Golden Core Seventh Layer

Whether Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire was condensed into a Seed of Fire or refined, special methods were required. Ji An's previous use of "brute force" to condense a Seed of Fire had actually damaged the flame's spirituality.

This was the benefit of having the backing of a major faction. Many problems encountered in cultivation already had ready-made answers, saving vast amounts of time.

Ji An sighed inwardly. He had repeatedly studied the insights left behind by predecessors in the Five Elements Cycle Scripture. Had he obtained these things earlier, his cultivation speed after entering the Golden Core Stage could have increased by at least another tenth, easily saving him ten years.

But obtaining these inheritances now was not too late either. The road ahead was already clear and bright; he was cultivating immortality atop the shoulders of giants.

The Seed of Fire resembled jet jade condensed from solid ice, radiating coldness from his palm.

He extended his divine sense and examined it carefully, but discovered nothing wrong.

However, Ji An did not choose to refine it immediately. Instead, he returned it to the box and stored it in the Void Stone.

After all, this was something acquired from demonic cultivators. He needed to ask True Lord to inspect it.

He looked back toward the Gathering Origin Tree, where the puppet inhabited by True Monarch Lianshan slept upon a reclining chair.

Withdrawing his gaze, he sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion and began cultivating his technique.

Heaven and earth spiritual energy swiftly gathered around him, forming a funnel-shaped vortex above his head. The puppet came over from afar, lit the Sandalwood Soul Nourishing Incense, and placed it beside him.

The curling smoke was stirred by the surging spiritual energy and flowed into the vortex.

When more than half his Soul