Chapter 201: Chapter 101: The Celestial Net Tightens

Initially, I thought attaining the Golden Core was my utmost limit, never imagining I would directly receive the Celestial Heart Seal and prove the Immortal!

Although the Immortal Golden Core is still a Golden Core, it bears the Celestial Heart Brand. When forming a Nascent Soul, the Celestial Dao blesses it, almost guaranteeing a successful transformation.

Thus, there has always been the saying that obtaining an Immortal Golden Core is equivalent to already having a Nascent Soul.

The Golden Core is merely the seed of the Nascent Soul. With its characteristics during the Core Formation cultivation, it can rival the absorption speed of the Heaven Spirit Root, which for someone like Li Jizhou, who is naturally lacking in Spirit Root and absorbs Spiritual Qi slowly, almost compensates for this shortcoming,

However, at the moment of Nascent Soul formation, the Golden Core becomes dormant, internally nurturing the soul seed but is unable to provide further assistance.

And during the Nascent Soul formation, it requires a long duration of continuous absorption of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the Dantian, to continuously supply the Golden Core with nurturing energy,

The time span recorded is at least over five years. By then, Li Jizhou’s method of using annual rings to store and then release will no longer be effective, for the greatest use of Li Jizhou’s annual ring storage is a short-term high-explosive release.

The long-term absorption of Spiritual Qi depends on the absorption speed of one’s own Spirit Root.

If one’s Spirit Root is insufficient and the absorption of Spiritual Qi is inadequate, it may lead to the baby spirit dying within the core and the Nascent Soul formation failing.

Therefore, even if he forms a Golden Core, even if he achieves full Core Formation within eight hundred years, Li Jizhou has no certainty of achieving the Nascent Soul, merely the possibility to attempt.

And if he only forms a True Core, given his middle-grade Spirit Root talent, it’s estimated that he won’t be able to achieve full Core Formation even after a thousand years, leaving him without even a chance to attempt Nascent Soul transformation.

“Immortal Golden Core!” Li Jizhou could barely contain his inner excitement.

“If in this life, I surpass the Nascent Soul, I will have already exceeded the destiny limit of a middle-grade Spirit Root, thus breaking the Destiny Law!”

At this moment, even Li Jizhou, despite having lived two lives and having a heart tempered by past tribulations and trials, couldn’t help but want to shout like Zhou Cang looked at the sky: My fate is determined by me, not the heavens!

“Steady! Do not let pride get carried away!” Taking a deep breath, Li Jizhou forcefully suppressed his impulsive thoughts.

He then once again focused intently on his Immortal Golden Core within the Dantian.

Just as the Celestial Heart Brand imprinted, he was unsure whether the five-colored spiritual light he saw was real or an illusion. If real, then he would face a great threat.

The legend of the Immortal Golden Core had long dissipated in the river of time, and such anomalies were bound to attract the prying of many mighty beings.

Fate is unpredictable!

He needs to stabilize quickly and leave promptly.

Calming his heart and concentrating…

“Hmm? This Celestial Heart Mark…”

Yet right when he was observing his Immortal Golden Core closely again, he suddenly paused.

He saw the twisted inscription runes on the surface of the Golden Core still slowly writhing, the runes that originally demonstrated the Celestial Dao gradually connecting end to end,

Ultimately forming a large net of runes woven by the Celestial Dao on the surface of the Golden Core, tightly wrapping it within…

“What is this?” Li Jizhou’s heart could not help but tighten.

This is completely different from the many ancient records of the Immortal Golden Core.

Moreover, at this moment, he faintly felt an invisible restraint enveloping him.

Regarding this, Li Jizhou had a vague worry but without any experience and no time left to ponder more.

Moments later, his state was completely stabilized, and the Celestial Heart Seal on the Golden Core no longer changed.

Just then, ten flying blades, having undergone the Core Formation baptism, had already transformed from their initial magical artifact level, ascending to the spirit treasure level, and began frantically attacking the Celestial Net on the Golden Core.

“…” Li Jizhou’s face was as calm as water.

He already had some inklings about the Celestial Net mark!

Daring not to hesitate any longer, he hurriedly packed up all his trump cards, dismantled the chessboard array, and let Gua Gua take him underground.

