Chapter 279: Blazing White
In the combined workshop and cultivation room.
Alkaid, holding a storage treasure that contained a full 400,000 Pure Yang Great Pills, adjusted his mental state.
In his mind, the experience and insights from the Constant Light Realm to the Crimson Red Golden Core Realm surfaced like running water, skillfully digested by him until there were no omissions left.
The next moment, he directly took out three Pure Yang Great Pills and swallowed them down.
Simultaneously, the Kunpeng Swallowing Sky Technique was unleashed.
The medicinal power of the Pure Yang Great Pills was almost fully utilized, rapidly pouring into the stellar flames that were ignited within him.
As his cultivation continued, the group of stellar flames grew larger and hotter, and the pressure became increasingly intense.
Behind him, a phantom with a diameter of hundreds of meters emerged.
Visible heat waves and high temperatures were continuously emitted in all directions.
Fortunately, this cultivation room was originally owned by a Crimson Red Golden Core of the Cloudsoar Sword Sect; as the room's formation was activated, these high temperatures, heat waves, and intense light did not escape outside the cultivation room but were instead drawn by the formation, transmitting and converting it into energy that sustained other formations.
The cultivation of Alkaid persisted.
One after another, Pure Yang Great Pills were absorbed and refined by him.
During this process, the scope of this phantom became ever larger.
As these phantoms became stronger and brighter, suddenly, as if reaching a crucial point, the fiery phantoms began to collapse inward.
Alkaid knew that this was the formation of a star core...
No!
It was the critical moment for forming a Golden Core!
He had practiced this process countless times in his mind and now effortlessly guided the power towards solidifying into the form of a Golden Core.
In just less than three months, and having spent less than a thousand Pure Yang Great Pills, the shape of the Golden Core was completely stabilized.
If at this moment he were to release his Golden Core outward, the brilliance and high temperature it emitted would be sufficient to affect a radius of tens of miles, even in an environment like the Northern Sea Star, which is equivalent to entering a "solid-state" high-energy world.
"Crimson Red Golden Core, achieved," Alkaid declared.
Just like the breakthrough to the Constant Light Realm before, it was natural, and everything fell into place without any bottleneck.
"Continue," Alkaid said, not resting at all and continuing to take Pure Yang Great Pills to transform his Golden Core state towards the Sunburst Golden Core.
As for stabilizing the realm?
Not necessary!
All the various changes in the Crimson Red Golden Core Realm were already clear in his heart, and the operation of his entire Golden Core was smooth and unimpeded.
Even those old hands who had wallowed in the Crimson Red Golden Core Realm for hundreds of years could not find a single flaw in him.
One by one, the Pure Yang Great Pills were refined by him with the Kunpeng Swallowing Sky Technique, turning them into an energy purer and more superior in quality than spiritual energy, causing his newly formed Crimson Red Golden Core to expand rapidly.
With any object, the larger its volume, the stronger the internal pressure on its structure.
This will force the object to constantly adjust its structure and enhance its quality.
Such is the case from the Crimson Red Golden Core to the Sunburst Golden Core.
At this point, the body of an ordinary Star God would find it difficult to withstand the pressure from the Golden Core's energy on the flesh.
Luckily, Alkaid's Star God Body had already opened a hundred and eight acupoints, with only energy supplementation being needed.
As the energy of the Pure Yang Great Pills poured in, each acupoint shone brightly with stellar light, the Stellar Power Fields formed by a hundred and eight main stars enveloped within the body of the cultivator, turning his bodily structure as though forged into a dense celestial body comparable to a white dwarf.
Of course, due to the existence of the Life Force Field, his body hadn't actually become like a white dwarf, insanely rotating and releasing energy, and ready to collapse a star with terrifying gravitational potential energy, but the structure of his body was able to compare with such celestial bodies.
"At this moment, I don't need to mobilize the Stellar Power Field; even if I were truly placed in the center of a nuclear explosion, I would remain unharmed... No! The energy of a nuclear explosion is just a momentary release, nothing significant. I could now live in the depths of a stellar core, constantly enduring the high temperatures and fusion of the interior of a star, and still remain unscathed," Alkaid felt the fully saturated Star God Physique.
