Guan Hongxiu was still in seclusion, stabilizing her cultivation, while the uproar over her Core Embrace only continued to escalate.
On the Kunhao Plane, Core Embrace was not especially rare. Didn't one or two people achieve it every year?
But compared to Kun Hao's enormous population base, Core Embrace was truly rare.
Take the four major sects as an example. It was already remarkable for one person to achieve Core Embrace every ten years. Once someone succeeded, their lifespan increased by at least five hundred years.
If one Golden Core emerged every ten years during those five hundred years, that would be fifty Golden Cores. Which of the four major sects could have fifty Golden Cores? Forget those they cultivated themselves—even including hired retainers and protectors, the total would not reach fifty.
Fine, some Golden Cores would inevitably perish over those five hundred years, but even if half of them died, there would still be twenty-five left.
Twenty-five, plus hired retainers and protectors, would probably amount to over forty Golden Cores. Did the four major sects have that many?
This proved that Golden Cores were not uncommon in a broad sense, but in a narrower sense, they truly were few. The birth of every individual Golden Core—the Core Embrace process—was enormously significant to those around them.
The rise of one Golden Core meant the rise of a Golden Core clan. This was especially true for crippled Golden Core clans, whose entire survival hinged on that single Golden Core. Lying low when appropriate was inevitable, but the crucial point was... the Core Embrace process had to be safe!
For someone like Guan Hongxiu to achieve Core Embrace away from home under countless watchful eyes, with many major powers observing, while also owing Feng Jun a favor for lending her the land—not