Chapter 67

Inside the secret closed-door cultivation chamber at the back of the peak, a stunning woman in a purple-gold robe wore a look of utter despair. She had spent half a year in closed-door cultivation and had now successfully broken through to the Early Golden Core Formation stage, yet she felt not a shred of joy in her heart. At the very final moment of forming her Golden Core, she had fallen just slightly short, leaving her no choice but to force the condensation of the core. Although the condensation succeeded, the resulting Golden Core was flawed. She directed her inner sight toward her dantian. Inside, a Golden Core the size of a longan was radiating wave after wave of spiritual light. Yet upon closer inspection, a delicate crack could be seen running across the surface of the core. From within this fissure, spiritual energy leaked out continuously. While no abnormalities would appear in the short term, if this persisted for long, her Golden Core would eventually disintegrate, causing her to drop back down to the Foundation Establishment realm! Moreover, she would never have another chance to form her core in this lifetime.