During core-formation, Mo Tiange entered the Virtual Sky World and deliberately left a stone sculpture puppet outside to disguise itself as her.
When she cultivated, she could use formations to confuse Lord Daoist Jinghe's divine sense. In any case, he wouldn't care too much about it. But during core-formation, Lord Daoist Jinghe's divine sense would definitely pay close attention to this place. For the sake of the Virtual Sky World's secrets, it was better to make it more realistic.
Fortunately, she obtained the Xuanji Formation Book, so the technique of formations was far from ordinary. The stone sculpture puppet itself had spiritual aura fluctuations of the late stage of the Foundation Building realm, so it wouldn't be a problem for her to disguise herself as her.
However, after she formed her Gold Core and came out of the Virtual Sky World, she had to make some tricks to create the celestial phenomenon of core-formation.
Then, inside the Virtual Sky World, she put the medicinal pills she usually concocted and some treasures Lord Daoist Jinghe prepared for her to form her Gold Core in a proper place.
First was the Dustless Pill. This pill wasn't the same as the Foundation-Building Pill used for Foundation Building. To be exact, it was a kind of medicinal pill to defend against Inner Demons. Because Inner Demons were the biggest threat during core-formation, it was the most important medicinal pill for core-formation.
This had always been the case since ancient times. In ancient times, the only medicinal pill used to defend against Inner Demons was the Dustless Pill.
Next was the Extreme Purity Pill. This pill contained a large amount of spiritual aura and had a similar effect to the Foundation-Building Pill. After taking this pill, the body would instantly release a large amount of spiritual aura. With the help of this spiritual aura, the cultivator could begin to break through to the Core Formation realm.
Finally, there was the Immortal-Wind Dew.
This dew was a medicinal pill in the form of liquid. It was concocted from the liquid of Seven Leaves Purple Heart Lotus and Jadeheart Grass, along with dozens of kinds of immortal roots and spiritual plants. It was a pill recipe found in the Virtual Sky World.
Mo Tiange saw that this spiritual medicine was helpful for core-formation, and the main ingredients were already available in the Virtual Sky World, so she paid attention to the outside world to find the missing ingredients. She had just concocted it a while ago.
After doing all this, Mo Tiange began to meditate. She didn't think about anything and let her mind become as still as water.
In fact, she had never been as confident as she was today.
She was no longer the Aura Refining disciple who possessed five spiritual roots despite possessing a Pure Yin Constitution. She was no longer the same Aura Refining disciple whose aptitude was akin to trash. She had extraordinary aptitude, a large number of spiritual herbs, an extraordinary formation, and a cultivation environment that was not inferior to the one in the Distant Past era. Why would she need to worry about making a realm-breakthrough?
He slowly adjusted his breathing and circulated his spiritual energy, immersing himself in the cycle of spiritual energy.
Inside the Dantian, there was a small area that not only contained Yin Qi, but also Yang Qi. Unlike ordinary people, where Yin and Yang were mixed together, they fused with each other to form a cycle.
When the cycle of yin and yang reached a balance, the five elements would take on both yin and yang forms, forming the state of primordial chaos.
Although the Yang spiritual energy in his body was very little, it was enough to occupy a corner deep in his Dantian.
Starting from this small Chaotic Elements Circulation, Mo Tiange guided the Yin spiritual aura in her body and slowly breathed in and out … Inside the Virtual Sky World, countless pure spiritual aura surrounded her. Gradually, she entered a state of nothingness …
In the primordial wilderness, at the beginning of the world, the gods appeared …
In the ancient Vast Expanse, the gods had created man, and man had appeared...
The gods left the world, immortals and demons separated, and the world changed …
The desolation of ancient times, the rebirth of mankind, the war between the righteous and the demonic …
Millions of years of time flowed before her eyes. She experienced the wind and clouds from the Distant Past era. This was the unique aura of the Distant Past era in the Virtual Sky World.
It was as if she was also a speck of dust from the Distant Past era, drifting for hundreds of thousands of years.
Mo Tiange opened her eyes. She felt her mind was like dust, rising and falling with the wind. Although it was ups and downs, it didn't cause any waves.
She took the Extreme Clear Pill, the Dew of Immortality, and the Dustless Pill in succession.
When she took the Foundation-Building Pill, it was different from the spiritual aura vortex that seemed to explode. The Extreme Clear Pill was gentle. It slowly slid down her throat and into her stomach. A warmth like that of a warm sun spread out, gradually submerging her entire body.
This reminded her of when she was young. Every winter, her mother would often sit outside the house with her and bask in the sun. It was lazy and warm, as if she was in her mother's embrace.
Mo Tiange lost her consciousness at this moment, and the spiritual aura in her body began to contract naturally. At the same time, countless spiritual aura from the Virtual Sky World rushed towards her, rushing towards her body.
Her eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and every pore on her skin opened to accept the spiritual aura and block the impurities. Only the purest Yin spiritual aura was accepted.
This process lasted for a long time, but Mo Tiange's consciousness had already melted in the aura of the Distant Past era. Even a year felt like a few days to her.
Time passed day by day …
One day, Mo Tiange suddenly felt an explosive pain in her body, from her dantian to her meridians to her five viscera and six bowels.
She sobered up, but she couldn't do anything. She could only let the Yin spiritual aura wreak havoc in her body.
However, unlike spiritual aura going out of control, the Yin spiritual aura filled her whole body, and her meridians and dantian completely contained it.
It was just that the speed at which it increased was too fast, so it violently clashed with her meridians and dantian, which were trying to restrain it.
This kind of conflict brought twisted pain.
