Chapter 137: The Unremarkable Golden Core

Chapter 137: The Unremarkable Golden Core

The starry sky shimmered, and the Milky Way stretched across the heavens.

The universe was vast, deep, and profound, a desolate yet expansive realm.

As far as the eye could see, countless stars filled the sky.

One particular star, a sun, blazed with infinite fire and emitted endless heat, as if Qi Yuan could reach out and touch it.

The intense heat made Ning Tou's delicate face glisten with sweat, and her black dress clung to her petite frame, accentuating her graceful curves. Even as a Great Supreme, she felt the heat at this moment.

Gazing at the universe, Qi Yuan's expression was one of wonder, mixed with a hint of fear of the unknown.

These stars, it was said, were linked to the divine beings of legend.

And in this universe, there were so many stars...

Qi Yuan embraced Ning Tou, his body radiating heat, even hotter than her delicate frame. His voice trembled slightly, "This is a brand new universe..."

In terms of the concept of the universe, the Wave Surge Realm, Moon Gazing Continent, and Windflow Realm were all part of the same universe.

Above the firmament, the same stars shone, the same divine projections, or perhaps, reflections.

Of course, the situation in the Windflow Realm might be a bit special.

Qi Yuan stepped through the Gate of Ten Thousand Varieties and arrived in a new universe.

This universe was lifeless.

Qi Yuan sensed no living beings.

Or perhaps there were, but he didn't perceive them.

In any case, the sun, moon, and stars here were the real deal.

Not divine reflections or illusory projections.

Holding Ning Tou, Qi Yuan's Great Sun Lotus burned within, and his consciousness began to blur.

Leaving the Windflow Realm, he seemed to have stepped out of the game, no longer needing to return immediately to the Wave Surge Realm.

However, his physical condition required attention.

The Great Sun Lotus continued to burn.

Looking at Ning Tou, a ripple of emotion crossed Qi Yuan's face, "I should go now."

Otherwise, the Great Sun Lotus might harm Ning Tou.

Ning Tou stood in the vast emptiness, gazing at the familiar figure nearby. Her eyes were determined, and she clutched Qi Yuan's sleeve, her slender legs wrapped in black silk, gripping his waist tightly, as if afraid he might disappear like before.

Seeing Ning Tou's timidity, Qi Yuan's eyes softened into a smile, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

As he spoke, he looked at the nearby star, seemingly small yet so close.

"See that? That little sun will soon become my Golden Core," he said.

A flicker of confusion crossed Ning Tou's eyes.

She didn't understand but listened quietly.

"I'm going there to swallow it," Qi Yuan's eyes revealed determination.

"Don't worry about me. I... with the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, I'll just swallow a star!

I once heard of a powerful being who swallowed an entire universe."

"Swallowing a star is nothing."

"Blooddrop... you're not fooling me!" Ning Tou's starry eyes misted over.

She feared Qi Yuan was deceiving her.

Qi Yuan intended to leave her alone to face the all-consuming Great Sun Lotus.

"When have I ever lied to you?" Qi Yuan's thoughts were complex as he held Ning Tou's soft hand, his expression gentle.

Their bond ran deep.

The Great Sun Lotus's burning intensified, instantly incinerating Ning Tou's clothing. She seemed to deliberately allow the burning, unaffected.

Qi Yuan's hand rested on Ning Tou's smooth, powder-white back, her pale, jade-like body fully exposed.

Her petite frame squirmed slightly, and the inverted jade bowl lightly grazed his arm. Qi Yuan suppressed his greed.

Ning Tou leaned close to Qi Yuan's ear, her voice soft yet demanding, "Blooddrop, you've seen all of this young lady's body. Even if I'm ugly, you can't abandon me!

If you leave without a word, I'll bind you to me for eternity!"

At this moment, Qi Yuan couldn't tell if the charming girl in his arms was Golden Canary or Ning Tou.

He only knew her brows and eyes were captivating.

"I won't," Qi Yuan assured her, his gaze steady, but his voice betrayed a hint of concern, "It's just... after refining the star into a Golden Core, I might... leave this place. Only the Golden Core will remain.

Once it's formed, it's best not to stare at it, or it might affect your memory."

He would leave a part of himself here.

Ning Tou seemed to understand, tilting her head, her moist ruby lips close to Qi Yuan's. She bit her pearly teeth gently, a proud smile on her face, "You've left your mark, husband. From now on, you belong to me."

