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Chapter 473: 283: Corpse Refining (Added for book friend 171021102948988)

Chapter 473: Chapter 283: Corpse Refining (Added for book friend 171021102948988)

Li Yuanba returned to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains from the territory of the Righteous Path powers, and during this time, he still unpredictably changed his route to ensure that no one could predict his path.

But he clearly worried in vain, for even until he reached the Ten Thousand Sword Peak of the Senluo Sect, he had not encountered any interception from Qianye Temple.

As for actions within the Senluo Sect that aimed at targeting him, they couldn’t even find his whereabouts, let alone take action. After learning that he had left the sect, they had been searching for him, but it wasn’t until he returned to the sect that they finally learned of his exact location.

Once back at the sect, he hid himself in the Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

Even the cultivators within the sect did not have the chance to see Li Yuanba, let alone know about his cultivation progress.

He intentionally concealed this information, knowing that once he became a Golden Core cultivator, he wouldn’t have to fear anything anymore.

Shortly after returning to the sect, he received news about Zhi Xin Arhat and Wisdom Arhat.

Zhi Xin Arhat had been killed, and a Venerable from Qianye Temple took charge to bring back Wisdom Arhat. It was rumored within the sect that Qianye Temple paid a significant price for this.

No wonder Qianye Temple had no energy left to track Li Yuanba; Wisdom Arhat had been relentlessly chased by multiple Devil Cultivators in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and hadn’t a moment of peace.

By the time Wisdom Arhat was rescued, Li Yuanba had already returned to the Senluo Sect.

“It’s going to be even more troublesome in the future,” Li Yuanba murmured to himself, lightly tracing his left hand’s fingers over a ring on his right hand.

This ring was the Space Ring of Zhi Xin Arhat – its origins, while not something that could be revealed within the Righteous Path’s territory, were well-known within the Senluo Sect’s territory, so there was nothing to worry about.

The reason he said this was because the incident of him severing Zhi Xin Arhat’s arm and taking the Space Ring was most certainly known to Qianye Temple by now.

That is to say, Qianye Temple was aware that he possessed the Jade Foot Relics from the Divine Foot Skill inheritance and the heart-shaped Inheritance Relics from Telepathy.

Even setting aside his reincarnation, just these two sets of Divine Power Inheritance Relics would be enough for Qianye Temple to not let him go.

Of course, staying within the Senluo Sect, he was absolutely safe, but once he left the sect, Qianye Temple would relentlessly pursue and capture him.

Having an enemy as powerful as the Qianye Temple, even though he was a True Disciple of the Senluo Sect and naturally at odds with Qianye Temple, he still felt immense pressure.

Being an enemy of a sect and having a personal vendetta are two different things, especially since he was only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, which left him almost powerless before Qianye Temple.

However, the pressure also provided him with motivation. The recent battle with the two Arhats, and the success in severing the arm of one Arhat, while fought in a very strange manner, still managed to increase the strength of his Sword Intent once more.

Facing the suppression of the two Arhats and ultimately unleashing his Sword Intent was of utmost importance for the growth of his Sword Intent.

He practiced the ‘Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique.’ Once his Sword Intent grew, all that was left for his cultivation was the accumulation of Spiritual Power.

In the month after returning to the sect, having consumed nearly a dozen top-notch Spirit Pills, he successfully brought his realm to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

That night, the round moon hung in the sky, covering the Ten Thousand Sword Peak with a layer that looked like a blanket of white snow.

The nearly four-meter-tall Corpse Refining creature stood under the moonlight, devouring the Yin Cold Energy drawn by the moon. The Corpse Refining creature’s entire body was pitch black, with occasional flashes of silver light on its skin.

This was the sign that the state of the Corpse Refining creature had reached the Iron Corps Peak. It was not unusual for such creatures to appear in the Senluo Sect, but this Iron Corpse had a Golden Hoop on its head, which looked particularly bizarre.

This was indeed the state of Li Yuanba’s Corpse Refining. During the day, he had consumed a top-notch Spirit Pill, completely filling his Spirit Lake without leaving any gap.

His ‘Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’ was one of the top Cultivation Techniques in the Cultivation World, and because the Spiritual Power inside a Sword Cultivator was far purer than that of other cultivators due to the effect of the Sword Intent, he reached the extreme of Foundation Establishment Peak with his Spirit Lake filled, almost without needing to compress his Spiritual Power any further.

At that moment, all he needed was a moment of enlightenment to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage and advance to the Golden Core Stage.

Of course, those who can advance to the Golden Core Stage so smoothly wouldn’t appear even once in a thousand years.

The vast majority of Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators have to undergo continuous trials, enhancing both their bodies and spirits to the utmost, forming a special state with their internal Spirit Lake, known as Half-step Golden Core.

In fact, Half-step Golden Core isn’t a necessary step in the process of forming a Golden Core; it’s more a compromise of helplessness. If direct formation of a Golden Core were possible, who would want to waste decades of time?

Becoming Half-step Golden Core is some kind of consolation after wasting many years.

Only half a step away from the Golden Core Stage, that half-step is extremely difficult; without the appropriate opportunity and the final insight, it might be the end of one’s cultivation journey.

Li Yuanba had his own ideas about forming his Golden Core. The talent of this body was exceptional, but which Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator’s talent wouldn’t be?

He estimated that he would likely stay at the peak of the Foundation Establishment for quite some time and likely achieve Half-step Golden Core first before considering the formation of a Golden Core.

He gave himself an estimated three years to form his Golden Core, and that was provided he had an ample supply of top-notch Spirit Pills and the support of a top-grade Cultivation Technique like the ‘Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’ to achieve this goal.

At night, as always, he practiced in his Corpse Refining state, a state of cultivation stemming from the innate instinct of Corpse Refining, absorbing the Yin Cold Energy between heaven and earth for its use.