Arc 9The Undying Golden Core

Li Xian advanced his cultivation, defeated the Asura Dao Seed, and established himself as a force no rival could ignore. After leading the Great Luo Immortal Sect to claim all thirty-six places in the Heavenlight Secret Realm and completing the meeting of heaven and earth, he formed an Undying Golden Core and prepared to return to the Taiqing Sword Sect.

  • Li Xian advanced to the True Flame Realm, defeated Lei Gang in a duel, then traveled to Xuanming Island to seek Merit Points and strengthen his cultivation.
  • At Xuanming Island, Li Xian developed a new Sword Intent Divine Ability, reached major attainment in Sword Intent, and killed the Asura Dao Seed after surviving the ambush arranged by the Heavenly Sha Devil Sect.
  • Li Xian awakened the Great Chaos Art, strengthened his Fuli True Body, and recovered a fragment of Lingxu before agreeing to preside over an auction in Ascending to Immortality City.
  • When Guan Canghai attacked the auction stage over the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, Li Xian defeated him, Tantai Yue, and Song Xuanyan, then resumed the auction and drew the attention of the city’s powers.
  • At Ascending to Immortality Peak, Li Xian agreed to help the Great Luo Immortal Sect secure all thirty-six places in the Heavenlight Secret Realm and challenged the rival factions gathered there.
  • Li Xian held off the rival cultivators while Great Luo Immortal Sect disciples collected all thirty-six Tokens, then assigned the places and left the realm with his sect.
  • Li Xian entered the Immortal Ascension Grand Formation with thirty-five other True Flame cultivators and studied the meeting of heaven and earth before returning to his cave abode.
  • Li Xian formed an Undying Golden Core inscribed with his core techniques and Sword Intent Divine Ability, then declined a grand banquet and said he wanted to return to the Taiqing Sword Sect.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201A lively gathering

Li Xian attended Zhou Qing’s full-month banquet, gave gifts to Zhou Juechen’s family, and settled old ties with Zhong Lingxiu before returning to the Great Luo Immortal Sect. There, Lei Gang confronted him on Yi Daozi’s behalf, and Li Xian agreed to fight him once he reached the Sixth Realm, then announced he would break through immediately.

  • Li Xian withdrew from the Mirror Lake World after hearing that Heavenly Track was trying to capture his world’s coordinates, then spent a month cultivating and preparing to advance.
  • At Zhou Qing’s full-month banquet, Li Xian gave the infant a magic bracelet, bestowed jade pendants on seven children, and offered Zhou Qing a future place on True Inheritance Peak; Wei Hua also appointed Zhou Juechen King of Lijiang.
  • Li Xian offered Zhong Lingxiu a place on True Inheritance Peak and gave her fine gold to obtain a Xiantian Pill for Li Hanbing, then left Lijiang and returned to the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
  • At the Internal Affairs Hall, Li Xian collected the resources for the fifth layer of Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi and encountered Shen Zangxing and Lei Gang.
  • Lei Gang berated Li Xian for challenging Yi Daozi and promised to fight him once he reached the Sixth Realm; Li Xian accepted and said he would break through immediately.

Ch. 202Taiyang True Fire

Li Xian cultivated Taiyang True Fire, survived its destructive effects, and established a Taiyang True Fire Seed within himself. After testing the flame by refining a magic artifact, he decided to seek Merit Points on Xuanming Island and sent Lei Gang a challenge.

  • Li Xian returned to True Inheritance Peak and drew down Solar Star Power to begin breaking through to the True Flame Realm.
  • Li Xian used the Nine-Turn Creation Pill and Nirvana Qi to survive Taiyang True Fire burning through his body, forming a Taiyang True Fire Seed.
  • Li Xian tempered his body by repeatedly igniting his True Essence, but stopped at five percent after running out of recovery pills.
  • Li Xian used Taiyang True Fire to refine an ordinary magic artifact, then judged artifact refining too slow a way to earn Merit Points.
  • Li Xian set out for Xuanming Island to seek Merit Points and sent Lei Gang a challenge request.

