Chương 112: Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Divine Sense! Little Gold's New Ability!

Little Gold's New Ability!

Inside the quiet room, the light gradually faded, leaving only the powerful spiritual pressure belonging to a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, as solid and majestic as a mountain, still slowly flowing in the air, silently telling the story of the life leap that had just occurred.

Zhou Ding sat cross-legged on the futon and did not get up immediately.

He closed his eyes, his mind immersing itself in his body, like a meticulous craftsman, carefully examining and experiencing every change brought about by this breakthrough.

The pale golden "ocean" in the dantian, composed of pure magical power, did not expand much in area, but the "density" and "mass" of its "seawater" underwent a tremendous change.

Every strand of magical power was more refined and pure, containing vibrant vitality. Its operation was smooth and effortless, as if it were part of an arm or finger, far more efficient than in the beginning.

The most significant change, of course, is the three-colored golden pill that floats in the center of the dantian and rotates slowly.

At this moment, it is still the size of a longan, but its color has become deeper and more restrained. The red, gold and blue rays of light flow together in a perfect unity, with a natural Daoist charm. The natural and mysterious patterns on its surface seem to have become clearer and more complex, and they are resonating more deeply with Zhou Ding's own path of cultivation, the techniques he has practiced, and even the physical foundation that has been repeatedly modified.

It was like a real little sun, constantly absorbing, refining, and releasing even more powerful Dan Yuan magic power, providing Zhou Ding with an inexhaustible source of energy.

Each rotation causes the entire dantian (lower abdomen) to pulsate, forming a perfect grand circulation with the limbs, bones, meridians, and acupoints, endlessly generating life.

"Mid-stage Core Formation... truly a different story."

Zhou Ding was filled with emotion.

The total amount of mana increases by about 50%, and the purity and control are improved even more significantly. When casting the same spell, the power can be increased by at least 30% to 40%, and the consumption is reduced.

Most importantly, the origin of life seems to have been nourished and sublimated. Although lifespan has not increased again, the vitality and "youth" from the depths of life are more obvious.

Immediately, with a slight thought, he began to test another huge change brought about by this breakthrough—divine sense!

Like a king surveying his territory, a vast and boundless divine consciousness surged silently from the ancestral aperture between his eyebrows, instantly covering his surroundings.

Ten li, fifty li, one hundred li, one hundred and fifty li...

The divine sense spread extremely quickly, and its range continued to expand.

Finally, after steadily covering an area of "two hundred miles", the sense of natural boundaries originating from the rules of heaven and earth reappeared, and the spread of divine consciousness slowly stopped.

Two hundred li!

Zhou Ding was shocked, and then an overwhelming joy surged within him!

The range of his divine sense actually increased by another fifty miles from the previous one hundred and fifty miles, reaching an astonishing two hundred miles in radius!

This has completely and firmly entered the realm of the divine sense of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!

Moreover, even among mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, a divine sense range of two hundred miles is definitely considered above average.

Many veteran mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators only have a spiritual sense range of 180 to 220 miles.

And he, with his mid-stage Core Formation cultivation, already possessed such terrifying spiritual strength!

What does this mean?

This means that in future battles, he will have an absolute crushing advantage over most cultivators of the same or even slightly higher level at the level of divine sense!

"The power of feedback, coupled with the multiple superpositions of cultivating the Great Evolution Technique and breaking through realms... the divine sense can be so powerful!" Zhou Ding took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

This is undoubtedly another extremely hidden and powerful trump card for him, besides Xiao Jin.

However, before his joy subsided, his expression changed slightly the next moment.

A familiar yet intense tremor once again emanated from the depths of the soul contract.

The power of feedback!

The feedback that came from his breakthrough to the mid-stage of Core Formation was now arriving for Xiao Jin!

"Little Jin..."

With a thought, Zhou Ding's figure vanished from the meditation room in an instant, and the next moment he appeared outside Xiao Jin's cave.

Inside the cave, a powerful but unstable demonic energy was fluctuating violently, and Xiao Jin's enormous body was once again enveloped in a layer of dark golden light cocoon.

The flesh and bones inside could be vaguely seen twisting and trembling slightly, emitting a low hum, clearly undergoing tempering and transformation by the feedback force.

Zhou Ding did not disturb him, but stood quietly outside the cave, silently sensing with his mind, enduring the same pain, and at the same time carefully perceiving the changes in Xiao Jin.

This feedback lasted for a shorter time than before. About an hour later, the strange phenomena in the cave gradually subsided, and the dark golden cocoon slowly merged into Xiao Jin's body, revealing its new appearance.

It didn't change much in appearance, still the same dark gold, ferocious, giant beast that looked like a moving mountain. But Zhou Ding could clearly feel that the power contained under every scale and the explosive power lurking in every muscle was much stronger than before!

Its physical strength has reached a terrifying level, from being comparable to a level seven demon beast to the peak of level seven!