——–

“Eh, where’s that boy?” Inside the Valley Master’s residence, the Grand Elder suddenly felt a strange surge, turning his head to look towards the arena.

He was surprised to find the arena no longer shielded his Divine Sense. Upon probing with Divine Sense, he discovered it was empty inside.

“Brother Li, is this? Does he not trust us?” Talisman Master Shen also looked in the direction of the arena with a face full of confusion.

“Could it be that he failed in Core Formation and is embarrassed to face me?”

The Grand Elder waved his hand: “How is that possible that he failed? He definitely succeeded, but that boy took too much time forming his Core, a full two months. Even though the scrutiny was shielded, I estimate it’s just a Fake Pill at most.”

“Heh, I was even planning to ask him for a reward, and now he’s just ran?” Talisman Master Shen laughed bitterly.

At the same time, Li Jizhou was seated cross-legged on a mountain peak hundreds of miles away, quietly observing the direction of Qingyin Valley for half a month without noticing anything unusual.

“Could it really be…just a dream of immortality?”

Sighing quietly, he then looked at his Dantian where the Golden Core was enveloped by the inscription net.

“It’s not the Celestial Heart Seal, but the Celestial Net’s vastness… what a joke, what a sigh!”

Li Jizhou laughed at himself.

By now, he seemed to have realized,

The inscription net is likely meant to restrain the breakthrough of the core into a Nascent Soul.

Fortunately, the power of the Golden Core remains unaffected.

He isn’t sure whether it’s because he achieved Immortality with a middle-grade Spirit Root, which touched upon the rules of the Destiny Law of the Celestial Dao,

Or if just forming the Golden Core already broke the rules, hence the Celestial Dao cast down the Celestial Net inscription.

“Could a middle-grade Spirit Root truly be meant to halt at a True Core?”

After several days of calm reflection, Li Jizhou’s heart is now as still as water.

At this point, blaming heaven and earth is futile,

All he can do is forge ahead resiliently.

As to whether he can break the core into a Nascent Soul, freeing himself from the Celestial Net’s prison,

Time will tell!

He glanced at the Reincarnation Treasure Mirror in his sea of consciousness.

The image of his second life became clearer,

In his left hand, holding a Pill Furnace, in his right hand, grasping a talisman pen,

Behind him, beyond the previous “medicine” and “poison” two small flags, a blacksmith’s hammer also appeared.

A circle of treasured talismans rotated around his waist.

Beneath his feet, an intricate array pattern grew more distinct, emitting a dazzling light.

Besides this, a puppet also stood to his left ceaselessly flipping and jumping.

In addition, at the Dantian location, a hint of golden light flickers.

Upon glancing at the lifespan section:

Lifespan [92/920]

“Forming the Golden Core increased my lifespan by a hundred years more than expected, I should be satisfied!”

During Foundation Establishment, the typical cultivator’s limit was around 200; back then, he reached 310.

Later, jointly practicing the Lifespan Extension Pill with Zhang Ruoyu, extended life by ten years.

The usual cultivator has a lifespan of five hundred years upon forming the Golden Core, with the Evergreen Skill, Li Jizhou’s lifespan should be around eight hundred years.

Now, however, he’s gained a hundred more years, an unexpected delight.

“Not anxious, not hasty, progressing steadily! There’s still eight hundred years to live, it’s not impossible to break free from the Celestial Net, at worst, try again in the next life!” Li Jizhou adjusted his mindset.

Subsequently, he glanced at the ten life-bound spiritual treasures that had now fallen silent.

The ten flying blades were all clung to the Golden Core, as if they yearned for the Dao Charm nourishment of the Golden Core.

“In eight hundred years, they could probably be nourished into Spiritual Treasures!”

The other surprise during the Core Formation for Li Jizhou was when Bai Yi entered his body at the final stage, offering his essence source before returning to his foundation in slumber, coinciding perfectly with the Heaven and Earth resonance.

At this moment, the spirit body, originally light white, also displays a tinge of golden radiance,

What changes will occur upon awakening next is unknown.

Finally, Li Jizhou smiled freely, storing the Golden Core’s aura within the annual ring, keeping it at the lower True Core level, and maneuvering the light of escape only a Core Formation cultivator possesses, he made his return to Liuyun City.

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