Inside the stone chamber, everything proceeded in perfect order.
Yang Lingrui's state of mind had reached absolute calm. Bit by bit, he drew out that wind-aspect tribulation and refined it into the Origin Core taking shape between his palms.
At the same time, he was able to split his focus in two, continuing to transform spiritual power into true essence and steadily expand the size of his Origin Core.
The innate talent granted by his vast qi palace had carried over. By now, Yang Lingrui's Origin Core was already more than three times the size of an ordinary cultivator's.
As mentioned before, the quantity of true essence was an important measure of a Core Formation Cultivator's combat strength.
An ordinary first layer cultivator possessed roughly thirty strands of true essence within their body.
Those with outstanding talent, such as Hong Yao and Wen Zishu, could store nearly eighty strands of true essence at the First Layer Essence Condensation stage.
Yet now, before Yang Lingrui's Origin Core had even fully formed, the true essence stored within it had already surpassed a hundred strands!
Moreover, under the catalysis of the wind-aspect tribulation's power, all that true essence began to undergo varying degrees of mutation, revealing unique properties of its own.
"The immortal sovereign's power truly is extraordinary. One slight misstep should have meant eternal damnation, yet my mind is so steady now. Even splitting my focus in two doesn't feel the least bit strenuous. It's practically as though divine aid is guiding me!"
Yang Lingrui silently marveled to himself.
Chen Yang hid within Yang Yuanhong's sleeve, sensing Yang Lingrui's condition from afar at the foot of the mountain.
When Yang Yuanhong had drawn qi and entered the Dao before, Chen Yang had fused one-third of the divine power in his possession with