Tian Yuan War Chronicles: The Path of Artifacts to Ascension – Chapter 38

Ch 38: Golden Core Great Power

After Hua Kong successfully formed his Golden Core after passing the Heavenly Tribulation, he learned that Lin Yu had completed his Core Formation more than twenty years ago and is currently expanding his territory in the Three Yang Realm.

During these years of his closed-door cultivation for Core Formation, the progress of the Hua Family’s descendants has also been relatively large. Many have reached Foundation Establishment in the Seven Yang World, and two have reached Foundation Establishment in the Three Yang Realm.

During this time, Hua Kong sighed in his heart, Old Ancestor Lin Lian was right, it is indeed difficult to cultivate with mixed spiritual roots.

Both he and Lin Yu succeeded in forming their cores at nearly three hundred years old, treading on the edge of their Foundation Establishment lifespans.

Although the Foundation Establishment stage usually has more than three hundred years of lifespan, and he didn’t feel that his lifespan was exhausted before Core Formation, it was still thrilling enough!

A slight accident, a delay of a few decades, and he could have turned into a pile of yellow earth.

But he had survived after all! Now, as a Golden Core Great Power, he has a lifespan of eight hundred to one thousand five hundred years, which is much more leisurely!

With his successful Core Formation, he became one of the few Golden Core Old Ancestors in the Void Division. The Void Division not only greatly increased his salary, but also didn’t mention the large amount of Void Stone offerings he owed before.

But Hua Kong was not the kind of person who likes to default on debts, so he spent two years studying the crafting methods of Flying Boats.

Then he spent five years building three medium-quality Flying Boats and made up for the Void Stone contributions he had owed over the years.

During this period, Tian Yuan Commerce even dedicated several cities in the Five Yang Realm to him as his fief. He went to check them out and found that the spiritual energy concentration in the Five Yang Realm was indeed a step up from the Three Yang Realm.

He picked out a few capable disciples from the Hua Family in the One Yang Realm and sent them to take over the cities.

Now his family’s merchant house not only operates in the One Yang Realm, Three Yang Realm, and Five Yang Realm, but has even opened some shops in the Seven Yang Realm to test the waters.

Some Female Cultivators within the Tian Yuan Sect began to find people to test whether he wanted a Dual Cultivation Dao Companion. He has just formed his Golden Core and certainly doesn’t want to make wedding clothes for others, so he did not respond.

Now he no longer needs to go to the Void Stone Mine to mine to complete his Void Stone contribution, he only needs to participate in the repair and manufacture of Flying Boats and Starships in the Void Division.

Of course, most of the time he doesn’t do anything, he is only sought out when complex formations need to be repaired or inscribed.

His Cave Dwelling has also been upgraded. Originally, there was only a small three-section courtyard. Now the forest next to the small courtyard has also been developed, and a five-story building has been built, very similar to the White Lotus Residence in shape, used to house disciples or guests.

He made himself a Flying Boat like Old Ancestor Lin Lian’s, not only to live more comfortably, but also to carry more people and goods.

But being a Golden Core Great Power is not all leisure, the few cities in the Five Yang Realm really had problems.

Some of the local indigenous Sects were dissatisfied with the expansion of Tian Yuan Commerce, defeated the forces supported by Tian Yuan Commerce, gathered some strength to provoke Tian Yuan Commerce, and Hua Kong’s cities were also affected.

Hua Kong certainly couldn’t let them get their way. Now the tax revenue from these cities is his main source of income. Although his family’s merchant house has a lot of income, its expenses are also large, and it needs to retain a large amount of cash flow. Its greater role is to collect information.

The tax surplus from these cities is mostly taken into his own pocket.

It is the Five Yang Realm after all. The Cultivator team attacking from this Sect actually had three Early Stage Golden Core Cultivators. His own people were of course quite frightened, after all, only Hua Kong was Early Stage Golden Core on their side.

Hua Kong didn’t care, but he didn’t want to create too much killing and leave a bad impression on the local Sect. He just set up a few Space-Time Traps outside several cities. Cultivators who fell into them could only do slow motions with their left and right hands.