But her smile quickly faded, replaced by a timid expression, "Blooddrop, you bite me too. Even if I'm ugly, I... want to be yours!"

Ning Tou was bold and seductive, while Golden Canary was shy and coy.

Qi Yuan lowered his head, and a faint, delicate fragrance wafted over him. "Our combined mental age is still smaller than someone else's shoe size.

Ning Tou, my little friend, I must go."

Their childishness, simplicity, and purity dispelled Qi Yuan's worries.

Ning Tou hugged Qi Yuan's head, her snowy face blushing. A black dress reappeared on her, and her slender, fair legs were once again covered in black stockings.

At their level, creating a garment from cosmic dust was effortless, and of course, they could also use their cultivation power to form one.

She looked at Qi Yuan, her voice demanding, "You know this."

Qi Yuan nodded, gazing deeply into Ning Tou's eyes before turning his attention to the countless stars in the vast universe.

Finally, his gaze settled on the smallest sun closest to him.

Without hesitation, he charged forward.

Ning Tou watched from afar, separated by the vastness of the universe.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

After an unknown duration, a brilliant flash of light suddenly appeared on the star.

The light faded and vanished.

Qi Yuan's eyes flickered with countless thoughts as he entered the star's interior.

Infinite pressure and scorching heat compressed and burned his body.

Within, the Great Sun Lotus consumed everything.

The two fires burned in harmony, achieving a delicate balance.

Qi Yuan's body endured pain beyond what he had experienced before, especially from the Great Sun Lotus. The scorching agony was almost unbearable.

"Death Radiance!" Qi Yuan repeatedly cast his ultimate skill, his power escalating with each use.

The Great Sun Lotus, a sacred relic from the Great Sun Radiant Buddha's nirvana, was terrifyingly powerful. After being covered in dust, it sought to incinerate everything in its path.

"Forget!" Qi Yuan activated his Primordial Divine Ability, the Great Forget Dharma.

At this moment, only the Great Forget Dharma could change the situation. Qi Yuan pushed the limits of this ability, the same one that had left its mark on the Gate of Ten Thousand Varieties. Now, he unleashed its true might.

In the Windflow Realm, Qi Yuan rarely used the Great Forget Dharma. Before, he had seldom employed it, as excessive use could affect him adversely. Even when he did, he exercised restraint.

The Primordial Divine Ability was, after all, his path. As a player, how could he let his own path hinder him? Even if he wanted to forget, it would be by his choice, not influenced by his Primordial Divine Ability.

When he condensed the Great Forget Dharma to break through the Gate of Ten Thousand Devils and transform into the Great Demon, he had a plan, similar to how the Primordial Divine Art of the Overlord Heart Demon inscribed the Heart Demon Guide onto a soul blood artifact, a drop of his blood transformed into a soul artifact.

His plan was to inscribe the Great Forget Dharma onto his Golden Core. That's why he was now using it without restraint.

"Forgetting is the truth."

"Forgetting is the path."

"You are the Great Sun Lotus, but you are not covered in dust."

"I am the Great Sun Radiant Buddha, and you are a relic from my body!"

The Great Forget Dharma influenced everything.

Qi Yuan's body was scorching hot, blood-red, and flames continually burned. Yet, an ethereal Buddha nature emanated from him.

The Great Sun Lotus seemed to possess a consciousness. It truly stopped burning, but when it sensed the various auras of greed, pride, lust, and more from the Blood Red Sword, it ignited again, more fiercely than before.

Qi Yuan held the longsword and directly discarded the dark energy.

"It is my Three Corpse Fiends, already severed!"

"I am the Great Sun Radiant Buddha!"

"You are the sacred relic in my belly!"

"You are not covered in dust!"

Qi Yuan repeatedly used his Primordial Divine Ability to soothe the Great Sun Lotus.

He spoke with an enchanting allure.

Within the star, the burning of the Great Sun Lotus finally subsided.

Qi Yuan heaved a sigh of relief: "Two great treasures, one finally pacified, and one more to go."

The Great Sun Lotus was pacified, but this star hadn't even started.

"Thanks to Bai Ze, or it wouldn't have been so easy." Qi Yuan sighed.

Before leaving the Windflow Realm, Bai Ze had helped Qi Yuan by swallowing all the world's Heart Demons into the Heart Demon Guide Sword. Bai Ze also bestowed countless Buddhist teachings and gifts from the Great Sun Radiant Buddha upon Qi Yuan.

