Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"Back when I had a Second Grade Golden Core, I could easily beat down a group of those in the early stages of the Golden Core," he said.
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"With a Twelfth Grade Golden Core, wouldn't I be able to mercilessly beat down a whole bunch of early stage Golden Core cultivators?"

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"..."

Chen Qiu's Divine Sense probed into the Golden Core; he remained silent with a complex expression on his face. The scholar was not entirely correct, after all, he was merely guessing, and there were many things the scholar didn't know.

For example... Divine Sense.

Normally, a cultivator with a First Grade Golden Core would have a Divine Sense range of twenty li, meaning you could sense everything within twenty li, and if there was an enemy within this range, you could use Divine Sense to lock onto and attack the enemy with spells.

This range is also referred to as a Golden Core's attack distance.

If you were to focus your Divine Sense on a certain disciple or location, turning it into a single thread, that distance could extend nearly tenfold, about two hundred li, but you cannot use Divine Sense attacks or locks at that range.

You can only detect the surroundings within the thread of Divine Sense that you have extended.

The Divine Sense range of a First Grade Golden Core cultivator is twenty li.

Twenty li can be roughly understood as a circle with a radius of twenty li.

This is a basic measurement.

As your cultivation improves, and with different grades, this Divine Sense range will also vary.

The Divine Sense range of a Second Grade Golden Core cultivator is thirty li.

The Divine Sense range of a Third Grade Golden Core cultivator is forty li.

And his...

The Divine Sense range granted by his Twelfth Grade Golden Core is a whopping one hundred and thirty li!!

Moreover, if you have a First Grade Golden Core, even if you cultivate to the peak of the Golden Core, your Divine Sense range is only ninety li.

It's important to note that he is now just at the first layer of his Golden Core, yet his Divine Sense range is already larger than that of the average peak Golden Core cultivator.

"..."

Divine Sense range means being able to lock onto enemies from farther away, detect enemies earlier, and launch Divine Sense attacks from a greater distance.

If the elder from the Poison Sect who attacked him that day had possessed a Twelfth Grade Golden Core, he wouldn't even have seen the person—he would have died right there, without even knowing how he died.

This means he has an absolute advantage in taking the initiative!

He could cast spells on his enemies' faces even before they noticed him!

And this is just the basic range...

He also possesses the entry "Mutually Reinforcing," meaning the greater his Tao Foundation, the farther his Divine Sense range.

The "Dantian Expansion" entry is still applicable.

The effect of this entry is that killing a demon beast would expand the Tao Foundation by one, allowing for more Spiritual Energy to be accommodated. When the Tao Foundation fully converts into a Golden Core, all Spiritual Energy turns to liquid in the Dantian, beginning its expansion.

The name has changed, but the actual effect remains.

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Chen Qiu took a deep breath, the Golden Core assimilated into his body, and he floated mid-air, activating the arm guards. He teleported for as long as ten breaths in the air before his internal Spiritual Energy was fully replenished.

After entering Golden Core, his body could contain more Spiritual Energy than during the Foundation Establishment, and recovery took a few more breaths.

Now he could perform introspection on his own Sea of Consciousness.

At the center of the Sea of Consciousness.

A complete "Nine Heavens Divine Sense Array" was now fully protecting the center of his Sea of Consciousness. Upon entering the Golden Core, this grand array finally began to exert its full effect, which he could feel. If the Master of the Poison Sect were to use a Divine Sense Attack to try to assassinate him again, the Divine Sense Attack wouldn't even be able to breach the defense of the Nine Heavens Divine Sense Array.

As the predecessor of Magic Practitioner and Array Repairer mentioned.

Few people would set up an array within the Sea of Consciousness.

You would need to be skilled in both Magic Practitioner and Array Repairer.

And the forebear was skilled in both.

With this grand array, Chen Qiu's original weakest point was now compensated for.

Afterward, Chen Qiu looked at the "Heart-piercing Stab," a lower grade Golden Core spell for Divine Sense Attack from the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm stored in his Storage Ring—a spell according to what the Magic Practitioner ancestor had said.

The Divine Sense attacks of most people are just regular attacks like those of the Master of Poison Sect.

Basically, nobody uses specific spells for Divine Sense attacks.

Such spells concerning Divine Sense attacks are extremely rare.

Once mastered, if the opponent's defense in their Sea of Consciousness is weak, a single look could take their life.

"Phew..."

Chen Qiu exhaled lightly, landed back on the rocks, swept a look over the surrounding chaos, waved his sleeve to gather everything back into the Storage Ring, and then looked towards the scholar and others.

"Let's rest in Fei City, then prepare to go to the Capital."

Now that he had entered the Golden Core, there was no reason for him not to go to the Heavenly Pride Leaderboard; he was quite intrigued by the top three Heavenly Dao Spiritual Treasures, as he still lacked a handy Spiritual Treasure.

Just as he had left the small world and re-emerged onto the Boundless Icefield.

Suddenly, that ancient yet elusive sound of Heavenly Dao resonated in everyone's ears.

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'Imperial Decree': By the detection of the Heavenly Dao, within the Boundless Icefield south of Fei State in Da Xia Country, Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, Chen Qiu, with his matchless demeanor, forged a 'Heavenly Dao Top Grade Golden Core' and stepped into the Golden Core Path!

This grand feat is unprecedented and unmatched, reverberating through the ages!

He is granted 'a strand of Heavenly Pride Fortune' and 'a strand of Heavenly Dao Destiny.' The common folk need not take this as a model; simply watching will suffice.

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The Imperial Decree echoed in the ears of everyone in Da Xia Country.

By this time, it was already late morning and nearly noon in Da Xia; almost everyone, shocked, instinctively looked south toward the direction of the Boundless Icefield but soon returned their gaze skyward.