Refining the Golden Core Pill

After being teleported to the Ghost Mist Domain beyond the Sea of Disorder, Song Wen no longer worried about Tai He's pursuit.

The Sea of Disorder and the Heavenly Origin Continent are separated by Endless Desert.

The Tai He crosses an extremely dangerous, Endless Desert, making it highly unlikely that anyone would come to hunt him down.

Therefore, he no longer needs the Hidden Soul Jade.

There's no need to fight the Nether Fox anymore.

With his vision obstructed and his Divine Sense suppressed in the Ghost Mist Domain, Song Wen proceeded with extreme caution.

Suddenly.

A piercing shriek rang out.

The mist on the left surged, and a tentacle tore through the ghostly fog, heading towards Song Wen Wenjuan.

This tentacle has no physical form, but rather a ghostly, ethereal entity. This being is a unique creature of the Ghost Mist Domain — Wraith.

The sudden change startled Song Wen.

He quickly calmed down. The aura emanating from the tentacle wasn't strong; it was only at the Early Second Rank.

Song Wen intended to unleash his Thunder Method to kill him.

Just as he was about to unleash the Thunder Method, he stopped casting it.

Although Thunder Method can subdue ghosts, it creates a great deal of noise, and Song Wen fears it might attract other Wraith.

Song Wen dodged the attacking tentacles and ordered the Ghost King to attack the Wraith.

The battle ended quickly; the Wraith was no match for the enemy and was defeated.

At Song Wen's behest, the Ghost King did not kill the Wraith, but only severely injured it.

Song Wen arrived before the Wraith and saw Wraith full appearance.

This is a Wraith moves like an octopus. It should be a sea Demon Beast that was corrupted by the ghostly mist and transformed into this form.

Song Wen looked at the Wraith's soul, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

The souls of Human Race and Demon Beast can be absorbed by the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole. I wonder if this Wraith can be absorbed?

Thinking of this, Song Wen placed one hand on the Wraith spirit's soul.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, a massive Black Hole suddenly appeared.

A powerful suction force emanated from Song Wen's body, pulling the Wraith and quickly drawing it into his body.

Song Wen's eyes lit up; the Wraith could indeed be absorbed.

This means he has gained another means of dealing with Wraith.

Perhaps he was lucky, because he did not encounter any other Wraith on his journey.

As he continued forward, he noticed that the ghostly mist was gradually thinning.

Gradually, the sun appeared high in the sky.

The sun appeared extremely dim, as the ghostly fog obscured too much of the light.

Song Wen's face lit up with joy; the appearance of the sun meant that he was on the right track.

The ghostly mist grew thinner, the surrounding light gradually brightened, and the suppression of Divine Sense weakened.

Suddenly.

The ghostly mist disappeared.

Golden sunlight spilled onto the sea, making it sparkle.

The sea breeze whips up the waves, and the spray sparkles brilliantly in the sunlight, crystal clear.

The air, though salty and pungent, carried a faint hint of Spiritual Qi.

Song Wen has entered the territory of the Sea of Disorder.

After a brief period of elation, he discovered a new problem.

Looking out over the vast ocean, he couldn't find a single island.

At the border between the Sea of Disorder and the Ghost Mist Domain, the number of islands is extremely small, comparable to an oasis in Endless Desert.

Although Song Wen possessed the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, which helped him resist most of the erosion from the ghostly mist, a considerable amount of ghostly energy still seeped into his body.

Right now, he urgently needs to undergo rigorous training to completely expel the ghostly energy from his body.

Otherwise, over time, the residual ghost energy within his body will inevitably affect the Foundation of his cultivation.

Song Wen continued eastward, heading towards the island mentioned by the skeleton.

Two hours later.

An island, more than ten miles in circumference, appeared before Song Wen's eyes.

The island is lush with greenery, teeming with life, and possesses a remarkable Spiritual Qi.

Song Wen flew over the island, stood in mid-air, and looked down at the entire island.

With its mouth slightly open, six Sacred Beetle Gu flew out.

His Divine Sense probed out, and the entire island came into Song Wen's perception.

The island was devoid of human habitation, but was inhabited by a group of flying Demon Beast.

This is a group of Demon Beast -like demonic beasts called 'Cloudflying Beast'. Their strongest cultivation level is only at the Early Second Rank, and they pose no threat to Song Wen.

At the highest point in the center of the island, Song Wen discovered some ruins, which he believed to be remnants of the Nether God Temple from tens of thousands of years ago.

Song Wen did not disturb the Cloudflying Beast. He quietly landed in the center of the island and carved out a temporary cave abode beneath the ruins.

He then set up the <Nine-Palace Yin-Transforming Formation> and the <Qi-Sealing Spirit-Isolating Formation>.