Thanks to this, Qi Yuan could use the Great Forget Dharma to calm the Great Sun Lotus.

"Great Sun Lotus, forge my supreme Crystal Pure Golden Body!"

Qi Yuan shouted, and his body burst into action.

He had to cultivate the Crystal Pure Golden Body.

He needed to forge the world's hardest stomach; how else could he swallow the Golden Core?

As he shouted, the Great Sun Lotus burned again, but this time, it didn't incinerate everything. Instead, it burned Qi Yuan's soul and body.

The Great Sun Lotus's immense energy seared and tempered Qi Yuan's body, inch by inch, thread by thread.

The pain was excruciating.

But Qi Yuan's eyes blazed with ambition: "Enduring the bitterest of hardships is the path to greatness. I, Qi Yuan, will surely sweep through the world of cultivation!"

The Great Sun Lotus continued to scorch, and Qi Yuan's body continually reshaped.

After an unknown duration, Qi Yuan opened his eyes. It was as if he had experienced countless years. His skin was translucent, emitting a faint glow, like a white jade statue.

Just looking at him inspired reverence, making one want to prostrate in worship.

"Crystal Pure Golden Body... finally achieved."

With such a powerful body, swallowing a star shouldn't be a problem, right? His gaze finally turned to the star he was in.

He looked through this star and saw countless stars.

All the other stars were larger than this one.

This made Qi Yuan's appetite soar.

But he was easily satisfied, gazing at the small sun he was in: "Even the small ones are cute."

He spoke, and at that moment, his spiritual power surged.

To advance from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, a cultivator needed three things: complete spiritual power, a suitable Golden Core vessel, and the ability to condense the spiritual power into a solid form, assimilating the vessel and refining it into their Golden Core.

Qi Yuan didn't know how much spiritual power he had, but it was a lot.

"Even ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can form Immortal-grade Golden Cores!"

"With my Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and complete Purple Mansion spiritual power, forming a Sunstar Golden Core shouldn't be a problem!"

Powerful spiritual energy filled the air.

After a few dozen breaths, Qi Yuan's face showed disappointment: "I was wrong. You're not small at all. You're not even close to the size of my previous life's Blue Star."

This star was the smallest Qi Yuan had ever seen.

But its size was still thousands, if not tens of thousands, of times larger than the Blue Star.

His spiritual power couldn't condense enough solid matter, nor could he envelop and refine this star into his Golden Core.

Qi Yuan looked at the small sun and used the Great Forget Dharma again.

"You're not a sun; you're a chocolate ball."

The small sun didn't react.

"You're not a sun, not a chocolate ball, but my Golden Core, left behind!"

As Qi Yuan spoke, he pushed the Great Forget Dharma to its limits.

Now, he wanted to inscribe the Great Forget Dharma onto this star.

His Primordial Divine Ability was finally reaching the legendary Inscription Realm.

"Great Sun Lotus, explode for me!" Qi Yuan shouted and grabbed with both hands.

On one hand, he inscribed the Great Forget Dharma onto the star.

On the other, he shattered his Crystal Pure Golden Body, spreading his body throughout the star, enveloping and refining it into his Golden Core.

At this moment, Qi Yuan was shattered into countless particles. He retained only a sliver of consciousness.

"This isn't my physical body, this is my mystical power."

"You are my Golden Core!"

The Primordial Divine Ability, the Great Forget Dharma, continuously inscribed itself upon the star.

The seemingly tranquil star suddenly erupted in a frenzy of explosions.

Fragments of the Crystal Pure Golden Body, now solidified mystical power, floated above the star.

"All worlds in the mortal realm are complete only with the Heavenly Dao. You lack the Heavenly Dao above your head, making us a perfect match!"

"You're a chocolate ball!"

"You're an egg!"

"You're a gallstone!"

"You're my Golden Core!"

Qi Yuan continued to inscribe.

The potential of the Great Forget Dharma far exceeded the Heart Demon Guide of the Primordial Divine Art.

With such a powerful primordial ability continuously inscribing, and with no Heavenly Dao on this star to hinder him, no one could stop Qi Yuan.

As long as Qi Yuan had the appetite, he could swallow this star in one go.

The star gradually succumbed.

The Great Forget Dharma kept inscribing, and the star slowly transformed into Qi Yuan's shape.

