Golden Core

Cultivation World

Shadow Hall.

A figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the silent hall. He had black hair and a sword silently strapped to his waist. This is obviously none other then Wang Li.

Wang Li looked around and realized it was mid night right now. He decided to shower before finally sleeping.

Dawn arrived and Wang Li woke up. He immediately decided to check and absorb his gains. He first took out the Goro Goro no Mi fruit and used 2000 points to remove its weaknesses and upgrade it before eating it. He then checked the result of the upgrade only to realize the element of lightning changing to holy and complete control over lightning. Everything else was the same.

'I have a thaumaturgy for controlling the dead and a holy lightning. How ironic.'

Not that Wang Li was complaining. Having such versatility is good for him. There were many anime characters with lightning attributes so there were many ideas for techniques he could 'create' with it.

He then used his 20000 of his points to raise the proficiency of all Haki to peak leaving 41500 points which he kept. He then checked his cultivation only to realize he is at peak of Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator. He decided to prepare for his breakthrough. A breakthrough to Golden Core Realm can attract 'evil' creatures such as Tianma, Fiends etc. thus proper preparations are needed.

He first informed the white goose about his breakthrough who opted to observe his breakthrough and interfere only when there is no other choice. Wang Li accepted it. He decided to breakthrough in the Shadow Hall. Wang Li first set up formations around him and then sat cross legged, ready to enter Golden Core Realm.

He checked the jade which contained the next scripture for entering Golden Core, namely 'Foundation Establishment Realm Scripture: Hundred Saints Core Formation Script'. It only cost 70 guild points to comprehend which was a small amount for Wang Li.

In that moment, Wang Li has fully understood how to breakthrough in the most efficient and best way possible. He took out a few spirit energy pills and swallowed them all.

Closing his eyes, Wang Li began to breakthrough.

The hall was silent.

Suddenly, some light appeared, then a wild, sexy woman figure flew through the layers of rock, descending from above.

The woman looked at Wang Li with his eyes closed and licked her lips: { What a delectable soul, just enough for me to advance }

Before she could even do anything, the white goose suddenly flew up from beside Wang Li and attacked the woman.

The woman screeched, stepped forward and returned a strike to the white goose. The woman then slipped pass the white goose, about to attack Wang Li, but suddenly got stabbed by a sword.

Before she could struggle, the sword lightly slashed her straight from her head down. The alluring woman turned into a bunch of bones, dissipated in midair before she would even scream.

Wang Li opened his eyes in shock, looking at the sword. It's the Earth Sword!

'It acted earlier then I expected.'

It was a surprising turn of events, one he gladly accepted.

Then a deep echoing voice came from the Earth Sword: 「 Focus your mind on breaking through 」

Wang Li quickly removed his surprise from his mind, once again returning to a state of breaking through. Right, this is a very crucial moment. Everything can be saved for after he broke through.

Wang Li silently circulated Hundred Saints Core Formation Script and started breaking through to Golden Core realm. Everything went very smoothly, unbelievably smooth.

Wang Li's spirit energy has already saturated; his mental state was also the best it could be.

Inside the hall, a darkening, immense black shadow started to gather, giving birth to a change in quality.

The black shadow started to change into a black shadowy spirit energy with golden eyes on it, manifesting as crows that flew around Wang Li. The eyes are now golden instead of purple due to the upgraded Goro Goro no Mi fruit's influence.

As time passed, more and more shadows manifested as shadow crows, circling all around the hall. Suddenly, Wang Li opened his eyes and made a hand seal: "Merge!"

All the crows returned, gathered into one and turned into a FengHuang. The shadow FengHuang circled in the air, then came flying down, straight into the top of Wang Li's head. This is called a spirit manifestation, signaling a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator reaching his absolute peak.

The Golden Core isn't actually a spherical pill. At Golden Core realm, the cultivator's spirit energy begins to stop being a vague gathering of energy, instead slowly awakening, becoming a personalized avatar. These personalized avatars are called spirit manifestation.

