It was evident that this solidified spiritual power was frantically absorbing primordial spiritual power, its size growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, while the liquid spiritual power deep within the elixir field and sea of qi was rapidly decreasing.

However, this liquid spiritual power did not vanish, but was instead merging into this solidified spiritual power.

If it grows to a certain extent, then it becomes a golden core.

Moreover, it's not an ordinary golden core, but a primordial golden core formed by the condensation of primordial talismans.

Dong~~

Immediately, Jiang Fan sensed that the entire tier three spirit vein began to tremble, with endless spiritual qi being devoured by him, flooding into his body and absorbed by him.

To be honest, his body right now was like a greedy Taotie, unable to satisfy its appetite no matter how much spiritual qi there was, this golden solidified spiritual power was like a black hole, devouring everything.

This shows the importance of a tier three spirit vein.

If it were a tier two spirit vein, it would not be able to provide such vast heaven and earth spiritual qi.

If the heaven and earth spiritual qi were insufficient, it might lead to the formation of an innately flawed golden core, resulting in failure.

To cultivators, a top-tier spirit vein is crucial.

...

In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.

As time passed, Jiang Fan felt that the primordial talisman deep within his elixir field and sea of qi had been completely filled with solidified spiritual power, these solidified spiritual powers merged into one, forming a dark golden primordial ball.

On the surface of the primordial ball appeared eighteen life talismans, with intricate talisman patterns appearing, unfathomable and full of mystery, resonating with heaven and earth.

No doubt about it, forming the core could be considered initially successful for Jiang Fan.

To be honest, he wasn't surprised at all.

Because his foundation was exceptionally strong, and he was a celestial spirit root cultivator, with extraordinary talent.

If he failed, then not many others in the world could succeed.

At this moment, deep within the elixir field and sea of qi, a dark golden primordial golden core appeared, with countless life talismans on its surface, transformed from the primordial talisman.

Originally an illusory primordial talisman, after merging with solidified spiritual power, it evolved into the primordial golden core.

However, since it had just successfully condensed, this golden core wasn't very stable.

The next step is to consolidate and polish it.

He needed to devour massive amounts of heaven and earth spiritual qi, to steam it, allowing the inner core to form, and the outer core to condense completely into a primordial golden core.

But this process would trigger heaven and earth tribulation qi and demonic qi.

Thereby nurturing a large number of heart demons deep within his sea of consciousness.

If careless, it would lead to the failure of core formation, resulting in failure.

Historically, some celestial spirit root cultivators failed at this step, influenced by heart demons, failing in core formation, and dying.

This step is very dangerous, to say the least.

However, Jiang Fan had methods to survive the heart demon tribulation, so he wasn't too worried about its outbreak.

Honglonglong~~

At this moment, Jiang Fan activated the primordial golden core deep within his elixir field and sea of qi, starting to rotate slowly, like a planet in orbit.

The spiritual qi of the entire tier three spirit vein surged in, compressed under the golden core spirit sense and celestial spirit root, turning into drops of spiritual liquid, which were then slowly absorbed into the primordial golden core.

The vast spiritual liquid permeated the golden core, making the originally illusory primordial golden core gradually solidify.

Strange runic patterns emerged on the golden core, seemingly containing incredible power.

The entire valley trembled incessantly, with roaring sounds.

Fortunately, a tier three array was set up around to conceal the disturbances, otherwise, the movements of advancing to the golden core would definitely be sensed by the demon beasts of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, possibly even attracting tier three demon beasts.

But under the protection of the tier three array and fate, these disturbances were unnoticed by anyone outside.

Everything was calm as if the valley was isolated from the world.

Dong!

At that moment, the void suddenly shattered, and subtle cracks appeared, with wisps of demonic qi from beyond surging in, invading Jiang Fan's sea of consciousness.

Suddenly, Jiang Fan's vision darkened, and he found himself in Osmanthus Village.

