Seizing the White Tiger Seed Again, His Soul Nearing True Core; Finally Refining a Premium Pill, Unexpectedly Meeting an Old Acquaintance (11,000 words)
Origin Sacred Mountain, residence twenty-one in the [Cloudmist Layer].
After concluding his cultivation, Lin Chang, now over a hundred and fifty years old, inspected himself inwardly with delight on his face.
Within the sea of qi in his dantian, the "lake" formed from liquid magical power no longer looked as it once had.
The liquid magical power possessed a strange, subdued luster, faintly shimmering with wondrous light. Every drop was weighty and condensed, crystalline and translucent, clearly containing pure spirituality.
It "flowed" silently, yet gave the imposing impression that it might solidify and sublime at any moment.
This was an exceptionally perfect state of magical power for attempting Core Formation!
Meanwhile, over these three years, Lin Changheng had repeatedly studied, compared, and pondered the [Core Formation Insights and Realizations] obtained from Bai Hengwan as examples to follow, while extracting pitfalls to avoid from Elder Kong's [False Core Insights], internalizing them all.
Not only did he know the steps, barriers, and magical power circulation routes of Core Formation like the back of his hand, he had also exhaustively simulated potential accidents-magical power running wild, an unstable state of mind, sudden interference, and even abnormal shifts in the surrounding spiritual qi triggered during Core Formation-and prepared several sets of countermeasures.
In terms of "theoretical knowledge" and "emergency plans," his preparations were nearly flawless.
The finished bamboo was already clear within his heart!
"Next comes refining the [Return-to-Truth Pill]."
At a thought from Lin Chang, several jade boxes appeared before him, neatly holding all the principal, auxiliary, and supplementary ingredients needed to refine the Return-to-Truth Pill. All were sufficiently aged and of excellent quality.
Throughout this period, Lin Chang had tirelessly used the true essence of the [Glorious Life Divine Ability] every day to stimulate the ingredients for both pills.
His efforts had