After thinking it over, he realized that relying solely on these two second-tier formations was not enough for a new and unfamiliar place, so he set up the <Four Symbols Reversal Formation> as well.

The <Four Symbols Reversal Formation> was obtained from the Su Clan. It is a formation from the valley where Su Gan, the patriarch of the Su Clan, was in seclusion.

This formation is a third-tier formation, capable of both offense and defense, but it consumes a great deal of Spirit Stone.

Song Wen did not activate the formation; he set it up first, just in case.

Then, Song Wen set up a second-tier Spirit Gathering Formation among the three arrays.

After feeding the six Sacred Beetle Gu to their hearts' content, Song Wen ordered them to stand guard throughout the island.

He took out a Meditation Cushion, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> to expel the ghostly energy from his body.

Time flies.

March has passed in the blink of an eye.

The ghostly energy within Song Wen's body has been completely expelled.

He activated the formation, stepped out of the cave abode, and stood atop the tallest tree on the island.

Everything nearby came into view.

A Late First Rank Cloudflying Beast is hunting in the shallows.

A giant fish, ten feet long, had its skull pierced by the sharp claws of the Cloudflying Beast and died instantly.

Blood stained the sea red.

The Cloudflying Beast gripped the giant fish's body firmly with its sharp claws, and with a flap of its wings, it was about to take flight.

At that moment, the sea surface suddenly surged.

A huge fin pierced the water's surface, and a giant fish, three zhang long, leaped out of the sea and bit the Cloudflying Beast's legs.

The Cloudflying Beast barely had time to react before it was dragged into the sea.

It struggled desperately in the water, flapping its wings and splashing waves several meters high.

The Cloudflying Beast's struggles were ultimately futile, and it perished in the belly of the fish.

The clash between the Cloudflying Beast and the sea beast made Song Wen feel that the island was so peaceful and serene.

He learned from the Sacred Beetle Gu that during his three months of seclusion, not a single Human Race cultivator passed through this place, nor did any powerful Demon Beast come here.

This island is truly a secluded paradise, untouched by the world.

The only drawback is that the Spiritual Qi here is somewhat weak.

It is precisely because the island has little Spiritual Qi that it has not been occupied by powerful Demon Beast.

What Song Wen had in abundance was Spirit Stone and spirit materials.

He still had about a million Spirit Stone on him, enough for him to cultivate for a long time.

Song Wen decided to stay on the island for the time being, to cultivate diligently for a period of time, and hopefully Golden Core Pill before leaving. The Outer Sea of Sea of Disorder is teeming with Demon Beast, and it would not be safe for someone with only Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation to rashly traverse it.

The most important spiritual item for aiding in the formation of the Golden Core is none other than the Golden Core Pill.

Song Wen had prepared all the spirit medicine needed to refine the Golden Core Pill, and there were four portions of them.

He planned to try refining the Golden Core Pill himself.

As for the Barrier-Breaking Pill needed for the Heart Tribulation, Song Wen had no close relatives and was unable to refine it.

However, before leaving the Beast Taming Sect, he purchased ten Delusion-Quelling Pills.

This elixir has the effect of refreshing the mind and calming the spirit, and it can play a certain auxiliary role in overcoming mental tribulations.

However, compared to the Barrier-Breaking Pill, its effect is certainly far inferior.

Most cultivators take this pill when they form their core to overcome their mental tribulation.

Song Wen returned to his cave abode, lit the furnace, and prepared to begin Alchemy.

The furnace fire he used for this Alchemy was a flame powered by spiritual energy.

After cultivating the <Limitless Fire-Control True Formula>, his fire control skills improved by several levels, enough for him to use spiritual flames to refine pills.

However, Song Wen wasn't very confident about using spiritual flames to Alchemy for the first time.

Instead of refining the Golden Core Pill rashly, he refined familiar second-tier pills such as the Essence-Nourishing Pill and the Beast Brocade Pill to familiarize himself with the characteristics of spiritual flames.

The flames of spiritual energy are purer than the flames produced by burning spiritual wood, making them more suitable for refining more difficult-to-refine elixirs.

Six months later, through continuous practice, Song Wen's fire control technique improved significantly, and he could now command spiritual flames with ease.

After meditating and resting for two days, Song Wen took out the jade Jade Slip the insights of the predecessors of the Beast Taming Sect on refining the Golden Core Pill, and combined it with his memories of observing Fang Pengyi's refining of the Golden Core Pill, carefully studying it.

A month later, Song Wen had simulated the entire Alchemy process in his mind no less than a hundred times.

I then spent another half month calming my mind and focusing my attention to get myself into the best possible state.

Song Wen activated his spiritual energy flames and opened the furnace to refine the Golden Core Pill.