This is Still a Heavenly Immortal?

What is he doing?

Lu Shang, Nine Luan, Shi La, and the others all looked at Zhou Hao in black robes with suspicion.

At this moment, auspicious clouds descended from the sky, golden lotuses sprang from the earth, celestial music filled the air, drums and zithers resounded, an invisible pressure descended, and the surging power of heaven and earth converged... This was heaven and earth spontaneously beginning to change Zhou Hao's Second Primordial Spirit avatar, allowing him to step from the Void Return Realm into a Celestial Immortal or Celestial God.

At this point, all one needs to do is follow the Heavenly Dao, using one's own Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit as a guide, and wait for the Golden Core to condense and develop. Why are Zhou Hao and the Earth Elder both so solemn?

Inside Zhou Hao's Purple Mansion space, clad in black robes.

With the invisible assistance of the Heavenly Dao, the external forces of heaven and earth began to converge all the Origin Power within the body towards the Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit in the Purple Mansion Origin Sea.

His soul had now completely merged with the Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit, and even the entire Purple Mansion space began to merge with the Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit.

The golden lotus, which gathers all things, has a cluster of round, illusory shapes gradually forming on its seedpod, just like the lotus seeds of the golden lotus.

"The golden core is about to take shape." Zhou Hao, dressed in black robes, focused all his attention on the golden lotus seed that was about to form.

These golden lotus seeds are the most important life core for cultivators after they achieve the status of Celestial Immortal, or even after they step into the realms of True Immortal and Great Luo Golden Immortal—the Golden Core!

When the Golden Core is fully condensed, the Golden Core space within it will transform and purify the original Origin Power into Celestial Immortal power for storage. At the same time, the Golden Core is also the core of future cultivation, and the Yuan Power of Heaven and Earth absorbed will also be absorbed into the Golden Core.

Zhou Hao sensed the illusory image of the golden core.

The moment when the Golden Core merged the entire Purple Mansion space, and all the Origin Power within the Yuan Sea was completely absorbed, the internal space was about to stop expanding.

"Five Elements Origin, Absorb!" Zhou Hao's mind stirred, and he began to frantically absorb the Five Elements Origin Energy contained within the Earth Book.

As soon as these incredibly pure Five Elements primordial energies entered his body, they were immediately controlled by Zhou Hao's mind and rushed directly into the illusory image of the Golden Core.

The golden core phantom, which was about to expand to its limit, exploded with a loud 'boom' after receiving the primordial energy of the five elements, which seemed to surge in like endless waves, and began to expand again.

At the same time, the five elements energy that entered the Golden Core space, under Zhou Hao's control, flowed according to the five elements and directly transformed into a chaotic vortex between the illusory and the real, spinning wildly and squeezing outward to forcibly expand the space within the Golden Core phantom.

Just as the god Pangu, after creating heaven and earth, treads on the ground with his feet and supports the sky with his hands, making the newly created chaotic world more expansive, the more the primordial energy of the five elements gathers in, the larger the chaotic vortex becomes, and the more vast the space within the golden core phantom becomes.

"Rumble~~~"

The space expanded wildly, quickly reaching ten times the original limit of the Golden Core illusory space.

In Zhou Hao's perception, even though it had grown ten times larger, it seemed far from reaching its limit and could still continue to expand.

"It seems our previous conjecture was correct: the stronger the foundation, the stronger the divine body formed, and the greater the limit of the Golden Core it can withstand. Moreover, the high grade of the Five Elements Origin Energy contained within the Earth Book is also crucial..."

While sensing the changes in the illusory space of the Golden Core, Zhou Hao memorized all the subtle changes.

This was just an experiment. If the Asura God clone succeeded, the main body would still have to undergo tribulation, and even his family and disciples would benefit in the future. How could he not value it?

"It's reached fifty times the size of a normal Golden Core space!" Zhou Hao exclaimed excitedly.

The larger the Golden Core space, the stronger the Golden Core that will be formed later, and the more powerful and pure the magical power that will be condensed will be.

Having endured the strongest Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation himself, and possessing a high-grade Qi Refining Technique, the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core he could condense would be countless times stronger than that of an ordinary Heavenly Immortal.

Now it has grown fifty times larger... This means that the golden core that is condensed will be at least fifty times stronger than before.

This is a fundamental improvement in strength; it's an upgrade to the very foundation!

Doesn't that mean that after condensing his Golden Core, even without considering the boosts from Daoist realms, magical treasures, and secret techniques, he would be incredibly close to Pure Yang True Immortal?

A True Immortal's Pure Yang Golden Elixir is only a few dozen times, at most a hundred times, stronger than the most perfect Heavenly Immortal Golden Core.

"Rumble~~~"

The chaotic vortex within the golden core phantom grew larger once more, and the space expanded accordingly.

