Zhong Shenxiu, after all, had achieved Dao through the Outer Elixir Method.
He believed that the Golden Core Practitioners of this world walked a path quite different from his own.
Thus, he wanted to cultivate more experimental subjects, preferably those that followed the Outer Elixir Method.
During this time, he had been integrating the cultivation techniques of the Taixu Sect, simplifying Zhang Taiyi’s Outer Elixir Technique into an Outer Path Golden Core Technique!
This technique could lead to the formation of a Heterodox Golden Core, and it also had the ability to prolong life.
For those cultivators whose foundation was damaged or whose Gang Sha Qi was incompatible, making a Golden Core unreachable in their lifetime, this was nothing less than a road to heaven!
And, it was extremely difficult to produce a top-grade pill, mostly mass-producing practitioners of middle and lower-grade Golden Cores.
Although it would undoubtedly bring profound and chaotic influence to this realm, Zhong Shenxiu was truly not afraid.
He spoke slowly and calmly, explaining the Outer Path Golden Core Technique one by one.
Those cultivators, who initially thought he was going to discuss the nuances of Golden Core Formation, perked up their spirits, but who would have imagined such a miraculous technique?
Li Qionghua sat at the head, her face originally devoid of ripples of the past and present.
Even before, when Xie Xiangshan released a flying sword, which was forcibly refined by the Five Fire Seven Feather Fan, it hadn’t stirred her in the slightest.
After all, the quality of that Purple Mist Sword simply did not catch the attention of a true inheritor from a major Sword Sect like her.
But when Zhong Shenxiu began speaking about the Outer Path Golden Core Technique, Li Qionghua was profoundly moved, "In this world... there’s actually such a Daoist Skill that usurps the forces of nature?"
For all cultivators, reaching Core Formation is a huge divide.
Who knows how many have been kept outside, and now to suddenly see a glimmer of hope, it was almost like stealing from creation.
Do you know how many cultivators, even those who have reached the peak of Refining Gang, could not form their core due to a deficient foundation or incompatible Gang Sha Qi, and could only helplessly sit and transform at death?
How many, confident in their top-notch Gang Sha Qi and cultivation techniques, bitterly struggled with the bottleneck of Core Formation, unable to break through?
And these issues, which have troubled the Cultivation World for millions of years, seemed just like a paper wall, effortlessly punctured by Zhong Shenxiu.
If this news were to leak, it would be akin to puncturing the heavens!
Atop the Jie Tian Platform.
An old cultivator couldn’t help but tear up, murmuring, "This technique... This technique is a miraculous salvation... If only the old Daoist had a good cultivation technique back then, hadn’t mishandled the Gang Sha Qi, would he have struggled for decades and been unable to form his core?"
"This Outer Path Golden Core Technique doesn’t require the cultivator’s own foundation; just find a Demon Beast’s inner core or another substitute, and you can form a Golden Core... Even if it’s a lower-grade, the old Daoist would accept it!"
Those sharing his thoughts were indeed many.
After all, many Loose Cultivators didn’t receive true transmissions and made too many mistakes.
Now, they finally heard a method of compensation, it was truly like long-awaited rain after a drought.
Many Loose Cultivators squeezed together, continuously moving forward, nearly collapsing the Jie Tian Platform.
In the banquet area outside, they initially didn’t know what had happened.
Later, after overhearing a Loose Cultivator spill the beans, they also rushed toward the Jie Tian Platform, causing utter chaos, as if countless Loose Cultivators were attacking the Heavenly Ding Sect.
This scene made Elder Xu Yuan feel quite uncomfortable.
This was his Golden Core Conference, what a spectacle it had become now?
And if this Outer Path Golden Core Technique were to spread widely, wouldn’t it make him, the Golden Core Ancestor, seem... undervalued?
High above on the platform, Golden Cauldron Daoist’s face alternated between clouds and sunshine, his lips constantly twitching as he communicated telepathically with cultivators from various sects, finally making a decision.
Zhong Shenxiu repeated the Outer Path Golden Core Technique three times before stopping.
Below, many cultivators, especially the Loose Cultivators, kept bowing deeply, one old Daoist even kowtowed eight times, calling out, "Thank you, Ancestor, for bestowing the technique, we are endlessly grateful. We haven’t yet asked for the Ancestor’s title."