All three were captured and forced to sign a harsh peace treaty before being released. This matter came to an end, and he returned to the Tian Yuan Sect.

Although there are also Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Five Yang Realm, they are all existences who cultivate behind closed doors and will not interfere in the disputes of several cities. This is also the reason why Tian Yuan Commerce dedicated these cities to Hua Kong.

Returning to the Tian Yuan Sect, Lin Lan sent him a message, saying that there was an opportunity to obtain an advanced Space Magical Item, asking if he was willing to go with her.

Hua Kong certainly couldn’t resist the temptation of an advanced Space Magical Item, so he agreed.

But he regretted it greatly after boarding the Starship and roughly understanding the situation. It turned out that the so-called advanced Space Magical Item was just a reflection in the mirror, and this group of people was actually going to smuggle themselves into the Eight Yang Realm.

The reason why it is difficult for low-level worlds to smuggle into high-level worlds is that, firstly, Space Cracks are difficult to find, and secondly, the energy level of the Eight Yang Realm is higher than that of the Seven Yang Realm. Starships made of Seven Yang Realm materials cannot withstand the pressure generated by the natural Laws of the Eight Yang Realm. Simply put, they will disintegrate.

This is also why it is difficult for people from other low-level worlds to come to the Seven Yang Realm without Seven Yang Realm Magical Artifacts.

When the Flying Boat was searching for Space Cracks, Hua Kong wanted to go back several times, but looking at Lin Lan and Lin Yu beside him, he was unwilling to let them bear the risk alone, so he didn’t open his mouth in the end.

A few months later, the group found a Space Crack through a Star Chart bought from the Lin Family Commerce, and Hua Kong felt something was wrong when the Flying Boat rushed towards the Space Crack.

Because of the difference in energy levels, the opened Space Channel was not stable at all. After flying in the Space Channel for a while, the Flying Boat was also pushed backwards by the strong Space Power blowing from the opposite side.

Hua Kong was simply dumbfounded. If this situation continued, the Flying Boat would inevitably disintegrate, and everyone would eventually be reduced to bones in the Space Turbulence.

Helplessly, he drove everyone to the bottom cabin, put on his Star Suit, walked outside the Flying Boat, and temporarily strengthened the Flying Boat’s cabin and Formation.

In order to maintain the Flying Boat’s flight, Hua Kong emptied his accumulated Void Stones, and even used the Space Spiritual Power of his Space System Golden Core. Only then did the Flying Boat barely manage to fly through the Space Channel.

After persisting for a few more days, it finally couldn’t hold on after reaching the sky above the Xuanming Continent in the Eight Yang Realm, and it still disintegrated.

Everyone quickly summoned their Flying Swords and rode on them, but the Flying Swords of the Seven Yang Realm were not very effective in the Eight Yang Realm.

They kept falling down, so Hua Kong had to use Space Power to hold everyone up.

Fortunately, only Lin Lan, Lin Yu, and two other disciples of Old Ancestor Lin Lian came, otherwise Hua Kong couldn’t guarantee that they wouldn’t fall to their deaths!

Everyone landed in a hurry and found themselves in a desolate forest.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Since the Flying Boat failed to fly to the planned Old Dragon Island, their group temporarily lost their direction.

And the Magical Artifacts of the Seven Yang Realm were not very effective in the Eight Yang Realm, so everyone could only run around in this forest, avoiding Demon Beasts while rushing in a general direction.

“Haha! Fortunately, I called Xiao Kong to come along! Otherwise, this time would have been miserable!”, Lin Yu was in a good mood.

“You guys are really something!”, Hua Kong was still distressed about his Void Stones, and was really helpless.

“Xiao Kong, don’t complain! The Spiritual Energy here is so rich, it is very beneficial to us! Even if this trip is unsuccessful! It will be of great benefit.”, Lin Yu said.

“Yes! Yes! Junior Brother Yu is right!”, Yang Yuzhuo was already in the Mid-Stage Golden Core Realm, and had also joined in this time.

“Junior Brother Yu is right, the Spiritual Energy here is indeed more concentrated than our Seven Yang Realm!”, Li Mei was the strongest of the group, already in the Late Stage Golden Core Realm.

