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Chapter 170: Undying golden nature
What was a treasure art?
Golden nature neither decayed nor perished, making it the treasure of all things.
The true Qi within a Golden Core True Person awakened the dragon and tiger, unifying their magic power into a primordial whole and granting it a trace of undying quality. They could then steal from heaven to transform their fate, using undying golden nature as the foundation to unleash third-tier treasure arts that resonated with heaven and earth.
What did that mean?
Simply put, although Foundation Establishment Cultivators could freely ride Qi and maneuver through the air, unleashing Five Elements Spirit Arts,
those spirit arts relied entirely on the magic power within their Dantian Qi Sea to take shape.
The more abundant and purer the magic power within a cultivator's Dantian Qi Sea, the more powerful their second-tier spirit arts became. In a spirit vein location matching their spiritual root's attribute, the power of their spell arts could rise further still.
Conversely, if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Dantian Qi Sea held extremely meager magic power, and they were not in a spirit vein location matching their spiritual root's attribute, they might fail to unleash a second-tier spirit art or even suffer its backlash.
But third-tier treasure arts were different!
Even without drawing on the earthly baleful Qi within their Dantian Qi Sea or standing in a spirit vein location matching their spiritual root's attribute, a Golden Core True Person could use undying golden nature alone as their foundation. With a mere thought, they could mobilize the power of heaven and earth and unleash third-tier treasure arts that crushed second-tier spirit arts in power.
That was because second-tier spirit arts depended on the caster, while third-tier treasure arts depended on heaven and earth.
However powerful an individual's