Ch. 203Reversal

Li Xian fought Lei Gang on the Sword-Dueling Platform after reaching the sixth realm, defeating him with his minor-attainment Sword Intent. Lei Gang acknowledged Li Xian’s strength and warned the spectators not to disparage him, while Li Xian left disappointed that the duel had ended before he could fight without restrictions.

  • Lei Gang learned that Li Xian had entered the Taiyang True Fire realm and went to the Sword-Dueling Platform, intending to teach him humility.
  • Li Xian and Lei Gang began their duel before Elder Zuo Qiuming and a growing crowd of disciples and elders.
  • Lei Gang’s Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation and lightning-powered attacks initially matched Li Xian’s Fuli True Body, but Li Xian gained the advantage by using minor-attainment Sword Intent.
  • Zuo Qiuming stopped Li Xian’s final attack and declared him the winner, after which Li Xian left with Nangong Feixu.
  • Lei Gang admitted Li Xian deserved his reputation and warned the spectators that anyone who disparaged him would have to answer to Lei Gang.

Ch. 204Saint Son

Li Xian accepted Nangong Feixu’s offer to advise him, then left the Great Luo Immortal Sect for Xuanming Island to hunt the Three-Headed Dragons and commission a Dharma Treasure. A Saint Son of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground tried to recruit him, while Xuanling arranged access to stronger swords and discovered that Li Xian had reached minor attainment in the Void Dao Body.

  • Li Xian told Nangong Feixu that the ten Dao Seeds were the strongest generation in ten thousand years, and she offered to help him improve his cultivation knowledge.
  • Li Xian and Nangong Feixu exchanged Communication Array Disks, and she agreed to remain in the sect while he traveled to Xuanming Island.
  • A cultivator delivered Li Xian a jade message from the Di Que Saint Son, asking him to lure Yi Yuanshi to Ascending to Immortality City in exchange for status beyond that of a Dao Seed.
  • Xuanling identified the message’s sender as a Saint Son of the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground and agreed to arrange seventh-, eighth-, and potentially ninth-realm Dharma Treasure swords for Li Xian.
  • As Li Xian flew toward Xuanming Island, Xuanling sensed his minor attainment in the Void Dao Body and took it as confirmation of his potential to become a World-Dwelling Immortal Venerable.

Ch. 205Sword Intent Divine Ability

Li Xian hunted Three-Headed Dragons in the Xuanming Sea Eye, where the pressure helped him develop a nascent Sword Intent Divine Ability by combining the powers of void and devouring. After killing a Seventh Realm variant beast with the new ability, he left for Immortal Wandering Island to obtain a Seventh Realm Dharma Treasure and advance his Sword Intent.

  • Fu Xi received orders from the Asura Dao Seed to kill Li Xian and planned to establish an alibi before ambushing him.
  • Li Xian reached the Falling Star Sea and killed a Seventh Realm Three-Headed Dragon and several others near the Xuanming Sea Eye.
  • Li Xian entered the sea eye, used the Great Devouring Art with his Fuli True Body to withstand the Xuanming Heavy Water, and pursued another Seventh Realm Three-Headed Dragon.
  • Li Xian combined the powers of void and devouring in his mental world, forming a point mass that gave rise to a nascent Sword Intent Divine Ability.
  • Li Xian used the new ability to crush the fleeing Three-Headed Dragon’s consciousness, then told Lingxu that he would seek a Seventh Realm Dharma Treasure to raise his Sword Intent to major attainment.
  • Li Xian left the sea eye and headed toward Immortal Wandering Island.

Ch. 206Tacit understanding

Li Xian sold the Three-Headed Dragons’ remains to the Great Luo Immortal Sect, arranged custom Dharma Treasures, and bought cultivation supplies. He returned to Xuanming Island and revealed that he had slain nearly all the dragons in the Xuanming Sea Eye, leaving the island’s new cultivators stunned.

