Chapter 477 - 216: Breakthrough to Golden Core Middle Stage
Chapter 477: Chapter 216: Breakthrough to Golden Core Middle Stage
During this process, Xiao Chen hardly felt any change in his Golden Core, but the amount of True Essence within it had tangibly increased by one strand.
He rested for four hours, then consumed the second Hundred Revolutions Profound Pill, and then the third.
This brought the total amount of his True Essence to three hundred and thirty-six strands.
This change should not be underestimated. A Cultivator’s three most crucial treasures are their Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
The total amount of True Essence represents the quantity of "Qi."
Similarly, the concentration of one’s Qi Blood corresponds to "Essence," and the strength of one’s Divine Sense corresponds to "Spirit."
From this, it was easy to deduce that increasing the total amount of True Essence also helps a Cultivator break through bottlenecks.
By the same logic, increasing the concentration of one’s Qi Blood is also helpful for breaking through bottlenecks.
Xiao Chen took out the Traceless Deer Heart Blood he had previously traded for from his Storage Ring.
He then uncorked the bottle and, GULP GULP GULP, downed it all in one go.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
As the Heart Blood went down, Xiao Chen immediately heard his own heartbeat, growing louder and more distinct with each beat.
The Traceless Deer was, after all, a Tier Four Demon Beast, and its Heart Blood was the very essence of its life.
If an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator dared to drink it directly like this, they would likely explode and die on the spot.
Fortunately, Xiao Chen practiced Dual Cultivation of Body and Technique. He immediately activated his Life Pill to help him refine this surge of Heart Blood.
At the same time, he followed the Heart Method of the Nine Transformations Dragon Technique, activating all one hundred and eight acupoints in his body to circulate his own Qi Blood and lessen the burden.
Soon, his entire body, from his forehead to his ankles, turned bright red, like a boiled shrimp.
Wisps of white steam rose from his skin, and his whole body became like a furnace.
Although the Tier Four Spirit Blood was potent, it was, after all, masterless. Inside the furnace of his body, it was rapidly refined into dense blood qi.
This energy was then carried along by the surging Qi Blood in Xiao Chen’s body and was gradually fused with and absorbed.
"Haaa—!"
Xiao Chen’s eyes snapped open as he spat out a stream of turbid air.
The turbid air unexpectedly burst into flames in mid-air, and a fierce blaze instantly swept through the entire room.
"Crap, not again!"
He was always a bit careless when cultivating, resulting in damaged furniture. This wasn’t the first time.
"Ugh!"
Xiao Chen subconsciously moved to put out the fire, but he noticed something was different this time.
Thanks to the protection of the Nine Orifice Linked Array he had set up in the room, the flames were blocked by the Array Power and hadn’t damaged any of the furniture.
’It’s a good thing I was prepared. Setting up the Array really showed great foresight.’
Xiao Chen waved his hand, extinguishing the lingering embers in the air. He then moved about gingerly, acclimating to his newfound strength.
Then, riding the momentum while his Qi Blood was still vigorous, he made a direct attempt to break through to the Middle Golden Core Stage.
And then, as one might expect, he failed.
Fortunately, the consequences of failing to break through a minor bottleneck weren’t severe. His Qi Blood was only slightly depleted, and a short rest would be enough to recover.
’Something’s not right. My Essence, Qi, and Spirit are clearly sufficient. Why did I still fail?’
Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the floor, carefully reviewing his breakthrough attempt against his Cultivation Technique. ’Could it be... because of insufficient comprehension?’
If there was one area where he was lacking, it would be his comprehension of the Path of Wood.
In fact, he was right. Starting from the Golden Core Stage, a Cultivator had to choose a Great Dao to serve as their path forward.
It didn’t need to be profound, but it had to be there.
It was no exaggeration to call any Cultivator who could form a Golden Core a one-in-ten-thousand genius.
So why did they get stuck at the Early or Middle Golden Core Stage, sometimes for decades or even centuries?
The problem lay in comprehending the Great Dao!
Even though it didn’t require profound depth, for a Golden Core Cultivator, comprehending the Dao was an inherently difficult task.
Xiao Chen thought for a moment, then took the Dao Crystals out from his Storage Ring again.
His luck was decent. Besides the Fire Attribute crystal, one of the remaining was Earth Attribute, and the other was Wood Attribute.
A three-out-of-five chance, and he hadn’t missed.
Next, Xiao Chen took out a Purple Gold Bodhi Fruit and consumed it.
Using the window of enlightenment provided by the Bodhi, he poured his entire Divine Sense into the Dao Crystal to comprehend the Path of Wood.
He sat like this for a full twelve hours. Only when the effects of the Purple Gold Bodhi wore off did he snap back to his senses.
If asked what he had comprehended, he couldn’t quite put it into words.
But in the instant he returned to his senses, Xiao Chen was suddenly struck by a moment of inspiration. He immediately began to circulate his Heart Method.
And just like that, he successfully broke through to the Middle Golden Core Stage!