Time flies, and a certain blue planet has already orbited the sun 200 times.
Li Xingkong exuded a transparent, golden-jade-like aura, and the shimmering sunlight shone through his body, still radiating light.
Although the shield isolated most of the damage, Li Xingkong's body had undergone considerable changes after being exposed to intense light for 200 years.
His entire body was as white as gold and jade, with a slender and graceful figure. The radiance emanating from his skin was clearly visible even under sunlight.
Years of direct sunlight caused Li Xingkong's body to spontaneously develop a unique luminous system, much like the divine light in the Myth, with every move he made radiating brilliant light.
At this moment, Li Xingkong was clearly unaware of the changes in his body.
His attention was entirely focused on his Golden Core core.
Cultivating at the Golden Core Stage is indeed difficult. Even with the help of Hexagram, Li Xingkong still spent a considerable amount of time pushing his Golden Core cultivation progress to 99.9% of the 0-stage threshold.
And now, the actions within his Divine Sense are the final step in transforming from 0th revolution to 1st revolution:
The key is the Core Fire.
The Core Fire of Zero-Disaster Golden Core already requires nuclear fission to ignite. It is even more difficult to ignite the Core Fire of One-Disaster Golden Core Fire and then use it to ignite a new Core Fire.
This is undoubtedly a complete restructuring, leaving Li Xingkong for caution.
Li Xingkong condensed his internal Magic Power into threads and then poured the gathered Core Fire back into his Golden Core.
One breath, two breaths later, there was still no movement inside the Golden Core.
Li Xingkong and focused his mind, repeatedly probing his body with his Divine Sense to rule out any unexpected situations.
The Golden Core remained motionless, as if it had simply extinguished.
He remained calm and, referring to the cultivation method, recalled his own cultivation process.
No problem, absolutely no mistakes.
Then this Golden Core...
Just as Li Xingkong was about to investigate again, suddenly, a burst of energy erupted from within his Golden Core, and a ball of blue flame burst forth from within, burning through his body along his Li Xingkong Mana Circuit.
The blue flames erupted from his body, even reigniting the particle streams spewing from the sun, which then burned with a blue light.
The fire was very hot, but it was almost harmless.
The Mana Circuit that had been burned by the flames underwent a new change; it seemed to have been dyed by the flames, turning a pale blue.
Then this color permeated the Mana Circuit and seeped into Li Xingkong's body.
Soon, Li Xingkong looked like he had turned into a little blue man.
"Wow, you're also Yin Jiao?"
The system, always eager for a good laugh, chatted merrily with Li Xingkong.
The physical transformation that is currently underway may seem perilous, but it is merely a natural consequence of the first Golden Core One Revolution. Li Xingkong only left a wisp of his Divine Sense to monitor it, as he himself had already awakened.
"Bullshit, I learned this all by myself."
While chatting with the system, Li Xingkong looked at the changes taking place within his body.
After the blue flames completed their transformation of his body, they returned entirely to his Golden Core. Although Li Xingkong's Golden Core core is still predominantly golden, it has already shown signs of turning blue.
Once again channeling his Magic Power, Li Xingkong felt as if his Golden Core possessed inexhaustible energy, with boundless Magic Power surging forth.
A simple estimation based on the mass-energy equivalence equation shows that the energy conversion rate of the One-Disaster Golden Core has reached approximately 10%.
This number may seem insignificant, but it is actually quite terrifying.
Even though the sun's burning efficiency is high enough, its conversion rate is only about 0.68%. Until Li Xingkong went into seclusion, the conversion rate of all nuclear energy was much lower than the sun's 0.68%.
No wonder its blue flames ignited the surrounding ion flow, because it could still burn substances that the sun couldn't!
With the Golden Core One Revolution, Li Xingkong's strength underwent a tremendous change; he can now defeat 10 of his previous selves.
Besides the improvement in his Golden Core, the blue flames also allowed Li Xingkong's physical body to advance further. Furthermore, his Divine Sense, which had previously reached its threshold, began to grow again.
An improved foundation leads to comprehensive improvement, leaving no weaknesses.
After reviewing all the changes in himself, Li Xingkong did not immediately leave seclusion.
This is just the beginning; he's only achieved a small goal.
Besides establishing a solid foundation for his cultivation, Li Xingkong still had many other things to sort out.
The first matter concerns space.
Whether it's resolving the Soul Tribulation or crafting items like storage spaces and teleportation portals, the research into the field of space must continue. Li Xingkong has already become somewhat disdainful of the previous pseudo-space equipment.
Although Baili Qiu gave me a spatial bracelet, the space inside is indeed not very large; it can only hold a small amount of things.
This thing is clearly not enough for Li Xingkong right now; he needs to forge a new spatial artifact himself.
The second thing is that I should also master the Five Elements Divine Light technique as soon as possible.
While the Taiyi Ice Soul Divine Light is indeed wondrous, it is ultimately not a complete divine power. Now that we have obtained the other Divine Light, we should also learn them.
The third thing is that when I returned to the city, I obtained a Screening Baleful Qi. I was thinking of refining it into Seven-Colored Cloud and Rosy Mist Robe, but due to my lack of skill in weapon crafting, I was unable to refine a magic weapon. This thing is still hidden on my person.
In addition, Li Xingkong also needs to come up with a plan for the construction of this Underworld. Rather than waiting for another time, it would be better to finalize the plan at this time.
The subsequent calculations for the Golden Core stage will only be more difficult than this one. Relying solely on these few Hexagram is already proving insufficient. If there is no other way, the speed of subsequent cultivation will likely only slow down.
This is a problem that needs to be addressed. We can't just wait until the 7th or 8th stage of cultivation and then go into seclusion for thousands of years at once.
That would be incredibly inefficient.
However, Li Xingkong did have a vague idea about this.
The Hexagram Computer on the moon is one example. This thing is meant for all cultivators in Divine Land, and it would be rather unethical to take it back for private use.
But for Li Xingkong, this thing was originally made by him, so making a few more would be very difficult.
Once I've figured out the spatial aspect quite well, I'll open up a few more spaces within my body, and then I'll refine a few large-scale Hexagram Computer to fit inside. With the increased calculation speed, my cultivation speed will naturally be much faster as well.
Judging from the current situation, the most crucial thing is still the cultivation of this spatial path; many important matters are stuck at this critical point.
Since that's the case, let's put the cultivation of this spatial path on the agenda first.