123: Become a disciple of the Holy Land and break through to the fourth stage of the Golden Core realm.

[The Nine Turns of the Golden Core—each turn is a transformative metamorphosis. This is not merely an accumulation of cultivation, but a profound realization of the Immortal Intent.]

[The formation of every immortal pattern requires a Cultivator to use their own Dao as a guide and the world's Dao Rhyme as a foundation, combining it with the Immortal Golden Nature to engrave an indestructible Dao mark upon the Golden Core.]

[Bathed in the gift of the Heavenly Dao, you are currently undergoing an unprecedented Epiphany. Daoist music resonates within your Sea of Consciousness, and countless mysteries regarding the Immortal Golden Nature flow into your heart like a clear spring.]

[Your cheat ability continuously amplifies this realization, allowing your understanding of Immortal Intent and the Dao of the Heart to reach unprecedented heights. Every breath breaks the boundaries of cognition, and every moment brings the comprehension of brand-new knowledge.]

[When nearly thirty percent of the Heavenly Dao's gift is consumed, the Golden Core within your Profound Mansion suddenly bursts forth with brilliant golden light.]

[Accompanied by a mysterious Daoist sound, the first immortal pattern takes shape on the surface of the Golden Core like a living thing. In an instant, you feel your mana and Divine Soul tremble, and every cell in your body cheers.]

[The transformation brought by the first turn of the Golden Core raises the strength of your Physical Body to a higher level. Your Golden Core mana becomes as condensed as mercury, its quality surging by thirty percent.]

[Your Divine Soul also becomes even more powerful. The coverage of your Divine Sense expands directly from the million-mile radius it had upon reaching the Golden Core Realm to a distance of 1.5 million miles.]

[When half of the Heavenly Dao's gift is consumed, your Realm reaches the second turn of the Golden Core. Upon the surface of that Golden Core—as brilliant as a star—another profound immortal pattern emerges, radiating an aura of eternal permanence.]

[Your Golden Core becomes increasingly solid and heavy, and your mana is more than seventy percent stronger than it was at the first turn.]

[As the last trace of the Heavenly Dao's gift is exhausted, your Realm approaches the threshold of the fourth turn of the Golden Core. At this moment, your Divine Sense is as surging and turbulent as a vast ocean, enough to cover a sprawling territory of five million miles in radius.]

[After advancing to the Golden Core Realm, you felt a mysterious suppressing force. At the third turn of the Golden Core, this suppression has become slightly stronger. However, it is very subtle; if you don't intentionally sense it, it's as if it doesn't exist.]

[You understand this as well. According to the records in the Azure Nether Sect, this is because the Central Heaven World is the core of the Profound Heaven Realm.]

[Therefore, to prevent Cultivators from causing massive destruction to the Central Heaven World, the Heavenly Dao subjects all Cultivators within it to a powerful suppression. This suppression limits a Cultivator's destructive output; the higher the Realm, the stronger the restriction.]

[The most direct manifestation is that even the weakest Golden Core True Lord can easily crush their pre-Breakthrough self—the power gap is more than a hundredfold—yet the actual impact they cause on the world is not much stronger than when they were in the Purple Mansion Realm, often not even exceeding ten times the impact.]

[This is the most ingenious aspect of this suppression. It doesn't simply weaken a Cultivator's strength, but rather controls their destructive power within a specific range.]

[It is like confining a monstrous flood within a riverbed; it preserves the essential power of the torrent while preventing it from overflowing into a disaster. This is likely the fundamental reason why the Central Heaven World remains as stable as ever despite being a world where Tribulation Transcendence Celestial Venerables congregate.]

[Seeing that you have passed the Divine Form Thunder Tribulation and even reached the third turn of the Golden Core with the help of the Heavenly Dao's gift, the Elders are overjoyed.]

[They feel you are a rare Prodigy. After discussion, they decide to list you as a Sequence True Disciple of the Azure Nether Sect.]

