CHAPTER 523: CHAPTER 204: RETURN_2

Learn as much as you can.

Now that the heart demon has been conquered, what’s left is the analysis of the Golden Core and further deepening.

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In the following years.

The emperor and others were actually bewildered.

Because they considered all the possibilities of what Zhang Tianshi might do upon his arrival, such as promoting the path of cultivation, spreading teachings across the world, indulging in pleasures, or wielding power.

All these things were within the emperor’s expectations and he didn’t mind, as long as Zhang Tianshi was happy and didn’t cause trouble.

Or perhaps.

Even if the master had a whim to tease the princes and the crown prince, leading to a grand royal showdown.

Or using the officials as chess pieces to create his own desired game.

The emperor also didn’t care, as long as he could pacify the Tianshi and make him guard the Imperial City.

Of course, if he did tease the crown prince and others, the emperor also thought that his grandchildren and children might have some thoughts about it.

There was no other way.

The appearance of the extraordinary Zhang Tianshi was already an unsolvable situation.

But in reality.

The emperor and crown prince were bewildered.

Because ever since they presented the secret manual to Zhang Tianshi years ago, Zhang Tianshi had secluded himself in the imperial study.

It’s really absurd.

On the very first day in the court, he didn’t accept any titles, didn’t engage in idle chatter, he simply took the manual and isolated himself from the world.

They really hadn’t encountered such a person, so much so that they thought such a person couldn’t exist.

Because humans are changeable, they can’t maintain a single personality unchanged, and when engaging in closed cultivation, they occasionally relax and take a stroll.

But Zhang Tianshi stayed there for over a decade.

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On the seventy-fifth year of being in this world.

Inside the imperial study.

Zhang Feng, who had no change in appearance, had finally sorted out most of the world’s Golden Core knowledge.

And at this moment.

His constitution was [2.7K], and his spiritual sense covered twenty-seven li.

Even though by general estimation, it was at Nascent Soul Minor Achievement level.

His combat power might even surpass the never-before-seen ’Nascent Soul Great Success’ of this world?

Yet his own realm was at half-step Golden Core.

The soul and Golden Core were fusing very slowly, having merged only 15% so far.

Zhang Feng felt that this might be due to his strong comprehensive strength, making the ’soul’ too powerful and the ’Golden Core’ too complex, resulting in slow fusion.

Perhaps those mythical cultivators in dramas who take eons in a half-step realm to become invincible are experiencing something similar to him.

They are too strong and complex on their own, so the transformation becomes very slow.

However, once they break through, their strength grows exponentially, far surpassing cultivators of the same level.

Zhang Feng felt it should be like this.

Because the ’Nascent Soul process’ of fusing Golden Core with the soul, although self-forming, still involved elements inherent to oneself, requiring personal computational power to perfect.

It’s unlike the ’initial Golden Core’, which is directly delineated by ’natural rules’.

The current Golden Core seems more like something unique to oneself and under one’s control.

It’s like a blank A4 paper bought fresh, but after much writing and drawing over time, it becomes filled with one’s traces.

The present Golden Core seems more like it belongs to oneself.

Of course, the A4 paper, after all, was purchased.

And the soul, is the genuine true self.

Then, this process of Nascent Soul fusion, as Zhang Feng sees, is the path of personal exploration, an inevitable journey.

From another angle, it’s a ’true self (soul)’ merging with ’nature (Golden Core)’ in a breakthrough enhancement.

If successful, the A4 paper (Golden Core) could more extensively become one’s own.

To truly achieve this would be to analyze the entirety of the Golden Core, perhaps even achieve ’mass production of Golden Core talismans (mass-producing Golden Core masters)’.

By then, in a sense, one would grasp the rules of the Golden Core, mastering the rules of creating A4 paper.

Thus, the Golden Core would undoubtedly be one’s own.

However, the Golden Core experts produced surely wouldn’t be as formidable as oneself.

It’s not that he deliberately suppresses them or feels they gain without effort.

But because their knowledge and foundation are too weak.

Even if they had a Golden Core planted within them, mastery would not come easy, nor would they withstand the tearing forces of four-dimensional energy.

At most, they could exhibit 1% of its utility, and the rest would still depend on time to familiarize and master.

This learning process also isn’t shorter than the time spent condensing a Golden Core.

However, having a direct Golden Core saves some enlightenment process, extends lifespan, and makes them stronger than usual.

Of course, if their resolve isn’t enough, the true heart demons of cultivation could very well be their downfall.

This is Zhang Feng’s now deeper understanding of the Golden Core.

And he plans to manifest it in the virtual world as ’four dimensions’.

If it could be showcased, surely the whole world would hasten their progress for him.

Meanwhile.

Gazing at the fusing Golden Core, Zhang Feng also documented this ’progress sensation’ and ’Nascent Soul insights’.

If there was time in the next world, allowing him to reform the core and start soul fusion again, the insights would expedite the progress to the current 15% very quickly.

And there are still twenty-five years of adventure time left.

It should be able to reach 40% or so.

In reality, though his constitution was only [570], with his current gains, he doesn’t need to wait for a constitution of around 800 in this lifetime to attempt condensing a Golden Core at 570.

Including this early condensation, it won’t affect the strength of his future self.

It won’t be that after forming a Golden Core at 500, reaching a constitution of 1500 marks the end of Golden Core perfection.