A spirit manifestation is much stronger than normal spirit energy, not only can you release it to attack your enemies, it can also form a personal shield, used as a catalyst for Blacksmithing, Pill crafting, Divination, formation arrangement.

Being able to form the spirit manifestation isn't very hard, being able to do this much means you've already half-broken through. After that, the main problem is to put the overwhelming spirit manifestation into your Dantian.

If you're able to put the entire spirit manifestation into your Dantian and not die, instead being able to call it out and put it back in as will, you will have officially broken through to Golden Core realm. But this is an exceptionally dangerous process, because it can easily damage the Dantian. Many cultivators straight up die at this stage.

But even more of them heavily wound their Dantian, unable to attempt breaking through again for a few years while waiting for their Dantian to recover. Wang Li very carefully took in the spirit manifestation bit by bit, refining it.

Even if he fully comprehends and knows the method to Hundred Saints Core Formation, he still needs to be extra careful during this process. At this time, a demonic-faced monster poked its head out. The monster emitted a grand presence, enough to dye the red glowing walls of the tunnel black.

It stared at Wang Li while drooling.

{ What alluring flesh… }

Before it could finish, the Earth Sword flashed. The monster let out a scream and got 'poked' to death. The presence in the air disappeared. The Earth Sword flew back, protecting Wang Li in front of him. Wang Li was still refining the manifestation.

A few moments later.

More and more eerie sounds began to appear, screeching, scratching, discussing, drooling, ripping, chewing, crying, cursing… too many to count, too varied to make out properly. The Earth Sword flew up, circled around in the air while emitting an invisible presence. A voice heavy as mountain echoed from the Earth Sword around.

{ Malicious demons and monsters, come any closer and you SHALL die! }

The wind rose up.

The invisible presence began to form actual hurricane wind, screaming as it rushed through the tunnel. In the next moment, the hurricane dissipated, everything became silent again, as no more sounds came from the air. The Earth Sword finally flew back to where Wang Li was.

Time quickly passed.

A phantom FengHuang suddenly appeared on Wang Li's back. The phantom was emitting black darkness with a few blue glows. The refining has reached its final stage.

Wang Li was unfazed, already becoming so focused he lost track of everything else. He enveloped the phantom FengHuang with his inner sight, felt it, then quickly and carefully refined it. As the phantom FengHuang slowly disappeared bit by bit, Wang Li's presence also became stronger bit by bit.

When the last of the phantom FengHuang disappeared, Wang Li's spirit energy shot up by a large margin. One moment later, Wang Li suddenly opened his eyes. He saw a prompt infront of him.

[Detected Guild Master has reached Golden Core Realm]

[Second ability of Thaumaturgy: Shadow Monarch is activating]

[Thaumaturgy second level: Shadow Storage, is now available]

[Shadow Storage: Store the extracted Shadow Soldiers into your shadow. Number of shadows that can be stored depends on the user's realm. The stored shadow soldiers can grow but their limit will always be bellow the user's realm. Current number of Shadow clones that are stored, 0/100]

'Good I can finally start collecting my Shadow Soldiers.'

He stood up and patted the dirt off his body. His sleeves were fluttering without any wind as the excess spirit energy naturally emits from his body, capable of influencing the air around himself.

Wang Li slightly jumped as his body softly hovered in the air. His Golden Core is formed. He has officially escaped from the shackles of the Earth, capable of flying through the clouds and above the sky.

Silently feeling around himself, Wang Li found his spirit energy was almost erupting from all the pores on his body, with every move he makes, he can easily attack with overwhelming power.

'Such strength… I think the power of my sword phantoms would increase by at least two fold'

Wang Li smiled, extremely pleased with this breakthrough.

This is Bai Hua Fairy's own scripture that she used all those years ago, so cultivating and breaking through with this method will bring about strength unlike normal scriptures.