  • Li Xian reached Immortal Wandering Island and asked Qin Yi to appraise and sell the Three-Headed Dragons’ remains.
  • Xuanling valued the remains at 4.1 billion merit points, arranged a Seventh Realm Dharma Treasure, and prepared to realign the Eighth Realm treasure to Li Xian’s changed sword intent.
  • Li Xian spent his remaining merit points on Fuli True Body cultivation resources and pills, then left for Xuanming Island.
  • Li Xian arrived back on Xuanming Island and learned that two Fifth Realm and two Fourth Realm cultivators had joined Bai Shao’s gathering team.
  • Li Xian ordered full-scale collection of Xuanming heavy water and told Bai Shao and the others that he had killed every Sixth and Seventh Realm Three-Headed Dragon, while a few Fifth Realm ones had escaped.

Ch. 207Taking the Initiative

Li Xian advanced his Fuli True Body and Sword Intent before investigating Devil Cultivators who attacked Xuanming Island and appeared to be luring him into an ambush. He uncovered their formation and forced an ancient Golden Core cultivator to emerge, but the chapter ended before their battle began.

  • After killing three Seventh-Realm Variant Beasts, Li Xian used Xuanming Island’s supplies to advance his Fuli True Body to the sixth layer.
  • Elder Tianfeng delivered Li Xian’s Sword Intent-amplifying Dharma Treasure, and Li Xian reached major attainment in Sword Intent after training with it.
  • Bai Shao told Li Xian that Devil Cultivators had raided Xuanming Island’s gathering fleet twice, and Yuantong warned that the attacks might be a trap.
  • Li Xian pursued a suspicious flying boat, killed its three Sixth Realm Devil Cultivators, and learned that their allies had prepared a formation to ambush him.
  • Li Xian searched nearby islands and attacked a concealed formation until an ancient Golden Core cultivator emerged, his aura weakened by age.

Ch. 208Asura Dao Seed

Li Xian defeated the Golden Core True Person’s illusion attacks and revealed that his Sword Intent and Fuli True Body could withstand the cultivator’s strongest techniques. The Asura Dao Seed’s Demon Sha avatar tried to recruit him, but Li Xian repeatedly escaped and returned to taunt it, ending by demanding that the Dao Seed’s real body come fight him.

  • The Golden Core True Person attacked Li Xian with the Cloudsea Illusion Realm, but Li Xian evaded its water dragons and endured the Cloudsea Flood Dragon Art while devouring its waters.
  • Li Xian dispersed the illusion’s mist with his Sword Intent, prompting the Golden Core True Person to summon the Asura Dao Seed’s Demon Sha avatar from a banner.
  • The Asura Dao Seed praised Li Xian’s strength and offered him a place as the Heavenly Sha Devil Sect’s fourth Dao Seed, but Li Xian said he would submit only if defeated.
  • The Asura Dao Seed claimed his avatar could kill Li Xian, but Li Xian used Sword Qi and spatial movement to escape, then returned to demonstrate that the avatar could not catch him.
  • After Li Xian escaped and returned a second time, he mocked the Asura Dao Seed and demanded that the real body come kill him.

Ch. 209Dharma Body

Li Xian battled the Heavenly Sha Devil Sect’s Asura Dao Seed, first overwhelming his avatar and then facing his true body, which used the Rope of Balance to prevent Li Xian from escaping. Although the Asura Dao Seed initially dominated with his Asura Dharma Body and Shape-Shifting Shadow Swap, Li Xian unleashed his great accomplishment sword intent and shattered the Dao Seed’s Dharma Body.

