45: Master, I have achieved the Golden Core stage.

Rumble!

At the exact moment the System's notification faded, an invisible shackle within Qin Feng's body was violently shattered!

Within the Dantian's Qi Sea, that Half-step Golden Core, which had long since solidified to its limit, instantly erupted with ten thousand zhang of golden light!

Amidst the golden light, a lifelike phantom of an Archaic Dragon Elephant, shrunk hundreds of millions of times, let out a silent roar toward the heavens!

Crack—

A tiny crack split across the surface of the Golden Core.

Immediately after, a second, a third... countless cracks spread rapidly across the entire Golden Core like a spiderweb!

“Not good!”

Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat.

This... this wasn't forming a core! This was Shattering the Core!

Once the Golden Core shattered, not only would his cultivation be completely lost, but he might even explode and die on the spot due to the spiritual energy backlash!

“What's happening?!”

In his arms, Zhao Muxue also instantly sensed the abnormal change within his body.

Her beautiful face, which still carried a bashful blush, instantly turned deathly pale!

“Rebellious Disciple! What have you done?!”

Without a second thought, she immediately prepared to channel her extremely pure Quasi-Tribulation Passing Stage spiritual energy into Qin Feng's body to help him forcibly suppress that Golden Core which was about to go berserk!

“Don't move!”

Qin Feng suddenly pressed down on her hand and let out a low growl!

At this moment, his eyes became incomparably bright!

Because, in his mind, that newly obtained Cultivation Technique called 'Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength' was operating frantically!

He understood!

This wasn't Shattering the Core!

This was... breaking to rebuild!

It was the Dragon-Elephant Prison Suppression Technique undergoing an unprecedented and extremely overbearing transformation!

“Hold me tight!”

Qin Feng issued an undeniable command to Zhao Muxue!

Although Zhao Muxue didn't know what was happening, out of trust for Qin Feng, she subconsciously reached out her arms and tightly hugged his burning body!

At the moment their bodies pressed closely together!

“Roar!”

A roar of a Dragon Elephant, seemingly from the archaic primordial era and filled with supreme majesty, erupted from within Qin Feng's body!

Crack!

Within his Dantian's Qi Sea, that Golden Core covered in cracks finally shattered completely!

However, the expected scene of spiritual energy running amok did not occur.

The shattered Golden Core transformed into hundreds of millions of points of brilliant golden stardust.

This stardust did not dissipate; instead, under the pull of an invisible force, it began to reconverge and reshape!

Their goal was no longer to condense into a round Golden Core.

But rather... a golden, majestic, and overbearing Divine Elephant!

That Divine Elephant, though only the size of a thumb, was lifelike, as if it possessed its own life!

Its four feet stepped on the void, its long trunk pointed toward the heavens, and its body was branded with countless profound runes, emitting a terrifying aura of suppressing the heavens and being the sole supreme one!

This was the true essence of the 'Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength'!

No forming of a Golden Core, no condensing of a Nascent Soul!

Instead, it was directly condensing a Natal Divine Elephant within the body!

Using one's own body as the furnace and the world as the fuel, to forge a supreme Dharma Image capable of suppressing Hell and trampling gods and demons!

“Buzz—”

The moment that golden Divine Elephant was completely formed.

A terrifying pressure that could not be described in words erupted with Qin Feng as the center!

This pressure was no longer just simple spiritual energy pressure.

It was an absolute crushing force from a higher level of existence toward lower life forms!

Rumble!

The entire Qingxin Peak trembled violently under this pressure!

At the summit of the Main Peak, the winds and clouds changed color!

The originally clear sky was instantly shrouded by endless dark clouds!

Within the dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder roared, as if the apocalypse had arrived!

“What's going on?!”

“What happened?!”

“Is it an earthquake?!”

The entire Tianxuan Sect was alarmed by this sudden celestial phenomenon!

Countless powerful Divine Senses rose into the sky from every corner of the Sect, converging toward the source of the phenomenon—Qingxin Peak!

“It's Qingxin Peak!”

“What terrifying pressure! Could it be that Peak Master Zhao is about to undergo a tribulation?!”

“No! This aura... though overbearing, the Realm doesn't seem high! It's more... more like someone is forming their core!”

“Forming a core?! You must be joking! Whose Core Formation could cause such a huge commotion?! This is almost catching up to a Nascent Soul Cultivator Undergoing Tribulation!”

Within the Sect, discussions were rampant; everyone was shocked beyond measure by this unprecedented sight.

And the Muxue Cave Residence, being the center of the storm, bore the brunt of it!

The entire cave residence was shaking violently, as if it would collapse at any moment!

Inside the Bedchamber, Zhao Muxue held Qin Feng tightly, her stunningly beautiful face filled with unbelievable shock!

She could clearly feel how overbearing and terrifying the power coming from Qin Feng's body was!

That had completely exceeded her understanding of the 'Golden Core Stage'!

How was this a Golden Core?

This was clearly a... humanoid Vicious Beast wearing the guise of the Golden Core Stage!

Just then.

“Roar!”

An even higher-pitched and more majestic roar echoed through the heavens and earth!

Above the Main Peak, within those churning dark clouds.

A ten-thousand-zhang-tall phantom of a Divine Elephant, composed entirely of golden lightning, slowly condensed into form!

That Divine Elephant stepped on the void with its head against the firmament, its golden eyes indifferently looking down at the vast land below, as if inspecting its own territory!

A supreme Divine Might that suppressed all ages and stood alone as the sole sovereign swept through the entire Tianxuan Sect!

At this moment, whether they were Outer Sect Disciples, Inner Sect Elites, or even those Grand Elders who had been in seclusion for years.

An urge to prostrate and worship welled up in everyone's hearts without warning!

“This... what kind of phenomenon is this?!”

“Divine Elephant Trampling Heaven! This is the legendary supreme Dharma Image! Rare throughout the ages!”

“Heaven blesses my Tianxuan Sect! Such a Qilin child has actually been born within our Sect!”

Inside the Sect Master's Grand Hall, a woman dressed in a moon-white Daoist robe suddenly rose, her wide sleeves fluttering as her black hair fell like a waterfall over her shoulders. Her skin was like snow, and her features were cold yet could not hide her stunning brilliance. Her phoenix eyes gazed at the Divine Elephant phantom that blotted out the sun outside the window, and suppressed excitement and wild joy surged in her usually indifferent eyes!

She was the current Sect Master of the Tianxuan Sect, Bai Luoli!

“Go and investigate immediately!”

“At all costs, confirm which peak's Disciple triggered this phenomenon!”

“This person, I shall protect—from this day forth, they shall be my Personal Disciple!”

Bai Luoli's voice was as cold as jade striking stone, yet it carried an unquestionable authority and a protective resolve that instantly spread throughout the entire Sect Master's Grand Hall!

The phenomenon came quickly and went just as fast.

When the golden Divine Elephant within Qin Feng's body completely stabilized.

The Divine Elephant phantom in the sky also slowly dissipated into the world.

The dark clouds vanished, and the lightning subsided.

The sky returned to its clear state once more.

It was as if that apocalyptic scene from just now was merely an illusion.

But the entire Tianxuan Sect was completely boiling over because of it!

And inside the Muxue Cave Residence.

Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

In those deep eyes, it seemed as if the sun, moon, and stars were revolving.

His aura had been completely restrained.

He looked just like an ordinary Mortal.

But only he himself knew what terrifying power was contained within his body at this moment!

He lowered his head, looked at that beautiful face in his arms which appeared somewhat dazed from shock, and smiled.

“Revered Master.”

“I've reached the Golden Core Stage.”