"Ah—"
Qi Refinement Way, Bloodfiend Island, inside the cave abode.
Fang Qing's true body let out a miserable scream. Countless wounds scorched by suns appeared across his entire body, threads of golden light wriggling through them like insects—
Ever since reaching the Purple Mansion, especially after obtaining the [Maiden Earth] Golden Nature, he could not remember how long it had been since he had suffered such severe Dao Transformation injuries.
"Dao-Born Pearl!"
A stream of clear and turbid qi rose and fell, clouds steaming and rosy mists billowing. Wherever it passed, the wounds upon his Dao body healed in an instant.
"Secret Treasury Domain—Great Transformation Origin—what exactly is this thing?"
Fang Qing cursed.
With the Golden Nature status upon him, he theoretically already possessed the authority to look directly upon a True Lord.
After all, those immortal retainers, envoys, and Attendant Deities had long served at the side of True Lords and obeyed their commands; naturally, they needed to behold their lord's face.
Thus, so long as one's status reached the Golden Nature tier, one could look directly upon a True Lord!
Yet just now, he had merely fixed his gaze upon a trace of solar radiance, and it had immediately spread to affect his true body!
Fortunately, the Great Sun Tathagata bore "no ill intent." Otherwise, Sangji and Suqing would surely have become two torches, flesh and bone reduced to ash!
Even so, Fang Qing had learned much through this ordeal:
A status capable of injuring even me has already faintly surpassed the Golden Core tier—
But the Great Sun Tathagata should still be around Late Golden Core—about the same as the master of [Rooftop Moon].
Golden Core Perfection!
This was the threshold of the Breath-Nourishing Dao. Once any True Lord attained it, they would immediately draw a siege!