  • Li Xian defeated the Asura Dao Seed’s avatar in close combat, devouring its Demon Sha energy and tearing its Dharma Body apart while revealing his spatial power.
  • The Golden Core True Person helped restrain Li Xian, but Li Xian deduced that the Asura Dao Seed’s true body was nearby and drew it into the fight.
  • The Asura Dao Seed arrived with the Rope of Balance, linking his Magic Power to Li Xian’s so Li Xian could not escape with his sword escape technique.
  • The Asura Dao Seed’s sixteen-meter Asura Dharma Body repeatedly overpowered Li Xian with Shape-Shifting Shadow Swap, sending him flying and exhausting his True Essence.
  • Li Xian revealed his sword intent, crushing the Asura Dao Seed’s thoughts and counterattacks while battering his Dharma Body.
  • Li Xian’s continuing attacks blasted apart the Asura Dao Seed’s head, causing his Dharma Body to collapse.

Ch. 210Spoils

Li Xian defeated the Asura Dao Seed after forcing him to fight through a desperate Sword Intent breakthrough, then caught up with the fleeing Golden Core True Person. Elder Tianfeng arrived and discovered that Li Xian had taken several of the Asura Dao Seed’s treasures, including the Rope of Balance, which could only be released when one side was dead.

  • After his Asura Dharma Body collapsed, the Asura Dao Seed tried to flee, but Li Xian’s Rope of Balance held him in place.
  • Li Xian struck the Asura Dao Seed with his Fuli True Body, driving him to break through to major-mastery Sword Intent in a desperate counterattack.
  • Li Xian’s Sword Intent Divine Ability overwhelmed the Asura Dao Seed’s breakthrough, and his dark-gold hand blasted the Asura Dao Seed’s body apart.
  • Li Xian gathered the spoils and pursued a fleeing Golden Core True Person, where he met Elder Tianfeng, who revealed that the Outer Sea expedition had been a feint to lure out the Asura Dao Seed.
  • Elder Tianfeng examined Li Xian’s Storage Ring and recognized the Asura Dao Seed’s Wheel-Turning Shield, Asura Banner, and Rope of Balance, then realized the rope’s binding meant one side had to die.

Ch. 211Magma Volcano

After killing the Asura Dao Seed, Li Xian was recognized by Great Luo Immortal Sect elders as an Unparalleled and Peerless prodigy and went to Magma Volcano to study the suppressed Heavenly Demon Huodou. His observations led him to see a common nature behind living bodies, Dharma Treasures, and Immortal Artifacts, leaving him on the verge of a broader insight into matter and energy.

  • Lingkong and Tianfeng discovered that Li Xian had killed the Asura Dao Seed, judged his strength to approach the Eighth Realm, and agreed to report the news while keeping his aptitude secret.
  • Li Xian returned to Xuanming Island, reviewed his battle, and decided he would eventually seek out the Di Que Saint Son in Ascending to Immortality City.
  • After consolidating his sword intent, Li Xian considered developing a body-tempering spell and traveled to Magma Volcano to observe its imprisoned Heavenly Demon Huodou.
  • Zhuoyong examined Li Xian's sword intent, agreed to forge a sword suited to it, and gave him permission to study the Huodou.
  • Li Xian found that his sword qi could not pierce the Huodou's skin and concluded that Heavenly Demons, Dharma Treasures, and living bodies shared a fundamental nature as matter or energy.

Ch. 212Primordial Unity Fuli True Body

Li Xian comprehended the mysteries of chaos and integrated them with the void, devouring, and other traits to create the Primordial Unity Fuli True Body. When Heavenly Demon Huodou attacked him, Li Xian’s defenses held until Supreme Elder Zhuoyong restrained the beast, after which Zhuoyong arranged cultivation supplies and a place for Li Xian to train.

  • Li Xian realized that chaos could dismantle spells and treasures by returning their structures to their primordial state, and he awakened the Great Chaos Art.
  • Li Xian combined the void, chaos, devouring, immortality, and infinity with the Fuli True Body and named the strengthened technique Primordial Unity Fuli True Body.
  • Heavenly Demon Huodou lunged at Li Xian, but the black sun in his mental world devoured its mental assault and the Fire-Averting Pearl blocked its flames.
  • Supreme Elder Zhuoyong activated the magma chains to drag Huodou back and torment it until the beast stopped resisting.
  • Zhuoyong praised Li Xian’s composure, told him his supplies had arrived, and promised to arrange a place for him to cultivate over the next few months.

