Chapter 1016 - 311: Reencounter with Luo Tianxing (2)

Erosion Moon glanced at him and gently touched the neck of the moon-white spirit deer.

The spirit deer moved its four hooves, chasing after the Star Envoy and flying downward.

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The salty sea breeze gently blew in, constantly ruffling the strands of hair at Shen Xiuchan’s temples.

The young man’s handsome face was filled with a solemn expression.

Not far ahead, Huang Lingshan, dressed in a goose-yellow long skirt, had already begun her breakthrough.

At this moment, she was following Shen Chongming’s previous method of stripping away the Golden Nature, gradually extracting the power of the Golden Core Sword Pill from her body, condensing it into a temporary Inner Core within her Dantian.

Huang Lingshan had been steeping in the Golden Core Realm long enough and had completely inherited the cultivation insights of Qu Ziguai, the Cyan Bamboo Sword Immortal of the Yangnao Seven Sons, who had reached the late stage of Nascent Soul.

In her manipulation of her own power, she far surpassed the former Shen Chongming.

Back then, Shen Chongming had tried his best only to extract one-fifth of the energy from his Golden Core.

However, Huang Lingshan now easily extracted half of the power from the Golden Core Sword Pill.

Furthermore, her Power of Heart and Mind could fully suppress the temporary Inner Core.

She intended to try once more to extract more spiritual power from the Golden Core Sword Pill, but the Golden Nature on the Sword Pill seemed to have already sensed something, secretly stirring with the idea of transferring to the temporary Inner Core.

At this moment, Huang Lingshan finally fully acknowledged the theory of the "Golden Nature conspiracy."

This thing obviously seemed to have consciousness; who would believe it’s problem-free?

She estimated that this method should only be able to extract up to half of the Golden Core’s spiritual power.

Once the spiritual power of the temporary Inner Core surpasses the Golden Core Sword Pill, the Golden Nature would immediately transfer to the temporary Inner Core with more spiritual power.

This also means that to strip away the Golden Nature, at least half of one’s cultivation would be lost.

This seems to be quite a good ending.

She initially thought that this move would be like Shen Wen’an back in the day, where her cultivation plummeted from Golden Core Perfection Realm to Fetal Breathing Realm.

Now, retaining half of the spiritual power, she could at least maintain the cultivation of the Golden Core Realm.

Once she realized she could no longer extract power from the Sword Pill Golden Core, Huang Lingshan no longer hesitated, forcefully pushing the Golden Core Sword Pill out of her body and immediately beginning to condense the Dao Palace with the Power of Sword Dao Law.

Sitting cross-legged some distance away, Shen Xiuchan also noticed the Golden Core Sword Pill flying out of Huang Lingshan’s body.

His face flashed with a gleam of excitement as he stood up, holding the Substitute Grassman.

Huang Lingshan had steeped for decades in the Golden Core Perfection Realm, and her understanding of Sword Dao Law had long met the requirements for breaking through the Purple Mansion.

Now having the opportunity to gather the Purple Mansion Dao Palace within her Dantian went smoothly, like a logical progression.

A large number of Law threads outlined and condensed above her head; in less than half an hour, the shadow of a Dao Palace fully formed and slowly sank into the position of the Dantian.

"It’s about to begin!"

Shen Xiuchan, excitedly gripping the Substitute Grassman.

Having witnessed his father Shen Chongming’s breakthrough scene, Shen Xiuchan understood that next would be his chance to use the Substitute Grassman, deceiving the Golden Core Sword Pill embedded with Golden Nature to lure it into the Substitute Grassman for sealing.

His hand moved slightly, and Shen Xiuchan immediately activated the Substitute Grassman.

Earlier, Huang Lingshan had already smeared her blood on the Substitute Grassman. Upon activation, the Substitute Grassman instantly emitted an aura almost identical to Huang Lingshan herself.

Sure enough.

As the Substitute Grassman was activated, the Golden Core Sword Pill, twirling and rotating in front of Huang Lingshan, suddenly paused, seeming somewhat at a loss.

Seeing this, Shen Xiuchan felt a burst of joy inside.

Taking the opportunity, Huang Lingshan integrated the Dao Palace shadow into her Dantian.

However, the anticipated scene did not occur next.

After her Purple Mansion Dao Palace merged with the Dantian, the temporary Inner Core showed no intention of replacing the Golden Core Sword Pill, remaining in a corner of the Dantian.

Similarly, no matter how Shen Xiuchan tried to activate the Substitute Grassman, the Golden Core Sword Pill seemed only "curious," with no intention of flying over and merging into it.

Shen Xiuchan became anxious.

Huang Lingshan perceived this situation, her mindset began to falter.

In the next moment——

Swoosh!

The Golden Core Sword Pill she had pushed out of her body shockingly "swooshed" back into the Dantian, effortlessly occupying the central position of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace.

This scene startled Huang Lingshan, causing a part of the Power of Heart and Mind suppressing the temporary Inner Core to falter.

In an instant, the temporary Inner Core, which had gathered half the spiritual power of the Golden Core Sword Pill, scattered, transforming into a vast surge of spiritual power, rushing towards the Golden Core Sword Pill like a tidal wave.

Within a few breaths, her Golden Core Sword Pill returned to its peak state.

Accompanied by the nourishment of the Purple Mansion Dao Palace, Law patterns began to emerge on the surface of the Golden Core Sword Pill, rapidly transforming towards the Purple Mansion Golden Core.

At this stage, Huang Lingshan clearly had no way to stop it.

She could only watch as the Spirit Light emanating from the Purple Mansion Dao Palace transformed her physical body while nurturing the Golden Core Sword Pill.

Outside, Shen Xiuchan’s face was also ashen.

He looked at the Substitute Grassman in his hand, still flickering with Spirit Light, and felt Huang Lingshan’s aura rapidly growing stronger once more.

He genuinely didn’t understand where it had gone wrong.

Why didn’t the Golden Core Sword Pill, like his father Shen Chongming’s breakthrough back then, choose to run to the Substitute Grassman after the Purple Mansion Dao Palace merged with the Dantian?

Time quickly passed another half hour.

As Huang Lingshan’s aura gradually stabilized, she slowly opened her eyes.