I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

The entire Cyan Peak Daoist School had fallen into silence.

Everyone was staring fixedly at the peak of Purple Sun Peak.

Above the floating clouds, the Great Sun was dazzling, radiating light as if it were eternal and indestructible.

Yet today, even the brilliance of the Great Sun was overshadowed.

Everyone was intently watching that round, golden, pill-like object on the summit.

The Golden Core!

Forged by surviving Celestial Thunder and enduring Heart Fire, this Golden Core contains a trace of Immortal Golden Nature, symbolizing a thousand-year lifespan!

At this moment, the Golden Core was quietly floating above a young man’s head, shedding countless golden rays.

The young man’s Daoist robe was slightly open, with his hair disheveled and standing barefoot, but his eyes were sharp and bright, as if filled with golden fire. A mountain-like aura was slowly rising within him.

”Swish!”

Wherever his gaze landed, all the disciples felt as though the Great Sun had descended, carrying a soul-stirring power that made them bow their heads, not daring to look directly.

”It’s done!”

”Senior Brother Gu has succeeded!”

”Is this the majesty of the True Inheritance Chief?!”

”After thirty years on Hidden Sword Peak, he breaks through to the Golden Core in a single day!”

”Magnificent, our Daoist school has gained another Golden Core Ascendant after five hundred years!”

”The Golden Thunder Tribulation, it seems, is nothing much after all...”

”Shut up immediately, do you still dare to call him Senior Brother Gu?”

After intense shock and silence, a huge commotion erupted outside Purple Sun Peak. All the disciples, whether familiar or not, began whispering and discussing enthusiastically.

Such a scene and situation, how could mere words express the shock in their hearts?

”Congratulations, Junior Brother Gu!”

Outside Purple Sun Peak, above the floating clouds, seven vague figures slowly revealed themselves.

A True Inheritance Chief, granted the Golden Cauldron Seal, appearing once in five hundred years, even Golden Core cultivators came to witness the tribulation personally.

And the Daoist before them did not disappoint anyone in the end.

He passed the Golden Thunder Tribulation with impressive efficiency and achieved the Golden Core, standing on equal footing with them.

Sword Fox Immortal, clad in a blue-green Daoist robe, with a light veil over her face and enchanting pink eyes, was filled with joy and satisfaction as she was the first to congratulate Gu Yuan.

The Daoist before her was someone she had watched grow step by step.

What began as an accidental encounter, expected never to intersect again, surprisingly, became entangled up to this point, deepening the bond between them.

The Qi Refining youth, once easily vanquishable, had also grown into a Golden Core Great Cultivator, with a lifespan of a thousand years.

The word ”opportunity” is truly inexplicable!

”Congratulations, Junior Brother Gu, on forming your Golden Core and adding another Ascendant to our Daoist School!”

Master Yanming of the Bian Family followed up with a bow and congratulations to Gu Yuan.

This was the first time a Golden Core bowed to Gu Yuan.

A hundred years of cultivation finally placed him on equal footing with the great figures behind the Seven Clans of the noble families.

Gu Yuan’s heart was filled with emotion as he returned the gesture.

”Congratulations, Junior Brother, on forming your Golden Core, enjoying a thousand-year lifespan!”

Master Tiandou of Celestial Spirit Peak, Master of Mount Jing of the Feng Family, Master Yanghua of Formless Peak, and Master Xuan Guang of Cyan Flame Peak all congratulated Gu Yuan.

”Congratulations, Junior Brother Gu!”

Even Master Biyun of the Su Family had to lower his head slightly and extend congratulations to Gu Yuan at this moment.

”The path of the Dao is eternal, Junior Brother has only achieved a little, not worthy of congratulations!”

Gu Yuan returned the gestures one by one, but the youthful vigor and spirit on his face could not be concealed.

The other Golden Cores couldn’t help but sigh.

A hundred-year-old Golden Core, indeed young, with a brilliant future ahead!

Gu Yuan opened his mouth, swallowed the Golden Core, and the anomaly disappeared, but the surging momentum did not diminish, instead increased, like a mountain, standing high in the clouds.

The disciples felt a dizzying sensation, as if longing to take his place.

Shu Tianzhi and others had determined eyes, clenched fists, with expressions of excitement.

