300: Tian's family affairs leaked

Xuanhuan World.

Near the northern mountain range.

The Immortal Dynasty's recent offensive was extremely fierce. Golden Core Cultivators reassembled and finally repelled the Yao Race, pushing them back into the northern mountain range area step by step.

Wang Long, a Golden Core player, held a fiery red long spear, his body radiating flames, igniting a large mountain and allowing tens of thousands of well-prepared Yao Race players within it to turn to ash.

The flying debris was stained crimson, making it impossible to distinguish between the color of the flames and the color of blood.

Wang Long swung the long spear in his hand, and the flames spread, extending for hundreds of miles along the mountain's outline without stopping.

Throughout the entire process, not a single great demon of the Demon Body Realm came out to stop him; the lower-level Yao Race all perished in the flames.

"Boring."

Wang Long clicked his tongue, put away his spear, and left. With a light tap of his foot, he appeared a hundred miles away moments later.

The gap between Golden Core and Foundation Establishment was too vast, practically the difference between heaven and earth.

And as Golden Core Cultivators continuously refined their cultivation and mastered more methods, this gap would only continue to widen.

They could effortlessly suppress and kill countless Foundation Establishment cultivators with a flick of their hand, with no interaction whatsoever.

He returned to the Thunder Team's stronghold and reunited with his teammates.

By now, the Thunder Team also had two other professional players who had achieved Golden Core: one with a Seventh-Grade Colorful Core and the other with a Sixth-Grade Flower Core.

The hope of breaking through to Nascent Soul was not great, but it was there nonetheless.

In the mountain pavilion, flashes of lightning and fire flickered, looking quite imbued with Immortal Qi.

The Seventh-Grade Colorful Core player, game ID "Lei Ming," looked at Wang Long and said, "I heard you've been bullying noobs lately?"

Wang Long frowned: "Great demons of the Demon Body Realm still refuse to make a move."

He sat down in a grand armchair. Despite having just killed many people, there was no trace of blood on him; the methods of a Golden Core were as if they didn't touch Karma.

The Sixth-Grade Flower Core player, game ID "Lightning Flash," wore a light blue magic robe, his eyes narrowed, seemingly checking forum information.

Moments later, he slowly spoke:

"Something is wrong with the Yao Race. Their overt strength is insufficient to resist the Immortal Dynasty. Their actions seem to be merely delaying time, unwilling to let the Immortal Dynasty's forces enter the Northern and Southern Mountains, especially unwilling to let the state-stabilizing seal enter.

"This indicates that they are hiding something, very likely a great demon currently seeking a Nascent Soul Breakthrough. That thing could overturn the situation."

Lei Ming waved his hand, and native servants brought tea for the three. The other professional players who had not achieved Golden Core also sat nearby, showing no discernible difference in status.

Wang Long didn't know much about this information, so he simply remained silent and drank his tea.

The servants withdrew, the wooden door closed, and everything around them became quiet.

The indoor environment was very peaceful; wooden tables and chairs, screens, as well as rockeries and flowers, created an extremely classical setting.

Professional players who had long fought in competitive games were very satisfied with this environment, as it made them feel like they were enjoying life on the company's dime.

Lightning Flash waved his hand, and streaks of Spiritual Qi flashed, forming a projection-like light screen in front of everyone.

"Take a look. This is the intelligence collected recently. Many new emerging clubs have poured into the Xuanhuan World.

"More and more people are making a career out of the Xuanhuan World, and more and more tycoons are investing in it.

"Similarly, our Thunder Team has also received more sponsorships. The specific benefits and treatment are all written here; everyone can see them.

"What I'm going to say next is of utmost importance: the higher-ups require us to quickly produce a Nascent Soul."

After these words, the entire room fell silent.

The scent of tea permeated the room, hot air rising, quickly dispersed by the wind stirred by Spiritual Qi. Everything was very calm.

Wang Long tilted his head slightly, a disdainful sneer twitching at the corner of his mouth, seemingly mocking the managers above.

Lei Ming took a sip of tea, spread his hands, and said, "Are they joking? Do they even know what a Nascent Soul is?"

Lightning Flash pressed his temples. He was considered the captain of the Thunder Team, half of the management.

Sometimes he was helpless against the unreasonable demands from above, but upon careful consideration, he knew that the demands from above had a certain rationality.

"Currently, the only Nascent Soul-level combat power is the state-stabilizing seal, so it controls the entire Immortal Dynasty and almost all resources.

"Everyone is its chess piece, even Golden Core Cultivators are its chess pieces, merely the difference between pawns and generals.

"If someone among us can Break through to Nascent Soul, we can reverse this situation. If we can defeat the state-stabilizing seal, monopolizing the entire Xuanhuan World's resources is not impossible.

"The benefits involved are too immense."

Everyone present was silent, looking at each other, some with longing, but also full of helplessness.

Lei Ming said, "We all understand the reasoning, but a Golden Core's Breakthrough to Nascent Soul is not that simple.

"At the Golden Core Stage, the division is no longer simply Early Stage, Middle Stage, and Late Stage.

"After Core Formation, the Golden Core Stage's strength is actually set; it merely requires some time to stabilize and adapt to the Golden Core Stage's cultivation.

"At this stage, further advancement in Realm is no longer possible. One needs to learn some skills, learn spellcasting, learn Divine Abilities. In short, one needs to find their own Dao and begin to walk their own path.

"How far is this path to Nascent Soul?

"Is it a dead end?

"No one can say for sure.

"As a result, most Golden Core Cultivators only attempt to Breakthrough to Nascent Soul in seclusion when their Lifespan is about to run out, only to tragically die in seclusion.

"The hardships involved are even more difficult than Foundation Establishment's Breakthrough to Golden Core, after all..."

Lei Ming paused, scanning everyone present, many of whom were at the Immortal Foundation cultivation level and had not yet broken through to Golden Core.

"Between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core, there is actually the Core Formation Realm. Although it's just a transitional Realm, it opens up the path, giving people a concrete direction to pursue a Breakthrough.

"However, from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, there is no transitional Realm at all, as if leaping directly from the foot of a mountain to its peak. Everyone's method is different, and the difficulty is also different.

"To suddenly say we need to produce a Nascent Soul, how is that possible? In my opinion, it would probably require several Reincarnations, continuously accumulating key resources with reincarnation points, and then in the final attempt, choosing a crucial Breakthrough-type Golden Finger.

"Only then might a Breakthrough be successful, and the time required for this would be about a year at minimum."

The implication was that producing a Nascent Soul in a short time was impossible.

Lightning Flash chuckled, waved his hand, and the content on the light screen changed:

"As everyone knows, there are many things Golden Core Cultivators need to cultivate: spells, Magic Treasures, skills..."

"But the most important is cultivating a limited number of Natal Divine Powers.

"And Fourth-Grade Natal Divine Powers are even more helpful for perfecting cultivation and breaking through to Nascent Soul..."

The light screen flashed to Great River City, then to a large mansion with a plaque that read "Tian Family."

"We received news, news of a Fourth-Grade Natal Divine Power."