Solar Flame! Pure Yang Golden Core!

But now, this palm technique had truly appeared before Tang Jie.

"This is indeed the Buddha's Palm, but it's only one stance..."

Tang Jie's face showed both excitement and disappointment. The palm technique displayed by the golden figure within the token was profound, but it was only a single stance.

According to Tang Jie's knowledge, the Buddha's Palm had nine stances, and the technique within the token was only the first stance – Buddha's Light First Appearance!

"One stance is one stance, I'll just practice it first!"

Despite his disappointment, Tang Jie decided to master this single palm stance.

Buddha's Light First Appearance, the first stance of the Buddha's Palm, unleashed a brilliant golden light at the start, capable of blinding opponents. Its surging palm force could make enemies float and lose their footing, instantly securing victory!

"Buddha's Light First Appearance!"

Tang Jie clasped his hands together. Between his palms, a blinding golden light erupted, piercing the void and leaving deep pits in the walls of the training room, as if struck by bullets.

With Tang Jie's cultivation, the Buddha's Light unleashed by this stance of the Buddha's Palm could destroy everything. It could be used for long-range attacks or condensed in his palm for a world-shattering strike!

The training room wasn't large, and to avoid causing too much commotion, Tang Jie could only hold back.

But a look of admiration appeared on Tang Jie's face, "As expected of a legendary palm technique. Even though it's only the first stance, its power is boundless. Used correctly, it can completely secure victory!"

The Buddha's Palm was divided into nine stances. Tang Jie had only learned the first stance, Buddha's Light First Appearance, but even so, this single stance was enough to deal with the vast majority of enemies and could serve as a trump card to decide the outcome of a battle.

"And this token... it should be the Buddhist soldier Heart Light Edict that complements the nine stances of the Buddha's Palm!"

Tang Jie looked at the golden token in his hand and thought to himself.

The Buddha's Palm also had corresponding Buddhist soldiers. If one mastered the relevant Buddhist soldier, the power of the palm technique could be amplified several times, even tenfold.

The Buddhist soldier corresponding to the first stance of the Buddha's Palm, Buddha's Light First Appearance, was the Heart Light Edict.

If nothing unexpected happened, the golden token in Tang Jie's hand, which contained the inheritance of a palm stance, was one of the Buddhist soldiers, the Heart Light Edict!

This Heart Light Edict had been lost in the Heavenly Corpse Hall, and Tang Jie had found it. As for why it was lost there, Tang Jie couldn't be sure.

After spending two to three days, Tang Jie had proficiently mastered one stance of the Buddha's Palm, but he felt it was far from enough.

"There isn't much time, only three months. Whether it's my Golden Bell Shield, Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, or Tendon Strengthening Classic, there's no way to achieve a qualitative change within this period!"

Tang Jie pondered, reviewing the various martial arts he had mastered, and thought to himself.

The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, Golden Bell Shield, and Tendon Strengthening Classic had all been cultivated by Tang Jie to extremely profound levels, but achieving qualitative progress in them was not something that could be done in a short time.

"Then... only the Boyhood Art remains!"

A glint flashed in Tang Jie's eyes. His most profound cultivation was the Boyhood Art, which he had practiced since childhood, and he had now achieved the Golden Body Art, which surpassed limits.

"The Boyhood Art can accumulate Pure Yang Qi, which can be accumulated automatically or converted through consumption."

Tang Jie's Boyhood Art, after reaching the Red Sun Art, discovered that it could accumulate Pure Yang Boyhood Qi within his body to amplify himself.

The Pure Yang Qi he had accumulated was already close to its limit, but after cultivating the Golden Body Art, Tang Jie's body capacity increased tenfold, allowing him to store more Pure Yang Boyhood Qi!

Currently, accumulating Pure Yang Qi through consumption wasn't very practical. Firstly, digestion required a considerable amount of time, and secondly, hunting Demonic Beasts also took time.

In the courtyard of the Peerless City Lord's Mansion, Tang Jie looked up at the rising sun, his eyes lighting up.

If there was any place with the most abundant Pure Yang Qi, it would naturally be the sun!

The sun was the source of life. Without the sun, ninety percent of plants and animals would go extinct, and the world would be destroyed. If Tang Jie wanted to quickly accumulate Pure Yang Qi, he could completely start with the sun!

"Fenghua, what is the highest place near Peerless City?"

Tang Jie immediately found Bai Fenghua and asked her.

