Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

Green Bamboo Mountain, Lin Family Clan Grounds.

In a valley behind the main peak, Ye Pinghai sat on the ground, his pale face alternating between shades of green and white. Fresh blood seeped from the corners of his mouth, and large beads of sweat continuously dripped from his forehead. His gray-white Daoist robe was already drenched through.

Clearly, he seemed to be in some pain at the moment.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

At this time, his body had undergone a complete transformation. His Seven Sea Dantian had shattered, and the pure Spiritual Power he had cultivated was compressed to its limit, vaguely taking on the form of a nascent Golden Core.

However, this nascent form was too transparent, its ethereal and substantial quality suggesting it still lacked a final touch.

Unbeknownst to others, during his more than two-year retreat, he had completely refined the Nascent Soul Spiritual Item, the Gold Fruit, and he had never ceased to refine the Spiritual Power within his body.

No further progress had been made in this half a year, signifying that he had reached his limit, with no possibility of further improvement.

At this moment, Ye Pinghai gazed inward at his body, his eyebrows tightly knitted together in a frown as he showed a hint of confusion.

In the years before his seclusion, he had made quite a few preparations for the Impact of the Golden Core Realm.

During this period, he visited many Golden Core Forces and some declining families, expended considerable resources, and consulted numerous ancient texts and records of breakthrough insights.

However, the content recorded in many ancient texts was vague and ambiguous, and some insights were entirely misleading, as if they had been tampered with.

Only the legacy left by the Patriarch of the Lin Family was the most complete, covering everything from purifying Spiritual Power to the Heavenly Tribulation, with the most detailed and accurate content.

If not for the legacy from the Patriarch of the Lin Family being so precisely recorded, he would have even doubted whether something had gone wrong during his two years of seclusion.

Why does the Golden Core look like this? The aura it emitted was clearly much weaker than that of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Yet, when he carefully reflected on the content from other texts, such an occurrence did not seem so surprising after all.

If nothing unexpected happened, he should already meet the basic requirements to condense a Golden Core.

Next, all he needed to do was to continue to top up with Spiritual Energy, relying on the Spiritual Energy attracted over these two years to forge the Golden Core in one fell swoop.

As long as the Golden Core formed and the Spiritual Power flowed in and could operate normally, he would have completed most of the process, becoming the so-called Fake Core Cultivator as rumored.

However, a Fake Core Cultivator was not yet a Golden Core Cultivator. The difference was not just nominal but more importantly in the disparity between their power and lifespan, which was still worlds apart.

Therefore, he was still missing two critical steps: reshaping the Golden Core and enduring the Threefold Lightning Tribulation.

Only by calmly surviving the Threefold Lightning Tribulation, further refining the True Essence Spiritual Power with the power of thunder, letting lightning forge the Golden Core, Primordial Spirit, and even the organs and body, could one become a true Golden Core Cultivator.

This Threefold Lightning Tribulation is feared by all cultivators, and it is an inevitable challenge for anyone seeking the Golden Core Path.

For those about to reach the Golden Core Stage, this is a tribulation and also an opportunity.

If they survive, they will ascend the Golden Core Path, from where their lifespan and strength will increase greatly, becoming well-known powerhouses in Wei Kingdom's Cultivation World.

If they fail, the worst outcome is death and the destruction of their path.

At best, their meridians will be shattered, they'll never progress an inch in cultivation, losing their peak fighting prowess, and can only live out the remainder of their lives in a pathetic struggle for survival.

Once failed, even if they are lucky to survive, the result is barely better than death.

And this Heavenly Tribulation is certainly not easy to overcome.

After all, there are more than a million cultivators in Wei Kingdom's Cultivation World, among which are no shortage of prodigiously talented individuals, but only about a dozen or so can successfully step onto the Golden Core Path.

Such a low ratio indicates that the Golden Core Path is not so easily conquered.

Thinking of all this, Ye Pinghai couldn't help but sigh.

Soon, he managed to calm himself down, and his eyes shone anew with fighting spirit and brightness.

Immediately after, he released his Divine Sense, beginning to investigate his surroundings, readying himself for reshaping the Golden Core.

At this time, he sensed through his Divine Sense that Lin Shikang was sitting at the entrance to the valley, calmly protecting his breakthrough.

Above their heads, the Spiritual Energy over the entire valley was extremely rich, with clouds and mist swirling around, tightly enveloping an area of several miles.

It should be known that although the density of Spiritual Energy was quite good in the past, it was unquestionably different than now.

And all these changes were because of him.

Since the Spiritual Energy needed for breaking through to the Golden Core Stage was so immense, besides the Spiritual Energy he absorbed himself, the Protective Clan Formation of the Lin Family also contributed significantly, continuously gathering Spiritual Energy from other areas to this place, and locking it here.

Now, the Spiritual Energy was almost tangible. Such safe and abundant conditions greatly increased the likelihood of his success.

Clearly, the Lin Family had also made a lot of effort and resources available for his breakthrough into the Golden Core Stage.

Seeing this scene, Ye Pinghai's heart was filled with great emotion.

After all, as a Loose Cultivator, having practiced cultivation for nearly a hundred years, he had always been a lone wanderer, detached and drifting with no attachments.

Therefore, when dealing with anyone, whether it was Golden Core Forces or other Loose Cultivators, he always kept his guard up.

Conversely, the same was true for others when dealing with him.

There weren't many who would truly do their utmost for an outsider, let alone give without asking for anything in return.

And a family force like the Lin Family that had, from beginning to end, not made a single demand, had been so considerate, and had put in so much effort, was indeed very rare to come by.