Chapter 822. Golden core realm

Chapter 822: 822. Golden core realm

Tyler stared at the round pill floating above his palm. Its surface was almost crystal clear, and faint golden light flowed within it like liquid. Although the pill had not reached perfection, it was already far superior to ordinary medicinal pills.

"You’re almost there," Tyler said, encouraging the girl beside the cauldron.

Two months had already passed since the Sky Demoness entered Tyler’s laboratory.

During these two months, Tyler had continued with his own experiments while the Sky Demoness devoted herself entirely to refining the pill. Day after day, she had repeated the process, failing, adjusting the flame, changing the timing, and starting over. For an alchemist, such a process was both exhausting and fascinating.

The Sky Demoness stared at the pill in her hand and frowned deeply.

"But it still isn’t the Flawless Golden Core Pill. It’s a failure."

Tyler looked at her.

Despite the disappointment on her face, her beauty remained striking. In fact, the slight frown between her brows made her appear even more captivating.

Tyler had known her true identity for quite some time.

After the Sky Demoness entered the laboratory, the three Sinclair sisters had already informed him of everything. The beautiful woman before him was none other than the infamous Sky Demoness, one of the most outstanding cultivators of the younger generation.

Tyler and Suzuka also belonged to this generation, although their cultivation was considerably different from what outsiders believed.

Suzuka was publicly known to be at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Tyler, meanwhile, was officially regarded as a cultivator at the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Of course, that was merely the cultivation he allowed others to see.

In truth, Tyler had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

But compared to the Sky Demoness, even that was not particularly impressive.

She had already reached the late stage of the Golden Core Realm.

Among the younger generation, such cultivation was enough to place her firmly among the strongest.

Her cultivation wasn’t her only impressive ability.

The Sky Demoness was also an accomplished alchemist. Although her attainments were somewhat inferior to Matilda of the Boundless World, she was still considered an extremely talented alchemist in this region.

Unfortunately, Tyler himself knew very little about alchemy.

He understood some basic principles and had learned a few introductory techniques, but that was far from enough to personally refine a pill of this level.

Otherwise, he would have already used the Flawless Golden Core Pill as bait to lure the Sky Demoness into joining the White Merchant Group.

Still, his current method wasn’t bad either.

Tyler had deliberately recruited her to refine the pill because he wanted to test her abilities.

More importantly, he wanted to recruit her.

Even though she belonged to another sect, Tyler had no intention of giving up easily. If there was an opportunity to pull such a talented cultivator into his own faction, why wouldn’t he try?

The Sky Demoness sighed.

"Ah... I ruined it at the final step again."

She glanced toward the remaining medicinal materials. "Give me some more time. But about the materials..."

"As I said before, don’t worry about them."

Tyler casually waved his hand.

"I’ll take these high-purity pills and the near-flawless ones and put them into the auction. They can still be sold for a good price."

With that, he collected the pills.

The Sky Demoness’s eyes twitched slightly.

He was treating pills that other alchemists would fight over as if they were defective products.

Tyler looked toward her.

"You should rest for a while. Take a week or two to relax before starting again. Your state of mind matters when refining a pill like this."

The Sky Demoness considered his words before finally nodding.

"That is reasonable."

She stood and flew toward the laboratory entrance.

The moment she stepped outside, four women waiting nearby immediately approached her.

"Miss!"

The four bodyguards released sighs of relief.

Their young mistress had entered the laboratory two months ago and had not come out since. They had begun wondering whether something unexpected had happened.

The Sky Demoness glanced at them calmly.

"I was busy refining pills."

The four women exchanged confused glances.

Refining pills?

Hadn’t their mistress originally come here to negotiate with Tyler White?

Why had she suddenly become his alchemist?

Although they were extremely curious, none dared to question her.

The Sky Demoness stretched lazily before a playful smile appeared on her lips.

"Let’s go to the lower floors. I heard there are plenty of beautiful women there."

She licked her lips slightly.

"It’s been two months. I should enjoy myself a little."

With that, she left with her four bodyguards.

The three Sinclair sisters, who had been watching from nearby, were completely dumbfounded.

Lala, Momo, and Nana looked at one another.

After a moment, Nana finally spoke.

"She really became addicted to alchemy."

Momo nodded solemnly.

"More importantly, she forgot why she came here."

Lala sighed.

"Our master is truly frightening."

Deep inside the laboratory, Tyler smiled faintly.

He had a feeling that the Sky Demoness would not leave his side so easily now.

After all, once someone became obsessed with a legendary pill recipe, leaving it behind was easier said than done.

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Another two months quietly passed.

During that time, the Sky Demoness had actually taken an entire month off from alchemy. The reason was not because she had encountered a bottleneck, nor because she needed to recover from exhaustion. Rather, she had become completely immersed in the Pink Entertainment Hub.