Ch. 213Components

Li Xian completed the seventh layer of the Primordial Unity Fuli True Body, received a sword forged by Supreme Elder Zhuoyong, and traveled to Ascending to Immortality City to seek information about Lingxu’s missing pieces and draw out Di Que Saint Son. Lingxu sensed one of its own fragments inside the mountain where the world’s foremost rogue cultivator lived.

  • Li Xian spent fourteen months refining immortal true gold and undying demon sha, advancing the Primordial Unity Fuli True Body to the seventh layer and raising his true essence combustion conversion rate to twelve percent.
  • Supreme Elder Zhuoyong delivered Li Xian an eighth-realm longsword whose devouring black-sun mass point could strengthen his sword intent, then began preparing a Ninth-Realm Dharma Treasure for him.
  • Li Xian spent four months tempering his sword intent and advancing the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi to the sixth layer before leaving Magma Volcano for Ascending to Immortality City.
  • Li Xian asked Xu Rufeng of the Wind-Catching Tower to search for objects matching Lingxu’s broken pieces, paid a Taiyi Essence Gold deposit, and accepted an invitation to the Immortal Goods Pavilion auction.
  • As Li Xian headed toward the Immortal Goods Pavilion, Lingxu sensed one of its fragments inside the mountain where the world’s foremost rogue cultivator lived, and Li Xian stopped there.

Ch. 214The Trade

Li Xian traded for a porcelain fragment Tang Yu possessed, which Lingxu recognized as its own, and agreed to preside over Ascending to Immortality City's auction of Nine Heavens breath soil. Before leaving, he gave Tang Yu authorization to exchange a piece of fine gold for xiantian five qi.

  • Li Xian asked Zhao Chen to help him find an object in Ascending to Immortality City, and Zhao Chen led him to Tang Yu's courtyard.
  • Li Xian identified Tang Yu's porcelain fragment as the object he sought, and Lingxu called it its own before Li Xian took it.
  • Zhao Chen offered to compensate Tang Yu with special training and asked Li Xian to preside over the upcoming Nine Heavens breath soil auction.
  • Li Xian agreed to preside over the auction, hoping it would draw Di Que Saint Son's attention, and warned that his enemies might cause trouble.
  • Li Xian gave Tang Yu fine gold and authorization to exchange it for xiantian five qi at the Great Luo Immortal Sect's city station.

Ch. 215The auction

Lingxu recovered memories and revealed the Primordial Art, an ancient art of karma, while Li Xian went to the Immortal Grade Tower to oversee the auction of the Nine Heavens Breath Soil. After Li Xian silenced the crowd with his great accomplishment sword intent, the auction continued, and he anticipated the trouble that might follow when the treasure appeared.

  • Lingxu manifested as a little girl, regained nearly thirty percent of its spirituality, and shared memories of its master's power to awaken an entire race.
  • Lingxu showed Li Xian the Primordial Art and explained that the Great Dao of Karma belonged to the ancient Fifty Great Dao.
  • Zhao Chen introduced Li Xian to Shi Gui, who brought him to the Immortal Grade Tower to oversee the auction and review its bidders.
  • Li Xian examined the honored guests, including Wei Lie, Song Xuanyan, Tantai Yue, and Guan Canghai, as they considered bidding for the Nine Heavens Breath Soil.
  • Li Xian appeared before the auction and demanded that bidders follow the rules, drawing wary reactions from the gathered powers.
  • When bidders demanded that the Nine Heavens Breath Soil be brought out, Li Xian used his great accomplishment sword intent to silence the hall and restored order.