[The status of a Sequence True Disciple in the Azure Nether Sect is like that of a Secret Legacy Disciple in the Azure Cloud Sect, receiving the full nurturing of the Azure Nether Sect. The difference is that once you become a Sequence True Disciple, you are directly considered an enrolled Disciple of the Qingxuan Sacred Land.]

[The Qingxuan Sacred Land has no distinction between outer, inner, or true Disciples. From lowest to highest, the Disciple levels are: Sacred Land Disciple, Reserve Saint Son (Saintess), and Saint (Saintess).]

[Sacred Land Disciples include both the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realms. One could say these Nascent Soul Elders of the Azure Nether Sect are also merely Sacred Land Disciples. Once you become a Sequence True Disciple, you hold the same status as these Nascent Soul Elders at the Sacred Land level.]

[For a Sacred Land Disciple to go further, they must advance to Soul Transformation before the age of one million. Only then do they qualify to compete for the position of Reserve Saint Son (Saintess).]

[If a Reserve Saint Son (Saintess) performs exceptionally well and can shoulder heavy responsibilities, the word 'Candidate' can be removed.]

[The Qingxuan Sacred Land has three positions for Saints and three for Saintesses. Each of these Saints and Saintesses is a talent of world-shaking proportions. One more step and they can compete for the position of Sacred Lord to rule over the Holy Land.]

[Of course, some individual Holy Lands have only a single Saint or Saintess position.]

[For example, the Hao day Sacred Land, one of the Ten Great Holy Lands, only recruits male Disciples due to its environment and Cultivation Technique, so it only has five Saint positions.]

[Meanwhile, the Yaochi Sacred Land, also one of the Ten Great Holy Lands, only recruits female Disciples, so it only has five Saintess positions.]

[In this era of Human Race prosperity, the territories governed by the various Holy Lands are boundless. Besides the Central Heaven World, the number of cultivation planets ruled within the starry sky is uncountable.]

[Consequently, the geniuses and talents within the sects are as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river. Those who can break through to Soul Transformation within a million years are not few, so the competition for the positions of Saint and Saintess is exceptionally fierce.]

[Some people, because reaching Soul Transformation allows for the reshaping of the Physical Body, even compare whether the competition for Saint or Saintess is easier and choose their gender accordingly.]

[It is unknown if anyone in the Qingxuan Sacred Land has done this, but there are quite a few who do so in the Yin-Yang Sacred Land.]

[In the end, you are not disappointed. Following the request of the Elders, you successfully become a Sequence True Disciple. Your disciple token is upgraded once more, becoming a Sequence Token—or rather, a Sacred Land Disciple Token. From now on, as you travel through the Human Race territories, you will receive the courtesies due to a Sacred Land Disciple.]

[In the days that followed, you went nowhere, remaining in seclusion on the Floating Island.]

[At the age of one hundred and eighty-eight, your Grand Void Visualization Technique and Spirit-Devouring Heaven-Swallowing Art successively broke through to the Golden Core Realm.]

[You have awakened the Divine Ability 'Divine Roam of the Grand Void' and the Divine Ability 'Devouring Mountains and Rivers'!]

['Divine Roam of the Grand Void' allows your Divine Soul to enter the Void Realm just like a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord. Within the Void Realm, you can better comprehend heaven and earth, and you can also use the Void Realm to instantly travel vast distances.]

[The 'Devouring Mountains and Rivers' Divine Ability can devour the power of spells cast by enemies and convert them into pure mana. Even more, it can continuously extract energy from the Void Realm to replenish your mana. With this Divine Ability, your mana can be said to be inexhaustible.]

[At the age of two hundred and twenty-seven, you sit cross-legged on a jade prayer mat. Spiritual Qi surges around you like a tide, and the Golden Core rotates slowly within your Profound Mansion, emitting a brilliant golden light that illuminates the entire Immortal Cave like broad daylight.]

[With a crisp ringing sound, a fourth profound pattern emerges on the surface of the Golden Core. In just several decades, your Golden Core—which had already reached the threshold of Breakthrough—has broken through again to reach the fourth turn.]

[A fourth-turn Golden Core at just over two hundred years old; even in the Holy Land, this is considered top-tier.]