After spending two months inside the laboratory, she had finally discovered that the Entertainment Hub contained countless things she had never experienced before. Once she entered the higher floors, it became increasingly difficult for her to leave. By the end of the month, even her four bodyguards had become accustomed to waiting for her.

However, when the Sky Demoness finally remembered the Flawless Golden Core Pill, she reluctantly returned to the laboratory.

This time, she succeeded.

It took her only another month of focused refinement before a perfectly round pill emerged from the cauldron.

The Sky Demoness casually tossed it toward Tyler.

"I’m going back to the entertainment floors."

Before Tyler could even respond, she turned around and disappeared.

Tyler stood there in silence.

He looked down at the pill in his hand.

It was perfectly round and almost completely transparent. If one held it beneath the light, one could see through its crystal-clear surface. Within the pill, tiny golden particles drifted slowly like glittering dust. Every now and then, they would disappear before suddenly reappearing somewhere else.

A faint smile appeared on Tyler’s face.

The Flawless Golden Core Pill.

This was the legendary pill he had been waiting for.

Its effects were astonishing.

For a cultivator with a weak foundation, consuming this pill could greatly increase the possibility of forming a Golden Core. For someone at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment with a sufficiently stable foundation, the pill could even give them a fifty percent chance of directly breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.

As for someone with an exceptionally pure foundation, the effects were naturally even more frightening.

Tyler’s foundation was precisely of that type.

His entire cultivation path had been built with resources that ordinary cultivators could only dream of. Countless spirit stones, treasures, pills, formations, and heavenly materials had been poured into his body. His foundation was not merely stable; it was ridiculously pure.

Tyler smiled.

Then he took out the familiar copper pot.

A short while later, Suzuka stood in front of him, staring at the crystal-clear pill in his hand with her mouth slightly open.

"Boss... are you sure?"

She was already at Peak Foundation Establishment Realm, so she naturally understood the value of such a pill.

Tyler casually handed it to her.

"Of course. Don’t worry about it. If I wanted more, I could get them."

He wasn’t boasting. He already copied it a lot.

Suzuka looked at the pill in her palm.

For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.

Then she suddenly bowed deeply.

"Boss..."

Her voice became unusually serious.

"My loyalty, my body, my soul... everything belongs to you."

After saying those words, her face immediately became crimson.

She turned around and hurried away.

Tyler remained frozen. He blinked.

"Did she just include her body in that list?"

After thinking about it for a moment, Tyler shook his head.

"Forget it."

He had more important things to do.

Tyler returned to the residence and instructed the Sinclair sisters not to allow anyone to disturb him. He was going into seclusion.

Once inside his cultivation chamber, he closed the door.

The environment inside was completely different from the outside world.

The walls the floors , everything was made of Spiritual stones. Thick spiritual energy filled the chamber, so dense that it had almost become visible. A mist-like layer of spiritual energy continuously flowed through the room before slowly entering Tyler’s body.

For ordinary cultivators, obtaining such an environment would require an enormous amount of wealth.

For Tyler, it was merely his cultivation room.

He sat down cross-legged.

After adjusting his breathing, Tyler took out the Flawless Golden Core Pill.

He examined it one final time before placing it into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly.

Tyler’s eyes brightened.

"It tastes pretty good."

He nodded with satisfaction.

Then he took out two more.

Without hesitation, he threw both into his mouth.

If another cultivator witnessed this scene, they would probably cough blood.

A Flawless Golden Core Pill was enough to make countless Foundation Establishment cultivators fight to the death. Even powerful sects would carefully calculate how such a treasure should be used.

Tyler, however, ate three of them as though they were candies.

The medicinal energy exploded inside his body.

Yet Tyler remained completely calm.

His Yin Wood Element and exceptionally pure foundation immediately began absorbing the enormous energy. The process that would normally take a cultivator years of careful cultivation became incredibly simple.

Deep within his dantian, the tiny sprout representing his Yin Wood foundation trembled.

Then something strange happened.

A dark glass-like sphere slowly condensed within the sprout.

At first, it was only the size of a grain of sand.

Then it expanded.

The enormous spiritual energy poured into it, causing the sphere to gradually become solid. A profound pressure slowly spread through Tyler’s body.

The transformation of the foundation began.

For other cultivators, forming a Golden Core was a dangerous process. One wrong step could cause their foundation to collapse, resulting in severe injuries or even death.

Tyler didn’t need to worry about any of that.

His foundation was simply too pure.

His resources were simply too abundant.

And now, with the Flawless Golden Core Pills providing the final push, the transformation became almost effortless.

Boom!

A deep sound echoed within his body.

The dark glass-like sphere completely solidified.

Golden light flashed through the darkness.

At that instant, Tyler’s aura surged.

The bottleneck that had restrained him for so long ( like few months) shattered like fragile glass.

First Level of the Golden Core Realm!