How could the creator of the Outer Path Golden Core Technique be just a Refining Gang cultivator?
"You are not my disciples, and I am not your teacher..."
Zhong Shenxiu burst into laughter and said, "First comes creation, then comes the heavens, and my way lies even before creation, so you may call me...Creation Ancestor!"
"Thank you, Creation Ancestor!"
Many loose cultivators bowed again and again.
Just then, within the Heavenly Ding Sect’s gate, the atmosphere shifted dramatically.
Clouds rose, sealing off all exits.
Zhong Shenxiu’s expression remained unchanged as he looked at Golden Cauldron Daoist, knowing that he had activated the great array of the Heavenly Ding Sect and had blocked all the paths.
"Golden Cauldron fellow Daoist, what is the meaning of this?"
He slowly asked in a calm voice.
"Fellow Daoist created the Outer Path Golden Core Technique, a talent of astonishing genius, which I admire greatly!"
Golden Cauldron Ancestor bowed first, then said solemnly, "It’s just that this technique can take the inner core of demon cultivators, which is acceptable, but it can even extract the inner core of cultivators! If it were to spread, it could fall into the wrong hands, causing endless harm, and all of us Core Formation cultivators would feel endangered, so we ask you all to stay and keep this technique secret."
A broader smile appeared on Zhong Shenxiu’s face, "And what do you fellow Daoists plan to do?"
"Of course, renowned and upright sects like us will preside over the tests and select those of pure character to pass the teachings to..." Xu Yuan answered as if it were the obvious course of action.
Upon hearing this, whether it was the Beast Taming Sect, Suxin Palace, or the other twelve major sects, or the cultivators from the Xuanji Hundred Refining Sect, Qi Origin Sect, Da Luo Sect, and other six orthodox sects, they all nodded in agreement.
Even Li Qionghua of the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect, after pondering for a while, did not object.
"If you want to monopolize the Daoist skills, just say so directly. There’s no need to beat around the bush."
Zhong Shenxiu burst into laughter and shouted, "Then what do you plan to do about us cultivators?"
"This is where you are wrong."
Golden Cauldron Ancestor sighed, "We can only restrain these friends’ mana for now, and ask them to stay temporarily in our sect. Especially Shenxiu fellow Daoist... please stay with our sect for a while until we discuss and decide on an appropriate action."
"Ha! What noble orthodox sects," Zhong Shenxiu laughed again, then sighed, "Are you forcing me to take action?"
"And what if we are?"
By then, Xu Yuan finally revealed his true nature, his mana surging around him, with a cloud of pill energy behind his head where a Seven-star Bright Jade Pill was floating uncertainly, "I know you are also a Golden Core Ancestor, but an Outer Path Golden Core could hardly be top-grade, so just surrender quietly!"
In his Second Grade Golden Core, there was a Seven-star Array Technique, which he was confident could trap this opponent without any issue.
When he brazenly took action, seven starlight beams rose up to the sky, forming a huge Star Array that trapped Zhong Shenxiu inside.
Within it, the stars transformed endlessly, almost forming a space of their own, from which even a top-grade Golden Core cultivator might not escape.
However, in the next moment...
The Seven Stars Array suddenly shattered.
Zhong Shenxiu stepped out with a sigh, "Ah... Have you ever heard the saying, ’Neither fortune nor disaster comes through gates, it is summoned by oneself’?"
Just as his words fell, a shadow entered Xu Yuan’s pill energy, a green sparrow that snagged the Seven-star Bright Jade Pill and flew onto Zhong Shenxiu’s shoulder.
Hundred Beasts Daoist shouted, "Core Formation Demon!"
This time Yu Tongzi made a move, his strength unmasked, instantly recognized by Golden Cauldron Ancestor, his face filled with greed.
Zhong Shenxiu cheerfully accepted the Golden Core from the beak of Yu Tongzi and gently stroked it.
Xu Yuan suddenly felt the connection to his Lifebound Golden Core... gone!
The Golden Core that would usually respond to his thoughts now felt completely out of his control, like a kite with its string cut.
Even the aura and mana from his body began to drop from the Golden Core Realm.
In his mix of shock and rage, he spat out a mouthful of blood and cried, "My pill, my pill..."
His condition was pitiful, bringing to mind Xie Xiangshan’s previous plight, almost identical in their misfortune.