The foremost matter was Golden Core Formation.
And to form a Golden Core, he first had to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment Late Stage, refining his Lingli until it flowed like mercury, condensed to the utmost limit, reaching the precursor to crystallization and transformation.
Second, he had to nurture the embryo of his Natal Magic Treasure until its spirit resonated with his own, until heart and mind were stamped upon each other. Only then, during Golden Core Formation, could he use a secret art to merge the artifact embryo with his very life, completely refine it, and turn it into an even more powerful Golden Core realm Natal Magic Treasure.
But Mo Hua's Natal Magic Treasure differed from everyone else's.
He had considered it carefully. To forge his Natal Magic Treasure, he first needed to temper his divine sense to the Second-Grade Twenty-Four-Pattern realm.
Only with Second-Grade Twenty-Four-Pattern divine sense could he comprehend the Wilderness Ancient Absolute Array, the Twelve-Meridian Taotie Spirit Bone Array.
Only after learning the Twelve-Meridian Taotie Spirit Bone Array could he engrave this supreme array into his body.
Once it was engraved into his body and became one with his life, he could refine it into a Natal Array Formation while condensing his Golden Core.
Strengthening divine sense, comprehending the array, engraving the array, refining the array...
Mo Hua frowned.
None of these four steps could be omitted, and not one of them was simple.
First came the issue of divine sense.
Cultivating divine sense to twenty-four patterns at the Foundation Establishment realm was nothing short of a castle in the air for ordinary cultivators. It was simply impossible.
But the path he walked was the Dao of Divine Sense. Divine Thought was the foundation of the Great Dao.
Even if he did not