Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 477: Chapter 285: Pill Formation

Li Yuanba swallowed the high-grade Mountain-breaking Pill, possibly because he had always been taking top-grade Spirit Pills, which made him almost completely resistant to drugs, maximizing the effect of the high-grade Mountain-breaking Pill.

The energy turned into by the high-grade Mountain-breaking Pill seemed to be a primer, igniting the Spiritual Power Vortex.

The Spiritual Power Vortex became even more violent, drawing all the spiritual power in his body into it. If the Spiritual Power Vortex lost control, it might be when his Taoist Body shattered.

However, he wasn’t particularly worried, as this was much safer compared to his previous Corpse Refining breakthrough.

The breakthrough of his Corpse Refining body was entirely beyond his control, all being the instinctual reaction of the Corpse Refining body.

At least with his human body, he could use Spirit Pills as a supplement and detect any problems in advance.

The raging Spiritual Power Vortex continually compressed the spiritual power inward, and at the very center of the compressed Vortex, a qualitative change was taking place.

When a tiny solid sphere appeared, all spiritual power, as if finding its direction, surged into the tiny solid sphere.

At first, it was only spiritual power that flowed into the solid sphere, but then Li Yuanba felt his spirit, his vitality, and all the essence of his body being absorbed by the solid sphere.

The original Li Shiming had witnessed the Great Senior Sister’s process of forming her Golden Core, so he wasn’t surprised by this occurrence.

With a slight shift of his mind, he took out several Spiritual Objects and injected them into his body.

These Spiritual Objects were for temporarily replenishing spirit and vitality and were collected on behalf of the original Li Shiming. These items weren’t as precious as the four assistant Spirit Pills used in Golden Core formation, and it was quite easy for Li Shiming, with his status, to collect them.

With several Spiritual Objects entering his body, his vitality and spirit were replenished.

The Spiritual Objects he used were the best that could be found on the Beishu Continent, and thus the replenishing effect was optimal.

Moreover, his soul was to some extent already at the Golden Core level, which was related to the fact that the Corpse Refining body endured the baptism of Heavenly Thunder during the breakthrough to the Silver Corpse Realm.

So although his spirit continued to be absorbed by the solid sphere, the impact on his spirit was not as severe as it was for the Great Senior Sister, remaining within an acceptable range.

While his strong body was being replenished with vitality from the Spiritual Objects, it was quickly becoming thin, muscles contracting, the skin drying out.

However, his eyes became brighter still; he felt the nature of the solid sphere changing, from initially a pure solid state of spiritual power to now a Golden Core emitting a golden glow.

Because it had merged with his vitality and spirit, the Golden Core had an extremely close connection with him.

Li Yuanba’s foundation was exceptionally solid; his cultivation of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” had long exceeded the standards of Body Refinement required for the Foundation Establishment Stage, not to mention the “Purple Qi Eastward” that gave him the Taiji Dao Body.

His breakthrough was easier than the Great Senior Sister’s, at least not feeling life-threatening.

When he felt his vitality nearing the warning line, the Golden Core stopped absorbing vitality, spirit, and spiritual power, and started nourishing the body instead.

Li Yuanba looked extremely haggard now; his unparalleled face, due to the lack of skin and internal vitality, had already become as thin as a skeleton.

But when the Golden Core began to nourish the body, his skin and all his insides began to swell up, with his unparalleled facial features returning.

Aware of the importance of this period, he took the high-grade Resurrection Pill. Although he didn’t need the high-grade Resurrection Pill to cope, he needed to recover as quickly as possible to his best condition.

He didn’t have much time to recover before he felt that presence of the might of Heaven and Earth again.

A golden lightning bolt from the void struck down, hitting his body.

The golden lightning carried a destructive force capable of annihilating everything, but its actual destructive power was not as great as imagined.

His body did indeed sustain considerable damage, but compared to the damage suffered by his Corpse Refining body, it was almost as if the Heaven and Earth Rules were cheating on his behalf.

He didn’t know which aspect it was related to, be it the cultivation of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” or the Taiji Dao Body. But the moment he felt the golden lightning upon him, he knew he was secure.

He let the golden lightning wreak havoc in his body; after all, such destruction was a form of strengthening. As long as he could endure the damage caused by the golden lightning, he would reap its benefits afterward.

The reason why the golden lightning didn’t cause too much destruction was due to his Supreme Yang Body.

Heavenly Thunder itself is a supreme yang element of Heaven and Earth, hence its destructive power was multiplied against the Corpse Refining body. But when facing the Supreme Yang human body, its power naturally decreased significantly.

The golden lightning caused a certain degree of damage to every part of Li Yuanba’s body, especially his tiny Golden Core, which was surrounded by the golden lightning.

The golden lightning continuously inflicted damage on the Golden Core, provoking a counterattack from it.

If it were a normal Cultivator’s Golden Core, at such a time it would contract as much as possible to only endure the time limit of the golden lightning’s power.

However, the Sword Intent condensed by the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique,” especially Li Yuanba’s Supreme Yang Sword Intent, did not require his control to respond to the provocation of the Heavenly Thunder; it launched a counterattack against the golden lightning on its own.

The Sword Intent within the Golden Core became golden sword light, actively striking towards the golden lightning.

The golden sword light entangled with the golden lightning, momentarily defending against the lightning’s damage to the Golden Core itself.