If he was still living in the Cangwu Great World, even if there were a Golden Core explosion, releasing energy that destroyed the entire Cangwu Great World, he would still be able to survive with ease.
In other words, even if those Golden Cores in the Cangwu Great World wanted to flip the table, he wouldn't be afraid.
"However... with my strength in condensing the Crimson Red Golden Core, equipped with the triple configuration of the You Long Sword, the Two Realms Ruler, and the Heaven-Sealing Stele, I could kill ten or eight Sunburst Golden Core War Immortals in a single encounter, and as the rest start to rebel, they would be directly sealed away by my Heaven-Sealing Stele. They wouldn't even dream of realizing their goal of self-destructing the Cangwu Great World to achieve mutual destruction," Alkaid pondered, continuing to concentrate on consolidating the Sunburst Golden Core.
The Star God Body had completed its transformation and was now able to hold more energy and pressure, and with the Pure Yang Great Pills providing a steady supply...
Finally!
In just one year, Alkaid completed the transformation from the Crimson Red Golden Core to the Sunburst Golden Core.
The intense pressure generated high temperatures that turned the flames released from the Golden Core from crimson red to golden yellow.
The brilliance was dazzling, so intense that it hurt to look directly at it.
"Sunburst Golden Core," Alkaid murmured to himself.
He recalled the shock he felt the first time he heard about the Sunburst Golden Core.
Back then, he could hardly imagine that someone could possess a power that rivaled the sun in the sky.
Today...
He had reached this step.
And compared to those unstable Golden Core War Immortals, he could be described as perfect in every aspect.
At this time, if he were to wipe out those Sunburst Golden Cores, he wouldn't even need the Heaven-Sealing Stele anymore.
Unless they dispersed and hid in every corner of the Cangwu Great World, within a few encounters, all thirty-three Sunburst Golden Cores would be slaughtered like cutting melons and chopping vegetables, not one of them surviving.
If he used the Elemental Rupture Technique, a secret technique targeting the stability of Sunburst Golden Cores, he might even annihilate all thirty-three Sunburst Golden Cores in a single strike.
Whether it be the Limitless Star Palace or the Immortal Alliance, all the Golden Cores together wouldn't even have a chance to self-destruct.
"The Sunburst War Immortal is too weak, no longer suitable as a new benchmark,"
Alkaid paused here.
He slowly uttered a name, "Jiang Heavenly Venerable."
The True Transmission of Taiyi Immortal Sect, Jiang Heavenly Venerable.
Only a Deep Blue Golden Core of such caliber could pose a threat to him.
But...
It was just a threat.
With the power of the You Long Sword, the Quantum Ruler, and the Heaven-Sealing Stele, facing this True Transmission of Taiyi Immortal Sect, even if he couldn't win, he now had enough confidence to retreat unscathed.
However...
"It's still not enough. I have top spiritual treasures, Quasi-Dao Artifacts, but Jiang Heavenly Venerable, taken as a disciple by a Supreme Elder of the Shattered Void Realm of Taiyi Immortal Sect, might be bestowed with top spiritual treasures, Quasi-Dao Artifacts, or even Dao Artifacts. Therefore, the realm of the Sunburst Golden Core is still not enough!"
Alkaid gathered his mind and quickly calmed himself from the joy of his breakthrough to the Sunburst Golden Core Realm.
He slowly took out Pure Yang Great Pills, one after another, and consumed them.
Instantly, his Lifebound Golden Core, already releasing a golden glow due to volume and pressure, burned even more vigorously and continued to expand outward.
The expansion lasted for a while, then Alkaid stopped.
His gaze turned to the defensive formation of the cultivation room.
"The formation can't hold on much longer."
After all, this was only a cultivation room built by a Crimson Red Golden Core; its ability to contain the power of the Sunburst Golden Core was already at its limit.
To complete his transformation to a Blazing White Golden Core...
The release of energy would definitely turn the entire cultivation room to ash.
It would be fine if the cultivation room was destroyed, but his cultivation room and workspace were set up together.
