Chapter 280 Strength
Nine Heavens Sect.
The Cloudsoar Sword Sect they occupied had only been an influence of the same tier as Mystical Light Sect and Heavenly Water Pavilion, with a Sunburst Golden Core cultivator as its backbone.
Only because Alkaid made a breakthrough to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm did it begin to obliterate the Mystical Light Sect, expel the Heavenly Water Pavilion, and complete the unification of the territories east of Cloud River.
Although they had already won the war of unification, the foundation of the Cloudsoar Sword Sect was ultimately still shallow, and in many aspects, they hadn't moved beyond the range of a Golden Core-level sect. At least, Alkaid's cultivation chamber was also of the Golden Core level and couldn't completely conceal the majesty of the Blazing White Golden Core.
In such a situation, as Alkaid's Golden Core broke through once again, the internal pressure, high temperature, and volume soared to a brand-new peak, and a vast phantom shadow of the sun, stretching dozens of miles, enveloped the skies above Nine Heavens Sect.
The phantom shadow of the sun was swirling with Blazing White light; even though it was merely the dispersion and casting of leftover strength, it still emitted a clearly visible bright light and heat, instantly awakening the many cultivators within Nine Heavens Sect.
"Is that... a Golden Core?! With such a size, such a color... A Blazing White Golden Core?!"
The first to sense the anomaly was Fang Yueming, who was most vigilant and sensitive to changes in the external environment, and who diligently served the Nine Heavens Sect.
He looked at the phantom shadow that covered an area of dozens of miles with incredulity in his eyes.
"A Blazing White Golden Core?! It's actually a Blazing White Golden Core!"
Li Hanqiu's figure immediately manifested.
A few years ago when Alkaid asked to use his cultivation chamber, he had speculated that Alkaid aimed to break through to the Sunburst Golden Core Realm, but unexpectedly...
He had given him another huge surprise.
What Alkaid was trying to break through was not any Sunburst Golden Core, but a Blazing White Golden Core!
Even if one were to attempt breaking through to the Hollow Void Realm, they would have a nearly ten percent chance of forming a Blazing White Golden Core!
Furthermore, even in an influence like Taiyi Immortal Sect, which belongs to the Ten Great Immortal Paths level, they would be qualified to compete for the spot of a True Disciple!
Ten years!
It had only been ten years since they left the Cangwu Great World, and Alkaid had managed to ascend four levels from a cultivator in the Heavenly Fire Realm, breaking through to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm!
The speed of such growth, such talent...
"Good! Very good! Excellent!"
Unable to contain his excitement, Li Hanqiu burst into a fulsome laughter, "This is fantastic! Nine Heavens Sect has a Blazing White Golden Core now!"
Not just him, Li Qingshan was also filled with excitement and joy.
"A Blazing White Golden Core! This is the Blazing White Golden Core that qualifies to compete for True Disciple status even among the top-tier sects!"
Li Qingshan laughed loudly.
In those ten years, every single member of Nine Heavens Sect had been striving forward and diligently cultivating, having acquired tens of thousands of Pure Yang Great Pills. However, their upper echelons had always felt uncertain.
No one knew whether Nine Heavens Sect could gain a strong foothold on Northern Sea Star, and what sort of future they could carve out for themselves.
But at this moment, as Alkaid showed potential matching those of True Disciples in top-tier sects in just ten short years by breaking through from the Heavenly Fire Realm to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm, all their doubts, confusion, and uncertainty vanished into thin air!
"Truly worthy of being True Person Alkaid, I always knew that he could create another miracle, surpassing our wildest imaginations with flair, leading Nine Heavens Sect to rise swiftly!"
Tang Fenghua, who had once personally protected Alkaid, also had eyes full of bright admiration.
He stared at the Blazing White phantom that loomed over Nine Heavens Sect, covering dozens of miles, overflowing with respect and boundless reverence.
What in the world could True Person Alkaid not achieve!?
