Night fell, and at 8 PM, Zhang Yuhe quickly entered Yu Fan Heaven.
Time gradually passed, and the news of Dao Saint Sect gaining a new Inner Sect Disciple slowly spread among the Disciples.
However, no one had seen him, and his origins were unknown. Occasionally, Disciples passing by Silver River Peak couldn't help but gaze up the mountain.
Yet, with Silver River Peak's Formation activated, nothing could be seen from the outside.
One week of Blue Star time passed, and Zhang Yuhe had already Cultivated for almost two years in Dao Saint Sect.
On this day, countless Spiritual Qi surged towards Silver River Peak. Zhang Yuhe sat cross-legged on the Cultivation platform, his expression slightly tense.
He continuously guided the Spiritual Qi, injecting it into his Dantian.
After an unknown period, the gathered Spiritual Qi slowly dissipated, and Zhang Yuhe finally let out a long breath.
"I've finally reached the Golden Core Realm."
After nearly two years of Cultivation, he had never left, staying on Silver River Peak to Cultivate, progressing all the way from Foundation Establishment to the Golden Core Realm.
Such Cultivation speed was absolutely unique in the entire Yu Fan Heaven.
Zhang Yuhe completed in two years what most Cultivators take a lifetime to achieve.
"Holy crap, what's going on?"
When he checked the situation within his Dantian, his expression became somewhat dazed.
He saw a golden spherical pearl suspended above the sea of Spiritual Qi in his Dantian, like a golden sun.
"Am I considered to be in the Golden Core Realm? Is this golden pearl my Golden Core?"
Looking at the scene within his Dantian, Zhang Yuhe couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.
According to his understanding, the process for a Cultivator to condense a Golden Core should involve solidifying all the liquid Spiritual Qi in the Dantian into a Golden Core.
But his sea of Spiritual Qi still existed; instead, a golden sun had appeared.
"This should count as a Golden Core, right?"
Zhang Yuhe felt his own aura, which was clearly much stronger than before.
"It's definitely the Golden Core Realm."
After repeated confirmation, Zhang Yuhe finally reached an answer, as a Cultivator's aura wouldn't lie.
Getting up from the pavilion and coming to the mountain peak outside, Zhang Yuhe waved his right hand, and a purple Flying Sword hovered before him.
"Go."
The Flying Sword soared across the sky, instantly cleaving into the Lake at the foot of the mountain.
The sword light cut down, directly splitting the entire Lake surface in two, causing countless dead fish to float up.
After a long time, the Lake surface returned to calm.
"Return."
Zhang Yuhe casually beckoned, and the purple Flying Sword instantly returned to him.
"Not bad."
Looking at the effect of the Flying Sword's strike, Zhang Yuhe nodded in satisfaction.
After Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, his strength had clearly made a leapfrog improvement.
With his current strength, if he were to travel down the mountain, he would undoubtedly be considered a master.
After all, a Golden Core Cultivator is not a weakling anywhere.
Moreover, Zhang Yuhe, this Golden Core Cultivator, was clearly somewhat special.
Although he hadn't formally fought anyone, he had a feeling that he was many times stronger than other Golden Core Cultivators of the same rank.
"Why am I thinking about this? I don't even fight people anyway."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuhe couldn't help but shake his head.
He was an Immortal Cultivation homebody; combat power was not his pursuit.
He just wanted to Cultivate quietly, setting a small goal first: Undergoing Tribulation and Ascension.
Zhang Yuhe casually beckoned, and the purple Flying Sword landed in his hand.
High Grade Magical Artifact, Silver River.
This Flying Sword was refined by him; the Flying Sword of Wu family's Sixth Young Master had long been thrown into the trash by him.
In the past two years, besides Cultivation, Zhang Yuhe also took time to study alchemy, Formations, talismans, and Artifact Refining, achieving Minor Achievement in all of them.
He didn't need to go out to find Materials; the game System's trade market had them for sale.
During this time, the strength of other players also gradually increased, with most players having established themselves in Yu Fan Heaven.
Some players with fast Cultivation speeds had already reached Qi Refining fourth or fifth layer.
Such Cultivation was enough to support them in traveling through small areas.
As players' strength increased, the items in the trade market slowly became richer.
