116: Chapter 116 The Sky-Supporting Pillar Over Two Thousand Meters Tall!

Su Mo spent a great deal of effort, taking over half a month, to melt the black megalith into a liquid, which he smeared onto the surface of the flying boat, covering every inch of the hull, eventually solidifying into a layer of pitch-black coating.

Su Mo tried throwing a Golden Core onto it; when the explosion dissipated, the pitch-black coating on the surface of the flying boat didn't even have a scratch, and it had even completely absorbed the energy of the blast.

“Very good. Now the hardness has reached a degree that is unbreakable by the Soul Transformation Stage, though I don't know if Cultivators of higher Realms can break it.”

Su Mo couldn't help but smile, and he casually picked a seclusion room to start his secluded Cultivation.

While controlling the light emission inside his body, light particles continuously converged toward his Dantian, causing his cultivation base to increase constantly.

In just a few months, Su Mo had reached Golden Core Perfection and felt the sensation of a Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.

With the skill [Infinite Radiance], his mana bar was infinite, and Breaking through his cultivation base increased his mana bar limit and Spell power.

Calming his mind and Qi, Su Mo looked inward at his Dantian.

The Golden Core, condensed from light particles, had reached Perfection, emitting a brilliant radiance like a miniature star.

His mind stirred slightly—

Buzz!!!

Massive amounts of light particles surged into the Golden Core!

The Golden Core trembled violently and continuously swelled, but the cracks that should appear during a normal Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul did not materialize on its surface.

“Damn it! Why won't it crack!”

“If the Golden Core doesn't crack, how is my Nascent Soul supposed to come out!”

Su Mo watched the continuously expanding Golden Core, anxiety welling up in his heart.

This thing was completely out of control, like a ticking time bomb. If it exploded inside his body, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Buzz!!!

As if hearing Su Mo's thoughts, the Golden Core, which had expanded until it almost pressed against the inner wall of his Dantian, suddenly began to contract.

“Phew, is it over?”

Just as Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, he saw that after the Golden Core contracted to its limit, it began to expand again!

“It's never-ending?!”

Su Mo watched helplessly as the Golden Core expanded, contracted, expanded again, and contracted again... With every cycle, the internal color of the Golden Core became slightly redder, shifting from blazing white to orange-red, finally turning into a scorching, dark red, like a star about to go supernova.

Outside the seclusion room, many Disciples who were enthusiastically working felt the gradually rising temperature.

Some people were already sweating, the ground began to heat up, and the air warped.

“What's going on?”

“Why is it so hot!”

...After becoming Cultivators, nourished by Spiritual Qi, they had long been immune to heat and cold; even if they were exposed to the midday sun for three days and three nights, they wouldn't feel the slightest bit of heat.

Yet now they were sweating profusely from the heat!

Bai Xiaohua felt the scorching heat, withdrew from her Cultivation state, frowned slightly, and ascended into the sky.

After realizing the temperature was emanating from Su Mo's seclusion room, she smiled faintly.

“I didn't expect Moer to be making another advancement so quickly.”

She turned to look at the Disciples who were swaying unsteadily from the heat, and said softly:

“Everyone, please take a break for now. Your wages will be paid as usual, plus a high-temperature subsidy.”

Hearing this, the Disciples below cheered excitedly!

“Sect Master is generous! Elder is generous!”

...Ten-plus days passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Mo watched the ball in his Dantian wildly expanding and contracting, and his heart had grown numb.

“Is this damn Golden Core related to a toad or something?”

“If it does this again, I'll...”

Before he could finish speaking, the Golden Core, having shrunk to its minimum size, suddenly stopped moving.

Boom!

An invisible fluctuation slammed into Su Mo's mind. His Divine Sense expanded wildly, covering more than half of the Sect in the blink of an eye.

The flow of Spiritual Qi, the breathing of the Disciples, and even distant birds were clearly perceptible.

At the same time, his physique began to rapidly transform under the energy released by the red Golden Core.

