The Golden Core's second transformation: the core became a Blood Core.
Beyond that lay the third transformation, when the core gave rise to purple qi and became a Violet Core.
Once a Golden Core transformed into a Blood Core, its wielder's magical power would be three times that of cultivators at the same level, in both quantity and quality. That was why Ji Yuan felt confident he could withstand someone at the Golden Core Peak Stage despite being only at the Golden Core Middle Stage.
Judging by his current Golden Core power, most cultivators at the Golden Core Late Stage could no longer match him.
If he pushed his power further and entered the Golden Core Late Stage, Ji Yuan might even reign supreme throughout the Core Formation Stage. Perhaps he could claim the title of "the strongest beneath the Nascent Soul Realm."
As for the Violet Core beyond that, its wielder's magical power would be five times that of cultivators at the same level.
If he truly reached that point, even Ji Yuan himself dared not imagine how strong he would be.
Maybe, with cultivation at the Golden Core Peak Stage, he really could weigh the strength of a Nascent Soul Cultivator—I'm getting carried away!
Ji Yuan hurriedly gathered his thoughts and sank his mind into his Dantian.
The final layer of gold foil on the Golden Core's surface soon peeled away. As soon as it did, it was refined into pure magical power and poured into the Blood Core.
Ji Yuan had spent decades consuming the Four-Color Spirit Egg to transform that tiny Golden Core into a Blood Core.
Yet when the transformation finally came, it took less than half the time needed to drink a cup of tea before it was complete.
The unbearable itch in Ji