Golden Immortal, Golden Immortal

"Poison-attribute spiritual materials!"

When Luo Qing opened the storage bag brought by the Phoenix Clan's Mystic God, his spirits immediately lifted.

Originally, Luo Qing had only hoped to attract the Phoenix Clan and see if he could escape with their help.

But after learning that the Phoenix Clan needed the power of Hundred Gods Mountain to eliminate the remnants of the Fierce Beasts.

Luo Qing knew this plan was temporarily unfeasible.

If he made even the slightest move, Hun Xing would surely retaliate with swift and decisive measures.

But he hadn't expected the Phoenix Clan to send such a great gift at this time.

The poison-attribute spiritual materials in this storage bag were more than enough to refine three Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

What surprised Luo Qing even more was that the origin of poison within these poisonous spiritual materials was extremely concentrated.

It was enough to refine mid-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures.

In fact, this was precisely the purpose for which You Feng Gold God had deliberately sent this item.

You Feng Gold God didn't care about the Acquired Spiritual Treasures that would be refined. He was merely using this opportunity to befriend Luo Qing, a Grandmaster of Artifact Forging.

Three sets of mid-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure materials were nothing to You Feng, a peak Gold God.

You Feng Gold God, however, did not know that these poisonous spiritual materials were like timely rain to Luo Qing.

If one wanted to plot against a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, what could be more convenient than using poison?

A hundred years later, a low-grade poison-attribute Acquired Spiritual Treasure was delivered into You Feng Gold God's hands.

"Nine Acquired Spiritual Seals! Not bad, not bad! With a little more refinement, it might even be upgraded to a mid-grade Spiritual Treasure in the future. It seems Chi Lingzi truly possesses great talent."

Upon seeing the Spiritual Treasure refined by Chi Lingzi, You Feng Gold God's resolve to recruit him into the Phoenix Clan was further strengthened.

However, with the great battle imminent and Hundred Gods Mountain's assistance still needed, You Feng Gold God could only postpone his plan.

The five-hundred-year deadline approached.

After Luo Qing refined ten Innate Spiritual Peaches, his cultivation stalled at the late stage of the Mystic God realm.

"I've disappointed you, Teacher. After refining ten Spiritual Peaches, my cultivation is only at the late stage of the Mystic God realm!"

With the great battle drawing near, Luo Qing approached Old Bai with a dejected report.

"It's alright, no need to rush. The Mountain Lord only asked you to try. Since you haven't reached the Gold God realm, just focus on your cultivation in the mountain during this battle."

Old Bai, a Gold God, swept his divine sense, confirming Luo Qing's cultivation was only at the late stage of the Mystic God realm, and offered words of comfort.

"I shall obey your command, Teacher!"

Luo Qing bowed towards the main Cave Mansion before returning to the side hall.

Within the core Cave Mansion.

Hun Xing witnessed the entire conversation between Luo Qing and Old Bai.

As an old schemer, how could Hun Xing, after ten thousand years in Hundred Gods Mountain, be unaware of the minor tricks played there?

It was just that Hun Xing was confident in his ability to control the overall situation and didn't pay much attention.

"Heh! It seems my disciple has noticed something amiss! I shall play along with you and see what tricks you can come up with."

When the five-hundred-year deadline arrived.

Above Hundred Gods Mountain, a hundred thousand gods, like a sky-obscuring swarm, charged towards the distant lair of the Fierce Beast remnants.

As the Mountain Lord of Hundred Gods Mountain, Hun Xing naturally had to personally lead the charge to maintain morale.

And the Phoenix Clan entourage also followed the Hundred Gods Mountain battle formation towards the Fierce Beast lair.

The nearest Fierce Beast nest was quite far from Hundred Gods Mountain; even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would need a full day to travel at full speed.

Leading an army would take even longer, at least half a month.

After the gods departed, Hundred Gods Mountain immediately became empty, with only a few individuals left to guard the mountain gate.

Luo Qing's eyes darkened as he estimated the departure time of the Hundred Gods Mountain army.

It wasn't until three days later.

Luo Qing activated his Azure Light Dao Eyes and surveyed the entire Hundred Gods Mountain.

One, two...

A total of four Gold Gods were guarding Hun Xing's core Cave Mansion.

Their auras subtly locked onto the side hall where Luo Qing resided.

"Hun Xing, that old fox, truly doesn't feel at ease leaving me in the mountain."

Arranging for four Gold Gods to guard him, Luo Qing actually felt that Hun Xing held him in high regard.