They're just one step away from reaching level eight!

If the "Golden Armor Technique" is used again...

Zhou Ding had a strong premonition that even an attack from an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator might not be able to easily break through its defenses!

This is practically a walking, absolute defensive barrier for those below the Nascent Soul stage!

He then perceived each of Xiao Jin's talents one by one.

As the total amount and quality of demonic power increased, the power of "Breaking the Forbidden Light" and "Dark Light Claw" naturally increased as well, but no new qualitative change occurred.

As expected, the coverage area of "Heavenly Hearing Technique" also increased to a radius of two hundred miles in sync with the surge in his own divine sense!

This means that the "field of vision" for treasure hunting within a 150-mile radius has been expanded again, making it more efficient.

What surprised and delighted Zhou Ding the most was that this feedback seemed to have stimulated Xiao Jin's bloodline, awakening a brand new, almost heaven-defying ability!

"New capabilities?"

Zhou Ding's eyes gleamed as he led Xiao Jin outside the cave and found a deserted valley to prepare for the experiment.

"I don't know what the new ability will do," Zhou Ding said telepathically.

Little Gold let out a low growl, its crimson giant eyes fixed on a hard blue stone several meters high not far away.

It slightly opened its mouth, but instead of spewing demonic fire or poisonous mist, it suddenly shot out a beam of light from deep within its throat. The beam was only the thickness of a thumb, yet incredibly condensed, extremely fast, and its entire body was a deep and beautiful purple!

"call out!"

The purple light flashed and disappeared in an instant, hitting the blue stone precisely.

However, the anticipated explosion, penetration, or corrosion did not occur.

The bluestone was completely intact, without even a trace of white residue, as if the purple light was just an illusion.

"Hmm?" Zhou Ding raised an eyebrow, stepped forward, and carefully examined the bluestone, which was indeed completely undamaged.

He picked up a small stone and threw it at the bluestone, but the stone bounced off again.

"No physical impact?"

With a thought, he released a level-one demon beast, a "Gray Rabbit," from his spirit beast pouch, which he had previously captured and used for testing medicine.

As soon as the gray rabbit was freed, it was terrified and tried to hop away.

"Little Jin, aim at it."

The purple beam shot out again, instantly hitting the panicked gray rabbit.

This time, something unexpected happened!

The gray rabbit's body suddenly stiffened, as if bound by invisible ropes. Then its limbs went limp, and it collapsed to the ground with a "thud." Although its eyes were still turning in fear and its breathing was normal, its body had completely lost its strength, and not even a trace of demonic energy could be sensed. It had become like an ordinary rabbit.

"The demonic energy has been sealed?" Zhou Ding's heart stirred, and he made a guess.

He stepped forward to check the gray rabbit's condition. Sure enough, the faint first-level demonic energy within its body was now as if it had fallen into the deepest stillness, completely unable to be mobilized!

The gray rabbit was left with only its instinctive physical strength, and even maintaining its monster form seemed a bit of a struggle.

"Interesting..." Zhou Ding's interest grew even stronger.

After a moment's thought, he made a bold decision.

He manipulated Little Gold to unleash a purple light on himself as well.

He controlled the intensity of the purple light to the minimum and gently tapped it on Zhou Ding's shoulder.

"laugh……"

When the purple light hit his body, Zhou Ding felt a slight chill on his shoulder, as if he had been splashed with ice water.

Immediately, a strange power spread throughout the body via the meridians and acupoints in the shoulder!

This force was not violent; instead, it was like the thickest glue. Wherever it passed, the ever-flowing, pure, and powerful Qingyuan magic power within his body began to slow down and become sluggish!

Zhou Ding immediately calmed his mind and focused all his energy on circulating the Azure Origin Sword Technique, attempting to dispel and refine the invading alien force.

However, this purple power was extremely stubborn and peculiar, as if it were a "coagulant" specifically targeting spiritual power and magical power. His pure dantian was unable to quickly expel it and could only slowly wear it down.

After a full incense stick's time, Zhou Ding felt that the last trace of purple power in his body had been completely refined and cleansed, and his magical power flowed smoothly and freely again.

"One incense stick's worth of light..." An astonishing light flashed in Zhou Ding's eyes!

This purple light was actually able to seal the mana of this mid-stage Core Formation cultivator for as long as an incense stick's time!

Although it was because he didn't resist with all his might and it was the result of Xiao Jin controlling the power, it was still incredibly powerful!

You must know that in a battle of magic, victory or defeat can often be decided in an instant. Let alone the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, even a few breaths of having one's magic power sealed can be enough to determine life or death!

He immediately conducted more tests.

When tested with a low-grade magic weapon flying sword, the sword's spiritual light dimmed instantly after being hit by the purple light, turning it into ordinary iron and making it impossible to activate.

