Chapter 953 Perfection of the Third Layer, Golden Core Late Stage Peak

In the cultivation room, Chu Ning immediately began to attempt cultivation according to the method of Void Escape.

However, after several attempts, he paused again.

Even though he had cultivated the Void Finger and gained some understanding of the Power of Space, it was still extremely difficult and confusing to cultivate.

Chu Ning was not in a hurry, trying little by little.

When he was at a loss, he would again cultivate the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique and the Five Elements Chaos Technique.

He also cultivated the Void Finger, experiencing the Power of Space.

Thus, three months passed.

"I have vaguely gained some insight, but there is still a considerable distance from truly performing the secret technique of Void Escape.

This is one of the most difficult divine power secret techniques I’ve attempted to cultivate."

Walking out of the cultivation room, Chu Ning was full of emotion.

However, thinking of the mystery of the Power of Space, Chu Ning also felt it was quite reasonable.

During this period, Chu Ning devoted most of his energies to understanding Void Escape, but he frequently cultivated the Five Elements Chaos Technique and Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique as well.

Progress had indeed improved somewhat.

However, after cultivating the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique to the third layer of the second volume, his proficiency reached a new high.

This bit of progress was merely the beginning; Chu Ning took a look at his proficiency.

[Five Elements Chaos Technique (Celestial Tier Middle Grade), Third Layer (101800/200000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume Two, Third Layer (562/220000)]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Fourth Layer (64000/64000)]

In the third layer of the second volume of the Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, it consists of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Derivations.

The proficiency for the Seventh Derivation is 50000, the Eighth Derivation is 70000, and the Ninth Derivation is 100000, with the proficiency of this third layer reaching as much as 220000.

This is higher than the third layer of the Five Elements Chaos Technique.

Moreover, comparatively, body refinement is not like qi refining, even with Snow Crystal Ganoderma and spirit medicine, the speed is still much slower.

It seems that this will definitely be time-consuming.

"Next, the priority remains in ensuring the cultivation of the Five Elements Chaos Technique, then comprehending Void Escape."

Determining his intentions, Chu Ning walked out of the cave mansion, surprisingly finding that Cen Zijin was not inside the cave mansion.

He went out to the medicinal garden and checked the status of the Purple Origin Fruit.

Finding that the Origin Stone within the formation had been consumed quite a bit, he immediately took out another Origin Stone and replaced it.

"This fruit has absorbed spiritual qi for decades; even though the inherent Power of Origin in the seed allows its absorption of origin faster.

It probably wouldn’t achieve absolute fusion of Power of Origin and spiritual qi without ten to twenty years."

Chu Ning muttered slightly to himself and turned to leave the medicinal garden.

After tending to the other spirit plants a bit, Cen Zijin happened to return to the cave mansion.

"Ah, you’re out of seclusion?"

Seeing Chu Ning, a sweet expression flashed across Cen Zijin’s face.

Chu Ning stepped forward and gently took hold of the other.

"Where have you been? As soon as I emerged from seclusion and couldn’t see the Immortal’s figure, I missed you terribly."

"I don’t believe you," Cen Zijin said, her eyes showing more joy.

Chu Ning chuckled and said:

"Don’t be disbelief; I almost flew to the sect’s sky and shouted for you."

"Don’t mess around," Cen Zijin quickly responded upon hearing that.

"Next time when I go out, I will leave you a Sound Transmission Talisman or tell Bai Ling about it."

Chu Ning smiled and nodded upon hearing.

Cen Zijin then continued:

"I just went to Artifact Refining Pavilion, and the refinement of Jiuhua Starship is almost complete, Senior Brother Ge called me over to arrange the array together."

She added, "Actually, Senior Brother Ge also wanted to invite you, but I answered that you were in secluded cultivation.

But ultimately, you will still need to go, I, along with the brothers in the Array Pavilion, looked at it, the setup of one main array is very complicated, and likely needs your arrangement."

Chu Ning nodded.

"After this secluded cultivation, I spent some time on general cultivation, so naturally, I can go take a look when free."

In the upcoming time, Chu Ning’s cultivation returned to normal, just as he mentioned.

He cultivated the Five Elements Chaos Technique and Void Escape daily, and every other day, engaged in dual cultivation to enhance body refinement progress.

Regarding the Jiuhua Starship, after Chu Ning took action, the final assembly and array were entirely completed.

Jiuhua Sect once again possessed a large-scale magical treasure.

The power of the array on it, redesigned by Chu Ning combining some formations from Thunder Fire Sect, was even higher than before.

When it came to driving this treasure, after some discussion within the sect, it was concluded that Cen Zijin was the most suited.

Although this magical treasure was crafted by the Artifact Refining Pavilion, truly bringing out its power relies more on the array on the ship.

The array master with Golden Core cultivation, can most effectively unleash its power.

There are three cultivators in the sect who fulfill these criteria—Chu Ning, Cen Zijin, and He Feng from the Array Pavilion.

Chu Ning’s individual strength is the strongest, but it’s somewhat wasteful to use it to control this magical treasure.

He Feng, as an Elder of the Array Pavilion, if something happens, presiding over the sect grand array is his main duty.

Thus, Cen Zijin, with her Golden Core Middle Stage and expertise in arrays, became the best choice to control the starship.

Chu Ning agreed with this, as he had been involved with the starship all along.

He knew that even if driven by a single Golden Core cultivator, if it could gather the magical power of multiple Foundation Establishment cultivators, it could even unleash attacks at the Nascent Soul cultivator level.

As for defense, it is even stronger.

It’s likely that even a Middle Stage of Nascent Soul Cultivator would find it difficult to breach the array defenses on this ship.

