The spiritual power in Qin Ran's dantian collapsed towards the center point, gradually, in the very middle of the dantian, a tiny golden core appeared.
The Golden Core started from an invisible point, as the spiritual power collapsed inwards, it gradually grew bigger, from invisible to visible.
Qin Ran's divine sense swept over, seeing that the Golden Core was about the size of a needle eye, in an irregular round shape, frantically spinning, the speed of its rotation was so fast, as if all the centripetal force that had previously set the entire dantian spinning was applied to it through some kind of torque.
The spiritual power was still collapsing, and more spiritual qi poured in, so the total amount of spiritual power in the dantian was in a dynamic equilibrium.
At first, the spiritual qi absorbed by the cultivation method was even more than the spiritual power collapsing into the Golden Core, and Qin Ran's dantian felt swollen and painful; but as the collapse speed became faster and faster, the collapsed spiritual power gradually matched the absorbed spiritual qi; after that, the collapsed spiritual power exceeded the absorbed spiritual qi...
The speed at which the cultivation method absorbs spiritual qi is a constant, while the speed at which spiritual power collapses is an unbounded increasing variable, so there must be a moment when all the spiritual power and spiritual qi in the dantian collapse into the Golden Core.
When the collapse speed reached a critical point, this moment came, all the spiritual qi and spiritual power in the dantian collapsed down, sweeping it completely empty!
"Buzz..."
It was as if there was such a buzz, Chasing the Wind, who was standing on a boulder in the eye of the storm, shivering as he watched the terrible sight in the sky, seemed to have heard this buzz.
He lowered his head to look at Qin Ran, with a certain premonition in his heart that things were about to end.
"The core is formed!" Elder Ning said gravely.
The peerless beauty calculated the time and frowned her pretty eyebrows, "Isn't the time a bit too long? From when Elder Ning heard the buzz of the Dao rhyme to today, it's been almost three days. It's just condensing a core, how could it take so long?"
"Firstly, his cultivation base is formidable enough, secondly, his physique is tenacious enough." Elder Ning gave the answer.
The more formidable the spiritual power, the longer it takes to collapse; the more tenacious the physique, the more spiritual qi he can absorb to replenish.
"That powerful?" The handsome youth praised.
The five-tailed fox demon, who had lost her way in the storm, also sensed the buzzing sound. She stood still, looked up, and the storm gradually subsided.
"Is a secret treasure about to emerge?"
In Qin Ran's dantian, under his divine sense, the entire dantian was now completely empty, only in the very center was a Golden Core the size of a fist.
The so-called needle-sized, rice-grain-sized, fist-sized Golden Core does not mean that the Golden Core is actually that big inside the cultivator's body.
It would be truly strange if a fist-sized Golden Core really appeared in one's abdomen.
The Golden Core is not a physical object to begin with. It goes without saying that it is formed by the collapse of spiritual power and spiritual qi. Spiritual power and spiritual qi are energy substances, so things formed by them can naturally only be energy substances.
The Golden Core is located in the dantian, as if it is another vast space. It cannot be seen directly, but can be perceived with divine sense... What is profound is that at this moment, if Qin Ran's dantian is cut open, a fist-sized Golden Core can be taken out.
At this moment, the Golden Core slowly rotates in the dantian, emitting thousands of gentle golden rays, these rays shine in the dantian, shine on Qin Ran's tendons, bones and flesh, constantly strengthening his physical body every moment.
It is said that "after swallowing the Golden Core, life and death are up to me, not up to heaven," because after entering the Golden Core stage, the cultivator initially grasps the soul, while the physical body is limitlessly enhanced under the illumination of the Golden Core, at this point, compared with mortals, the Golden Core cultivator is completely another kind of creature.
"Boom!"
Suddenly there was a thunderclap in the sky, as if a certain existence was reminding the little cultivator below.
Qin Ran sensed it, opened his eyes and looked up to see a dragon swirling black clouds surrounding this place completely, forming a cylinder of black clouds with a radius of no more than ten feet, and above his head, dark clouds pressed down, with a red electric snake roaming inside.
"Red tribulation lightning?" Qin Ran frowned, "What level of tribulation lightning is this? Not the Danxiao tribulation lightning right? The might of the Danxiao tribulation lightning is not this great! Could it be some other kind of lightning tribulation?"
The Nine Layers of Lightning Tribulation is the most basic kind of tribulation lightning. Generally speaking, ordinary cultivators would only encounter these nine kinds of tribulation lightnings, the weaker ones would cross the Jingxiao tribulation lightning, while the stronger ones would cross the Shenxiao tribulation lightning.
But the might of the tribulation lightning overhead does not match the Nine Layers of Lightning Tribulation that Qin Ran knows.
"Alas, accidents still happened as expected!" Qin Ran shook his head and sighed, "Prepared too little, read too few books..."
"Daddy..."
At this moment, a vague, soft, tender voice suddenly came from the side. Qin Ran was shocked when he heard this voice, this voice is... He looked over following the voice, and it turned out to be that little rascal Chasing the Wind!
"How did you get here?!" Qin Ran was dumbfounded, he shouted.
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not figure out why Chasing the Wind would appear at the epicenter of his tribulation.
But how could the little cat care so much, he trotted over with his four paws, gently rubbed his head against Qin Ran's legs, and said, "...hungry... hungry!"
All he knew was that he was very hungry.
Qin Ran looked to heaven in despair. In the cloud layer above, countless blood-red electric snakes prowled, about to strike down.
"The second accident..." he murmured, "this is going to kill me!"
But a hungry child is still a big problem after all. He hurriedly took out the spare food bowl prepared for Chasing the Wind from the Cosmic Bag, and poured him a bowl of Spiritual Beast Pill.
Chasing the Wind had been hungry for many days. Like a starving tiger pouncing on its prey, he threw himself at the food bowl, opened his blood-filled big mouth, and desperately ate.
Qin Ran reached out with a blank look on his face, placing his hand on the fluffy head of Chasing the Wind. Overhead was the deafening Lightning Tribulation...
Throughout the ages, traveling the world, he was probably the first cultivator in history to pet a cat during a tribulation lightning.
"Dammit..."
The first bolt of tribulation lightning still struck down.
"It begins." Elder Ning controlled the cloud to observe the spectacle from not too far or too close. When he saw it was scarlet tribulation lightning striking down, he frowned tightly.
"Why is it red?" The peerless beauty asked. "Wasn't it purple just now?"
The handsome youth shook his head and said solemnly, "Whether it is Xuanxiao or Danxiao, it should not be on such a scale... There is something strange about his tribulation lightning!"
Elder Ning glanced at the handsome youth and nodded almost imperceptibly. The boy does have good judgement. Because this tribulation lightning is indeed strange, and he had a horrifying guess in his mind...
The gale stopped, the dust settled, and there was black cloud rolling down to the ground over there. In the leaden clouds overhead, the blood-colored electric snakes snarled violently. The five-tailed fox demon stood still as she sensed the might of the scarlet tribulation lightning striking down, she couldn't help feeling afraid...
"Scarlet tribulation lightning, could it be some great calamity?!" She thought to herself, "What heaven-defying treasure needs to undergo tribulation?"
Thinking so, she faltered.
But after retreating a few steps, she was still unwilling in her heart.
"What if it really is an opportunity for me?"
So she turned around again, standing still and watching the tribulation lightning over there, waiting quietly.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