An experiment was conducted using a simple Qi Refining stage puppet. When the purple light hit the core, the puppet immediately stopped operating.

He even set up a simple protective array, but when Xiao Jin shot a purple light into the array flag at its core, the entire array experienced noticeable stagnation and fluctuations, and its operating efficiency dropped significantly. Although it did not completely stop, its power was greatly reduced!

"Sealing magic power, demonic power, magical artifact spiritual power, puppet cores, and interfering with the operation of formations... This ability is simply a divine skill born for battle!" Zhou Ding was increasingly surprised as he tested it.

He named this new ability "Spirit Sealing Light"!

Imagine that in the midst of a fierce battle, a sudden "Spirit Sealing Light" strikes the opponent. Even if it only seals the opponent's magic power for a moment, it is enough for the opponent to seize the absolute initiative, or even to decide the outcome of the battle in one blow!

This light is a nemesis to enemies who rely on magic weapons, formations, and puppets!

"Great! That's wonderful!"

Zhou Ding stroked the head of the shrunken Little Gold that had come closer, feeling a surge of pride in his heart.

Currently, he is at the mid-stage of Core Formation, possesses terrifying divine sense at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, and has a powerful physical body.

Xiao Jin possesses the physical body of a peak level seven demon beast, near-invincible defense below the Nascent Soul stage, and the heaven-defying crowd control skill "Sealing Spirit Light".

With Xiao Jin working together, as long as they don't encounter any Nascent Soul stage monsters, they can definitely roam freely in this chaotic outer sea!

Even if they encounter someone in the early Nascent Soul stage, with Xiao Jin's terrifying defense and the combined strength of Zhou Jin and Zhou Ding, they might still have the ability to maneuver or even retreat.

……

Filled with joy and boundless anticipation for the future, Zhou Ding returned to his cave dwelling.

Xin Ruyin and Xiao Mei had already sensed his successful breakthrough and were now waiting in the hall.

"Congratulations to Zhou Lang (son-in-law) on breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation! You've taken another step forward on your path to immortality!" Both women beamed with genuine joy as they offered their congratulations.

Xin Ruyin's beautiful eyes swept over Zhou Ding, and she could clearly feel the depth and power of his aura, which was even stronger than before. She was happy for him, but also felt a sense of urgency and motivation.

She said softly, "Zhou Lang has broken through, and I cannot fall too far behind. I have sensed recently that my realm has reached perfection and my magic power has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. After another year or two of preparation, I can try to break through to Core Formation."

"Really? That's great!"

Zhou Ding was overjoyed upon hearing this and grasped Xin Ruyin's hand: "If you need any pills or resources, just ask. I will personally protect you!"

"And me too!"

Xiao Mei jumped out, puffing out her chest, her face flushed with excitement: "If Miss is going to form her Core, I can't be too bad! Look, Young Master, I'm already in the late Foundation Establishment stage! In a few more years, I'll also form my Core, and then our cave will have four Core Formation cultivators. Let's see who dares to look down on us then!"

Looking at Xiao Mei, who was smiling brightly and full of energy, and then at Xin Ruyin, who was as elegant as an orchid and had a firm Dao heart, and then thinking of Zhou Jin, who was consolidating his realm, and those few spirit beasts with unlimited potential, Zhou Ding felt a warm current and satisfaction welling up in his heart.

Back then, they and their companions, filled with both confusion and a glimmer of hope for the future, ventured far into the vast, chaotic sea of stars.

Now, in less than twenty years, not only have they successfully established themselves, but everyone has also made great progress in their self-cultivation and their path to enlightenment has become bright.

This cave dwelling on Lingmu Peak is no longer just a temporary stop; it has truly become their solid foundation in a foreign land.

"Okay, all is well. We will all get better and better." Zhou Ding nodded with a smile, his gaze fixed on the vast sea of clouds and distant mountains outside the cave. His thoughts, however, drifted involuntarily to a more distant place, back to the Yue Kingdom, which was now somewhat blurred in his memory.

He thought of "Junior Brother Han," who also came from the Yue Kingdom, carried secrets, acted cautiously, and had crossed paths with him several times before parting ways.

I wonder how he is now?

With his intelligence and opportunities, what level has he reached now?

He thought of Yellow Maple Valley, Green Wave Cave, and his master Li Huayuan, who had taught him the Way.

Back then, when the demonic forces of Yue Kingdom invaded, the situation was chaotic, and he was forced to leave. He didn't know if his master was still well.

Does Yellow Maple Valley still exist? What became of those fellow disciples?

A faint sense of nostalgia for my homeland and loved ones quietly swept through my heart, but it was quickly replaced by the tangible warmth before my eyes and a firm belief in the future.

The path to immortality is long and winding, and each person has their own destiny.

All he can do is protect the people in front of him, walk his own path, and keep getting stronger until one day he can calmly return to that land, settle some karmic debts, and see some old friends.