Mortal Alchemy

"I concede."

The instant Chen Ping's voice sounded, his figure transformed into white light, teleporting him from the arena to a random location outside the Myriad Desires Pavilion.

Countless gazes swept over him, and shock, astonishment, disbelief, anger, and outrage filled the eyes of the onlookers!

Even Shi Feilan, with her perpetually icy demeanor, revealed a hint of surprise:

"So, his waiting these past few days wasn't for Superior Gong Yue, but to adjust his condition to its peak, so he could break through to the Golden Core realm on the spot!"

"Junior Brother!!!" Bai Jianjia's expression changed drastically as she took a deep breath, her proud chest heaving.

Chang Kong and Ning Guang were stunned: "How decisive!"

Mu Luofei's face paled instantly, her pearly teeth biting her pink lips:

"Junior Brother!"

"Brother Ping!"

"Senior Brother Chen..."

The battle for the Nascent Soul seed had come to an end, but the spectators remained, eager to witness Chen Ping's success in transcending the tribulation!

If the battle for the Nascent Soul seed was an opportunity for everyone,

then now, Chen Ping had turned this opportunity into his own personal stage.

At this moment, several terrifyingly powerful auras rapidly approached Chen Ping.

They intended to seize him before he triggered the Heavenly Tribulation and enforce the sect rules!

Drip! Drip!

Every second, every instant, became crucial.

The spiritual power within Chen Ping had long been brewing at its peak, even beginning to assault the bottleneck of the Golden Core stage, causing his aura to fluctuate violently.

"Let's begin," Chen Ping said calmly, glancing at the sky as if to remember everyone's reactions.

Facing the several auras rapidly closing in on him,

Chen Ping took out a Golden Spirit Guidance Pill and swallowed it.

Someone exclaimed: "To capture him, we need at least five breaths!"

The five-breath countdown began.

The instant the Golden Spirit Guidance Pill was swallowed and began to be refined,

"Rumble!!!"

Vast, boundless spiritual power, like a great sea, erupted from Chen Ping's body, assaulting the bottleneck between the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core stages.

The medicinal power was too fierce, and Chen Ping himself had already spent time attacking the bottleneck.

In an instant, the originally solid, wall-like bottleneck was shattered by the overwhelming sea of spiritual power.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ping's aura began to surge, crossing the threshold of the Foundation Establishment stage and entering the Golden Core stage...

The one hundred and eight semi-crystallized spiritual power nodes within Chen Ping's body were like furnaces, instantly dissolving and falling into his dantian. Then, Chen Ping's dantian began to glow with golden light, solidifying completely crystallized spiritual power.

The invisible bottleneck was thus broken open!

This was the first hurdle in advancing from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core: the Spiritual Power Barrier.

One must crystallize one's spiritual power, pushing it to the extreme, so that a Nascent Soul Golden Core can be nurtured within it!

"Four breaths!!!"

"Three breaths!!!"

"Rumble!!!"

Suddenly, massive Heavenly Tribulation lightning coalesced in the heavens.

Those cultivators who wanted to capture Chen Ping were terrified, immediately halting their steps, filled with shock and anger: "What a cunning bastard!"

"He actually triggered the Heavenly Tribulation so quickly!"

A sense of impending disaster washed over everyone present, and tens of thousands of cultivators began to retreat, not daring to approach Chen Ping's Heavenly Tribulation, lest they be invaded by the tribulation lightning, which could even doom a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Chen Ping raised his head and looked at the sky, the Aurora Sword and the Violet Firmament Sword in his hands emitting unprecedented cries of resonance!

Chen Ping quietly observed the brewing of the lightning tribulation while sensing the progress of his Golden Core advancement.

"A Golden Core enters my belly, from now on, my fate is in my own hands, not Heaven's!"

All of Chen Ping's spiritual power was condensing into his dantian, brewing a golden, pure, and flawless Golden Core.