“Let’s hunt some low-level Demon Beasts, if we encounter a human city, we can exchange them for Magical Artifacts from this world”, Lin Lan interrupted everyone’s chat.

“With our strength, we are probably only Late Stage Foundation Establishment here! We have dropped a big realm!”, Li Mei said.

“Then what should we do?”, Lin Lan asked.

“Why don’t we find a hidden place! Cultivate for a period of time! It’s not too late to act after we improve our strength a bit!”, Li Mei suggested.

“Old Dragon Island will be opened in ten years!”, Lin Lan said, she still really wanted to go on this trip. The Gold Element Dragon Spirit Fruit, this kind of Gold Element Sacred Fruit, is extremely helpful for her to form her Nascent Soul.

“Lan Mei is so young, she will have many opportunities”, Lin Yu persuaded, a group of Golden Core Great Powers with Foundation Establishment strength, it is really unsafe to run around in this forest. Old Dragon Island opens once every hundred years, Lin Lan is less than three hundred years old, and is now in the Mid-Stage Golden Core Great Perfection, she does indeed have many opportunities.

“Alright then!”, Lin Lan was a little unwilling, but the current situation does not allow for willfulness.

The group traveled through the forest for a few more days and discovered a small mountain. They took out their Flying Swords and carved out a cave in the mountain. The Magical Artifacts of the Seven Yang Realm still had no problem dealing with these mundane objects.

Hua Kong also set up a Concealment Formation at the entrance of the cave. Because the Void Stones had been used up, the Space-Time Trap Formation could not be set up. He had to arrange for one person to guard the entrance of the cave to prevent Demon Beasts from accidentally entering. The group could only take turns cultivating.

About two years later, everyone felt that their compatibility with this world had greatly improved, and only then did they walk out of the cave and try to hunt some low-level Demon Beasts.

“How about choosing this one?”, Lin Yu pointed to a Level 4 Fire System Demon Beast that looked like a tiger from afar.

“This kind of attack power is too strong, it’s not safe”, Li Mei denied.

“There really is a Dragon!?”, Hua Kong suddenly shouted, pointing to a Dragon-shaped Spirit Beast flying across the sky.

“That’s not a Dragon! That’s a descendant of a Dragon and other Demon Beasts!”, Lin Lan said after taking a look.

The group tried to hunt Demon Beasts and only then did they realize that the Demon Beasts in this world were simply too much, they all looked like they couldn’t afford to provoke them.

In the end, after choosing and choosing, the group picked a deer-shaped Level 3 Wood System Demon Beast. They finally managed to eliminate it after a joint attack. Their strength was indeed much stronger than the Level 3 Demon Beasts in the Seven Yang Realm.

The group finally understood their positioning in this world, probably equivalent to a Level 3 Demon Beast in the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm. The group finally felt a little relieved, Foundation Establishment was not too bad.

The group hunted a large number of low-level Demon Beasts in the forest and collected their Demon Crystals, while their flesh was used as Spiritual Objects and was eaten by the group, either boiled or roasted. It did indeed strengthen the group’s physique.

After staying in the forest for as long as three years, the group felt that they were almost ready, so they summoned their Flying Swords and ascended into the high sky, starting to look for places where humans gathered, planning to exchange the Demon Crystals for Spirit Stones or Magical Artifacts.

The adaptation in these years was indeed helpful, they could indeed control their Flying Swords for long-distance flight.

The reason why they couldn’t fly before was that their own Spiritual Power was too weak compared to the Eight Yang Realm, and the quality of the Magical Artifact Flying Swords was not high in this world, so they couldn’t fly.

And now everyone has become more adapted to the environment of the Eight Yang Realm, their Spiritual Power level has greatly increased, and even if the quality of the Flying Swords is poor, they can still control the Flying Swords to fly.

The group controlled their Flying Swords, stopping and going for a month, and finally found a place where humans gathered, and only then did they land to ask for directions.

After inquiring, they found out about a place called Small Stone City, and then they rushed over on their Flying Swords.