Moreover, residing in that shabby house in the small fishing village, struggling daily for a living.

He could even feel his stomach growling, empty and hungry.

"My husband, what's wrong with you? Wake up quickly."

"The tax collectors of the Dragon King Gang are here again, what shall we do?"

At this moment, Su Weiwei shook Jiang Fan awake, showing a panicked expression, as urgent footsteps could be heard outside, indicating a large number of Dragon King Gang members had come to collect various onerous taxes.

"Dragon King Gang?"

"So this is the heart demon illusion realm?"

"Truly realistic."

Hearing this, Jiang Fan smiled slightly, looking around at the scene, feeling complex inside.

He never thought that after being in the cultivation realm for so long, he'd have a chance to return to the little fishing village of the past.

Though life in the small fishing village was hard, it was the first step in his rise and also his novice village.

To be honest, he had heard of the difficulty of the heart demon tribulation before, but never imagined it would be so realistic.

The various unpleasant smells in the house, the sunlight spilling inside, the dirt and dust on the ground, and Su Weiwei's tangible touch, made it seem like he really returned to Osmanthus Village.

If his spiritual sense wasn't strong enough, he might have failed to distinguish truth from illusion.

"My husband, the people from the Dragon King Gang are here."

Su Weiwei exclaimed.

With a bang, Dragon King Gang's fierce-looking members appeared outside, wielding swords, spears, and other weapons, kicking open the wooden door and walking in.

"Kid, it's time to pay the tax."

"If you can't pay, you and your wife will become slaves for the Dragon King Gang."

The speaker was Zheng Wenbing, known as Lord Bing, glaring at Jiang Fan with a ferocious expression.

Bang~~

At this moment, the ancient demon-vibrating bell deep within Jiang Fan suddenly rang, constantly shaking.

Waves of the power of sound swept in all directions.

The power of this ancient treasure could not only kill demons but also clear heart demons.

With the demon-vibrating bell's protection, his soul was naturally safe and sound.

In an instant, the house, Su Weiwei, Zheng Wenbing, and others in front of Jiang Fan turned into bubbles, vanishing before him.

"Mere heart demons, nothing more."

Jiang Fan had also read the texts left by the Primordial Talisman Sect, which described heart demons in detail.

The so-called heart demons are merely all kinds of negative emotions and psychological shadows left by the cultivator.

These things explode when breaking through to a great realm.

If one cannot recognize them, they become trapped, unable to extricate themselves, ultimately affecting the breakthrough of the realm.

Cultivators with weak Dao hearts cannot see through the heart demon illusion realm.

Of course, if there is external assistance, passing the heart demon tribulation would be slightly easier.

"What's happening?"

But just at this moment, Jiang Fan suddenly discovered he hadn't left the heart demon illusion realm, finding himself in a void dark space, with endless black demonic qi flooding in.

This black demonic qi quickly condensed, transforming into a horde of malicious ghosts.

They looked hideous, with bizarrely shaped bodies.

Each stared at Jiang Fan, seemingly wanting to devour him completely, clearly having taken Jiang Fan as food.

"Jie Jie, a delicious human soul."

"How many years has it been since we encountered such a delicious human soul?"

"If we eat this human soul, our cultivation will surely rise greatly."

"Submit obediently, weak human, you cannot be our opponent."

At this moment, many heart demons uttered a jiejie laugh.

"They are not heart demons."

Jiang Fan's face was serious.

He could detect this wasn't a heart demon illusion realm, these heart demons were physical entities, with power to harm his soul, starkly different from what the texts described.

"Master, these are not heart demons, but outer celestial demons."

"When Master was forming the core just now, it triggered heavenly phenomena."

"These outer celestial demons sensed this aura, following it here."

"In ancient times, only peerless talents could attract outer celestial demons during core formation."

"Unexpectedly, Master received such treatment as well."

The demon-vibrating bell immediately warned, its experience was very rich, instantly understanding the current situation.

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