The medicinal power of the Golden Spirit Guidance Pill carried a wisp of divine soul, allowing Chen Ping's divine soul to潜入the Golden Core for nurturing.

Zuo Yinghong had failed at this stage back then.

But Chen Ping cultivated the Dharma Body Sword Manifestation, having long ago planted his soul in his dantian; this stage would not be difficult for him.

However, the larger the Golden Core, the purer it was, the more pure Chen Ping's magic power would be, and the greater the likelihood of Chen Ping successfully advancing to the Golden Core stage.

At the same time, Chen Ping's mortal body finally began to transform, evolving towards a certain type of Sword Dao Spiritual Body.

Looking closely, there were two strands of light within Chen Ping's Golden Core: one was like the form of an infant, and the other was the Sword Lotus Dharma Manifestation.

However, this infant form was like a dead object, and it had to rely on the Heavenly Tribulation to be baptized in order to give the Golden Spirit new life.

The extreme of death is life, which is the true meaning of the Heavenly Tribulation lightning.

The Great Dao is forty-nine, all are killing intent, evolving a single strand of life!

"Rumble!!!"

In the dark clouds of the Heavenly Tribulation above Chen Ping's head, muffled thunder rumbled, spreading hundreds of miles away, like a world-destroying calamity!

Then, someone exclaimed: "Thirty-two tribulations, how is this possible!"

"Chen Ping is a mortal body, at most a Golden Core Nine Tribulation Lightning, how can there be Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning!"

"Superior Gong Yue hid it so well... This disciple of hers is clearly a top-tier Sword Dao Spiritual Body, yet she claimed he was a mortal body."

"Now it can be understood why Chen Ping's cultivation has improved so quickly, and he was able to comprehend Sword Steel凝煞in Foundation Establishment."

A look of surprise flashed in Bai Jianjia's eyes as well: "Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning, Junior Brother is a top-tier Spiritual Body? That's not right..."

Back when Superior Gong Yue accepted Chen Ping as a disciple, Bai Jianjia was by her side. She and Superior Gong Yue had examined Chen Ping's aptitude, and he was just an ordinary mortal body, with Five Elements mixed spiritual roots.

"Could it be that Junior Brother's physique is hidden, and only now is he activating his Spiritual Body?" Bai Jianjia could only think of such a possibility.

A Spiritual Body is not necessarily awakened innately; many people awaken their Spiritual Body later in life.

For example, Chen Ping's concubine, Meng Huang'er.

The means of testing aptitude may be wrong, but the number of Heavenly Tribulation lightning bolts will not be wrong.

Immediately, Bai Jianjia's eyes filled with worry, and she bit her lip tightly: "Junior Brother is advancing to the Golden Core so hastily, triggering the Heavenly Tribulation, has he made enough preparations?"

She wasn't the only one who thought so.

Many people thought the same.

"Hehe, Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning..." A Golden Core of the Eastern Xuan Sect sneered: "Perhaps we don't need to take action; this Heavenly Tribulation can kill Chen Ping."

Gu Hong's eyes were filled with resentment: "Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning, Chen Ping, I wish you die in this Heavenly Tribulation!"

Chen Ping had fought continuously for days, suffering serious injuries. Even with rapid healing, his foundation was not as good as before. In this situation, he also faced Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning. The hope of survival was very slim, let alone advancing to the Golden Core.

Luo Daoliu's eyes were gloomy:

"Thirty-two Tribulation Lightning, isn't this a top-tier Sword Dao Spiritual Body? Damn it, he has been spreading rumors that he is a mortal body, suppressing my Blade Spiritual Root, causing me to lose all face! That crazy woman, Superior Gong Yue!"

"Rumble!!!"

Lightning flashed in the Heavenly Tribulation dark clouds, as if a terrifying behemoth was hidden within, causing people to feel fear and dread.

"Come on, the second hurdle of the Golden Core..."