"The highest place near Peerless City is the Sunset Mountain Range to the east. The highest peak of the Sunset Mountain Range, Sunset Peak, is nearly four thousand meters high!"

Although puzzled as to why Tang Jie was asking this, Bai Fenghua answered without hesitation.

The highest peak of the Sunset Mountain Range, Sunset Peak, was four thousand meters high, as if the sun set behind Sunset Peak every day.

"Good, I'm going to Sunset Peak for closed-door cultivation."

Tang Jie immediately nodded, left Peerless City, and headed towards the nearby Sunset Peak.

Bai Fenghua opened her mouth. She had wanted to go with him, but upon hearing that Tang Jie was going into seclusion to cultivate, she stopped herself. She knew that Tang Jie had less than three months to fight Moro, a Martial Arts Great Grandmaster who had become famous a hundred years ago, and he needed to strengthen his power as much as possible. All she could do was not disturb him and let him focus on preparing for the battle.

At dusk, in the Sunset Mountain Range.

Within the Sunset Mountain Range, a team of martial artists was making their way.

The Sunset Mountain Range was very steep, with the main peak reaching four thousand meters. It was rarely visited by people, and it had also become a place for many martial artists to challenge themselves, climbing the four-thousand-meter-high main peak of Sunset Peak with their bare hands, without any tools!

"It's really difficult to climb this Sunset Peak. How about... we just give up? It's almost dark, and we've only climbed about five hundred meters."

On a protruding rocky platform at the five-hundred-meter mark of Sunset Peak, three martial artists sat, panting heavily. One of them, a young man in his twenties, said with some fear.

After climbing five hundred meters with their bare hands, the three were already somewhat exhausted.

"Yeah, let's go down. Even if we reach the summit of Sunset Peak, going down will be a problem, and even more difficult!"

Another young martial artist glanced down at the trees, which had become incredibly small, and said. He was also very fearful.

At five hundred meters high, looking down was enough to instill fear in people. If one counted a floor every three meters, five hundred meters would be the height of one to two hundred floors. Looking down from above, the rocks and trees appeared very small, enough to make someone with acrophobia's hands and feet go weak!

Moreover, even if they reached the summit of Sunset Peak, the difficulty of descending the mountain was no less than climbing it. If they made even the slightest mistake, the result would be a shattered body.

Two young martial artists were already showing signs of wanting to retreat.

The eldest of the three martial artists, who looked to be in his fifties, was breathing slightly heavily. Upon hearing them, he let out a long sigh. "I climbed Sunset Peak ten years ago. If I can't make it this time, I probably won't get another chance."

The elder martial artist was helpless. He was a first-rate martial artist who had climbed Sunset Peak ten years ago and watched the sunset from its summit.

But now he was over fifty, and his condition was no longer at its peak. He had brought his two disciples to climb the mountain. If they couldn't make it, there would be no possibility of climbing it in the future. But there was nothing he could do. His two disciples had already become fearful. In this state, it was too easy to make a mistake, and one mistake would mean falling into the valley, resulting in a shattered body. They could only leave!

"Quick... quick, look!"

At this moment, one of the young martial artists exclaimed, looking down at the foot of the mountain as if he had seen a ghost.

The elder martial artist and the other young martial artist were both stunned.

Below the steep mountain foot, a young man in black was climbing rapidly. His speed was incredibly fast, creating a whistling sound as he ascended madly at a speed of over thirty meters per second!

On the steep mountain wall, there were almost no footholds, only one or two centimeters of protruding edges. Yet, the young man in black lightly stepped on them, using them as leverage to propel himself upward as if weightless!

"Swoosh!" When there were no points to leverage, the young man in black would insert his fingers into the hard rock like they were soft tofu, using his arms to exert force and pull his body upward.

"This... this..."

The young martial artist's eyes widened. Wasn't this young man in black afraid of falling? A height of several hundred meters was enough to smash a person into pieces.

What was even more shocking was the speed of the young man in black's climb. Dozens of meters per second. Even when running on flat ground, an ordinary person couldn't reach this speed. This young man in black was climbing on a steep, almost vertical mountain wall as if it were flat ground. It was utterly terrifying. Even the highest-level Qinggong couldn't achieve this!

Before long, the young man in black had surpassed the rock platform where the three of them were. He glanced at them and continued climbing without stopping. In a short time, the back of the young man in black disappeared into the clouds and mist swirling around the peak.

