Chapter 275 - 273: A Tiny Secret Realm, Reaching the Golden Core Realm Again

Chapter 275: Chapter 273: A Tiny Secret Realm, Reaching the Golden Core Realm Again

Life became peaceful once more.

Hardly any members of the Demon Race or Demon Beasts ever appeared in the Imperial City where Su Qing was stationed.

It was the perfect time for him to focus on his cultivation.

Aside from the Grand General asking Su Qing for more stories about the Immortal Cultivation Realm, nothing much had changed. Another week or so passed.

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Hundred Vein Limit [Micro Meridian Refining Method: Minor Achievement (1481/2000)]

Foundation Establishment Limit [Immortal Transformation Realm Method: Minor Achievement (1634/2000)]

——

Su Qing’s Cultivation Techniques were already approaching Great Success.

The Immortal Domain inside him, in particular, was growing incredibly fast. It had already expanded to a radius of a million li.

After giving some instructions to the people at the Moon Viewing Pavilion, Su Qing left the Cyan Moon Pavilion.

’The Secret Realm...’

’The Secret Realm was the entire reason I came here.’

’Time to go see what this Secret Realm is all about.’

Aboard his Flying Magical Artifact, he soon arrived at the Moon God Palace.

Of course, he had also brought the Grand General of Cyan Moon Country along.

He had her register on her own to see if she could get into the Moon God Palace.

As for Su Qing, he returned to the Alchemy Hall.

He found the person in charge, and it was still Jiang Duyu.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang."

"Fellow Daoist Ye, long time no see."

The two of them exchanged smiles.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you know when the Secret Realm will open?"

"No need to rush. The Sect Lord predicts it will open within the next five days. We just have to wait here in the Sect."

"Thank you for letting me know, Fellow Daoist Jiang."

...

After a bit more small talk,

Su Qing returned to his residence.

While he waited, he synthesized Spirit Fruits.

He had already synthesized a considerable number of Spirit Fruits—certainly over ten thousand, and perhaps as many as a hundred thousand.

Fortunately, they were all Tier One Spirit Fruits, which Su Qing could still afford to make.

He still planned to break through to the Golden Core Realm inside the Secret Realm.

’I just don’t know if it will work.’

’If not, I can always break through to the Golden Core Realm in Cyan Moon Country.’

Su Qing thought it over and decided it would be best not to stay inside the Secret Realm the entire time.

He could break through there, but it would mean cutting himself off from the outside world.

’That wouldn’t be good.’

’So I’ll wait for the next opportunity.’

’I wonder if I can break through to the Nascent Soul Realm within a year.’

At the same time, his Cultivation Techniques also needed to reach the Perfection stage.

He waited for three days.

A Secret Realm suddenly materialized in the sky above the Moon God Palace.

Simultaneously, a Divinity Transformation Cultivator appeared in the air.

His voice boomed out, "The Moon God Secret Realm is now open! All Cultivators who wish to enter, listen carefully."

"Inside the Secret Realm, you are forbidden from killing your fellow sect members. Qi Cultivation Realm disciples may take only one treasure. Foundation Establishment Realm disciples may take two."

"Anyone who kills a fellow sect member will be put to death."

"Anyone who takes more than their allotted treasures will be dispatched to the Spiritual Veins to mine for ten years."

"Alright. If you want to go in, then hurry up and enter."

"The Secret Realm will close in seven days."

The Divinity Transformation Cultivator suddenly manifested a massive staircase in the air, allowing even Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators to quickly ascend.

Su Qing flew over as well, heading straight inside.

The entrance to the Secret Realm was a visible spatial distortion, easy to spot at a glance.

A moment after entering, he arrived in a place suffused with a strange, inexplicable power.

It seemed to be a place with a high concentration of lunar essence.

’This is definitely a Secret Realm.’

Trees like clusters of fireflies floated in the air all around, emitting a faint glow.

The sky was in a perpetual state of twilight, which was quite strange.

"Greetings, Senior."

"Greetings, Senior."

The entering Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators bowed to Su Qing before hurrying off in search of treasure.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, not going yet?" Jiang Duyu chuckled as he entered, noticing Su Qing looking around at the Secret Realm.

’This must be his first time in a Secret Realm, for him to be so stunned by the scenery,’ he thought.

"Yeah, I’ll head out in a moment."

"That’s fine. This Secret Realm isn’t dangerous, at least not for Foundation Establishment Cultivators like us. If you run into something you can’t handle, just fly away."

"I’m heading out first," Jiang Duyu said, already taking to the air.

’It’s not a good idea to linger at the entrance,’ Su Qing thought, and he quickly departed from the area.

Su Qing slowly ascended, surveying the surrounding terrain.

There were high mountains and flowing rivers; the place had it all, and it was vast.

Flying high in the sky, Su Qing looked down but still couldn’t see the end of the realm.

However, he had already spotted many Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators fighting over treasures.

The rule was ’no killing fellow sect members,’ but that didn’t mean they couldn’t fight for things.

