Shatter the Core, Form the Nascent Soul

Water element! The joyful little sprites flowed into his meridians, Yue Qianchou had a smile on his lips. It seemed that his guess about the Five Elements Star Chart was correct; it indeed contained the Five Elements cultivation techniques metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

As Yue Qianchou became more and more proficient in the integrated Method Formula, he unhesitatingly placed the water element into the cultivation center— the Dantian. As soon as the little ones entered the Dantian, they were immediately attracted to the formation of the core, just like the fire element, and they all rushed towards the core formation and disappeared into it, one after another, for reasons unknown.

Just as the water element stopped entering his Dantian and began to flow to his limbs and bones, Yue Qianchou shuddered. He felt as if he had been extremely thirsty and had suddenly drunk some cool spring water. He groaned comfortably and immediately began to circulate the water technique.

Standing not far away, Bi Changchun watched the extraordinary scene unfold before him. Yue Qianchou was enveloped in a large, crystal-clear water sphere, his entire body lifted off the ground, floating in the very center of the sphere. Just as Yue Qianchou let out a groan, countless tiny, shimmering objects, almost invisible to the naked eye, rose from Thousand Mile Lake and surged towards him; the water sphere, about two meters in diameter, began to expand...

The perfectly round water sphere stopped swelling when it reached a diameter of about ten meters. Bi Changchun's expression was solemn. This was already the tenth day Yue Qianchou entered the realm. The longer the entry time, the more benefits one would receive. He thought that each time he entered the realm, it would only last for ten days at most. If Yue Qianchou could stay for more than ten days, then without a doubt, Yue Qianchou's talent was indeed higher than his.

People with his level of cultivation understand that the length of time it takes to enter the Qi Refining stage is related to the length of time it takes to cultivate for the first time and to expand the Dantian. Generally, the longer the time to expand the Dantian, the longer the time to enter the Qi Refining stage may be, and vice versa. This is talent.

When the water element was injected into every cell of his body, Yue Qianchou was initially worried that water and fire were incompatible because his body contained the fire element of Qinghuo. However, as soon as the water element entered, the fire element in each cell began to compress, automatically giving up half of the space. Water and fire then coexisted, each independent of the other.

Just as he was about to finish his work, the core in his Dantian suddenly started to move. The slow rotation gradually turned into a rapid rotation, and the True Essence in his Dantian was frantically absorbed by it. When the True Essence in his Dantian was drained, it began to spread to the True Essence outside his Dantian. His Dantian was like a sewer, with all the True Essence in his body being drawn in. There was only one reason for this: to support the absorption of the core.

"Damn it! How could this happen?" Yue Qianchou panicked. He had never heard of such a thing before. If this continued, he would be completely drained. He quickly grabbed a handful of Spirit Stone in each hand, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Qi into his body...

Huh! Bi Changchun naturally noticed his abnormality. He was still in the process of entering a meditative state, yet he was able to consciously take out Spirit Stone to absorb them. How strange!

At this moment, Yue Qianchou felt not strangeness, but fear. His True Essence had been almost completely drained, and the Core Formation cultivator was even frantically swirling and absorbing the Spiritual Qi that was flowing into his Dantian.

Two more handfuls of Spirit Stone, not enough! Then two more handfuls, still not enough... He grabbed handfuls of Spirit Stone and frantically absorbed the Spiritual Qi into his body. However, the Core Formation stage was like a bottomless pit, accepting everything, whether it was True Essence or Spiritual Qi, as long as it suited its taste, it would absorb it all.

Damn it! Yue Qianchou wished he could take out that black divine-grade Spirit Stones to absorb it, but he was still somewhat clear-headed. They were still on Shuntian Island, and if he took out something so shocking, who knew what consequences it would bring.

Bi Changchun stared intently at Yue Qianchou, watching as he absorbed Spiritual Qi at an increasingly rapid pace. Eventually, he could grab a handful of spiritual energy in each hand and drink it like a whale drinking water, draining dozens of high-grade Spirit Stones in the blink of an eye. He would quickly toss them away, then grab two more handfuls. His hands seemed to overflow with each grab, only to have them drained and then tossed away again, only to have two more handfuls appear...