"Who... who is he? Is he also a martial artist?" the youngest of the three martial artists stammered, his voice trembling. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that a martial artist could climb the steep Sunset Peak faster than on flat ground, as if he were flying!

"As expected... I'm old..." The elder martial artist looked at the young man in black who had disappeared into the mist above and sighed.

However, the elder martial artist's heart also burned with passion: "So... there are such powerful individuals among martial artists?"

Martial artists could be this terrifying!

The young man in black was naturally Tang Jie, who had rushed all the way from Peerless City. He had traveled at full speed from Peerless City and then climbed the thousands of meters high Sunset Peak with his bare hands, considering it a warm-up.

"Reached the summit!"

Tang Jie had now arrived at the very peak of Sunset Peak, and it had only taken him less than a minute.

"The sunset... it's beautiful."

Tang Jie sat on the peak. The wind was a little cool. It was late evening, and looking into the distance, the red sun, which wasn't dazzling, seemed to be right before his eyes, exuding a magnificent beauty.

The sun was full of life when it first rose, most intense at noon, and very gentle in the evening.

As the sun set, Tang Jie sat down cross-legged, silently waiting for the sun to rise again.

When morning arrived, Tang Jie opened his eyes. The sun on the horizon was rising again. Today's sun was very hot. It was only morning, but it was already casting scorching rays!

"Let's begin!"

Tang Jie took a deep breath. He was going to start absorbing the power of the sun and converting it into Pure Yang Qi to store within himself.

Whoosh!

The Golden Body Art was activated, and Tang Jie's body began to shine with golden light, his entire form bathed in a layer of gold.

Entering the state of the Boyhood Golden Body, Tang Jie absorbed the sunlight shining on him, drawing it into his body and converting it into Pure Yang Qi.

"This efficiency... is too slow!" But Tang Jie frowned, finding the efficiency rather slow, like a slow charge. He didn't know how long it would take to fill himself up.

"Since that's the case, I can use the Tendon Strengthening Classic to draw in all the surrounding sunlight."

Tang Jie pondered, finally coming up with a solution. The Tendon Strengthening Classic, when cultivated to the Black Level Futu realm, could mobilize external forces from heaven and earth, and this naturally included sunlight!

Tendon Strengthening Classic. Black Level Futu!

Tang Jie immediately circulated the Black Level Futu. Black mist diffused outwards, and a strange phenomenon occurred. On the summit of Sunset Peak, within a radius of a hundred meters, the falling sunlight seemed to be drawn by something, converging towards a single point!

It was like a magnifying glass focusing light, gathering the surrounding sunlight to one spot!

"The efficiency has increased hundreds of times!"

Tang Jie's face lit up with joy. The Black Level Futu gathered the sunlight on the peak, all of it pouring into Tang Jie's body, where he absorbed it.

However, Tang Jie's brows soon furrowed tightly: "This heat is so intense... I feel like I'm being roasted in flames. It's fine for a short while, but I won't be able to bear it for long."

What troubled Tang Jie was that he was like someone sitting under a magnifying glass. The gathered sunlight actually formed streams of crimson flames that wrapped around him, capable of roasting him alive!

"Then let's try filtering it with the Golden Bell Shield!"

Tang Jie's mind stirred, and he decided to use the Golden Bell Shield to filter the gathered sunlight, absorbing only the Pure Yang power within. This way, it would be purer and save the time for refining and conversion.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The Golden Bell Gang Qi circulated, and a golden great bell appeared on Tang Jie's body, blocking the intense solar flames.

The Golden Bell Shield vibrated, isolating the scorching solar flames. It acted like a filter, allowing only the purest Pure Yang Qi to enter Tang Jie's body.

"So good!"

Tang Jie exclaimed. The Pure Yang Qi within his body was rapidly accumulating, and Tang Jie could feel himself getting stronger with every passing moment!

"And... my Golden Bell Shield Gang Qi is rapidly transforming? Is it because it's being baptized by the solar flames condensed from sunlight?"

What shocked Tang Jie even more was that his Golden Bell Shield cultivation was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

True gold fears no fire. The Tendon Strengthening Classic mobilized external forces from heaven and earth, drawing all the sunlight from the peak of Sunset Peak, forming a scorching, visible Solar Flame capable of melting metal.

Yet, under the refinement of the Solar Flame, Tang Jie's Golden Bell Shield was like iron with impurities, the impurities being burned away, leaving behind only refined iron!

"It's possible my Golden Bell Shield will break through to the eleventh level in this short time. As expected, the Four Great Divine Arts complement each other!"