Some items were dropped by monsters, but more were resold by players from the natives.
Business and trade were the innate genes of Blue Star people, even in Yu Fan Heaven.
Zhang Yuhe purchased Materials from the trade market, then refined and sold some low-end Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts, occasionally drawing talismans and making Formation Plates.
In the eyes of other players, Zhang Yuhe was clearly a major merchant in the Cultivation world.
No one would believe that these things were all made by him.
Everyone thought he had latched onto a powerful native force and was helping them with business activities.
"It's time to refine my Lifebound Treasure."
Zhang Yuhe put away the Silver River Flying Sword and came to the Artifact Refining Room in the pavilion.
After a Cultivator enters the Golden Core Realm, they can refine a Magic Treasure into a Lifebound Treasure.
A Lifebound Treasure can gradually improve as the Cultivator's realm increases.
Moreover, compared to ordinary Magic Treasures, a Lifebound Treasure has greater power and consumes less.
Every Cultivator above the Golden Core Realm has their own Lifebound Treasure.
Zhang Yuhe naturally had to get one for himself. The Lifebound Treasure he planned to refine was called the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Sword.
This was the method for refining a Lifebound Treasure that came with the Mixed Origin Heavenly Scripture.
In fact, most Cultivation Techniques come with their own Divine Abilities and Lifebound Treasure refining methods.
However, the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Sword was somewhat special because it was a set of nine Flying Swords forming a complete Lifebound Treasure set.
When the nine swords are unleashed together, they can form the Nine Heavens Primordial Sword Formation, which is both offensive and defensive, possessing immense power.
Zhang Yuhe was somewhat looking forward to seeing if the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Sword would be as powerful as described in the Cultivation Technique after he refined it.
Walking into the Artifact Refining Room, a tall, four-legged cauldron stood quietly within it.
High Grade Magical Artifact, Four Beasts Cauldron.
Zhang Yuhe sat cross-legged and took out the Materials for refining the Nine Heavens Mixed Yuan Sword one by one.
He had spent a long time collecting these Materials.
Some of the Materials were even purchased by other players on his behalf.
Because those Materials were too precious, no player would put them up for sale on the trade market.
In the past two years, the Spirit Stones he earned from refining Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts, drawing talismans, and making Formation Plates had basically all been converted into these Materials.
There was only one set of Materials; if he failed, it would take a lot of time to collect the Materials again.
However, Zhang Yuhe was not worried. Since his first practical Artifact Refining session, he had never known what failure was.
It had always been a success on the first try, with no exceptions.
Dropping the Materials one by one into the Four Beasts Cauldron, Zhang Yuhe formed hand seals, and a scorching flame ignited beneath the cauldron.
He simultaneously operated the Mixed Origin Heavenly Scripture to Cultivate, while also splitting off his Divine Sense to constantly monitor the changes within the cauldron.
After all the Materials melted, Zhang Yuhe continuously formed hand seals, shaping the molten Materials into nine small Flying Swords through his Divine Sense.
After a long while, Zhang Yuhe waved his right hand, the cauldron lid flew up, and nine Flying Swords slowly emerged.
These nine Flying Swords were all different, but the auras they emitted were connected.
Zhang Yuhe extinguished the flame, took out the Flying Swords, and picked up one of them to examine carefully.
The Flying Sword was entirely crystal clear, with a surface like flowing water; this was a water-attribute Flying Sword.
On the hilt of the Flying Sword, three small characters, "Silver River. Water," were carved in wild script.
"Not bad."
Looking at the Flying Sword in his hand, Zhang Yuhe nodded in satisfaction.
After leaving his imprint on the Flying Sword, Zhang Yuhe placed them one by one into his Dantian.
Through inner vision of his Dantian, he saw nine Flying Swords slowly rotating around the golden sphere above the sea of Spiritual Qi.
Lifebound Treasures need to be nurtured in the Cultivator's Dantian to gradually manifest their power.
"Done."
Zhang Yuhe walked out of the Artifact Refining Room and sat cross-legged on the Cultivation platform.
"Continue Cultivating."
Refining a Lifebound Treasure was just a small interlude; Cultivation was the norm.
If one doesn't Cultivate regularly, when will they Ascend?