Translator: AnubisTL
As he stepped inside, the heavy automatic metal door sealed shut without a sound, cutting off the outside world completely.
With a mere thought, Jieming activated the complex magical formations etched into the secret chamber's walls, floor, and ceiling. They lit up one by one, emitting a low hum.
Instantly, the violent fire element and sulfurous fumes permeating the plane were frantically drawn and gathered.
However, this gathered energy did not flood directly into Jieming's body. Instead, under the transformation of the precise magical formation, it underwent a fundamental change.
The elemental colors of the wizard world gradually faded, replaced by a gentler, more fluid, milky-white energy brimming with vitality—spiritual energy!
This was a power that should not exist under the rules of the wizard world, exclusive to the cultivation system!
This transformation formation was the "Elemental-Spiritual Power Transformation Technology" that Jieming had reverse-engineered by deeply studying the operation mechanism of his own qi refining method when refining the "Profound Astral Red Dust Barrier" years ago.
Though crude compared to the subtle operation of the internal cultivation method within his body, it was sufficient to create a spiritual realm suitable for an immortal cultivator's breakthrough within this small space.
Sensing the spiritual energy concentration in the secret chamber steadily rising, each breath he took was filled with refreshing spiritual essence.
Jieming could clearly feel the Golden Core, which had been dormant for a long time, tremble slightly within him. His cultivation technique accelerated its operation on its own, bringing a sense of joy akin to a long-awaited rain after a drought.
Without further delay, he sat cross-legged on the cushion in the center of the secret chamber, his five points facing the heavens.
He withdrew his spirit, adjusting his state—essence, qi, and spirit—to an unprecedented peak of perfection.
Then, with a single thought, the advancement began.
The entire process was unexpectedly smooth, even remarkably unremarkable.
There were no earth-shattering phenomena, no perilous inner demon tribulations—only the ceaseless flow of spiritual power within him, growing ever purer and more vast.
And the Golden Core at the center of his dantian, already flawless and shimmering with golden light, was undergoing a fundamental metamorphosis.
His accumulation was simply too profound.
His refinement in the Golden Core Realm had reached its absolute limit. His mastery of the cultivation technique and the massive investment of resources had long since leveled the threshold for advancement.
This breakthrough was nothing more than water overflowing from a full vessel—a natural and inevitable progression.
Jieming felt his spirit waver for a moment, unsure how much time had passed. Perhaps it was a mere instant, or perhaps an eternity.
When he regained his senses, his mental power beheld a point of pure soul origin and highly condensed spiritual light beginning to shine at the center of the dantian qi sea—the core of the endless spiritual power vortex.
This point of spiritual light drew in vast amounts of spiritual power, continuously growing and shaping itself. Finally, a tiny figure, shrunk countless times over yet with clear features identical to Jieming's own body, slowly coalesced into form!
The Nascent Soul was formed!
The instant the Nascent Soul materialized, the Golden Core, which had been floating silently, suddenly began to spin at high speed.
The runes on the Golden Core's surface, previously subdued, flared up and emitted a light far more dazzling than ever before.
The next moment, it transformed into a streak of light and plunged straight into the embrace of the newborn Nascent Soul.
Buzz—!
A soft chime, audible only to the soul, rang out.
The moment the Nascent Soul and Golden Core touched, they did not repel each other. Instead, they merged as seamlessly as water and milk.
As the light gradually faded and the transformation ceased, Jieming "saw" that the Golden Core had shrunk by several sizes. Its color, however, had become deeper and more restrained, as if it had condensed all its essence.
Now, the Golden Core no longer floated within his dantian. Instead, it hung steadily at the Nascent Soul's own dantian, like a star guarding its core.
An even more profound connection formed between Jieming, his nascent soul, and the golden core.
So that's how it is... Jieming realized.
With a brief attempt, he discovered he could still accumulate spiritual power through the golden core, just as he had in the Golden Core Realm. This path had not been discarded.
However, if he shifted his focus and used the nascent soul as the primary driver for cultivation, his efficiency would double!
Furthermore, as the nascent soul cultivated, the miniature golden core within its "dantian" would be simultaneously tempered and enhanced. The two complemented each other perfectly.
In this moment, he gained a visceral understanding of the obscure descriptions in the Great Dao Library Pavilion: "No wonder it's said that each major realm is not a simple advancement, but the forging of a new path that fuses the wisdom of predecessors with one's own unique characteristics."
The Nascent Soul Realm was not about abandoning the golden core, but about carving a new, more efficient path that aligned closer to the Origin, all while retaining the advantages of the Great Golden Core Path!
Before he could fully savor the intricacies of this dual cultivation system, a massive suction force erupted from his lower dantian once more!
Jieming had long anticipated this, his expression remaining unchanged.
With every major realm breakthrough, the internal space opened by the Inner Circulation cultivation method would expand accordingly.
This time, he no longer needed to rely on magic potions to replenish his consumption. With a mere flicker of his mental power, he used the control panel beside him to instantly crank up the output power of the magical formation connected to the secret chamber by several levels!
Boom!!
An even more majestic torrent of elements was forcibly extracted and poured into the transformation formation, where it was converted into near-liquid, pure spiritual energy that flooded wildly into Jieming's body.
The newly formed Nascent Soul was like a bottomless pit, greedily absorbing this spiritual energy and refining it into pure spiritual power. This power was then ruthlessly drawn away by that immense suction, injected into the violently expanding internal space.
As spiritual power was continuously absorbed, the external spiritual energy rushed in to replenish it, forming a perfect energy cycle.
After an unknown amount of time, that terrifying suction finally slowed to a halt.
Jieming immediately sank his divine sense into his internal space.
The next moment, even with his current state of mind, he couldn't help but feel a jolt of astonishment.
The internal space, which had previously been no larger than an ancient village, had now expanded to an astonishing extent.
A rough estimate placed its size on par with a modern international metropolis from his past life's memories.
The outlines of mountains, rivers, and plains were faintly visible through the dense spiritual mist, their layout becoming increasingly clear.
Even more surprising was that this space, which theoretically should have been completely sealed and devoid of natural light, was no longer plunged in absolute darkness.
A soft, uniform glow, like the first light of dawn, permeated the area. Though not bright, it was sufficient to reveal distant vistas.
He searched carefully but found no sun or other light-emitting bodies.
After deeper study, Jieming couldn't help but be moved once more—the source of this light, its wave characteristics, was identical to the essence of light sources in the normal material planes of the wizard world!
It was the "natural light" of the elemental planes, projecting from a higher dimension and permeating through the spatial barrier!
This meant that the rules and existence of his internal space had begun to be preliminarily recognized by the underlying laws of the wizard world, being identified as the embryonic form of a new "plane"!
A tide of excitement surged in his heart, but it was quickly suppressed by his powerful mental fortitude.
Jieming soon realized that this faint light source had a negligible impact on such a vast space, far from enough to form a complete ecological cycle.
At this stage, it could still only be considered an incomparably huge, potential-filled storage space and special laboratory, far from a true "Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land."
However, such an immense space already provided more possibilities for his future plans.
Whether expanding the Black Giant Legion's barracks and training grounds, building an even larger automated production line for rune-imbued magical artifacts, or planning more complex experimental areas, it was more than sufficient.
Regardless, feeling the vast spiritual power within his body—more than tenfold that of the Golden Core Realm—feeling the profound mysteries brought by the dual cultivation system of Nascent Soul and Golden Core, and feeling the soul's closer connection with Heaven and Earth...
Jieming knew he had officially stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm!
(End of the Chapter)
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