If his workspace was destroyed, he'd have to start over with many of his Artifact Refining tools.
"I'll have to borrow Long Wuyin's cultivation room."
Alkaid stood up, somewhat dissatisfied with the interruption of his cultivation progress.
However, his current Star God Physique was no longer enough to sustain the full outburst of a Blazing White Golden Core... or even a Sunburst Golden Core. What followed would be spending time opening each of the one thousand and eighty acupoints to elevate the Star God Physique to a new level.
This step would obviously take a considerable amount of time.
Therefore, it was time to move.
He ended his cultivation session and sent a message to Li Hanqiu.
Li Hanqiu was quite surprised upon receiving his message, "You... have you emerged from seclusion? So soon?"
"Not really, it's just that my cultivation room can no longer contain the leakage of my cultivation power, so I'd like to exchange places with the True Monarch."
"Can't contain it?"
Li Hanqiu was slightly shocked, quickly realizing what that meant, and delight appeared in his eyes, "You're going to make a push for the Sunburst Golden Core Realm!? I had speculated that given your accumulations in Dharma Phase and Star God path, the transformation from Constant Light to Crimson Red Golden Core phase wouldn't pose a difficulty for you. But I didn't expect your breakthrough to be so effortlessly made, good! Good! This is wonderful! Here, the cultivation room is yours! I'll wait to see how far you can go."
"Thank you, True Monarch."
Alkaid responded, then gathered his things and, carrying the intense heat and temperature like a Stellar being breaking through the sky, he landed directly on the main peak once resided by Long Wuyin, a Blazing White Golden Core member of the Cloudsoar Sword Sect. Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
There, Li Hanqiu had also packed up and vacated the cultivation room for him, "Come on, don't waste your cultivation time, continue."
Alkaid nodded slightly and entered the cultivation room.
Once inside, he adjusted the formation of the cultivation room first.
Then, he started to open one acupoint after another using the energy from the Pure Yang Great Pills.
One hundred fifty, two hundred, two hundred fifty, three hundred, three hundred sixty-five...
Within less than a year, he had opened three hundred sixty-five acupoints, elevating the Star God Physique to Fourth Rank.
After that, using the Kunpeng Swallowing Sky Technique, he refined the Pure Yang Great Pills and filled all the acupoints.
"Fourth Rank Star God Body."
Alkaid moved his body again and with a beaming smile said, "Easy! Too easy! I never imagined that cultivation could be so effortless! The breakthroughs could come so swiftly!"
A Fourth Rank Star God Body theoretically could allow a Sunburst Golden Core to release all of its power without restraint, but his Dharma Phase had already been perfected. With the advantage of Divine Refinement for a more perfect control over the Golden Core, even a Third Rank Star God Body could achieve the full release of the Sunburst Golden Core's energy.
Now that the Star God Body had reached the Fourth Rank...
It was more than enough to bear the release of the Blazing White Golden Core's power.
"Less than three years, directly from Constant Light Realm to Sunburst Golden Core! But where am I now? With enough resources, this is still not my limit!"
Alkaid glanced at the large amount of Pure Yang Great Pills still remaining...
"Let's go again, the Star God Body has already reached Fourth Rank, might as well take this opportunity to open all one thousand and eighty acupoints, and cultivate the Fifth Rank Star God Body, then condense a Blazing White Golden Core!"
Three realms broken in three years!
This kind of progress visible to the naked eye could easily become addictive!
With this expectation and joy of feeling his strength increase at any moment, he continued to delve into the opening of the acupoints of the Star God Physique!
Four hundred! Six hundred! Eight hundred! One thousand!
Three years!
To open all one thousand and eighty acupoints!
Another year to fill all one thousand and eighty acupoints!
Fifth Rank Star God Body, achieved!
And once the Fifth Rank Star God Body was achieved, cultivating a Blazing White Golden Core was a breeze!
Two years later, accompanied by another tremor in the cultivation room's formation, a halo of light so intensely white blazed forth, projecting the phantom of a Stellar entity.
Blazing White Golden Core, breakthrough!