Within the Sea of Consciousness, Lu Yang's Divine Sense formed a figure of light. With a satisfied expression, he examined the Golden Light curling around his fingertips as though he were admiring some peerless treasure.
After ten lifetimes of cultivation, I've damn well condensed Gold Nature too.
At that moment, Lu Yang's heart swelled with endless emotion. Thinking back to the first time he had seen Gold Nature, it had been given to him by Martial Uncle Chongguang. He had been so envious then.
Lu Yang stared at the thread of Gold Nature before him. Though its glow was faint and thin, he seemed to behold a blazing Light Sea within it, reflecting countless scenes of the mortal world: the rising sun hanging high in the sky and the bright moon through long nights; towering mountains and endless rivers and lakes; birds and beasts, flowers, birds, fish, and insects.
All the Myriad Forms of Heaven and Earth lay within this thread of Gold Nature.
If it were cast into the mortal world without any concealment and seen by a Qi Refining cultivator, that cultivator would likely sink into it in an instant, spending an entire lifetime in a dreamlike illusion.
The dream beneath the southern bough and the strange tale of the rotten axe handle both sprang from this.
For Gold Nature contained all the cultivation of a Great True Person at Foundation Establishment Perfection, including their insights into Heaven and Earth. Perhaps it was still exceedingly immature in the eyes of a True Lord.
Yet in the eyes of a Qi Refining cultivator, it was no different from the real Heaven and Earth.
Drawing back his thoughts, Lu Yang's gaze swiftly withdrew from the endless sights before him. Time seemed to accelerate at that instant; the sun and moon