Chapter 218: Chapter 214: Golden Core (Part 2)

His gaze passed through the crowd, seeing the bewildered and uncertain eyes of Su Can and Li Yu.

Pei Min said nothing and transformed into a ray of sword light, departing…

[Task ended, the whole Sword Mountain River killed more than half of the cultivators who came to the Immortal Mountain, even causing the fall of a Nascent Soul Venerable from the Broken Cocoon Alliance, the battle results were remarkable.]

[You returned to the Battle Absolute Sword Institute, you’ve gained a massive amount of merits, enough to allow you to pursue any cultivation in the entire Golden Core Realm.]

[You delivered the collected Spiritual Materials to the Elder of Casting, hoping to refine them into a Sword Embryo. The Elder of Casting suggested you send those materials to the Immortal Sword Pavilion in the Central Domain, the place with the highest sword casting skills in Sword Mountain River.]

[Because of your achievements, Mr. Huishan personally delivered the Five Elements Spiritual Materials to the Central Domain for forging.]

[The tradition of the Changfeng Sword Master also came to an end, the legacy being obtained by three Celestial Pride level talents, one of whom immediately broke through the Golden Core Realm, condensing an Immortal Golden Core…]

[The Dean of Battle Absolute Sword Institute came out of seclusion and obtained part of the non-core Sword Scripture legacy of the Changfeng Sword Master for you as compensation.]

[You felt this was better, allowing you to experience various Sword Dao philosophies.]

[The killing of a Nascent Soul Venerable from the Broken Cocoon Alliance by Sword Mountain River is a rare event, thus your contribution is significant. In the next decade or so, you learned under seven Nascent Soul Sword Venerables, feeling the vastness of Sword Dao, with each offering distinctly different Sword Dao content.]

[You also went to the Central Domain to receive personal teachings from a Sword Institute dean, quickly experiencing a growth in your Sword Dao cultivation.]

[In the Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,977, you studied Sword Dao under the Broken River Sword Institute Dean, Broken River Sword Venerable…]

[Meditating by the river, learning Sword Dao in the Sword Forest, observing the Sword Dao contained within the single sword breaking the river, and the two swords cutting the Star River from the Broken River Sword Venerable, deeply engrossed…]

[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,979, you studied Sword Dao under the Ice Sealed Sword Institute’s Ice Sealed Sword Venerable…]

[Condensing ice into swords, driving ice as swords, Sword Intent freezing the mountains and rivers…]

[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,981, you studied Sword Dao within the Haoyang Sword Institute…]

……

……

[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,991, you departed from the Heavenly Tyrant Sword Institute…]

[Returning to the Wood Element Ding Domain, obtaining records of the legacy from the Dean of Battle Absolute Sword Institute.]

[Meditating on the mountain, comprehending the Heaven and Earth Sword Dao…]

[You felt your body burning, the Unity Sword Body was violently agitated, perhaps forecasting something?]

[Thirty-two days later, you condensed your Sword Essence.]

[The transformed Heaven-cutting Sword Intent, Vast Sword Intent, Five Elements Sword Intent all unleashed, the three united, Sword breaks the Heavenly Gate!!]

Jiang Ming watched his golden self, carefully observing Pei Min’s breakthrough.

Just as Jiuzhou Cultivators developed various pills, Magical Artifacts, spells, and arrays to assist cultivation, increasing the chances of breakthrough.

Sword Mountain River’s Sword Cultivators, although rejecting external aid, also developed various techniques on their own.

Uniting three Sword Intents is one of the most effective ways to break through the calmness, one is too thin, two are difficult to balance, more than three become too complex, only three Sword Intents balance each other most stably, and this is just the basic breakthrough technique.

Pei Min however relied solely on three Sword Intents to break through the Golden Core Celestial Gate…

“This feeling…” Jiang Ming was stunned.

Pei Min’s body surged with Liquid Sword Essence, the life force madly surged, the Sword Essence rapidly flowed then transformed into high-speed rotation, with the center being the Dantian.

Countless Sword Essence poured into the Dantian, carrying with them an indescribable amount of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Pei Min swallowed the surrounding Spiritual Qi like a whale.

If it were Jiuzhou, the surrounding Spiritual Qi would be devoured rapidly, forming a temporary vacuum area.