Ch. 216A little practice

Li Xian tried to keep the auction orderly when Guan Canghai claimed the Nine Heavens Breath Soil for the Limitless Star Palace and attacked. After Li Xian held off Guan Canghai and stopped Wei Lie from taking the treasure, he challenged the gathered cultivators to attack him together.

  • The auctioneer revealed the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and Shi Gui demonstrated the Dao resonance it emitted.
  • Guan Canghai claimed the soil belonged to the Limitless Star Palace and charged the auction stage, breaking its protective formation with his Starlight Undying Body.
  • Wei Lie and Tantai Yue moved to intervene, while Li Xian confronted Guan Canghai and met his punch with his Primordial Unity Fuli True Body.
  • Li Xian blocked Guan Canghai and forced him back, then used sword qi to stop Wei Lie from reaching Shi Gui.
  • Li Xian ordered everyone to return to their places and bid properly, then invited Guan Canghai, Tantai Yue, Wei Lie, and Song Xuanyan to attack him together.

Ch. 217Warm-up

Li Xian defeated Tantai Yue, Guan Canghai, and Song Xuanyan when they attacked him together, revealing the overwhelming strength of his seventh-layer Fuli True Body. The auction resumed under his watch, Bai Suxuan won the Nine Heavens Breath Soil at the starting price, and Li Xian left still unsatisfied.

  • Li Xian challenged the cultivators to attack him together, and Tantai Yue, Guan Canghai, and Song Xuanyan launched a combined assault while Wei Lie held back.
  • Li Xian crushed Tantai Yue's Plain Jade Mysterious Light, overpowered Guan Canghai's Undying Starlight Body, and endured Song Xuanyan's Great Sun Divine Light without serious harm.
  • Li Xian smashed Guan Canghai through the floor, drove Song Xuanyan headfirst into the ground, and knocked Tantai Yue unconscious after catching and slamming her down.
  • Li Xian confronted Wei Lie, then ordered Shi Gui to resume the auction while the defeated cultivators and spectators stayed silent.
  • Bai Suxuan bid two billion taels of red gold for the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and no one dared outbid her; the auction then concluded with the remaining item selling cheaply as well.
  • Li Xian told Shi Gui to seek compensation for the damage, completed their transaction, and left the Immortal Grade Tower.

Ch. 218Taking sides

Li Xian’s victory at the Immortal Grade Tower established him as an Unparalleled and Peerless prodigy and forced the Ascending to Immortality City to reconsider its plans. Gu Qianfan and Dugu Xuan saw Li Xian as a possible new bargaining chip in their deal with Di Que, who was secretly in the city.

  • Li Xian’s departure left the auction hall in turmoil; Tantai Yue woke, but Wei Lie silenced her threats by offering to call Li Xian back for a fight to the death.
  • Wei Lie reconsidered the duel between Li Xian and Yi Daozi and concluded Li Xian had earned the right to challenge him, while the crowd praised Li Xian as an Unparalleled and Peerless prodigy.
  • Shi Gui reported the battle to Zhao Chen, who judged Li Xian’s strength to merit a Four-Mark rating and went to inform Gu Qianfan.
  • Dugu Xuan told Gu Qianfan that Li Xian’s victory had disrupted their plan to use the auction as a pretext for inviting the Nine Heavens Sacred Ground into the city.
  • Dugu Xuan proposed using Li Xian as a new card in their bargain with Di Que, and Gu Qianfan realized Di Que was in the Ascending to Immortality City.

Ch. 219Pursuit

Gu Qianfan and Di Que Saint Son raced to capture Li Xian, but neither could match his astonishing flight speed. As Li Xian headed toward Ascending to Immortality Peak, news of his victory spread through the major factions, and the Great Luo Immortal Sect began reconsidering how seriously to take his scheduled duel with Yi Daozi.