"It's still getting bigger." Zhou Hao, already excited, was overjoyed. "It's almost fifty-five times its original size. Hasn't it reached its limit yet?"

The larger the diameter of the chaotic vortex, the more the volume of space within the golden core phantom increased dramatically.

Fortunately, the Earth Book had accumulated over countless years and had once transformed into a chaotic treasure, containing the primordial energy of the five elements comparable to a real world, which was enough to supply Zhou Hao's frantic absorption.

In the outside world, in the sky above the Golden Lotus where black-robed Zhou Hao was sitting cross-legged, a large amount of heaven and earth energy directly turned into rain and continued to fall, as if it was raining heavily.

"How can his body withstand so much spiritual Origin Power?"

"Even if the body is a perfect divine body, the only thing that stores magical power is the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core. Can the Heavenly Immortal's Golden Core contain so much magical power transformed from primordial energy?"

Standing at a distance, Lu Shang, Nine Luan, Shi La, and the others were all shocked to see Zhou Hao absorb a massive amount of spiritual Origin Power.

"Did it succeed?" the Earth Elder asked Zhou Hao's true form excitedly.

"Hmm." Zhou Hao nodded, "The space within the Golden Core phantom is almost fifty-five times its original size."

The main body and the Second Primordial Spirit spirit are connected in mind and mind, and share the same memories, so they are naturally aware of the current situation of the Asura God's avatar.

"Fifty-five times!? Heavens, doesn't that mean the foundation is already at the level of Pure Yang True Immortal?" The Earth Elder was dumbfounded.

"I didn't expect it to work so well," Zhou Hao exclaimed in amazement.

"Be especially careful now!" the Earth Elder quickly reminded him, regaining his senses. "A large Golden Core illusory space is certainly good, but the larger the space, the more difficult it is for the Golden Core to condense and take shape. Don't recklessly pursue improvement in your foundation."

"I understand." Zhou Hao's eyes were full of solemnity. "Although I feel that I can expand the Golden Core space further, I don't plan to push it to the limit. I will expand it to a maximum of sixty times before condensing the Golden Core."

No matter how large the Golden Core space is, it's all for naught if it can't be condensed into a physical form.

Moreover, if the golden core phantom currently generated by the clone fails to condense, all the energy will explode uncontrollably.

Even if his own divine body had transformed into a truly perfect divine body, it would likely be blown to smithereens, with all his divine power and soul destroyed.

At that time, it won't just be that the Golden Core is defiled and trapped in the Celestial Immortal realm for countless years; rather, the Asura God's avatar will perish directly, and he himself will lose his Second Primordial Spirit.

Inside the illusory space of the Golden Core.

Zhou Hao, clad in black, carefully sensed the illusory space with his mind.

At this point, he no longer absorbed the five elements' primordial energy from the Earth Book, and the chaotic vortex no longer grew larger. The size of the illusory space was exactly sixty times its original size.

"The next step is to transform the illusory golden core into a physical form, condensing it into a true Heavenly Immortal Golden Core." Zhou Hao held his breath.

Spatial expansion is only the foundation; the most crucial step is to condense it into a true life core.

"The Five Elements are in chaos, disintegrate!"

Zhou Hao's voice resounded throughout the entire virtual space.

Boom!

The enormous chaotic vortex instantly disintegrated completely, transforming back into the five elements of energy, which continuously rotated according to the generating cycle of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

At the center of this overwhelming energy that has re-differentiated the five elements, there is a core, which is Zhou Hao's Taiji Divine Soul.

The true spirit, the soul, and even all the Origin Power were now gathered in the Taiji Divine Soul. Zhou Hao's entire mind was also trying his best to communicate with and control the five elements energy that enveloped the Taiji Divine Soul.

"Golden Elixir, Shape!"

As Zhou Hao's voice rang out.

The endless energy of the Five Elements began to continuously converge and condense with the Origin Power within the Taiji Divine Soul, while simultaneously becoming increasingly refined during the condensation process.

The original chaotic vortex of the five elements existed between illusion and reality; now, after continuous fusion, condensation, and purification...

"Smack!"

A bright, golden elixir appeared inside his body.

"It's done!" Zhou Hao, dressed in black, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

"Call."

"Suck."

"Call."

"Suck."

After the five elements' primordial energy within the body condenses and forms the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core, endless Celestial power permeates the entire body with every breath.

Within the meridians of the perfect celestial body, the incomparably pure magical power formed waves, making Lu Shang and the others, who were standing dozens of feet away, seem to hear the surging sound of a river.

The aura emanating from Zhou Hao, the black-robed immortal, which belonged to a supreme god, surged once again, causing these Pure Yang True Immortal to feel a tightening in their hearts.

