Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"Senior..."

Chen Qiu looked at the familiar red pill quietly lying on the sand, his face showing a complex expression as he hoarsely said, "Has the senior passed away?"

"Yes."

The fortune-teller seemed quite indifferent, "As for the inheritance of a Magic Practitioner, since it's an inheritance, the previous generation must die for it to qualify as an inheritance. The moment you passed the Magic Practitioner's inheritance, it meant his time had come."

"His last bit of Spiritual Energy left an inheritance in your Sea of Consciousness, and regardless of how much time passed within the Sea of Consciousness, it was only a moment in the outside world."

"He has stayed here too long."

"For him, it was also a release."

After a long silence, Chen Qiu softly said, "Are there any Nascent Souls within Da Xia Country?"

"No."

The fortune-teller nodded, "There can't be any."

"Then you all..."

"We are special cases. Even if we sneak out occasionally for fun, we can't take action; otherwise, I would have slapped that thief to death long ago at the Ask Heaven Market."

"Don't worry about us; you can think of us nine as old men who once made a mistake and were imprisoned, leaving behind an inheritance to atone for our deeds."

"Oh, it is eight now."

"And this body of a Nascent Soul..."

The fortune-teller glanced at the red pill left by his old friend and with a sweep of his sleeve, sent it in front of Chen Qiu, "Once your Cultivation breaks through to a Nascent Soul, the Golden Core inside your body will sprout limbs and turn into an infant. After death, it will quickly shrink, condensing all its essence into this pill."

"Do not rashly consume it; the energy it contains could absolutely blow all your internal organs to smithereens."

"When breaking through to a Golden Core, using this Nascent Soul Pill as Fusion material guarantees you at least a Fourth-grade Golden Core."

"If you plan to use that thread of 'Heavenly Dao Destiny,' or have other preparations, a Fifth-grade Golden Core, even a Sixth-grade, is not impossible."

"Sixth-grade?" Chen Qiu furrowed his brow, "Isn't the highest Fifth-grade?"

The fortune-teller shook his head, "Da Xia's history books are incomplete; the highest is Ninth-grade, and there's even a realm above Ninth-grade that no one has ever reached, called Tenth-grade, also known as Heavenly Dao Golden Core."

"That requirement is too harsh."

"Even many from outside the domains..."

The old man's voice suddenly stopped, then continued, "Basically, it's impossible."

"First, you must have a Heavenly Dao Foundation, and you might know how rare that is, apart from which, it also requires gathering a vast amount of Heavenly and Earthly treasures to form a Heavenly Dao Golden Core."

"Oh, I almost forgot, you do indeed have a Heavenly Dao Foundation."

"Here."

After rummaging in his bosom for a while, the fortune-teller pulled out a jade scroll and threw it over, "This records in detail the conditions needed to be fulfilled and the Heavenly and Earthly treasures required for each grade from First-grade to Tenth-grade Golden Core."

Chen Qiu received the Jade Scroll and respectfully put it into his bosom, thanked the man, then asked again, "That thread of 'Heavenly Dao Destiny' is used as a material during Pill Refining, isn't it?"

"Yes and no."

The fortune-teller, somewhat irritated, threw another jade scroll, "How could you know nothing? The uses of Heavenly Dao Destiny are all in here, take it and see for yourself."

"This is good stuff, I haven't even had it, don't waste it."

"All right, all right."

The fortune-teller waved his hand, "You should go, the Magic Practitioner's inheritance has already ended."

Before he could speak,

A sensation of the sky spinning and the earth swirling came, and he was already back in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm where he had entered the Magic Practitioner's inheritance, only now the Eight Trigrams Array on the ground, representing the Magic Practitioner's Qian Palace, had gone dim.

This also represented that the inheritance of the Magic Practitioner had been obtained by someone else.

It was no longer possible to enter again.

...