However, within Sword Mountain River, the concentration of Spiritual Qi is essentially constant, the vast underlying array perpetually operates, drawing Spiritual Qi from the earth to replenish Sword Mountain River.

Countless Spiritual Qi poured into Pei Min’s meridians, rapidly condensing and transforming.

A Golden Core slowly rose, its majestic aura soaring to the sky.

“Eighty-one years of cultivating the sword, today consuming the Golden Core, my fate is mine to control, not the heavens!” Pei Min roared aloud.

His aura exploded, three Sword Intents screamed, startling the members of Battle Absolute Sword Institute…

Jiang Ming’s brow furrowed slightly.

“This breakthrough method…”

“Too dangerous, too demanding, better to consume Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects and pills for breakthrough, but suitable for certain talents…”

“No wonder Sword Mountain River recruits disciples on such a massive scale, it’s quite good to have three or four Golden Core emerge from over ten thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators…”

“The gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core is enormous, even many Jiuzhou talents need to leverage Fake Core as a stepping stone for smoother breakthroughs, while Sword Mountain River’s Sword Cultivators seem to rely on strong Sword Intent to leap over this hurdle… mastering Sword Intent is very difficult, more challenging than obtaining Golden Core breakthrough pill Gold Condensing Pill in Jiuzhou, and any misstep can lead to death or injury from not reaching the Golden Core Ladder…”

“However… this breakthrough is more solid, after finalizing it with Pei Min’s memory and experience, I may be able to replicate this breakthrough method…” Jiang Ming murmured.

[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,991, you successfully break through to Golden Core, achieving Golden Core Master status…]

[You feel the leap in life level, now looking at mortals as if overlooking ants.]

[You feel you can observe the world with greater sensitivity, the Dao contained in heaven and earth more evident as well.]

[Without needing to perform spells, you can manipulate the Power of Nature with a mere wave of hand, not inferior to some low-level Magics.]

[You entered the sequence of Golden Core Elders in the Battle Absolute Sword Institute.]

[You refined the top-tier Sword Embryo you’ve nurtured for many years, transforming it into your Lifebound Treasure, with this Sword Embryo, having accompanied you for decades, gradually molding into the shape most compatible with your Sword Dao under the influence of your Essence, Qi, and Spirit.]

[You feel it’s somewhat weak, even less potent than the several Spiritual Flying Swords in your possession, understanding this is a property of Lifebound Treasures, weak at birth, but capable of rapid growth with cultivation advancement.]

[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,992, you retrieved the five Five Elements Sword Embryos stored in the Central Domain Heavenly Sword Pavilion.]

[Discovering a Soul Crystal Sword Embryo, closely matching your Vast Sword Intent within the Heavenly Sword Pavilion, spending a huge amount of Spirit Stone to purchase it.]

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[Celestial Sword Calendar year 97,994, you successfully refined the remaining Sword Embryos, resting quietly in your Dantian are seven Lifebound Flying Swords of various shapes, colors, and styles.]

[You named them: Absolute Peak, Green Fall, Fire Phoenix, Mu Kui, Golden Fiend, Divine Water, Thick Earth.]

Most Sword Cultivators nurture only one Lifebound Flying Sword.

Pei Min however nurtured seven.

Only because Pei Min’s Sword Intent and Sword Essence were enough to sustain these seven flying swords.

Moreover, Pei Min had an idea in his mind.

Which was to unite the Seven Swords, fusing them with the power of Five Elements Yin Yang, aiming to achieve the effect of Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.

This wasn’t unheard of in Sword Mountain River’s history, though examples were scarce.

But it was enough for Pei Min to decide, the Unity Sword Body’s characteristic destined Pei Min could not merely cultivate a singular Sword Dao.

[Meanwhile, your Golden Core cultivation is gradually stabilizing.]

[You approached the vicinity of the Red Sword Dynasty, beginning to search for traces and whereabouts of Qingling.]

[With your Golden Core Elder Order, a massive collaboration of sword cultivators and mortal armies gathered and relayed all traces and clues regarding Qingling to you…]

Qingling… When Pei Min was severely injured during a mission in the Red Sword Dynasty, it was Qingling who saved him…

“Dead?”

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