The path of the Golden Core was not over; it just required extraordinary techniques!

And Bian Chuyao fixed her eyes on the figure standing beside her grandfather at the peak, lightly biting her lips, her expression complex.

...

...

The matter of gaining another Golden Core at Cyan Peak Daoist School would inevitably continue to ferment, having a far-reaching impact.

But Purple Sun Peak, after the initial clamor, quickly calmed down.

With Gu Yuan newly elevated as a Golden Core, he naturally had to consolidate his cultivation and handle various affairs. Nobody would inconsiderately disturb him for long. The few Golden Cores left after offering their congratulations.

The disciples paid their respects and left, buzzing with excitement.

The events of today would surely spread far and wide through their mouths.

The vast Purple Sun Peak, for a while, only had Gu Yuan, the Sword Fox Immortal, and Cen Qingqing, who was quietly observing from the Bamboo Courtyard.

”I didn’t expect that in just a hundred years, my Jade Pot Peak would have another Vice Peak Master...”

Sword Fox Immortal, sitting on a stone chair at the summit, looked at Gu Yuan, radiant and glowing, and couldn’t help but sigh again.

”All thanks to Senior Sister’s nurturing!”

With the formation of his Golden Core and an increase in status, although he had yet to visit the Jade Pot Peak Patriarch, Gu Yuan could now regard her as a peer.

”A master brings the disciple to the door, the cultivation depends on the individual. I merely added the finishing touches...”

Sword Fox Immortal shook her head slightly, not taking credit.

”How does it feel, forming your Golden Core?”

After exchanging pleasantries, Sword Fox Immortal inquired about Gu Yuan’s cultivation.

Gu Yuan closed his eyes slightly, feeling the round, golden Golden Core in his Dantian, unable to suppress a small smile at the corner of his mouth.

Upon forming the Golden Core, all his mana was converted into Gold-Attribute Magical Power, with all his Dharma Seals basking in the Golden Core’s light, automatically elevating with greatly enhanced power.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Three-Eyed Thunder Flood Dragon gleamed like it was forged from gold, its surging Divine Thought requiring just a gentle strike to shatter the soul of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Within his body, an endless source of vitality surged, seemingly endless, allowing him to withstand the erosion of time and remain eternal.

The only pity was his Boundless Sword Seal, created by the Golden Bamboo Sword, was charred and deplorable.

The Star Spirit was also severely injured, requiring recuperation.

”With endless years and the vastness of heaven and earth, at this moment, everything feels clear and smooth. The only pity is, there aren’t many means specific to the Golden Core...”

”I’m also unsure about the choice for my Lifebound Golden Seal...”

Gu Yuan first laughed heartily and then sighed slightly.

After achieving Golden Core, he naturally gained a strand of Immortal Golden Nature within him. This Golden Nature could be infused into a Dharma Seal, refining it into his Lifebound Golden Seal!

A Lifebound Golden Seal has incredible power and is one of the Golden Core cultivator’s trump cards, so it cannot be chosen carelessly.

”Your comprehension is extraordinary, your talent in Sword Dao is unparalleled, perhaps you could choose the Sword Seal as your Lifebound Golden Seal. However, you have just achieved Golden Core, and with no pressing matters in the academy, you can decide this slowly without haste.”

”But the matter of the cultivation technique should be prioritized to avoid hindering your progress.”

”Though the Golden Core extends your lifespan considerably, as long as you harbor any ambition, you must not be careless!”

Sword Fox Immortal became increasingly attentive to this Junior Brother, providing earnest advice and instruction.

”Senior Sister’s advice is right!”

Gu Yuan also became vigilant at heart.

He cultivated three techniques simultaneously, not only practicing the Heaven-Earth Evergreen Map, one of the Seven True Diagrams of the Daoist Academy, but also the Three Dharma Celestial Human Diagram from the Silver Flood Dragon Celestial Book.

But regardless of which True Map it was, they could only be practiced up to the Golden Core Stage, with subsequent techniques lacking the necessary efficacy, providing merely basic breathing exercises without any mystical phenomenon.

”Have you ever heard of the Daoist Academy Three True Classics?”

Sword Fox Immortal asked.