Tang Jie was extremely excited, never expecting such a happy accident.

Tang Jie closed his eyes and began cultivating with all his might.

The Tendon Strengthening Classic mobilized external forces from heaven and earth, gathering all the sunlight from the peak of Sunset Peak to form the Solar Flame. Then, it was filtered by the Golden Bell Shield, leaving only the purest Pure Yang Qi to be injected into Tang Jie's body.

Under these conditions, the Pure Yang Qi in Tang Jie's body rapidly accumulated, and his Golden Bell Shield cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds. The vital energy Tang Jie consumed was replenished automatically and endlessly, making him like a perpetual motion machine!

Time passed. Tang Jie remained in seclusion at the summit of Sunset Peak, cultivating with all his might. During the day, he absorbed the power of the sun, refined and accumulated Pure Yang Qi, and cultivated the Golden Bell Shield.

At night, when the sun set, Tang Jie practiced his swordsmanship, movement techniques, and other martial arts he had mastered. With his current Potential Points reaching a remarkable 200, the realms of his various martial arts techniques were advancing by leaps and bounds!

"Quick... quick, look! What is that on the mountaintop?"

More than two months later, outside the Sunset Mountain Range, travelers passing by Sunset Peak stared blankly at the summit of the distant peak.

It was already dusk, but at the summit of Sunset Peak, a scorching golden light shone, like a golden sun, illuminating the entire peak. The light even seemed to overpower the sun that was gradually setting!

The travelers exchanged glances. Although they were curious about what was happening at the summit of Sunset Peak, they lacked the ability to climb the several-thousand-meter-high peak to investigate.

Meanwhile, astonishing changes were occurring within Tang Jie's body.

After more than two months, the Pure Yang Qi within Tang Jie's body had accumulated to its limit!

Not only that, but under the baptism of the Solar Flame and more than two months of arduous cultivation, Tang Jie's Golden Bell Shield had finally advanced further, breaking through to the eleventh level!

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

Golden light erupted from Tang Jie's body, forming a large golden bell. Unlike the previous brilliant gold, the current Golden Bell Shield's light was dimmer and more restrained, appearing dark gold.

It was filled with an ancient aura, and mysterious patterns condensed on the Golden Bell Shield, giving it a feeling of having endured ancient times and being eternal!

The Eleventh Level Golden Bell Shield!

The Golden Bell Shield was an extremely difficult martial art to cultivate. Throughout the history of its practice, very few had managed to achieve the eleventh level, and even fewer had reached the twelfth level of Perfection, with only Bodhidharma achieving it. This showed its immense difficulty!

Having reached the tenth level of the Golden Bell Shield at Great Qingshan Temple, after several years, it had finally broken through again, entering the eleventh level.

"This... what's going on?"

Another astonishing event occurred that surprised Tang Jie. After his Golden Bell Shield reached the eleventh level, the Golden Bell Gang Qi within his body became several times stronger. Although it hadn't yet transformed into gang jin, the Golden Bell Gang Qi actually triggered the Pure Yang Qi that had accumulated to its limit within his body!

Crack crack crack!

The Pure Yang Qi was enveloped by a powerful Golden Bell Shield Gang Qi and began to slowly condense into a brilliant golden pill!

"This... what is this? Could it be a Golden Core?"

Tang Jie noticed the changes within his body and his eyes widened in extreme shock.

When Tang Jie's Golden Bell Shield reached the eleventh level, and the Pure Yang Qi from the Golden Body Art accumulated to its limit, this unknown change occurred. Within his body, the Golden Bell Gang Qi, wrapping the Pure Yang Qi, slowly condensed into a pill! A Golden Core!

But wasn't a Golden Core something only immortal cultivators could possess?

A Golden Core! This was a realm that every immortal cultivator dreamed of!

When an immortal cultivator reached the Golden Core Realm and condensed a Golden Core within their body, they would be able to prevent the leakage of vital energy, their bodies would be nourished by its power, and they would gain a lifespan of five hundred years! They could also fly, move through the earth, and wield various magical arts with ease!

Every Golden Core Realm cultivator was a renowned practitioner in the cultivation world. Even some major immortal cultivation sects only had one or two Golden Core Realm cultivators guarding them. In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, such powerful individuals were extremely rare. Many were sect leaders, holding high positions and standing at the pinnacle!

Yet now, Tang Jie, a martial artist, had condensed a Golden Core, just like those Golden Core cultivators?