Mo Tiange gritted her teeth and endured it. She did her best to breathe according to Lord Daoist Jinghe's instructions, letting the spiritual aura in her body return to a regular pattern.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but her body finally adapted to the pain caused by the spiritual aura expanding. She could finally control the small mass of spiritual aura of the Origin inside her body.
She placed this mass of spiritual aura at the entrance of her dantian and sea of knowledge to protect the most important place.
After doing this, the meridians could no longer contain the spiritual aura, so it rushed towards her dantian.
Mo Tiange firmly controlled the mass of spiritual aura of the Origin, letting her dantian swallow the spiritual aura.
When her dantian was full of spiritual aura, there was still a lot of spiritual aura rushing in from the outside.
Therefore, this kind of pain became even more intense. She almost thought her dantian and meridians would be torn apart because they couldn't contain the spiritual aura anymore.
But they didn't.
When the spiritual aura couldn't contain it anymore, it began to be squeezed. They originally existed like liquid, but after being squeezed, they became even finer and there were almost no gaps between them.
Mo Tiange knew the most critical moment had come.
She closed her eyes. She had completely adapted to this kind of pain caused by the spiritual aura squeezing her dantian.
But now, she still had to see whether the process of the spiritual aura squeezing could proceed smoothly.
She breathed steadily, opened her meridians, and tightened her dantian.
Sometimes, a container that was obviously full could always unexpectedly be stuffed with more things.
Mo Tiange's dantian was like this right now.
The spiritual aura was full, but it was still pouring in. The spiritual aura that was like liquid gradually became more and more viscous, almost glued together.
Her dantian was expanding, and so were her meridians. Mo Tiange had completely adapted to this kind of squeezing pain.
Her body felt like it was being torn apart. If the spiritual aura was a bit more violent, her body would explode and she wouldn't have any limbs left.
However, the power of the Extreme Clear Pill was gentle, so the spiritual aura was slowly being compressed.
The Dew of Immortality was also playing its role. The warm immortal liquid nourished her meridians and dantian, helping them to expand and repairing the damage they received during the process of expansion and compression.
At this time, the benefits of the Five-Spirits Body Cultivation in her meridians and dantian manifested.
Mo Tiange wasn't like other people who had their meridians broken and failed at the last step due to a little carelessness.
Her meridians were flexible. Although it was very painful to be squeezed, they still firmly wrapped around the spiritual aura.
If there was any damage, the Dew of Immortality would repair it little by little.
In front of such tough meridians, the spiritual aura could only retreat, so they squeezed each other and narrowed the distance between them.
Finally, at the entrance of her sea of knowledge, where the mass of Aura of the Origin was located, a small white granule appeared.
It was only the size of a grain of rice, but it had an almost uncontrollable power. As soon as it appeared, all the spiritual aura madly rushed towards it, covering it bit by bit.
The spiritual aura wrapped it layer by layer, almost turning it into a small ball of liquid. However, this wasn't enough. This grain of rice emitted a bright white light, and with an incomparably huge suction force, it swallowed all the spiritual aura.
Although this grain of rice was very small, it was unknown how much spiritual aura it could contain. The spiritual aura in the form of liquid was squeezed in, but it only increased a little.
Therefore, outside the Virtual Sky World, countless spiritual aura once again rushed in.
Her meridians and dantian once again suffered incomparable pressure. This time, there wasn't only the squeezing force of the spiritual aura, but also the suction force of the white granule. No, this white granule had now become a small ball the size of a thumb.
This small ball was still expanding, swallowing the spiritual aura and expanding itself.
This process lasted for a long time, maybe several months, maybe several years, but Mo Tiange firmly controlled herself and didn't collapse from the pain.
As time passed, the speed at which this small ball absorbed spiritual aura became slower and slower. In the beginning, it was crazy, but in the end, it stabilized.
As if it had eaten its fill, its originally faint white color turned into a bright light.
Now, it was already the size of a child's fist, emitting a bright and clean light.
The process of absorbing spiritual aura stopped. The mass of Aura of the Origin, which had always been around this small ball, entangled it and firmly wrapped it. Therefore, it turned into a light golden color.
The Gold Core was formed!
But this wasn't the end of core-formation. The real test was coming.
The moment the Gold Core was formed, Mo Tiange's consciousness was lost in the endless sea of knowledge.
Outside the Virtual Sky World, in the main hall of Shangqing Palace on Clear Spring Peak, two people sat silently.
Autumn passed and winter came. All the flowers were withered, but there was still the fragrance of white plums. The maids of Shangqing Palace cut several wintersweet branches and placed them in the hall, filling the hall with their delicate fragrance.
"It's been three years …" Lord Daoist Jinghe murmured. His divine comprehension penetrated the pavilions and reached a certain place in the mountain, but he didn't feel anything abnormal except for the spiritual aura fluctuations of Foundation Building cultivators.
A wintersweet branch floated down. Qin Xi reached out and caught it. The petals immediately fell from his fingers. "She spent more than two years building her foundation, so it shouldn't be a problem for her to take several years to form her Gold Core."
Lord Daoist Jinghe's gaze shifted, but he still smiled. "You're very confident about her. Are you sure she'll succeed in forming her Gold Core?
Maybe she'll be trapped by her Inner Demon? "
"No." Qin Xi's gaze was calm, and his face was expressionless. "She won't be trapped by her Inner Demon — she definitely won't."
In fact, she wasn't like him. His cultivation life was too smooth, so once he faced difficulties, he couldn't get up again. She, on the other hand, went through hardships and walked on dangerous paths. Once she faced difficulties, she resolutely gave up.