Upon leaving the Inheritance Secret Realm, Chen Qiu stood on the Boundless Icefield. He scanned his surroundings and immediately returned to the small world, looking at the two Jade Scrolls in his hand.

The first Jade Scroll.

It contained the various conditions and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures required for Golden Cores from First Grade to Ninth Grade.

"First Grade Golden Core": Only naturally achieved breakthroughs in Cultivation can result in a First Grade Golden Core.

"Second Grade Golden Core": Using one Golden Core as fusion material can result in a Second Grade Golden Core.

"Third Grade Golden Core": Using three Golden Cores and one mature Dragon Vein Stone as fusion materials, and having all Cultivation methods at the Great Perfection Realm can result in a Third Grade Golden Core.

"Fourth Grade Golden Core": Using the body of a nascent soul as fusion material can result in a Fourth Grade Golden Core.

"Fifth Grade Golden Core": Using the body of a nascent soul, a strand of Heavenly Dao Destiny, and having a Tao Foundation with no hidden injuries can result in a Fifth Grade Golden Core.

"..."

"Tenth Grade Golden Core": Must possess Heavenly Dao Foundation and one Seven-colored term as preconditions, and use ten entry terms of any level, three nascent soul bodies, a strand of Heavenly Dao Destiny, nine Second Grade Golden Cores, one Eight Desolate Fruit, and one stick of Evil Wood as fusion materials to result in a Tenth Grade Golden Core.

...

"..."

As Fat Long's finger touched the Jade Scroll and he sensed the information transferred into his mind through Divine Sense, his mouth slowly opened wide with his entire persona filled with incredulity, he exclaimed, "Damn it, the scholar told me yesterday that the highest record in the historical texts was a Fifth Grade Golden Core?"

"Now we even have a Tenth Grade Golden Core?"

"Scholar, didn't you tell me that you nearly lost your life over a Second Grade Golden Core? This Second Grade Golden Core doesn't even seem that hard."

"What are you talking about?"

At this moment, the scholar, with a face full of shock, murmured bewilderedly, "For a Sword Cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment, obtaining a single Golden Core could nearly cost half a life, right?"

"I specifically targeted my opponent who had just broken through and was mentally unstable in my attack, or else do you think it's that easy to fight above one's level?"

"But this..."

"I only knew the threshold for a Second Grade Golden Core, but I never knew about the threshold for a Third Grade Golden Core—the threshold for a Fourth Grade Golden Core actually requires the body of a nascent soul. But where did the Emperor of Da Xia get the body of a nascent soul from?"

...

The gap between each grade of Golden Core from First to Tenth Grade greatly increases combat capability.

With equal levels in Cultivation, Spell, Divine Sense, and Spiritual Treasures, a Second Grade Golden Core would undoubtedly crush a First Grade Golden Core, while that Tenth Grade Golden Core would crush all Golden Cores of Ninth Grade and below effortlessly.

"..."

Chen Qiu looked at the severe conditions for the Tenth Grade Golden Core with a complex expression. If he did not have Heavenly Dao Foundation, a nascent soul body, a Seven-colored term, or that strand of Heavenly Dao Destiny, he certainly wouldn't even think about this Tenth Grade Golden Core situation.

Or rather, if he didn't know about the Tenth Grade Golden Core, he definitely wouldn't want to think about it at all.

But the problem lay right there.

In the arduous conditions akin to ascending to the heavens for the Tenth Grade Golden Core, he happened to meet half of them.

The probability of possessing both Heavenly Dao Foundation and a Seven-colored term as a Sword Cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment is barely less than the chance of Da Xia Country suddenly ascending to immortality tomorrow; this also posed the most severe condition for the Tenth Grade Golden Core. Discover hidden content at empire

And... he just happened to have it.

He possessed those two most stringent conditions along with that strand of 'Heavenly Dao Destiny' that even Old Man Cao said he never had.

He also had the body of a nascent soul.

It could be said that he met most of the requirements, but... the few that remained were like an insurmountable chasm for him.