At the end of his third simulation, Zhou Qing had also attempted a core formation breakthrough.
But he had held little hope for that attempt.
After all, his spiritual root aptitude had only been middling then.
He had also taken realm-breaking pills twice, consuming a considerable amount of his potential.
His core formation treasures had not been the very best, either.
His main reason for attempting the breakthrough had been to gain experience.
To prepare for his next attempt in the following simulation.
This simulation, however, was different.
Zhou Qing had poured tremendous effort into it.
He had pushed every aspect of his preparations to the utmost.
His spiritual root aptitude had risen to the superior grade.
His physical body had even reached the late second tier.
With his potential intact and the Golden Core Pill, primordial yin qi, and numerous other core formation treasures to assist him, he was well prepared.
He had essentially done everything he could.
More core formation treasures did not necessarily mean better results.
The effects of many such treasures overlapped.
The Heaven-Cleansing Water, Seven-Glow Lotus Seeds, and fire essence jujube Zhou Qing had chosen covered most of those medicinal effects. Then there were the Golden Core Pill and primordial yin qi...
He suspected that even the Purple Void True Lord of the Primordial Origin Palace had not enjoyed conditions this favorable when advancing from foundation establishment to core formation.
The Purple Void True Lord possessed a heavenly spiritual root and had received the previous True Lord's wholehearted nurturing from the moment he joined the Primordial Origin Palace.
But Zhou Qing did not believe that he could have obtained a Golden Core Pill.
At most, he would have had an exceptional Crystal Condensation Pill.
With all these preparations, Zhou Qing felt fifty percent confident that