"A Blazing White Golden Core! In the Cloud River mountain range, a Blazing White Golden Core represents the pinnacle of combat power! Among the other sects in the area, only the Hundred Flowers Valley to the south and the Iron Blood Sect to the west have Blazing White Golden Cores as their backbone."
"With this, Nine Heavens Sect can truly stand its ground in the Cloud River mountain range. Shall we now start expanding outwards?"
"I've been waiting for this day to come, and sometimes I pessimistically thought that I might not live to see it. But who would have thought? How long has it been? Ten years! In just ten years, the light of hope has blossomed before us!"
Lou Yuyu, Jiang Zhuoyue, Huang Tianhao, Murong Hui, these "seniors" all made their appearance one after another.
Looking towards the direction where Alkaid was in closed-door cultivation, they were filled with excitement, anticipation, and sighs.
"Alright, everyone return to your cultivation," said Li Hanqiu. "Nine Heavens Sect cannot rely on Alkaid alone. I hope you all can grow quickly as well, and shine brightly for our sect's development."
"Yes."
Upon hearing Li Hanqiu's words, everyone responded respectfully.
Even though it was only Alkaid who had made the breakthrough, when these people returned to their cultivation, they all felt rapid progress, and some even directly broke through their existing realms.
Having witnessed the environment of Northern Sea Star, they had all been under tremendous pressure, as if each of them had a heavy stone pressing on their hearts, cultivating on the verge of deviating.
Yet even so, they dared not relax in the slightest and continued to practice diligently.
Now that they saw Alkaid's short ten-year journey from the Heavenly Fire Realm to the Blazing White Golden Core Realm, displaying potential on par with True Disciples from top-tier sects, the immense pressure that weighed on their hearts suddenly halved.
Jiang Heavenly Venerable, a True Disciple of Taiyi Immortal Sect?!
Their Nine Heavens Sect also has a genius at the level of True Disciple!
With the burden on their spirits eased, their cultivation felt like going from straining under heavy burdens to marching forward lightly armed, naturally advancing by leaps and bounds.
Moreover, as their cultivation levels were still low, and each had received tens or even hundreds of Pure Yang Great Pills, their cultivation naturally surged forward once their realms caught up.
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Elsewhere, Alkaid, who had broken through to the Blazing White Golden Core, continued to cultivate for two more years, not stopping until all the remaining Pure Yang Great Pills were completely refined and exhausted.
"All gone."
He looked at the empty storage treasure, a hint of regret in his eyes.
If he had tens of thousands more Pure Yang Great Pills, he could have taken another step forward, breaking the "volume" limit of the Golden Core and transforming it into a Deep Blue Golden Core.
However, although he had not cultivated the Deep Blue Golden Core...
"With my understanding of the Hollow Void Realm, as well as the amplification from the nature of being a child of the Void, if I try to forcefully break through to the Hollow Void Realm... my chances of success would be four to five times higher than those of other Blazing White Golden Cores."
He felt the slightest stir of interest.
But quickly, he suppressed the stirring thought.
The probability of a Blazing White Golden Core advancing to the Hollow Void Realm was less than ten percent.
Should the collapsing Golden Core fail to transform into the "Chaos Void", the cultivator would explode like a supernova in the cosmic starry sky, turning into a burst of splendid and bright fireworks.
This kind of breakthrough was a gamble with a nine in ten chance of death.
Even if the odds were improved by four or five times,
the success rate would only be around 40 percent.
It would be better to wait and break the "volume" limit of the Golden Core to transform it into a supergiant star form.
With a Deep Blue Golden Core's success rate of over thirty percent…
calculated with elders safeguarding the path for a success rate of over forty percent, plus his four to five times increased odds, the lowest success rate he would have is 120 percent.
In other words, as long as he took his breakthrough seriously, he could effortlessly complete the transformation from a Deep Blue Golden Core to the Chaos Void.
Even, he wouldn't need to max out the Deep Blue Golden Core; he wouldn't need to cultivate to the peak of the Deep Blue Golden Core to attempt the breakthrough.
It's just a matter of difference between 60%, 80%, 100%, and 120% probabilities.
And that's the minimum calculation.
