Having learned his lesson from forming his Golden Core during the Foundation Establishment Realm, Lu Xiaotian had made preparations for his core-empowered artifacts long ago. Thus, now that he had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, he had a complete set of seven Demon-Suppressing Towers at his disposal, while the power of his sword beads and sword embryo had also increased tremendously.
Thinking of the predicament he had faced right after forming his Golden Core, Lu Xiaotian could not help but sigh. If he had not coincidentally obtained the refining method for the Eight Trigrams Locking-Demon Formation back then, and spent decades refining a formidable killing formation, he probably would have found it difficult to accomplish anything for a while even after going to Qingzhou City.
If one failed to plan for the distant future, trouble would soon arise close at hand. Thinking about it this way, entering Misty Hall had certainly been exceptionally dangerous, but the rewards had also been astonishingly rich.
Besides that, there was the magic bead. The magic bead had a total of five layers. The Ice Soul Profound Note, which had begun awakening during the Qi Refining stage, had been followed by the Frostwild Seal and Ice Healing, which had awakened in succession. Each stage had played an extremely important role for Lu Xiaotian. Now that he had entered the Nascent Soul Realm, he was also quite expectant about the magic bead's next ability.
With a thought, surging magical power poured into the magic bead, washing over the first, second, and third layers like a rising tide. Back when he had been in the Golden Core stage, he had been powerless to break through the barrier of the third layer. Now, however, his strength was worlds apart from before, and he broke through that obstruction with