"Can I perform the Stroke of Illumination now?" Song Shuhang opened his eyes and asked.
"Three days have passed since you entered seclusion. You only have thirty days in total to break through to the Sixth Stage," Scarlet Heaven Sword said. "Don't waste time. Others only need to illuminate a single Golden Core to advance from Fifth to Sixth Stage, but you somehow made seven small Golden Cores, plus your natal whale core, for a total of eight. If you drag this out any longer, your main body can only wait for death."
"Bazaha~~ Young man~ Become a legend~~" Creation Fairy began to sing.
"No... That's not what I meant. I was just wondering whether I should burn some incense or something before performing the Stroke of Illumination, you know, for good luck?" Song Shuhang glanced at the distant clone of Senior White, and the scene of Soft Feather meeting Senior White for the first time involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
[Senior White, it really works.] That was what Soft Feather had said at the time while solemnly burning incense.
Scarlet Heaven Sword: "..."
Behind Song Shuhang, Creation Fairy began to chant softly. She was using an ancient language, quietly singing a melody Song Shuhang could not understand.
"Thank you, Fairy," Song Shuhang said.
Creation Fairy's singing was a great weapon for surviving tribulations. At the same time, it could calm the mind and enhance inspiration.
Then, he pressed his palms together and silently prayed.
After praying, his consciousness once again appeared within the small Golden Core.
The Stroke of Illumination for the First Small Golden Core was located at the right eye of the hidden image, "After the Holy City collapses... the giant that destroys all things."
As Song Shuhang's thoughts stirred, [Still the Holy City That Never Falls]