After he finished observing and checking himself, he clasped his fist at the Earth Sword and said: "Thank you for protecting me"

{ There's no need, in all our previous battles, you've proven to me that you're a sword cultivator qualified to become my master } The Earth Sword's voice echoed of a heavy mountain. The Earth Sword then flew at him. Wang Li grabbed the sword and sheathed it.

He then created 170 shadow clones to practice all his skills to stabilize his cultivation. He then bid farewell with the white goose after exchanging pleasantries and returned to lying on his bed. He then opened the Omniverse Chat Guild and looked at the 4 invitations in his inventory.

'Who to invite from Bleach?'

Wang Li could just invite someone who's zanpakuto he wanted but he was ambitious. He wanted his own unique zanpakuto and for that he needs an Asauchi. And who better then the man who created zanpakuto itself, Oetsu Nimaiya. He is a master Swordsman and a master Swordsmith as well.

'Who to invite from Dragon Ball?'

Wang Li also wanted to cultivate ki similar to the Saiyans in dragon ball. Although the Saiyans have Zenkai Boost, Wang Li himself has Omni adaptability which acts similar to Zenkai Boost if not better.

According to what Wang Li remembers, Ki is also known as 'latent energy' or 'fighting power', which directly translates as 'life force'. This force is a tangible energy inside every living being, with its major focus being in the center of the body. By drawing it out, an individual is able to manipulate it and use it outside the body.

Ki can be used for many different techniques. Because there are physical limits to the strength of the body itself, it is necessary to increase one's ki to overcome this barrier and become stronger. Usually, the more concentrated the masses are, the more time the user requires to draw it out by powering up.

When fighters gather ki, they are able to gain enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and can increase the power of their attacks to inflict greater damage to opponents. Normally, the more the ki is increased, the harder it is to control, so ki control is also important. Maintaining proper balance between the body and spirit is important in utilizing energy, and the more properly balanced they are, the more energy you can project.

Wang Li already knows how to make gravity seals and getting a gravity chamber from Dragon Ball world will be easy. What he needs is Ki control and its techniques. With cultivation of Ki which can be taken as a cultivation for energy source and spirit energy cultivation system of my world, I will not only have a strong body but a much much larger supply of energy since all my Ki and spirit energy will be converted into origin energy.

During these past breakthroughs Wang Li realized that the increase in spirit energy and physique after every breakthrough is in percentages rather then a numerical increase so having a large energy source named Ki being converted into Wang Li's origin source will not only give more energy for his immortal army but also allow him to spam more techniques.

'Inviting Son Goku from Dragon Ball is best since that guy would accept the deal quite easily.'

Lastly, for the third invitation, he wishes to invite someone from the Campione world. In the world where 'mortals' slay 'gods' to gain their powers, Wang Li wants to kill someone who holds a position of death like Hades of Olympus and Lightning like Zeus of Olympus. Both positions are the current natures of Wang Li's energy and killing them and making their positions his own will be helpful in the future Samsara Clash for Supremacy.

Unlike Gu Qing Shan who chose the Huang Quan Realm and Bai Hua Fairy who chose Heaven Realm, Wang Li wants to choose Human Realm. Unfortunately, the Human Realm is grossly underpowered so getting these positions from the Campione World will be helpful in fighting against the other realm cultivators.

'All those god slayers are troublesome to deal with so might as well choose Luo Hao. Since she has a lot of martial arts and is Chinese decent, me being a cultivator will make it easier.'

As for the 4th invitation, Wang Li kept it as he wanted the forth invitation to invite someone who came from a technologically advanced world and could exchange it with him.

Wang Li sincerely believes technology and cultivation combined could end up being terrifying as can be seen by the technological creation Gu Qing Shan got named 'Twelve Scales Grasp of Duo-faced World's Infinite Rejection' which is a technological artifact that commands causality laws which should only be possible by practicing mysticism.