  • Gu Qianfan decided to capture Li Xian before Di Que could reach him, hoping to gain leverage for the tribulation treasure and Immortal Artifact material.
  • Di Que Saint Son and Gu Qianfan pursued Li Xian out of Ascending to Immortality City, but Li Xian flew so quickly that the two Spirit Refining experts fell farther behind and eventually gave up.
  • Li Xian continued toward Ascending to Immortality Peak to deliver an Eighth Realm Dharma Treasure after Xuanling's local network notified him that it had a buyer.
  • News spread that Li Xian had defeated Guan Canghai, Tantai Yue, and Song Xuanyan, stirring demands for rematches from the Radiant Sun Immortal Sect and Great Yu Immortal Dynasty while exciting the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
  • Elder Tianfeng confirmed that Li Xian had killed the Asura Dao Seed, and a Grand Elder proposed taking Li Xian's scheduled duel with Yi Daozi seriously if his rapid growth continued.

Ch. 220Ascending to Immortality Peak

Li Xian arrived at Ascending to Immortality Peak to deliver an Eighth Realm Dharma Treasure and learned that a rare convergence of heaven and earth would soon draw cultivators from several powers. The chapter ended with Ji Mingyue asking Li Xian to help the Great Luo Immortal Sect claim all thirty-six places in the coming contest.

  • Li Xian arrived at Ascending to Immortality Peak, where Xu Shiping welcomed him and praised his reputation as Eastern Continent's foremost great cultivator.
  • Xuanling appeared and told Xu Shiping to explain the meeting of heaven and earth to Li Xian.
  • Xu Shiping explained that every sixty years, pure yang power from the heavens met the pure yin earth-sha qi of Rolling Cloud Mountain, helping cultivators comprehend yin and yang and prepare for tribulations.
  • Xu Shiping told Li Xian that five powers had agreed to let only thirty-six cultivators enter the formation, with places decided through competition.
  • Xu Shiping brought Li Xian to meet Ji Mingyue, who asked him to help the Great Luo Immortal Sect sweep the field and secure all thirty-six places.

Ch. 221Interception

Li Xian agreed to compete for one of the thirty-six tokens that would grant access to the opportunity to condense a Golden Core, while rival factions formed a coalition to stop him. After entering the Heavenlight Secret Realm first, he blocked the way forward and challenged their thirty-four strongest cultivators to defeat him.

  • Ji Mingyue explained that the thirty-six places would be awarded through a token-seizing contest, and Li Xian agreed to take part.
  • After Li Xian arrived at Ascending to Immortality Peak, rival factions learned he would compete and began coordinating against the Great Luo Immortal Sect.
  • Song Xuanyan described Li Xian's strength to a gathering of elders and True Lords, who agreed to unite and eliminate him before competing for tokens.
  • More than three thousand True Flame cultivators gathered, and Li Xian assigned Mu Xingchui, Yang Ge, and Zhang Yao to help seize tokens while he handled the rival powers' strongest fighters.
  • Li Xian entered the Heavenlight Secret Realm ahead of the others and blocked the entrance to its depths, challenging Kun Gang, Suye, Zhang Zhulu, Golden Scale Child, and their thirty allies to defeat him.

Ch. 222One Man Holding the Pass

Li Xian challenged the cultivators at the Heavenlight Secret Realm entrance and revealed he intended to stop all of them alone. After blocking the Seventh Realm experts’ combined assault with his Fuli True Body, he faced a renewed charge as his enemies decided to exhaust his Magic Power.

  • Li Xian struck three Sixth Realm True Flame cultivators who tried to slip into the Heavenlight Secret Realm, forcing the others to realize he meant to stop everyone, not just the thirty-four Seventh Realm fighters.
  • Kun Gang attacked with his sword formation, but Li Xian’s Sword Intent disrupted it, and Suye, Zhang Zhulu, Golden Scale Child, and the other experts launched a combined spell assault.
  • Two Sixth Realm cultivators tried to rush past during the attack, but Li Xian killed them with Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi before manifesting his Fuli True Body.
  • Li Xian used his dark-gold Fuli True Body and distorted space to absorb and dismantle all three waves of spells, while his Sword Intent slowed the cultivators trying to bypass him.
  • Golden Scale Child urged the group to exhaust Li Xian’s Magic Power, and the cultivators rallied and charged again.

