CHAPTER 406: CHAPTER 239: LIFEBOUND MAGICAL TREASURE SELECTION; LAVA SECRET REALM

"Succeeded!"

Xu Ping quickly immersed his mind, using the method of internal vision to inspect his body.

He saw a pill pill radiating with a glimmering azure-gold pattern, shining brightly and steadily suspended within his dantian.

In an instant, a surge of ecstasy flooded his heart like a tidal wave; he could no longer contain himself and burst into loud laughter.

Amidst his laughter, there seemed to be a faint sound of dragon roar and tiger growl.

After a century of cultivation, he had finally achieved the golden core!

After a while, the joyful laughter gradually subsided.

Xu Ping forcibly suppressed the excitement still surging within him, calmed himself down, and began to carefully sense the various wondrous changes in his body after breaking through to the golden core.

The first noticeable change was the significant alteration in his internal mana.

Though he had just stepped into the golden core realm, the magnitude of his mana at this moment was far beyond that of an ordinary early-stage golden core cultivator; he had barely touched the threshold of the middle stage of the golden core.

It should be known that Xu Ping had just broken through to the golden core, yet his mana was already this profound. Given a period of practice, reaching the middle-stage golden core in mana would certainly be no problem.

Next, Xu Ping shifted his attention to divine sense.

He carefully sensed for a moment and joyfully discovered that although the strength of his divine sense was not yet at the height of late-stage golden core, it had already far surpassed that of a typical middle-stage golden core cultivator.

Moreover, this was far from the limit.

Throughout the years, Xu Ping had dedicated himself entirely to cultivation, almost investing all his time and energy into it.

Regarding the Spirit Platform Cyan Clarity Skill, he hadn’t spent much time on research, resulting in it merely reaching the minor achievement stage at the moment.

Now that he had broken through to the golden core, he would have ample time to cultivate the Spirit Platform Cyan Clarity Skill.

In fact, he didn’t need to fully perfect it; as long as he advanced it to major achievement, the strength of his divine sense would surely rival that of late-stage golden core.

After all, the advantages brought by a powerful divine sense can sometimes outweigh even the most abundant mana.

Finally, there’s the increase in lifespan.

At this thought, Xu Ping eagerly brought up the proficiency panel.

[Name: Xu Ping]

[Lifespan: 127/1598 years]

[Realm: Early-Stage Golden Core: 1/100; Profound Turtle Mountain-Suppressing Skill Level 3: 87/100]

[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Skill Mastery (Golden Core Chapter): 1/400]

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"An increase of 600 years in lifespan!"

Seeing the panel display as high as 1500 years, nearly 1600 years of lifespan, Xu Ping, who had just barely calmed down, felt waves of excitement rising once more.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators breaking through to the golden core typically only increase their lifespan by about 300 hundred years, whereas he had doubled it.

With such a long lifespan, not just golden core cultivators, even Nascent Soul stage experts pale in comparison to him.

If he were to provoke Nascent Soul cultivators in the future, even if he couldn’t defeat them, he could outlast them until their demise and dance on their graves.

Xu Ping’s sight slowly shifted downwards, landing on the cultivation technique section.

[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Skill Mastery (Golden Core Chapter): 1/400]

"Thankfully, it doesn’t start from scratch." Xu Ping was pleased and nodded.

Upon reflection, this was to be expected.

After all, whether in the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Longevity Skill or the current Golden Core Chapter, they both originate from the same source and follow the same continuous lineage.

It’s just that the cultivation technique in the Golden Core Chapter is more profound and esoteric compared to the Foundation Establishment Chapter.

Having previously cultivated the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Longevity Skill to perfection, now having broken through to the golden core, it is reasonable that the Longevity Skill in the Golden Core Chapter directly reached mastery.

"However, after cultivating the Longevity Skill to golden core perfection, there are no further cultivation techniques available for progression; this is indeed a difficult problem."

Xu Ping rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

In his future plans, when changing cultivation techniques, he must choose one similar to the Longevity Skill that also extends lifespan.

After all, these lifespan-extending cultivation techniques are truly appealing!

"However, the search for cultivation techniques is not an urgent matter."

"There is still a long journey to go before reaching golden core perfection, and there will be ample time to explore later," Xu Ping thought to himself.

He did not linger on the attribute panel for long and quickly closed it.

Although he had already broken through to the golden core, his realm had not yet stabilized.

He still needed to continue cultivating to stabilize his cultivation realm.

Otherwise, if excessive excitement caused instability in his golden core, the consequences would be dire.

Xu Ping operated his golden core mana to solidify his cultivation realm.

Simultaneously, his mind began to ponder the various arrangements after the golden core breakthrough.

After stepping into the golden core realm, he was faced with numerous affairs all at once.

Various cultivation techniques and secret techniques needed to be refined, not to mention upgrading the sword array using the ’Treasure Planting Skill’....

Yet, among the many matters, the most crucial and urgent was the crafting of his lifebound magical treasure.

Although Xu Ping had several magical treasures, they were all merely ordinary items.

Compared to these ordinary magical treasures, lifebound magical treasures have similarities, yet are fundamentally different.

Lifebound magical treasures need to be crafted with the unique dantian fire of golden core cultivators, and once forged, they become akin to a part of the cultivator’s body, in sync with their mind.

In battle, it can unleash power far beyond ordinary magical treasures, becoming a vital weapon for the cultivator to gain victory.

Moreover, lifebound magical treasures can be placed within a cultivator’s dantian, nurtured day and night by their mana.

With the gradual elevation of the cultivator’s realm and careful cultivation over time, they can achieve self-upgrading, with limitless potential.

Given time, refining it to the level of a spirit treasure or even whole body spiritual treasure is not an unattainable fantasy.