Qi Yuan's physical body was gone, and the Crystal Pure Golden Body had solidified into mystical power, lightly enveloping the star.

Of course, this 'enveloping' was more like a collision.

It was like touching different parts of the star, bit by bit.

Too big! The star was indeed too massive!

It wasn't a small and cute thing at all!

The Great Forget Dharma continued to inscribe without any hindrance.

The unattainable Daydream Art of the Great Sun was realized by Qi Yuan at this very moment.

This universe wasn't just about this one star; there were countless stars and planets in the endless Milky Way.

Without the Heavenly Dao and no other life forms, this universe was completely uncharted territory.

Qi Yuan was content with what he had but yearned for more.

"Inscribe the Great Forget Dharma!"

"Golden Core... formed!"

Qi Yuan shouted.

Finally, the Great Forget Dharma inscribed itself onto the star.

The star took on Qi Yuan's shape.

"Condense!"

A terrifying aura filled the air, and in that instant, the star erupted with intense light, forming a Golden Core. As the powerful light dissipated, the star returned to its original state.

Regardless of who came to this realm, they would likely perceive this star as an ordinary one, not recognizing it as a cultivator's Golden Core.

The aura of the Forget Realm lingered on the star's Golden Core, suspended in the vast universe.

After swallowing the Golden Core, Qi Yuan finally realized his true self.

Qi Yuan finally formed his Golden Core, becoming a Golden Core Master! In the Divine Light Sect, only a few Peak Lords would be on par with him. Qi Yuan's consciousness slowly returned.

His eyes gazed into the depths of the universe, where a black silhouette caught his attention, and a hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes.

The star's radiance transformed into a Milky Way, beautiful and awe-inspiring, like auspicious clouds.

The Milky Way cut through the endless universe and landed before Ning Tou.

Ning Tou, a Grand Supreme, was surprised and puzzled by this sight.

The terrifying aura surpassed all else.

Even the Supreme Lady and the White Emperor seemed insignificant as children before this awe-inspiring presence.

"Blooddrop..." Ning Tou's lips trembled.

She peered into the Milky Way but couldn't see the figure she knew so well.

At that moment, the star emitted its final sound.

"Where it is, I will be."

The white Milky Way enveloped Ning Tou's body.

Qi Yuan's Golden Core was incredibly powerful.

The star and the Heavenly Dao were both him.

This Golden Core was akin to a deity, perhaps even more terrifying than one.

After all, how could an ordinary Yin Spirit compete with a star?

Ning Tou stepped onto the Milky Way, gazing up at the seemingly close star. A smile curved her lips, "This is much better than being at the ends of the earth."

In the lonely universe, a girl and a star kept each other company.

...

Wave Surge Realm.

"Ouch!"

"So painful!"

"So bloated?"

Inside the wooden cabin, Qi Yuan clutched his stomach in agony.

"Am I pregnant?"

He looked at his stomach, which appeared no different from usual.

He felt both bloated and empty, a conflicting sensation.

He glanced at the wooden cat puppet on his bedside.

His eyes revealed a helpless expression.

"I have too little spiritual power now. When I have enough, I wonder if I can summon the star's phantom to see her..."

The time difference between the two universes was immense.

Due to the Great Forget Dharma, Golden Canary's memories might remain from before Qi Yuan's departure.

Qi Yuan couldn't be sure.

"Where's my Golden Core?"

Qi Yuan looked within his dantian, but it was empty, devoid of anything.

"Is my Golden Core still in that universe?"

At that moment, Qi Yuan sensed something and stepped out of his wooden cabin.

He looked up at the starry sky, and in the clear day, countless stars twinkled. Stars were everywhere.

Qi Yuan immediately noticed that beside the radiant sun, there was an additional...mini sun.

The mini sun, though not as dazzling as the great sun, still radiated light.

Qi Yuan gazed at the sun in the sky.

[The star's Golden Core projection has a woman accompanying you.

Where the Great Forget Dharma resides, her memories might remain from before your departure, and she might even comprehend something powerful.]



"When I grow a little more, I should be able to swallow more stars..."

(PS1: Qi Yuan blessed Ning Tou, enhancing her strength.

Ning Tou is in a special state on the star's Golden Core, which is related to her future path.

So... this isn't just for the sake of cruelty, and it's not actually cruel, as Golden Canary isn't Qi Yuan and can't casually follow the protagonist back to the Wave Surge Realm.)



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