Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 488: The Unchanging Cost
After passing through the Golden Core Tribulation, the dark thunderclouds had dissipated.
However, at the summit of Qingchen Peak, a terrifying aura still lingered, not dissipating for a long time.
The residual aura of the tribulation thunder was so terrifying that if an ordinary qi refining foundation establishment cultivator were to find themselves in such an environment, they wouldn't be able to focus on cultivating, let alone achieve a basic meditative state.
The residual tribulation thunder energy, under the attraction of Liu Yu's cultivation of the seventh layer of Qingyang Skill, continuously condensed into blue or purple light points, which then disappeared into his body.
Although compared to ordinary spiritual energy, these tribulation thunder energies were unruly and much harder to absorb, the thunder tribulation had originated from Liu Yu, and these energies had a faint connection with him. Thus, while the absorption was slow, it was still quite smooth overall.
Feeling the special effects of the tribulation thunder energy, some cultivators had previously attempted to preserve it, but the vast majority had failed.
Only a few attempts by nascent soul true monarchs were successful, but the containers used to preserve the thunder energy were all Fourth Stage Spiritual Objects.
Using Fourth Stage Spiritual Objects to preserve the tribulation thunder energy from the Golden Core Tribulation was undoubtedly a waste.
Unless there was an exceptionally valued junior needing the tribulation thunder energy, it would never warrant such an expense.
The blue and purple light points, under the power of the cultivation technique, continued to take shape and reveal themselves in the air.
They slowly drifted towards Liu Yu's body, eventually vanishing into his flesh.
Among them, 99% were blue light points, with the purple light points accounting for less than 1%.
In his dantian, the two colored light points slowly emerged and, under Liu Yu's guidance, eventually merged into his golden core.
His mind connected with the golden core, and almost simultaneously as the tribulation thunder light points merged into it, he felt a tingling sensation.
It was like an electric shock.
But it was not painful; rather, it was a delightful tingling sensation, perfectly measured in intensity.
“Buzz”
The golden core vibrated slightly, and under the cleansing of the tribulation thunder energy, deeply hidden impurities were expelled.
Visibly, wisps of black smoke appeared above the golden core, then dissipated into nothingness, without polluting the dantian.
The golden core was closely tied to the life of the cultivator.
After passing through the thunder tribulation, the golden core underwent inexplicable changes under the cleansing of the tribulation thunder energy.
These two tribulations were not only the cultivator's trials but also the heavens' test for the "birth" of the golden core.
After the thunder tribulation, Liu Yu felt a tighter connection between himself and the golden core with every passing moment.
This connection was incomparable to any magical or spiritual artifact, and even in the future, his life-bound magical treasure would not compare.
Even describing it as "one prospering, all prospering; one suffering, all suffering" felt slightly inadequate.
As the tribulation thunder energy cleansed, under his spiritual perception, the "sense of existence" or "reality" of the golden core continuously strengthened.
It simply hovered, yet it seemed to be the very center of the entire dantian.
Below, the Lake of Magical Power became mere decoration.
Even the azure yang devil fire was forcefully pushed aside, relegated to a corner.
As the tribulation thunder energy continued to wash over it, the already stable form of the golden core became even more solid and substantial.
In Liu Yu's spiritual perception, the eighth dao mark that had become somewhat blurred and illusory gradually stabilized.
Moreover, it slowly regained its brightness, ultimately becoming indistinguishable from the previous seven dao marks.