"This is a rare opportunity. Things have come to this, I can only fight with all my might!"

Luo Qing's gaze firmed.

This was indeed an excellent opportunity to escape. Once Hun Xing returned from exterminating the beasts, it would be even more difficult to escape.

With his mind made up, Luo Qing's aura was fully revealed.

He was clearly no longer at the late stage of Mystic God, but at the peak of Mystic Immortal, just one step away from Golden Immortal.

What is a Golden Immortal?

The nature of the Great Dao being immortal.

The Divine Path is to condense an immortal Dharma Form, and use the Dharma Form to attract a wisp of immortal aura to secretly align with the Divine Body.

With the protection of immortal aura, one can fear no erosion from the river of time, and their lifespan will be equal to that of heaven.

Truly escaping the calamity of mortality.

This is called an immortal Divine Body, achieving an immortal Gold God.

As for the Immortal Path, it is to condense a Golden Core within the body, a Great Dao Golden Core, the primordial embryo of the Dao, from which immortal energy is naturally nurtured.

It protects the primordial spirit from the erosion of time.

The Divine Path leans towards Essence, with Spirit being secondary, and Qi tertiary.

The Immortal Path leans towards Qi, with Spirit being secondary, and Essence tertiary.

Luo Qing is a mid-level Innate God, possessing the Innate Crimson King Dharma Form.

When it comes to breaking through to Golden Immortal, the Divine Path is somewhat easier.

With a thought from Luo Qing, the Innate Crimson King Dharma Form hidden within his primordial spirit immediately lit up.

Infinite Essence, Spirit, and divine sense surged towards the Crimson King Dharma Form.

Cultivating both the Immortal and Divine Paths, Luo Qing's foundation was unfathomably deep.

In just a moment, the entire Crimson King Dharma Form was completely illuminated.

A figure, appearing as an embodiment of the Great Dao of Fire, materialized behind Luo Qing.

Its appearance was identical to the Crimson King Dharma Form Luo Qing had condensed.

"The Crimson King Dharma Form is complete, the Fire Crimson King has returned."

A wisp of immortal divine intent descended from the Dao, arriving upon Luo Qing.

The Innate Crimson King Divine Body began to rapidly transform, aided by the immortal aura.

Three days later.

As everything in the cultivation chamber returned to calm, Luo Qing was already an immortal Gold God.

"This breakthrough process was even easier than I imagined. Innate Gods truly are blessed by heaven."

Luo Qing exclaimed.

Furthermore, at this period, the Primordial Era had no concept of heavenly tribulations for achieving the Dao; unlike later eras where forming a Golden Core to become an Immortal would invite a lightning strike.

With the Gold God achieved, ascending from the lower to the higher cultivation, and then condensing the Immortal Path Golden Core, was exceptionally easy for Luo Qing.

His Gold God Essence and Spirit furiously transformed into Immortal Path mana, while simultaneously, a bottomless vortex seemed to appear in Luo Qing's dantian.

It greedily absorbed the ownerless Essence and spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

At this point, Luo Qing no longer had any intention of hiding.

Soon, a spiritual energy vortex covering a thousand miles appeared above Hundred Gods Mountain.

The breakthrough of the Immortal Path created a much larger disturbance than the Divine Path, requiring an immense amount of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.

The violent fluctuations of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy alerted Old Bai, the Gold God guarding Luo Qing.

While others could not recognize the nature of this change, Old Bai had accompanied Hun Xing from the central regions of the Primordial Era.

Old Bai had a greater understanding of the Immortal Path appearing in the Primordial Era than others on Hundred Gods Mountain.

"This disturbance... is someone breaking through to Golden Immortal?" Old Bai's expression changed, as if he had thought of something.

The disturbance came and went quickly.

With Luo Qing's cultivation as a Gold God, gathering a massive amount of spiritual energy was extremely swift.

In just a few short hours, a perfectly round, crimson-gold Golden Core appeared within Luo Qing's dantian.

As for the legendary quality classifications of Golden Cores, the Heavenly Dao itself did not exist yet, and the Immortal Path had only recently been established.

Where would such detailed levels come from?

A Golden Core is a Golden Core, the primordial embryo of the Great Dao; its future growth depends on the future, not the past.

"One Golden Core swallowed, from now on my fate is my own, not heaven's!"

Luo Qing deeply understood this phrase often repeated in online novels from his past life.

"Golden Immortal achieved! It's time to grasp my own destiny!"

Luo Qing's eyes swept over the four Gold Gods approaching his Cave Mansion, and he muttered to himself with a chilling voice.