Li Xingkong was at a crucial juncture in his Core Formation when this unexpected situation caught him completely off guard.
Fortunately, his robust physique still played a role, preventing him from being directly overwhelmed by the particle stream. Instead, he withstood the impact like a stubborn rock in the middle of a river.
With raging internal Core Fire and impacting external particle streams, Li Xingkong exhausted all means to resist, but the effect was far from satisfactory.
At this point, there was really no good solution, so Li Xingkong had no choice but to forcibly activate the energy gathering part of the Heaven-Encircling Baleful Qi Refining Art.
Most of his attention was focused on his Qi Sea, and he could only spare a portion of the Hexagram to circulate his cultivation technique.
The Heaven-Encircling Baleful Qi Refining truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier cultivation method. Even with such a fierce stream of particles, the particles that hit him were still absorbed by the technique and began to circulate throughout his body, tempering his physique.
As for what the final effect of this particle stream on the body will be, he has no idea right now and can't care about that at all.
The alchemical fire grew increasingly intense, and the outer layer of the false elixir had been completely refined. At this moment, the golden elixir within Li Xing's dantian had transformed into a true "golden elixir."
Countless rays of unrestrained golden light burst forth from its interior, the light so intense that it even made Li Xingkong's body appear translucent.
The Core Fire was formed, and a bright light shone forth.
This indicates that the entire Golden Core has been fully ignited, and only one final step remains before entering the Golden Core.
A magic array was formed to bind and shape the Golden Core core.
An unformed Golden Core is like an extremely unstable bomb; only after it is formed can it become a stable energy source.
Success or failure hinges on this one battle.
Ignoring the pain throughout his body caused by the ongoing tempering process, Li Xingkong devoted himself entirely to constructing the magic array.
The construction speed must be fast, because once the Golden Core is formed, its original outer shell cannot support it for long. If it is delayed even slightly, there is a risk of it exploding.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong was quick-witted and skillful enough that he quickly completed the construction of the magic array.
After burning through its entire shell, the Golden Core began to expand rapidly outwards, and then crashed into the magic array that had bound it.
A burst of golden light shone brightly, followed by a surge of countless energies. With the magic array as its outer shell, a Golden Core several times larger than before officially landed in Li Xingkong's Qi Sea.
Golden Core complete!
Li Xingkong breathed a long sigh of relief; the most troublesome task was finally over.
However, before he could relax even a little, a sound like a heartbeat came from his Qi Sea.
Li Xingkong probed with his Divine Sense and saw that as the Golden Core core landed, the Magic Power flowing out of his Qi Sea turned into pure gold. The ordinary Magic Power that was originally flowing in his Mana Circuit paled in comparison.
The golden Magic Power was still radiating outwards, and this golden light was quite domineering. Wherever it flowed, Li Xingkong felt his body turn golden.
When this golden light collided with the stream of particles blown into his body, it displayed an even more powerful aspect, enveloping the particles that had passed through his body and joining them into Li Xingkong's Mana Circuit.
Before long, Li Xingkong watched in disbelief as his entire body turned into a small golden statue.
Not only was he golden, but his entire being was glowing; Li Xingkong even felt that his brightness might be higher than that of the sun next to him.
The golden light brought another tempering, and this tempering refined Li Xingkong's body to a point that even he could not quite understand.
Although he didn't feel that his physical strength had increased much, after being refined by the golden light, he felt that the oppressive feeling of the sun on him instantly decreased a lot.
Before, he couldn't get close to the sun because it was so hot, but now he feels like the sun is a warm baby.
I don't know what gave him this misconception.
The golden light lasted for a full month before slowly fading away.
Li Xingkong was thoroughly tempered from head to toe. He felt as if he had become the Ship of Theseus, and his entire body had been transformed.
The Golden Core within the Qi Sea was spinning rapidly, transmitting energy throughout the body in a continuous stream, seemingly an inexhaustible source of power.
Li Xingkong unleashed his Divine Sense and thoroughly examined his body.
There's good news and bad news.
The bad news is that he's not sure what his body is like now. There were external factors interfering with his Core Formation, and the tempering of his body after Core Formation has gone wrong compared to his expectations.
The good news is that his physical strength is unexpectedly high, and he does seem to have indeed mastered a supernatural power.
Just as the system had said, after his body was tempered by the golden light for a month, he seemed to have learned this supernatural ability without any instruction.
He didn't even know when he learned this skill; it was as if he had it instinctively.
Moreover, this supernatural power is very different from the Indestructible Golden Body that the system introduced before; they are not the same type at all.
"System, it seems there's something wrong with my supernatural powers."
Faced with this situation, Li Xingkong had no choice but to summon the system.
"Let me take a look."
The system responded promptly.
"Hmm? Isn't your Qi Refining the Great Sun Gold-Tempering Baleful Qi?"
Clearly, the system was also somewhat confused.
"Yes, but there was an unexpected situation during the Core Formation stage."
Li Xingkong recounted the risks he encountered during his Core Formation to the system. The system didn't reply immediately, instead falling into deep thought.
"Hey, what kind of supernatural power have you acquired? Why don't you show it to me?"
After a long silence, the system finally spoke, clearly indicating that this situation was also unexpected.
After all, the system also has its own life; it can't keep an eye on Li Xingkong all the time.
Let me think about it.
Li Xingkong stroked his chin, recalling how to use this supernatural power.
"That seems to be the case?"
Li Xingkong spoke somewhat uncertainly, then leaped forward. In an instant Li Xingkong's body seemed to vanish, and a golden light appeared where he stood.
The golden light indeed flew forward at the speed of light for a distance before transforming back into Li Xingkong's body.
Li Xingkong, who had stopped, looked at his hands. He was now on Mercury's orbit.
The golden light faded, and only then did Li Xingkong speak and ask.
"What kind of supernatural power am I using, system?"
The system didn't respond after Li Xingkong asked several times, as if it had crashed.
After a long while, the system finally spoke in a low voice.
"Holy crap, are you cheating? How did you manage to get the ' Earth-Traversing Golden Light the Golden Core Stage?!"
"I did use cheats, but weren't you the one using them? What are you saying?"
Li Xingkong his eyes.
" Earth-Traversing Golden Light, you mean this is my supernatural power?"
Li Xingkong was very familiar with the name of this supernatural power. As the fastest supernatural power for cultivators to travel, its name was renowned.
"That shouldn't be the case. How could it be Earth-Traversing Golden Light, Indestructible Golden Body?"
The system was still muttering to itself.
"I said, is it possible that it was caused by that particle storm?"
Li Xingkong, and the only difference between his cultivation method and the one described in the cultivation manual was that accident.