Ch. 223Invincible in the Sixth Realm

Li Xian held off more than two thousand Sixth Realm cultivators at the Heavenlight Secret Realm, killing Suye and forcing the rival factions to retreat while the Great Luo Immortal Sect secured all thirty-six Tokens. Afterward, Li Xian allocated the places and his victory spread across the True Immortal Great World as he prepared to contemplate Yin-Yang Convergence.

  • Li Xian fought off the cultivators surrounding the Heavenlight Secret Realm entrance while Mu Xingchui led most of the Great Luo Immortal Sect disciples inside to find the Tokens.
  • Kun Gang and Golden Scale Child realized Li Xian could replenish his magic power by devouring the energy of their spells, while Suye argued that Li Xian could not kill them.
  • Li Xian crossed the boundary and crushed Suye to death after enduring a concentrated barrage of spells, prompting Golden Scale Child, Zhang Zhulu, and the other leaders to order a retreat.
  • Yang Ge and Zhang Yao reported that the Great Luo Immortal Sect had found all thirty-six Tokens, and Li Xian took one place and assigned the remaining thirty-five according to potential.
  • Li Xian left the Heavenlight Secret Realm with the Great Luo Immortal Sect, and news of his victory spread until he was widely recognized as invincible under heaven within the Sixth Realm.

Ch. 224Thunderflame

After Li Xian’s battle made the Great Luo Immortal Sect and other powers recognize him as a rising threat, he prepared to enter the formation that would draw thunderflame from the heavens. Ji Mingyue activated the Immortal Ascension Grand Formation, and Li Xian and the other True Flame cultivators entered it to seek the opportunity to form golden cores.

  • Cultivators praised Li Xian’s growing strength and speculated that he might challenge Yi Daozi in their agreed battle six years later.
  • The Six Great Devil Sects, Nirvana Ancient Temple, and Dusk Divine Court raised their bounties on Li Xian, while Jun Tian ordered the Di Que Saint Son to recruit or kill him.
  • After three days of preparation, Li Xian followed Xu Shiping to the summit of Ascending to Immortality Peak, where Ji Mingyue checked the formation and ordered the elders to take their positions.
  • Ji Mingyue activated the Immortal Ascension Grand Formation, drawing Qi of Earth Sha from Rolling Cloud Mountain and sending it skyward to provoke thunderflame.
  • Ji Mingyue merged the pillars into one, thunderflame struck the earth-sha pillar, and Ji Qingfeng and the thirty-six True Flame cultivators, including Li Xian, entered the formation.

Ch. 225Golden Core

Li Xian witnessed the convergence of thunderflame and yin baleful energy, gained insight into the path to immortality, and formed an Undying Golden Core by fusing yin and yang. He emerged as a Dao Seed and prepared to return to the Taiqing Sword Sect, where he expected his new status to open the way to the Immortal-Burying Ancient Ground.

  • Li Xian studied the meeting of heaven and earth and concluded that the stages of cultivation ultimately led toward immortality and the formation of a Human Immortal body.
  • After the formation dispersed, Li Xian decided to form his Golden Core before cultivating Divine Sense and entered seclusion in his cave abode.
  • Li Xian repeatedly fused Taiyin True Essence and Taiyang True Fire, formed an Undying Golden Core, and inscribed the Primordial Unity Fuli True Body, Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi, and his Sword Intent Divine Ability upon it.
  • Several days later, Ji Qingfeng, Xu Shiping, Mu Xingchui, and Ji Mingyue congratulated Li Xian on his breakthrough and recognized him as Dao Seed Li.
  • Li Xian declined a grand Golden Core banquet and told Ji Mingyue that he wanted to return to the Taiqing Sword Sect as soon as possible.
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