Thus, for a long period after, Cen Zijin, aside from cultivating, led many Foundation Establishment Cultivators in operating the ship’s arrays.

Everything the Jiuhua Sect did was actually a precaution.

Friction and conflicts between the Demon Sect and the Celestial Extreme Alliance were constant, and other major alliances in the Western Alliance Continent showed varying levels of unrest.

Cloud Peak Alliance, though using one force to check another, contemplated observing the situation before joining any alliance’s camp easily.

However, determining how long they could resist being drawn in was unpredictable.

But what slightly assured and surprised the Jiuhua Sect was that, although they and other sects within the Cloud Peak Alliance began to prepare for unforeseen circumstances,

over a long period following, the conflicts between the Demon Alliance and the Celestial Extreme Alliance did not escalate further, thus not putting much pressure on the Cloud Peak Alliance.

And the various sects within the alliance, while somewhat concerned, also gained a good opportunity for growth.

In no time, ten years passed.

Celestial Mist Peak Cave Mansion.

Chu Ning and Cen Zijin sat facing each other, sipping Spirit Tea while chatting about a Jade Box placed in front of them.

"Spiritual Clarity Fruit? A Spirit Fruit that aids in forming the Nascent Soul."

Cen Zijin looked at the Spirit Fruit in front of Chu Ning, a look of surprise in her eyes.

Before this, she had never heard of such a heaven and earth exotic treasure.

"I accidentally obtained two of them in the Northern Cold Land, and I might not take long before consuming one.

This other one is prepared for you."

Upon hearing Chu Ning’s words, Cen Zijin’s attention instantly shifted from the Spiritual Clarity Fruit to Chu Ning, a look of delight on her face.

"Are you approaching the Golden Core Late Stage Peak?"

"In about one or two months," Chu Ning smiled at this moment.

He also glanced at the cultivation proficiency in his mind.

[Five Elements Chaos Technique (Celestial Tier Middle Grade), Third Layer (198000/200000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume Two, Third Layer (45562/220000)]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Fourth Layer (64000/64000)]

The third layer of the Five Elements Chaos Technique was nearly cultivated to the Realm of Perfection, and according to Chu Ning’s estimation, breaking through the Third Layer to Perfection would coincide with his attainment of Golden Core Late Stage Peak.

This timeline, in calculation, turned out to be slightly slower than Chu Ning had anticipated.

According to Chu Ning’s normal dual cultivation speed, it would take about five years for the Five Elements Chaos Technique’s Third Layer to reach Perfection.

However, this dual cultivation hastened Chu Ning’s practice, and likewise, the refining speed of the Dual Spirit Seeds also far exceeded the norm.

Because a part of it was refined and then fused with the Power of Origin, sedimented within Chu Ning’s body in various parts.

In just two years, the Dual Spirit Seeds were successively refined completely.

Chu Ning had planned for the complete refining of the Gold Spirit Seed to reach Golden Core Late Stage Peak, and even after supplementing with an incomplete Wood Spirit Seed, he still couldn’t reach the progression.

Chu Ning had anticipated this to some extent and had considered whether to stop dual cultivation and first reach Golden Core Late Stage Peak.

However, after some contemplation, Chu Ning chose to continue dual cultivation.

After the complete refining of the Dual Spirit Seeds, dual cultivation had slightly less effect than before.

Even the cultivation progress of the Five Elements Chaos Technique slowed to some extent, given that a portion of the Spiritual Qi absorbed and refined needed to merge.

Yet Chu Ning remained steadfast.

He had a vague sense that the power blended with Spiritual Qi and Power of Origin hid secrets and opportunities.

And the cost of this was being a few years late in reaching Golden Core Late Stage Peak.

Thus, the matter of the Spiritual Clarity Fruit was only now mentioned to Cen Zijin.

This was because Chu Ning planned to immediately reach Golden Core Late Stage Peak, then proceed to promote to Nascent Soul.

Whether to immediately consume the Spiritual Clarity Fruit would be considered at that time.

Knowing that Chu Ning possessed such a treasure as the Spiritual Clarity Fruit and discovering Chu Ning was nearing the Golden Core Late Stage Peak,

Cen Zijin was filled with anticipation for Chu Ning’s future cultivation.

While at this moment, Chu Ning instead found a calm mindset.

He had seen many cultivators reach Golden Core Late Stage Peak, and had even killed quite a few.

He also knew that the Golden Core Late Stage Peak seemed only a step from Nascent Soul.

But, like Black Death Demon Situ Yan, many cultivators could not cross this step in their lifetime.

Thus, for the next one or two months, Chu Ning’s cultivation routine remained unchanged.

He did not specially go into secluded cultivation.

Every day he practiced the Five Elements Chaos Technique, and even alternated days continuing dual cultivation.

Then, two months later.

[Five Elements Chaos Technique (Celestial Tier Middle Grade), Third Layer (200000/200000)]

[Nine Derivations Body Refining Technique, Volume Two, Third Layer (46162/220000)]

[Refining Spirit Technique, Fourth Layer (64000/64000)]

Seeing the cultivation proficiency in his mind, a trace of a smile appeared on Chu Ning’s face.

"Golden Core Late Stage Peak!"

The third layer of the Five Elements Chaos Technique reached Perfection, and he officially attained Golden Core Late Stage Peak!

At the same time, Chu Ning cautiously continued to look down.

With the Ren Water Spirit Body in place, Chu Ning already possessed Spirit Bodies of the Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

What kind of talent refresh would the Perfection of the third layer of the Five Elements Chaos Technique bring?