But those were all secondary.
After the Lightning Tribulation passed, golden flowers drifted down, immortal music descended to the mortal realm, Phoenix Birds spread their wings, and immortal beasts roared.
Golden flowers floated down one after another, nourishing much of Azure Ridge Volcano as well.
"Golden Core tribulation—an upper-grade pill formed."
Lu Qing rose to his feet and clenched his fist. Looking again at the sky and earth, he felt as though he had suddenly broken free from the bindings of the worldly net. The heavens and earth seemed boundlessly vast, distant, and clear.
It was as if his perspective had been raised to another level.
Such vastness and distance—traveling the North Sea at dawn and reaching Cangwu by dusk was no longer worth mentioning.
There was strength as well. A divine gleam flashed through Lu Qing's eyes. Against cultivators below the Golden Core, whether Foundation Establishment or Purple Mansion Realm, there was no difference at all.
The gap was simply too vast.
He looked within his dantian. The Primordial Qi condensed from that Treasure Herb had already become the core of his Golden Core.
Calm and upright, it embraced all things.
"I actually refined this Primordial Qi."
Lu Qing vaguely sensed that the Qi he had retrieved, which had taken the form of a Treasure Herb, was far from simple.
Now that he had forged a Golden Core in one breath, all manner of spells and wondrous techniques came readily to hand, flowing like clouds and running water without the slightest stiffness.
Especially when he observed himself inwardly.
Other than the Golden Core, the meridians, flesh, and blood around his dantian seemed to have faintly developed threads of golden light. They had undergone a change, taking on the aura of the natural world beyond.
Lu Qing's eyes widened as