Ten thousand high-grade Spirit Stones... twenty thousand... thirty thousand... one hundred thousand... two hundred thousand... Bi Changchun was dumbfounded. How could anyone absorb Spirit Stone so frantically? Even with his cultivation level, he could only absorb tens of thousands of high-grade Spirit Stones at a time, and then he would have to slowly refine them. It was impossible for him to absorb them endlessly like this. The Spiritual Qi was not refined, so how could his body store so much Spiritual Qi? Besides, he no longer needed to use the method of absorbing Spirit Stone to improve his cultivation.

This is insane! Two handfuls of high-grade Spirit Stones, each worth a hundred or so, were drained in just two seconds. In a minute, that's over three thousand high-grade Spirit Stones, and in an hour, nearly two hundred thousand. Bi Changchun was so shocked he almost forgot to replenish the Spirit Stone for the Deficient Flame Mysterious Fruit...

Two days later, Yue Qianchou finally stopped, panting heavily.

In reality, what Bi Changchun was doing seemed even more exhausting than what Yue Qianchou was doing. In just over two days, he had probably absorbed more than ten million high-grade Spirit Stones in one go, which was truly frightening and unbelievable. Fortunately, Yue Qianchou was floating cross-legged in the air, and below him was the downhill slope extending from Shuntian Island to Thousand Mile Lake; otherwise, the Spirit Stone whose Spiritual Qi had been absorbed would have drowned him.

Damn it! It's finally stopped. What the hell? It made me so tense, I almost died of exhaustion. Yue Qianchou's heart was pounding. The troublesome core in his Dantian had finally stopped.

At this moment, the core had turned golden yellow. It gradually slowed down from its high-speed rotation and eventually came to a stop. However, Yue Qianchou felt as if there was a part of himself inside, eager to break out of the shell...

Uh! Could it be that he's about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage? No way! How could it be so fast? Besides, I've never heard of anyone needing to consume so many Spirit Stones to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm! Yue Qianchou was a bit confused. He hadn't even calculated how many Spirit Stone he had consumed.

Suddenly, he noticed a movement within his Dantian, which immediately caught his attention.

A golden core suspended within the Dantian slowly began to crack. As time passed, the cracks widened, and finally, snap!, the golden core shattered. Several pieces of its golden shell transformed into golden mist, instantly filling the entire Dantian. Within the golden mist, a delicate, fully formed infant with eyebrows, eyes, and limbs faintly appeared. The mist drifted, the infant's eyes closed, motionless, quietly floating cross-legged within the Dantian. Suddenly, the infant's small nostrils twitched slightly, and with a sharp inhale, all the surrounding golden mist was drawn into the infant's body.

Uh! He broke through! He really broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm! Good heavens! Yue Qianchou couldn't say whether he was happy or not, but he forcibly controlled his emotions and carefully examined the pink baby. He saw that the baby's eyebrows and eyes clearly resembled his own, and the baby's small arms and legs were strong and adorable.

Suddenly, the baby sneezed violently, and two shiny little balls "puffed" out of its nostrils, one red and shiny, the other black.

What is this thing? I've never heard of anything like this before, even after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm! Yue Qianchou was taken aback, so he released his Divine Sense to touch it. After a moment of sensing, he immediately understood what it was. The red one was actually a fire element crystal, while the black one was a water element crystal.

Just then, the baby, who was sitting cross-legged, yawned again. A wisp of Spiritual Qi was drawn into his Dantian. After a long while, he exhaled. When he exhaled the Spiritual Qi he had inhaled, it had already transformed into a tiny wisp of True Essence.

And so, the little fellow took his first breath, inhaling Spiritual Qi and exhaling True Essence. And just as he began to breathe, the red fire element crystal and the black water element crystal, positioned to his left and right at waist level, began to slowly rotate around him...

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