Boom! Boom! Boom!
One earth thunderbolt, two earth thunderbolts, three earth thunderbolts...
Thunderclaps exploded one after another, striking Li Qingyuan viciously. They scorched his body black, electric arcs flickering over his muscular physique as smoke rose with a sizzle.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
At the center of Li Qingyuan's chest, at the Tanzhong acupoint, the half-real, half-illusory Middle Dantian gradually solidified, drawing the power of his body's qi and blood into itself without end.
Magic Power Core Formation meant condensing a golden core from one's magic power.
Physical Core Formation meant condensing a golden core from one's qi and blood.
From the third layer of the Wind Thunder Hegemonic Body technique, Li Qingyuan had learned the full process of Physical Core Formation: precisely locate the Middle Dantian, then make the qi and blood from every limb and bone, from the internal organs, flow backward and pour into the dantian.
Li Qingyuan's Middle Dantian flickered and hummed. The power of qi and blood throughout his body, the primordial essence of his flesh, and the Qi of the Five Elements from his internal organs all converged, pouring continuously into the dantian, compressing and refining without end.
Bang! Bang! Bang!... The Middle Dantian began condensing a Physical Core Formation. A tyrannical repulsive force surged forth, repeatedly rebounding the qi and blood and resisting their condensation into a core.
Li Qingyuan thought, Talisman drawing has assistance, pill fusion has assistance. I never expected core formation to be the same.
And in a sense, isn't condensing a golden core also a kind of alchemy?
Heaven and earth are the furnace, man is the spirit herb, magic power is the firewood. Tempered a thousand times, the dross is removed and the essence retained.
Li Qingyuan suddenly gained his own insights and understanding of core formation and cultivation.