Su Mo took a moment to look up.

Sure enough, no tribulation clouds had gathered.

“The Heavenly Dao isn't very supportive, huh.”

Su Mo muttered casually, then immersed himself in the comfort of his physical transformation.

By observing the direction of internal energy flow, he understood that this physical transformation was entirely the result of the 'first to get rich helping the later to get rich' principle.

Since the Golden Core's energy level transformed, the vessel carrying the Golden Core naturally had to be raised to a corresponding strength.

“But am I still in the Golden Core Stage, or have I already advanced to the Nascent Soul?”

Opening his personal panel:

[Host: Su Mo]

[Race: Human]

[Rank: Nascent Soul (1.../3,600,000)]

[Skills: Infinite White Porridge (Never Expires), Infinite Radiance]

[Talents: Myriad Races Furnace (Five-Colored Chicken's...), Quantum Analysis]

Judging by the panel, he had indeed advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage at this moment, and his cultivation base was still growing at a visible rate.

Su Mo raised an eyebrow and looked doubtfully at the dark red pill in his Dantian:

“Should I call this thing a Pill Soul, or a Soul Pill?”

It completely lacked the human form a Nascent Soul should have; it was clearly a Nezha three months in the womb.

“Forget it...”

“As long as it works.”

Su Mo slowly opened his eyes, and a streak of white-tinged-with-red radiance flashed across them.

Feeling the surging power within his body, he silently activated the nascent Domain that the Nascent Soul Stage should possess.

Boom—!!

A terrifying temperature instantly erupted, centered around Su Mo!

The walls of the seclusion room melted like wax, the ground turned into crimson magma, and the air warped and boiled.

“Holy crap! The nascent Domain is this fierce?!”

At this moment, Su Mo suddenly felt an impulse arise in his body.

He raised his hand. The temperature in the Domain rapidly decreased, but Su Mo's arm began to change from white to red.

In Su Mo's vision, the cells on his arm transformed into a solid mass condensed from light particles.

He tentatively pointed his finger.

A red beam of light, condensed to the extreme, burst forth from his fingertip, instantly piercing through layers of mountain walls and vanishing into the horizon.

Everything in its path was vaporized!

True One Sun Finger!

This single strike completely drained the energy in his Dantian. The red Soul Pill instantly shriveled to the size of a peanut, but quickly replenished itself.

After calming his excited feelings, Su Mo finally walked out of the now ruined seclusion room.

Just after stepping out, Su Mo's attention was drawn by the black shadow overhead.

“Holy crap!”

“Qian Ji, what the hell did you turn my flying boat into?!”

Su Mo looked up and saw the humanoid object, over two thousand meters tall, standing directly above him.

White energy patterns occasionally flowed across the pitch-black shell. A main cannon was situated on the giant's chest, and its eyes resembled two bright stars, radiating a terrifying pressure overall.

Apart from the parts and energy patterns on it, which were recognizably refined by Su Mo himself, the rest of the object was completely unrecognizable from its original appearance.

“Sect Master, how is it?”

“While you were in seclusion, I was bored, so I thoroughly helped modify your flying boat.”

“It used quite a few of my spiritual materials...”

“Dealing with the Void Refining Stage should be no problem now.”

Su Mo felt dizzy and was about to curse, but upon hearing Qian Ji say she had reinforced the flying boat with spiritual materials, he immediately beamed with joy:

“Well done. I like talented people like you who consider the leader's needs.”

“Keep up the great work!”

After waiting a moment, seeing that Immortal Master Qian Ji did not leave, and noticing her eager expression, Su Mo curled his lips into a smile.

A scorching red Golden Core appeared in his hand. Although the energy was locked inside, its might was still terrifying.

“This... this is...”

Qian Ji's bright eyes stared intently at the Soul Pill, showing seven parts surprise and three parts confusion.

“This is a higher-grade Golden Core; one of these is worth dozens, even hundreds, of the previous ones.”

“Seeing your excellent performance, I am specially rewarding you with this.”