The Modern Martial Immortal

Inside the cultivation room, which also served as a workshop, Yaoguang held the treasured artifact containing his four hundred thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills as he carefully adjusted his mental state.

He focused his mind, recalling all the cultivation experience and breakthrough insights from the Eternal Light Realm to the Crimson Golden Core Realm. Then he repeatedly reviewed them, studying them in depth until not the slightest detail was overlooked.

Immediately after, he took out three Pure Yang Grand Pills and swallowed them.

At the same time, he activated the Heaven-Devouring Kunpeng Technique.

The medicinal power of the pills was utilized almost completely, rapidly pouring into the stellar flames ignited within his body.

As his cultivation progressed, the mass of this stellar flame grew ever larger, its temperature rising and its pressure intensifying.

Behind him, a phantom image with a diameter of several hundred meters gradually manifested.

Visible heatwaves and scorching energy radiated outward in all directions.

Fortunately, this cultivation room had originally belonged to a Crimson Golden Core cultivator. As the room’s array activated, the heat, light, and energy were contained, redirected, and converted into power to sustain other arrays, preventing any leakage beyond the room.

Yaoguang’s cultivation continued uninterrupted. One Pure Yang Grand Pill after another was absorbed and refined.

As this process went on, the phantom image expanded further and further.

When the phantom grew increasingly intense and radiant, it suddenly seemed to touch a critical threshold, and the fiery light began to collapse inward.

Yaoguang knew this was the key step in forming a Golden Core.

He had already rehearsed this process countless times in his mind, and now he calmly guided the power, condensing it toward the form of a Golden Core.

In less than three months, and after consuming fewer than a thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills, his Golden Core fully stabilized.

If he were to release it now, the radiance and heat it emitted would affect an area spanning dozens of kilometers, even within the high-energy, almost solid-state environment of the North Sea Star.

”My Crimson Golden Core is complete,” Yaoguang said softly.

Just like his earlier breakthrough into the Eternal Light Realm, it had happened naturally and effortlessly, without encountering the slightest bottleneck.

”Let’s continue.” Without resting, he immediately resumed consuming Pure Yang Grand Pills, pushing his Golden Core toward transformation into a Radiant Sun Golden Core.

As for stabilizing his realm? There was no need!

He had already mastered every transformation within the Crimson Golden Core Realm. The operation of his Golden Core was smooth and flawless, without the slightest stagnation.

Even veterans who had spent centuries at the Crimson Golden Core Realm would not be able to find a single flaw in him.

Using the Heaven-Devouring Kunpeng Technique, he continuously refined the pills into pure, high-quality energy that surpassed spiritual qi, causing his newly formed Crimson Golden Core to expand rapidly.

For any object, the larger its mass, the greater the internal pressure.

This forced continuous structural refinement and strengthening.

The transition from Crimson Golden Core to Radiant Sun Golden Core followed this exact principle.

At this stage, an ordinary star god body could no longer withstand the pressure exerted by the Golden Core’s energy.

Fortunately, Yaoguang’s star god body had already opened all one hundred and eight acupoints. What it lacked was only energy.

As the Pure Yang Grand Pills poured energy into him, each acupoint shone with starlight. The stellar force fields generated by the one hundred and eight Primary Stars encompassed his entire body, refining its structure into something comparable to a white dwarf star.

Of course, due to the existence of his Life Force Field, his body did not truly collapse into a white dwarf, nor did it spin violently or release energy uncontrollably. It merely possessed a structure on par with such a celestial body.

At this point, I don’t even need to activate my stellar force field. Even if I were placed at the center of a nuclear explosion, I would remain completely unharmed... No, the energy of a nuclear explosion is only instantaneous. It’s nothing. Even if I lived at the core of a star, constantly enduring its heat and fusion reactions, I would still be safe. Yaoguang carefully sensed his fully empowered star god body.

If he were still in the Great Cangwu World, even if the detonation of a Golden Core released enough energy to destroy the entire world, he would still survive without issue.

In other words, even if all the Golden Core cultivators of the Great Cangwu World chose mutual destruction, he would have nothing to fear.

But with my current Crimson Golden Core strength, combined with the Wandering Dragon Sword, the Two-Realm Ruler, and the Heaven-Sealing Stele, I can kill ten or more Radiant Sun Golden Core battle immortals in a single exchange. The rest, before they can even resist, will be sealed within the Heaven-Sealing Stele. Any attempt to self-destruct and destroy the Great Cangwu World will be completely impossible. As he thought this, he continued focusing his mind on condensing the Radiant Sun Golden Core.

With his star god body fully transformed and capable of bearing greater energy and pressure, and with an ample supply of Pure Yang Grand Pills, after one year, Yaoguang completed the transformation from the Crimson Golden Core to the Radiant Sun Golden Core.

The immense pressure generated extreme heat, causing the flames released by his Golden Core to shift from crimson to golden.

The brilliance was dazzling, so intense that it was impossible to look at directly.

”The Radiant Sun Golden Core...” Yaoguang murmured.

He recalled the shock he had felt when he first heard about a Radiant Sun Golden Core.

At that time, he could hardly imagine that someone could possess power comparable to the blazing sun in the sky.

And now, he had reached that very stage.

Moreover, compared to those unstable battle immortals, every aspect of his cultivation was perfect.

At this point, if he were to annihilate those Radiant Sun Golden Core cultivators again, he would not even need to use the Heaven-Sealing Stele.

Unless they were scattered across every corner of the Great Cangwu World, he could kill all thirty-three of them within a few exchanges, like cutting vegetables, leaving none alive.

