Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

And during this rapid gathering of spiritual power, an anomaly gradually manifested.

At the center of the Black Water Pool, a faint spiritual power vortex began to form above the third layer of the Black Water Pavilion.

Initially, the people in the old mansion and the cultivators in the city didn’t feel anything unusual.

But as the spiritual power vortex grew larger and began to stir the clouds in the sky, many cultivators noticed this peculiar phenomenon.

"The direction of the spiritual power vortex seems to be the Black Water Pool!"

"Could it be that the one in seclusion at the Black Water Pool is our ancestor?"

"Is the ancestor about to break through to the Golden Core stage!?"

"Miss Li’Er just broke through not long ago, and now our Shen Family is about to have another Golden Core master!"

"I heard that the ancestor doesn’t have a spirit root and cultivated with sheer perseverance!"

Many of the Shen Family cultivators in the city looked up at the powerful spiritual power vortex above, which was about to cover the entire Yunshui City, and discussed excitedly.

For most of the younger cultivators in Yunshui City, Shen Yuan’s existence was a legend.

Besides Mu Yan, Mu Chang, and other early loyal cultivators to the Shen Family, most of the youngsters only heard about Shen Yuan’s deeds and had never seen his true appearance.

Most people only knew that the ancestor Shen Yuan usually meditated in the pavilion in the center of the Black Water Pool, and only the Shen Family’s direct lineage and some seniors from the clan could access that area.

At the gate of the old mansion, Shen Chongming stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the spiritual power vortex above, his expression somewhat excited.

Behind him, Shen Chonghong, Shen Chongxuan, and other third-generation juniors rushed over from all directions.

"Brother Ming, is Grandfather about to make a breakthrough?"

Shen Chongxuan, dressed in a deep blue scholar’s robe, with a mustache on his lip, spoke with cupped hands.

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly.

"This phenomenon does resemble the precursor to core formation, but I estimate that Grandfather cannot achieve a breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm this time."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chonghong asked in some confusion, "Why?"

Shen Chongming smiled faintly at him.

"Once you achieve the Golden Core, you’ll feel it clearly."

"Although this phenomenon is grand in scale, it has not connected with Heaven."

"This means that Grandfather is likely experiencing a breakthrough similar to an epiphany, enabling him to reach the Half-Step Golden Core Realm."

After a slight pause, he smiled again, "But a Half-Step Golden Core is sufficient."

"Achieving the Half-Step Golden Core allows for a gradual path forward, with a substantial chance of reaching the true Golden Core Realm in the future."

As the brothers talked, the spiritual power vortex had grown to envelop the entire Yunshui City.

"Chonghong, have someone activate the Ren Water Concealing Spirit Array."

Seeing this, Shen Chongming spoke promptly.

Upon hearing this, Shen Chonghong cupped his hands slightly and then left the old mansion.

Moments later, the Ren Water Concealing Spirit Array light shield above Yunshui City slowly vanished, and the gigantic spiritual power vortex once again spread in all directions.

Nearby, a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power was drawn away by the vortex, leaving the city’s many cultivators in awe and fear.

Even Shen Chonghong couldn’t help but mumble in astonishment, "So much Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, can Grandfather’s body withstand it?"

"Moreover, this spiritual power vortex seems to take in everything, absorbing the surrounding five elements’ spiritual power..."

Hearing this, Shen Chongming also furrowed his brow slightly.

But then he recalled that Shen Yuan himself didn’t have a spirit root and had previously broken through to Fetal Breathing without relying on five elements’ innate spiritual power.

"Grandfather’s path of cultivation is different from ours; it should be fine."

Everyone just watched as the giant spiritual power vortex swept up a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power from all around.

Until two hours later, the giant spiritual power vortex slowly disappeared.

The anticipated Golden Core anomaly did not appear, which confirmed that Shen Yuan indeed did not achieve the Golden Core Dao in one move.

The second floor of Black Water Pavilion.

Sitting cross-legged, Shen Yuan used his divine sense to view his dantian, and saw that, at this moment, with the Great Derivation Inner Core as the core, five Five Elements Inner Cores slowly rotated, while outside this system, a chaotic nebula formed by Five Elements Spiritual Power occupied the entire dantian, rotating in sync with the Five Elements Inner Cores.

Shen Yuan felt a tinge of oddness in his heart.

If this trend continues, could he eventually cultivate a cosmic starry sky in his dantian?

Suppressing his thoughts, he slowly opened his eyes.

With a flutter of his divine sense, feeling the figures on the first floor of the Black Water Pavilion, Shen Yuan calmly spoke:

"Come up."

At the staircase, Shen Chongming and his two brothers successively came to the second floor.

"Grandfather."

The three greeted respectfully with cupped hands.

Shen Yuan nodded.

"Sit down."

The three brothers took their seats as Shen Chongxuan busied himself with preparing tea.

"Grandfather must have reached the Half-Step Golden Core Realm this time, right?"

Feeling the obscure yet powerful force within Shen Yuan, Shen Chongming asked with cupped hands.

Shen Yuan nodded slightly.

In terms of realm alone, he had now formed an inner core, but he hadn’t connected with Heaven nor obtained the golden nature, which indeed only made him a Half-Step Golden Core.

But purely in terms of internal spiritual power, his dantian held six inner cores, and a nebula of spiritual power occupying the entire dantian.

Not even ten Half-Step Golden Cores combined could compare to him.

As for his actual strength, because he hadn’t made many moves over these years, no one knew exactly how strong he was.

"During the old man’s seclusion, did anything major happen within the clan?"

Not discussing this further, Shen Yuan looked at Shen Chongming and spoke in a deep voice.

This time in seclusion, it was close to four years altogether. With the unstable situation in Yangnao Land, many things should have happened in these four years.

Shen Chongming cupped his hands slightly and briefly reported the major events of the past four years.

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