If he spent more time consolidating the Deep Blue Golden Core Realm, honing his power to perfection, even with the accumulation of the early stage, the success rate was estimated to be over 80%.
"Perhaps, after reaching the stage of a Deep Blue Golden Core, I could refine one or two million Pure Yang Great Pills. By the time I reach the middle stage, I could try to break through to the Hollow Void Realm, despite the fact that I could continue accumulating towards the late and peak stages, allowing my realm breakthrough to reach a level similar to the middle stage of the 'Hollow Void'. But… there's no need! Instead of wasting time in the realm of a Deep Blue Golden Core, it would be better to break through to the Hollow Void as soon as possible!"
Once he reached the Hollow Void, he would not only have the ability to refine Dao Artifacts, but also be able to cultivate and release Dao Techniques.
Only then could he fully utilize the breadth of knowledge he possessed.
"Hold on, speaking of Dao Techniques, am I now capable of releasing Void category Dao Techniques?"
Alkaid pondered.
Soon, the "Sword of the Void", which belonged to the Void category among the thirteen Dao Techniques, flowed through his mind.
This was the Dao Technique that the Supreme Divine Power, Rip the Sky with One Strike, aspired to.
A technique specialized in slicing through the Void, specifically designed to shatter the "Chaos Void".
"Let's try."
While digesting the information of this Dao Technique, he stepped out of the cultivation room.
With the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Movement deployed, his entire being shimmered like flowing light, speeding straight towards the deep vault of heaven.
Thanks to the intricate art of the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Movement, when he left the cultivation room, no one from the Nine Heavens Sect noticed except for Li Hanqiu.
And feeling Alkaid emerge from seclusion, Li Hanqiu immediately followed suit.
"Alkaid."
"It's perfect timing, Li. In a moment, help me see what kind of might I can derive from my… Supreme Divine Power."
"Testing your current strongest combat power? Good, I'll be watching closely."
Li Hanqiu instantly became full of energy.@@novelbin@@
Soon, the two arrived deep in the heavens, within a massive whirlpool of Spiritual Energy.
Such whirlpools of Spiritual Energy were like supermassive storms; if they descended to the ground, the power within them could uproot cities and even level an entire province.
"First, I will release my Blazing White Golden Core…"
Alkaid announced.
The next moment, a majestic sun with a diameter of several dozen miles appeared behind him. Under the manipulation of powerful Divine Sense, solar energy was released wildly, and the blazing white light and terrifying heat diffused and dispersed for hundreds of miles around in an instant.
The combat power he exhibited at this moment alone already surpassed the full release of the Golden Core power of the Supreme Elder of the Cloudsoar Sword Sect.
"Good!"
Li Hanqiu manipulated the combat power detector in his hand, "290,000!"
No sooner had he spoken than one thousand and eighty dazzling stars seemed to flicker within Alkaid's body.
The starlight and the Blazing White Golden Core reflected off each other, as if transforming the vortex of Spiritual Power into a miniaturized universe of stars.
"Is this… a Fifth Rank Star God physique!?"
Li Hanqiu quickly realized something.
A Fifth Rank Star God physique plus Alkaid's seemingly perfect Divine Refinement Realm…
This already qualified him for attempting the breakthrough to the Deep Blue Golden Core!?
The only thing missing was a sufficient number of Pure Yang Great Pills to stack the state of the Blazing White Golden Core to its limit!
In his delight, he glanced at the combat power detector again…
"530,000! Your combat strength is now 530,000!"
Li Hanqiu's excitement doubled, "This has barely entered the level of a Deep Blue Golden Core!"
"Only just barely entered the level of a Deep Blue Golden Core, huh."
Alkaid took a deep breath, as both the Golden Core power and starlight infused the You Long Sword in his hands. Divine Skills were deployed, rippling out in circles from his center. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
As a special fluctuation of these void ripples formed a pattern, he suddenly connected the sword with these patterns, thrusting it forward, creating a visible gray trench in the air as if the sky had been torn open!
Rip the Sky with One Strike.
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