If he used the Origin-Shattering Technique, which specifically targeted the stability of the Radiant Sun Golden Cores, he could likely annihilate all thirty-three in a single strike.

Whether it was the Infinite Star Palace or the Immortal Alliance, all their Golden Core cultivators combined would not even have the chance to self-destruct.

”Radiant Sun battle immortals are too weak. They are no longer suitable as a benchmark. My new benchmark has to be...” Yaoguang paused slightly.

Then he slowly said, ”Heavenly Venerable Jiang.”

The true disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Only someone like him, possessing an Azure Golden Core, could pose a threat.

But just a threat.

With the combined power of the Wandering Dragon Sword, the Two-Realm Ruler, and the Heaven-Sealing Stele, he would be able to face that true disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Even if he could not defeat him, he now had sufficient confidence to retreat unscathed. However...

”It’s still not enough. I may have top-tier spirit treasures and quasi-Dao Artifacts, but Heavenly Venerable Jiang, as a disciple personally accepted by a Void-Shattering Realm supreme elder of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, could very well have just as many, or even true Dao Artifacts. So, the Radiant Sun Golden Core Realm is still not enough!” Yaoguang calmed his mind, quickly suppressing the joy from his breakthrough to the Radiant Sun Golden Core Realm.

He steadily took out Pure Yang Grand Pills and swallowed them one by one.

At once, his life-bound Golden Core, which had already been radiating golden brilliance due to its immense volume and pressure, ignited once more and continued expanding outward.

After a brief period of time, Yaoguang stopped.

His gaze shifted toward the array of the cultivation room. ”It can’t hold much longer.”

This was, after all, only a cultivation room built by a Crimson Golden Core cultivator. Being able to contain the power of a Radiant Sun Golden Core was already its limit.

If he wanted to complete the transformation to a Blazing White Golden Core, the released energy would undoubtedly reduce the entire cultivation room to ashes.

The destruction of the cultivation room itself did not matter, but it was also his workshop. If it were destroyed, all his artifact refinement tools would have to be prepared again.

”I’ll have to borrow Long Wuyin’s cultivation room.” With his progress halted, Yaoguang stood up with a trace of dissatisfaction.

Either way, his body was still insufficient to support the full eruption of a Blazing White Golden Core... Even sustaining the complete output of a Radiant Sun Golden Core was already pushing its limits. He would still need time to open all 1080 acupoints across his body, allowing it to ascend to a new tier.

That step alone would take considerable time. Changing locations was necessary.

He ended his cultivation and sent a message to Li Hanqiu.

Upon receiving it, Li Hanqiu was visibly surprised. ”You’ve... come out of seclusion already? That fast?”

”Not exactly. It’s just that this cultivation room can no longer withstand the energy dispersion from my cultivation, so I’d like to exchange for another place with you, Perfected Lord.”

”It can’t withstand it?” Li Hanqiu paused briefly before realizing something. His eyes lit up with delight. ”You’re about to break through to the Radiant Sun Golden Core Realm?! I already suspected that with your accumulation in the Dharma Form and star god paths, the transition from the Eternal Light Realm to the Crimson Golden Core Realm would pose no difficulty for you. But I didn’t expect it to be this effortless. Good! Excellent! This is truly wonderful! Come, come, take the cultivation room. I want to see just how far you can go.”

”Thank you so much, Perfected Lord,” Yaoguang responded. Then, carrying intense heat and blazing energy like a star descending through the void, he landed directly on the main peak where Long Wuyin, the Blazing White Golden Core cultivator of the Cloud Sword Sect, once resided.

There, Li Hanqiu had already cleared everything out and vacated the cultivation room. ”Come, don’t waste time. Continue your cultivation.”

Yaoguang nodded and entered.

Once inside, he first adjusted the array art of the cultivation room.

Then, using the energy of the Pure Yang Grand Pills, he began opening acupoints one by one.

150, 200, 250, 300, 365...

In less than a year, he had opened 365 acupoints, advancing his star god body to the fourth tier.

He then used the Heaven-Devouring Kunpeng Technique to refine the Pure Yang Grand Pills, filling every acupoint with energy.

”Fourth-tier star god body.” Yaoguang flexed his body again, a smile spreading across his face. ”Easy! Too easy! I never imagined cultivation could be this effortless! Even breakthroughs can come this quickly!”

In theory, a fourth-tier star god body could already allow a Radiant Sun Golden Core to unleash its full power without restraint. However, since his Dharma Form had long reached perfection, and his mastery over psyche refinement granted him superior control over his Golden Core, even a third-tier star god body had been enough for full output.

Now that his star god body had reached the fourth tier, it was sufficient even to bear the power release of a Blazing White Golden Core.

”In less than three years, I’ve gone from the Eternal Light Realm to the Radiant Sun Golden Core. But this is far from my limit. As long as resources are sufficient, I can go even further!”

Yaoguang glanced at the large remaining supply of Pure Yang Grand Pills...

”Then I’ll go all the way. Since my star god body is already at the fourth tier, I might as well open all 1080 acupoints in one go, cultivate a fifth-tier star god body, and then condense the Blazing White Golden Core!”

Three years to break through three realms! Progress that fast was dangerously addictive!

Filled with anticipation and the constant joy of growing stronger, he once again immersed himself in opening acupoints within his star god body.

Four hundred! Six hundred! Eight hundred! One thousand!

In three years, he opened all 1080 acupoints!

And he spent another year filling them completely!

The fifth-tier star god body was complete!

And once the fifth-tier star god body was formed, condensing the Blazing White Golden Core became effortless!

Two years later, the array art of the cultivation room trembled once more, and a stellar phantom radiating blinding white light manifested.

Yaoguang had broken through to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm!