcefully suppressed the instinctive fear in his body, sat cross-legged, and immersed his entire being in the medicinal liquid that alternated between ice and fire.

He immediately cast aside all distracting thoughts, his mind sinking into his dantian, and fully circulated the Nine Profound Sword Heart Art.

Once the cultivation technique was activated, the effect was immediate, but the process became even more agonizing. The technique guided the two extreme medicinal forces into his meridians, no longer wantonly destructive, but transforming into a more refined, yet more painful, forging process.

The power of the Extreme Yang Scarlet Sun Essence, guided by the technique, was like an invisible blazing hammer, repeatedly forging his meridians, bones, and internal organs, burning away and refining the subtle impurities within them.

Meanwhile, the power of the Extreme Yin Gloomy Cold Marrow, like a cold spiritual spring, followed closely, nourishing and repairing the scorched areas, and further condensing and compressing the spiritual energy and bodily tissues after being calcined.

This process repeated endlessly, and the pain was continuous. Lin Feng gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, only for it to be evaporated or frozen.

His body would sometimes turn fiery red like charcoal, and at other times be covered with a layer of pale blue frost, rapidly switching between extreme heat and extreme cold. He relied on his powerful willpower to firmly maintain a sliver of clarity in his mind, precisely controlling the technique, guiding these two forces, and preventing either from spiraling out of control.

He didn't know how long passed, but just as he felt he was reaching his limit and his mind was about to dissipate, the peak of pain within his body finally subsided.

The scorching heat of the Scarlet Sun Essence and the icy cold of the Gloomy Cold Marrow began to gradually integrate into his physical body, no longer opposing each other, but transforming into an incredibly pure energy that permeated his entire being.

His meridians, through repeated tearing and repairing, became wider and tougher. His spiritual energy, tempered by ice and fire, became exceptionally pure and condensed. Even his bones and internal organs seemed to have been cleansed, emitting a faint precious glow and brimming with vibrant vitality.

Finally, the medicinal liquid in the jade basin became crystal clear, all its energy having been absorbed by him.

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath. This breath subtly carried a trace of heat and a trace of cold before dissipating. He felt an unprecedented sense of ease and clarity, his body light, his consciousness clear, and his state had reached an unprecedented peak.

Lin Feng calmly picked up the Core Formation Pill, which faintly shimmered with golden patterns, and swallowed it without hesitation.

After taking the Core Formation Pill, the expected spiritual energy surge did not immediately arrive. The pill transformed into a gentle yet vast medicinal power that sank into his dantian.

He was not impatient. For the next seven days, his mind was immersed within his body, guiding the power of the pill like a patient craftsman, slowly compressing and refining the spiritual energy in his dantian, which was already in a liquid state and filled to its utmost capacity.

This process was slow and continuous, requiring extreme patience and precise control, gradually squeezing and purifying the vast, lake-like liquid spiritual energy towards its center, thread by thread.

It wasn't until noon on the tenth day, when the scorching sun was directly overhead and the Yang energy was at its peak, that the liquid spiritual energy in Lin Feng's dantian had been compressed to a critical point, and a swirling core radiating astonishing gravitational force appeared at its center.

It was also at this moment, above the Xuanxuan Sect, with Lin Feng's Baoyue Peak as the core, that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of several tens of miles began to slowly rotate and converge towards the peak.

Initially, it was just a gentle breeze rustling the treetops, and the airflow was slightly turbulent, but in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a massive, visible spiritual energy vortex, covering half the sky, had already formed.

The center of the vortex slowly descended, and the tip of the funnel pointed directly at Lin Feng's cave dwelling.

“A spiritual energy tide! It’s a heavenly manifestation of Core Formation!” A disciple who had witnessed such phenomena before exclaimed first.

“Look at the direction… it’s Baoyue Peak!” More disciples were alarmed and walked out of their cave dwellings, looking up at the sky, their faces filled with shock and envy.

“This… this spiritual energy vortex is too big?!” A young disciple pointed at the sky, his voice trembling slightly. The massive, funnel-shaped vortex almost covered half the sky, and the wind it generated as it rotated sounded like a low dragon’s roar, far beyond anything they remembered from any of their senior brothers’ Core Formation events.

A disciple who had entered the sect a little earlier beside him murmured, “I saw Senior Brother Lu Chenyuan form his core three years ago… The spiritual energy vortex at that time only covered a dozen miles, and the spiritual energy gathered like streams… But this… this is practically a river pouring back, a surging torrent!”

Several late-stage Foundation Establishment disciples who had just returned to the sect after handling matters outside had even more solemn expressions, exchanging glances, their eyes filled with horror. Their cultivation was higher, and their perception was clearer.

“This spiritual pressure… the Core Formation phenomenon hasn’t fully unfolded yet, but the spiritual pressure emanating from it is already making our blood churn?” One of them said hoarsely, “When Senior Brother Chu Jingtian of Divine Sword Peak formed his core back then, the phenomenon was astonishing, but it definitely didn’t have such… such a heart-palpitating sense of oppression!”

All the disciples who witnessed this scene involuntarily had the same thought: this senior brother on Baoyue Peak who was forming his Golden Core, his foundation and background were probably far beyond any Core Formation cultivator they had seen before.

The spiritual energy vortex grew larger and larger, and its rotation became more rapid, even emitting a low whistling sound. Pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth was frantically torn away and poured into Baoyue Peak.

Above the peak, a five-colored glow gradually emerged, flowing ceaselessly, illuminating half the sky with extraordinary splendor. Even faint, clear immortal music, ethereal and indistinct, cleansed the heart.

“Accompanied by a glow, with faint immortal music… This, this…” Elder Xuanji of the Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion also stood outside the hall at this moment, gazing at the astonishing phenomenon above Baoyue Peak. His white beard trembled slightly, and his face was filled with incredulous horror,

“This old man has cultivated for hundreds of years and has seen dozens of disciples in the sect form their cores, many of whom were exceptionally talented, but… but I have never seen such a display! The sheer size of this spiritual energy vortex, the brilliance of this glow and immortal music, far surpasses anyone before! This… could this be the legendary sign of a high-grade Golden Core being born?!”

Just as the spiritual energy vortex first appeared above Baoyue Peak and the colorful glow subtly emerged, on several other peaks within the sect, several female cultivators with close ties to Lin Feng were also successively startled by this earth-shattering phenomenon.

On Hundred Flowers Peak, Luo Ling’er, dressed in a goose-yellow dress, was carefully guiding the gentle spiritual energy within her body in her spiritual herb garden to nourish a newly cultivated tender sprout of a Azure Swallow Vine.

She had only recently entered the late Foundation Establishment stage, and her control over her spiritual energy still needed refinement. At this moment, she was fully concentrated.

Suddenly, she keenly noticed that the wood spiritual energy, which had originally flowed peacefully in the surrounding heaven and earth, became restless and surged frantically towards a certain direction.

The docile wood-elemental spiritual energy in her hand paused accordingly, and the tender sprout of the Azure Swallow Vine also trembled slightly, seemingly fearful of this sudden spiritual energy surge.

Luo Ling’er looked up in astonishment, following the direction of the spiritual energy flow, and her gaze was immediately fixed on the scene above Baoyue Peak.

The massive spiritual energy funnel covered the sky and the sun, five-colored glow flowed endlessly, and faint, clear sounds could be heard.

“This… this is a heavenly manifestation of Core Formation?!” Her small mouth slightly agape, her bright eyes wide, “It’s in the direction of Junior Brother Lin’s Baoyue Peak! He… he’s going to form his core?!”