"Junior Brother Zhou Hao, it only took you three days to overcome the Heavenly Tribulation. But after successfully overcoming the tribulation, it took you seven days to condense your Golden Core. What exactly happened?" Shi La couldn't suppress his questions any longer, so he simply asked directly.

"We tried to verify some of our conjectures about the Heavenly Immortal Golden Core, and fortunately everything went smoothly and we succeeded," Zhou Hao, dressed in black, said with a smile.

"How were the results?" Lu Shang was also extremely curious.

After all, as Shi La said, it took even longer than the tribulation to condense the golden core, so it must be different from the golden core condensed by a normal celestial immortal.

"The results are still unclear. But the Golden Core space is sixty times larger than that of a normal condensation, and the resulting Celestial Immortal power is also more powerful and pure," Zhou Hao in black robes said with a smile.

"Sixty times?" Lu Shang held his breath.

"How is this possible!?" Shi La and Nine Luan exclaimed in shock.

"Whether it's possible or not, we'll find out by trying," the Earth Elder said with a smile. "Although you are all Dao Soldiers now, your life cores are still the pure Yang Golden Cores within your bodies, not much different from normal True Immortals. Who wants to fight Zhou Hao and see what kind of power Heavenly Immortal Golden Core with a space sixty times larger can possess?"

"I'll go, I'll go," Shi La said first. "But we need to agree on this first: we can't use divine power, primordial power, or magic weapons in our contest. We can only use our own magical power to cast spells, and the contest will be about whose spells are more powerful."

"Okay." Zhou Hao, dressed in black, nodded and smiled in agreement.

By eliminating all external influences and focusing solely on the effect of magic power on the strength of spells, he could judge the power of his Heavenly Immortal Golden Core, which suited his purposes perfectly!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures simultaneously soared into the sky, facing each other from afar.

Lu Shang, Earth Elder, and the others stood still, watching intently.

Call!

Shi La stretched out his right hand, and his pure Yang magic power burst forth, condensing in the air into a huge golden palm that was a hundred feet tall and resembled a mountain peak.

"Take this ' Great Sumeru Palm '!" Shi La thrust out his right palm with a sudden burst of power.

The huge golden palm, which was completely condensed by pure Yang magic power, flew out with a roar. During the flight, it continued to absorb the vitality of the surrounding heaven and earth, and finally turned into a towering giant palm nearly a thousand feet high, crushing towards Zhou Hao in a mighty manner.

"My palm strike, though merely a condensation of magical power, is not something an ordinary celestial being can withstand. Only a celestial being can use their magical power. Let's see how you manage to block it." Shi La looked at Zhou Hao with full confidence.

Anyway, Zhou Hao cultivates both Qi and body, his divine body is a perfect celestial body, and he has also practiced the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, which even Pure Yang Golden Light Lightning cannot kill him, so there is no need to worry about him being killed by a single palm strike.

Five-colored light appeared before Zhou Hao, and his pure magical power, far surpassing that of celestial immortals in the Three Realms, surged from his body, condensing the five-colored light before him into a giant sword of light.

It was Zhou Hao who activated the secret technique ' Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light ' with his Celestial Immortal power.

Unlike the main body, because the clone did not cultivate the five elements of evil energy, the annihilation divine light it condensed lacked the inherent malice of evil energy. Instead, because it only possessed pure celestial magic power, the five-colored light sword was filled with holiness and magnificence.

"Go." Zhou Hao pointed.

Swoosh.

The five-colored light sword was dazzling and unparalleled, directly striking the towering golden giant palm.

"Boom!"

The golden palm trembled for a moment, then was shattered by the five-colored light sword.

The five-colored light sword was also completely shattered by the golden palm at the same time.

Wow~~~

A shower of light filled the sky, and both the golden hand and the multicolored lightsaber vanished without a trace.

The result was a close contest, with neither side winning.

The Earth Elder, Lu Shang, Nine Luan, and Clear Wind Mingyue were all shocked to see this.

It should be noted that the two who were exchanging blows were a Celestial Immortal and a Pure Yang True Immortal.

Zhou Hao, relying solely on his own magical power, was able to fight Shi La to a standstill.

This is far beyond the combat power of a celestial being; this is clearly the combat power of a true immortal!

Zhou Hao's eyes were also filled with excitement, and he was overjoyed.

"Heavenly Immortal Golden Core that has been enhanced sixty times is indeed comparable to Pure Yang True Immortal."

On the other end.

Shi La, who was originally full of confidence, almost popped his eyes out when he saw that his secret technique ' Great Sumeru Palm ' was broken by Zhou Hao's five-colored light sword formed by magic power.

"Even a newly ascended Pure Yang True Immortal shouldn't be on par with me..."

Shi La couldn't believe it.

"Is this... a celestial being?"

I have to cover a shift tonight, so I might not be able to finish writing the second update.