Chapter 371: Chapter 370: Golden Core Twelfth Transformation, Mastering Fate (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
The cosmos nurtures, the Innate Five Great Ones emerge, all things evolve, heroes vie for supremacy, and scene after scene plays out in the mind. Lu Xuanji’s heart swells, his vision expands.
Observing all this, Lu Xuanji suddenly sits cross-legged, closes his eyes, and begins to comprehend.
Within his body, the aura changes, and the Golden Core transforms.
Upon the Golden Core, the aura of the Innate Five Great Ones appears, the earliest imprints of the cosmos emerge.
Comprehending these, Lu Xuanji’s thoughts stir, and he begins to deduce a Cultivation Technique called the Innate Five Great Scripture.
The scripture changes, rises and falls, continually circulating between life and death.
After a long time of comprehension, Lu Xuanji opens his eyes.
Choke!
He spits out a mouthful of fresh blood, comprehension failed.
The Innate Five Great Ones, containing the mysteries of the cosmos’ origin, and boundless creation, are simply beyond the understanding of a mere Golden Core junior like him.
It’s like a grade school student being forced to study calculus.
Swish swish!
At this moment, a small boat moves forward.
Starting from the Taiyi Era, advancing into the Taichu Era, Taishi Era, Taixu Era, and Taiyi Era.
Then, it enters the era of deities and demons contending, the era of postnatal divine spirits battling, the Immortal Realm era, until it arrives at his current space-time node.
He thought the small boat would halt at this point, yet unexpectedly, it continues on, advancing into the distant future.
The future holds countless possibilities, countless branches, countless changes.
Yet the small boat advances, riding one stream of destiny into another stream, and then another stream, one stream after another, continuously progressing.
The future features countless crossroads, traps, and tributaries of death, but the small boat keeps advancing, always choosing the brightest tributary, keeping on.
Many times, seemingly remote destiny streams, seemingly hopeless tributaries become vastly bright after the small boat passes through.
After an unknown length of advancement, suddenly a sound comes from the front.
Clang clang clang!
The Chaos Bell appears, striking horizontally towards the river of destiny, attacking the small boat.
"The Golden Crow Ancestor acts!"
Lu Xuanji’s heart stirs slightly.
At this instant, the small boat slightly moves, dodging the Chaos Bell’s strike, moving forward.
After advancing a distance, a black demonic claw rends towards the small boat.
The small boat slightly shifts, like a Divine Dragon wagging its tail, dodging the claw in a hair’s breath, vanishing into the front.
After a short advance, a Black and White Tai Chi Diagram attacks.
The small boat just slightly shifts, evading the attack, advancing into the distance.
On the road to the future, wave after wave of Divine Artifacts and Magical Treasures attack, yet the small boat always evades the strikes at the crucial moment, advancing towards the future.
Advancing for an indeterminate time, the small boat halts.
For here, the river of destiny breaks, the future disappears.
"A break in destiny signifies only one possibility... the cosmos heads towards doomsday, towards destruction, and all beings have so-called no destiny!"
Lu Xuanji sighs slightly.
All things possess lifespan, cultivators have lifespan, immortals have lifespan, planets have lifespan, and the cosmos too has a lifespan.
When the cosmos collapses, and all things end, all living beings perish, and the river of destiny breaks here as well.
"The Celestial Five Declines, the end of the path!"
Lu Xuanji sits on the small boat, comprehending the break in destiny, comprehending the aura of cosmic end.
"The heavens and the earth at twilight, the cosmos at its end, death, decay, decline, destruction, ruin..."
Comprehending these mysteries, after an indeterminate time, Lu Xuanji opens his eyes.
The small boat moves forward, the endless future begins to flow backward, heading towards the present space-time.
Rustle!
The river of destiny flows, accompanied by the small boat moving, finally returning to the present node.
The small boat halts, transforming back into the appearance of a phone.
Lu Xuanji opens his eyes, returning to the real world again, though everything seems unchanged, yet everything changes much.
Activating the Golden Core, accompanied by the surge of Magical Power, a river of destiny appears before Lu Xuanji’s eyes, hovering between the real and the illusory, seemingly the evolution of the Great Dao.
Looking upstream in the river of destiny, a phantom shadow stands in the past, seemingly about to dissipate at any moment, yet seemingly eternally unyielding, residing in the past;
Looking downstream in the river of destiny, a phantom shadow stands in future space-time, with a mighty aura, dominating ancient and modern times.
Swish!
At this moment, the river of destiny dissipates.
Cough cough cough!
Lu Xuanji coughs, sensing the change in his body, a sense of weakness arises, his body depletes, Essence, Qi, and Spirit deplete.
The aura of the Golden Core regresses, becoming the Golden Core Ninth Transformation.
Cultivation regresses, yet Lu Xuanji’s spirit feels a trace of lightness.
In the darkness, some causes and effects dissipate.
It seems now he has become safe.
Previously, he was like a fish biting the hook, in life-and-death not up to him; now, however, the hook in his mouth disappears, safe.
"The Golden Core Ninth Transformation is also good, it allows one to avoid attention, remain low-key and safe, avoid some deadly tribulations!"
Lu Xuanji reflects.
At this moment, it seems his Golden Core is depleted, resembling the Ninth Transformation.
Yet, in essence, it is the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation.
Golden Core Twelfth Transformation.
In the Seventh Transformation, one can impact Nascent Soul, but it results in the weakest Nascent Soul, with no prospect for Divinity Transformation;
The Eighth Transformation, with a deep Golden Core foundation, possesses the qualifications for Divinity Transformation;
The Ninth Transformation, after absorbing Immortal Gold, makes the Golden Core flawless, with formidable combat power;
The Tenth Transformation, after absorbing Immortal Realm Laws, remodels the Golden Core, enhancing the cultivator’s bloodline, elevating potential limits;
The Eleventh Transformation, borrowing the Power of the Heavenly Dao, condenses a supreme fate, gaining the favor of destiny.
The Twelfth Transformation further glimpses into the river of destiny, able to alter one’s fate and choose a bright destiny branch for oneself.
The first ten transformations mainly enhance the Golden Core, boost physique and potential, elevating potential limits.
The latter two transformations mainly involve fate, destiny, the enhancement of destiny, the favor of destiny.
Upon reaching the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation, a cultivator naturally dims their light, automatically adjusting back to the Golden Core Ninth Transformation, giving others the impression of severe attrition, of initializing a failure.
Yet at essence, it remains the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation.
In terms of combat power, the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation may decrease compared to the Tenth Transformation, giving the impression of "I’m weak".
Yet in the years that follow, it continually compensates, releasing terrifying potential with boundless creation.
"Finally achieved, the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation is the endpoint, no such thing as the Thirteenth Transformation exists!"
Standing up, Lu Xuanji perceives himself, an unprecedented confidence rises.
Swallowing a Golden Core, "My fate is determined by me, not by heaven."
Ordinary Golden Core Cultivators have no control over their own fate; even Divinity Transformation, Refining Void, and even Immortals are not in control.
But when a cultivator reaches the Golden Core Twelfth Transformation, there is a possibility of controlling one’s destiny.