Besides, for a Cultivator, death wasn’t always the most frightening outcome. Being crippled was.

’Two treasures.’

’I should look around a bit more,’ Su Qing thought.

Truth be told, Su Qing wasn’t concerned with fighting over items.

What did concern him was the soul imprint on his body.

The Divinity Transformation Cultivator had placed it on him.

Su Qing’s Fifth Realm Soul could clearly sense this Soul Power.

’It’s to monitor the movements of the Sect Disciples, or rather, the Foundation Establishment Cultivators.’

’The Sect Lord of the Moon God Palace really has some impressive methods.’

Su Qing was at a loss for words. Talk about being responsible.

’Erasing the Soul Power is not an option.’

’Not unless I want to stay here and cultivate for a year.’

....

Su Qing casually picked up a Tier One Spirit Medicine and a Tier One Spirit Fruit.

「Seven days later.」

Both of Su Qing’s Cultivation Techniques had reached Great Success.

Su Qing left the Secret Realm.

No one stopped him.

He simply felt the Soul Power on his body suddenly vanish.

’This Sect Lord really is interesting,’ he mused. ’Going to such lengths to protect the Sect Disciples.’

Su Qing shook his head and smiled.

Because of the massive production on Su Qing’s Qingsu Island, the price of Tier One Spirit Fruits had already dropped to around 70,000 Spirit Stones apiece.

Nearly every Sect and Cultivator loathed the Qingsu Island that Su Qing had established.

However, far more Cultivators were overjoyed. A Tier One Spirit Fruit for around seventy thousand Spirit Stones was much cheaper than before.

Not long after returning to his residence, Su Qing set out once again for Cyan Moon Country.

He had visited the Secret Realm, but his Cultivation Techniques had not yet reached Perfection.

Su Qing had no intention of breaking through just yet.

Breaking through to the Golden Core Realm didn’t involve a Thunder Tribulation; that only happened when advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm.

This meant Su Qing could find a remote location to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

Time in Cyan Moon Country always passed with ease.

Yet his Cultivation never felt tedious.

Especially since he could clearly see his own progress.

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Hundred Vein Limit [Micro Meridian Refining Method: Perfection]

Foundation Establishment Limit [Immortal Transformation Realm Method: Perfection]

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After reaching Perfection, there were no major changes, except that his Immortal Domain and meridians became noticeably stronger.

The larger the Immortal Domain grew, the slower its expansion became, but it was still steadily, if slowly, growing.

Now that Su Qing possessed the Immortal Domain Body, he dared to claim that not even a Nascent Soul cultivator could break his defenses.

The Immortal Domain Body was truly terrifying.

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[Synthesis Successful: Standardization Triggered]

[Unknown Core Formation Technique: Concentrate all of one’s Magical Power upon the Dao Foundation to forge a Primordial Impermeable Golden Core. A successful breakthrough will yield a core ten times more powerful than a standard Great Dao Golden Core and unlock the user’s personal Great Dao Divine Techniques. Can operate autonomously.]

....

After Su Qing finished the synthesis,

He heaved a sigh of relief.

He had already prepared Healing Pills.

He also had countless Immortal Stones to serve as a foundation.

’This technique must be unbelievably powerful.’

Su Qing was gambling everything on this breakthrough. This technique was said to harness the power of Immortals, Gods, and Demons.

’A Great Dao Golden Core.’

This was the first time Su Qing had ever encountered the term.

He gave some instructions to his people at the Moon Viewing Pavilion.

Then, he quickly vanished, leaving Cyan Moon Country.

He found a deserted wasteland and concealed himself deep underground.

Once his preparations were complete,

He held an unknown elixir in his mouth, one whose healing properties rivaled those of a Tier Nine Elixir.

He placed Array Plates around his location and had more than a dozen of his synthesized Immortal Stones ready within his Immortal Domain.

[Immortal Stone: Contains an amount of liquid Immortal Qi equivalent to that of a Small Thousand World.]

It was an absurd amount. One of the stones even contained the liquid Immortal Qi equivalent to an entire Great Thousand World.

Su Qing estimated his total reserves were equivalent to the Solid Immortal Qi of over a hundred Great Worlds.

He had synthesized these Immortal Stones precisely for the purpose of forging the Great Dao Golden Core.

But he estimated that he wouldn’t use them all up.

’Extract.’

The moment Su Qing gave the mental command,

the autonomously operating Core Formation Technique instantly made it feel as if his body was about to explode.

Su Qing immediately refined the Healing Pill.

If his meridians hadn’t been strong enough to withstand the terrifying suction of the Core Formation Technique, Su Qing feared his body might have exploded again.

The Immortal Qi within his Immortal Domain was being drained away. The Domain’s growth halted as all the energy was drawn upward, coalescing into the Great Dao Golden Core.

What began as an explosion within his body now started to stabilize.

The Golden Core was condensing.

The countless streams of Dao Essence within the Immortal Domain were all stimulated and drawn out,

infusing the condensing Immortal Qi above.

Simultaneously, his own Magical Power began to condense at a frantic pace.

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