Eternal Life from Talisman Painting

Chapter 797: Chapter 377: Breaking Through to Core Formation Late Stage

Bibo Island.

After Lin Chang’an returned this time, he felt the extent of the turmoil in the Demon Beast Abyss. Even in a place like Sea Abyss City, there are such blatant Tribulation Cultivators who are not afraid of Bihai Palace.

One can imagine other places. No wonder all the seas are in chaos. Many cultivators are already thinking of leaving their homelands or seeking wealth amidst danger.

The Nascent Soul influences that were once feared, now it’s no big deal to grab a handful and leave, which has led to an increasingly chaotic situation.

Unfortunately, Lin Chang’an deeply understands that although the idea of grabbing a handful and leaving is good, how many can truly control their desires after gaining some benefits?

After one grab, it feels small and like a loss, so there’s the desire to change places and catch a big fish.

If the fish is fat, greed arises again, naturally wanting more.

This is human nature, and that is why many cultivators go further and further down the path of Tribulation Cultivation.

But this has nothing to do with him anymore. This time, he received benefits from the Sixth Elder in Sea Abyss City, and now he just wants to enter retreat and break through to Core Formation Late Stage as soon as possible.

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Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The turmoil in the Demon Beast Abyss continued, even the seas around Five Dragons Island were disturbed several times due to the Red Fire Sect’s pursuit of cultivators.

Inside the cave dwelling.

"The breakthrough is now!"

Lin Chang’an, clad in white, sat cross-legged, circulating his cultivation technique. After five years of arduous training, his cultivation has steadily advanced to the peak of Golden Core Middle Stage.

Upon clearly sensing this bottleneck, Lin Chang’an took out the quasi-fourth-tier elixir he obtained from the Sixth Elder without hesitation.

[Life Span: 253/798]

[Realm: Golden Core Middle Stage (99/100)]

The higher the cultivation, the slower the progress, especially after encountering a bottleneck, it took him five full years to enhance his cultivation from 96 to 99.

That’s because his talent was good, reaching Upper Grade Golden Core level after forming his pill, and now his spirit root is Earth Grade.

Cultivators who can break through to Core Formation Late Stage at around two hundred fifty years old are almost all considered Nascent Soul seeds.

It could be imagined that his cultivation speed is not slow. Many cultivators with decent talent languish at a bottleneck for decades, which is very normal.

It’s not uncommon to fail when attacking a bottleneck either.

He estimated that if he continued grinding through hard work, it would take at least another ten years, so at this critical moment, this quasi-fourth-tier elixir played a decisive role.

"Gulp!"

Swallowing the elixir into his belly, a powerful medicinal force began to transform, while Lin Chang’an calmly circulated his cultivation technique, slowly and patiently absorbing the vast power of the medicinal force.

The attack on the bottleneck began.

Months later.

Inside Lin Chang’an, his Golden Core rumbled and vibrated, resonating with his sea of consciousness. Suddenly, a massive and thick mana aura emanated from around him.

Outside the cave dwelling, the Cyan-Horned Bull lounging in the cold pool seemed to sense something, lifting its head to look towards the cave.

"Moo!"

The Sword Servant practicing nearby naturally felt this mana aura and opened his eyes, revealing a hint of joy.

"Master has broken through to Core Formation Late Stage."

Since the entire cave dwelling was protected by an array personally set up by Lin Chang’an, the mana aura was only perceptible to those inside the dwelling, with no disturbance to the outside world.

At this moment, the secret chamber was exuding green life energy from Lin Chang’an, causing the exotic flowers and fruits in the cave dwelling to slightly revive under this aura, seemingly becoming livelier.

Even the low-tier decorative spirit flowers and spirit grass were greedily absorbing the wisps of aura spilling out, beginning to grow vigorously.

Before the naked eye, buds started to bloom, and spirit grass grew a notch.

[Life Span: 253/869]

[Realm: Golden Core Late Stage (0/100)]

"Two hundred fifty-three years old, Core Formation Late Stage, it finally happened!"

From the cave dwelling came the exhilarated long howl of Lin Chang’an, who had come all the way from being a humble Loose Cultivator with low aptitude.

Being able to break through to Core Formation Late Stage in his mid-two hundreds and directly catch up with those geniuses, only he could understand this excitement.

Meanwhile, Lin Chang’an could clearly feel the terrifyingly powerful Golden Core inside his body.

Larger and more solid than before.

Moreover, his mana has doubled both in quality and quantity compared to before, and his divine sense has also greatly increased, reaching the peak of Core Formation Late Stage.

"I am now also a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator."

Sensing the terrifying power within, Lin Chang’an couldn’t help but smile with joy.

The cultivation technique he practiced was still exerting its power, with the effects of the breakthrough far surpassing others of the same realm.

"I didn’t expect that even without fully cultivating the Profound Celestial Spirit Body, it was already this strong."

Besides being joyous, Lin Chang’an also felt the further integration with his Lifebound Spirit Plant within, enhancing his life force once again.

This breakthrough granted an immediate seventy-year increase in life span, reaching nearly nine hundred years. If he fully cultivated the Profound Celestial Spirit Body, his life span in the Core Formation Realm might exceed a thousand.

"There’s also the qualitative transformation of mana and the overall enhancement. I can clearly feel certain Divine Techniques operating more smoothly."

Lin Chang’an took a deep breath and suddenly executed the Sword Shadow Following Heart divine technique.

In an instant, a faint golden light emerged around him, which then slowly condensed into nine small swords, swirling around him to form a sword shield.

[Divine Technique: Sword Shadow Following Heart (Perfect 8932/10000)]

"I’m controlling it more fluidly, even reaching the ’following one’s heart’ state as the creator of this divine technique described."

As Lin Chang’an rejoiced internally, the control power over his divine technique increased further. Now he could condense these nine Sword Auras within him preemptively without consuming a lot of mana.