Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

"Doing chores like fetching water and cleaning up, Shiluo is quite capable. But I'm afraid that it might delay his martial arts training. Ancestor Master Uncle, do you have any lighter tasks?" Zhao Hong, for the sake of his grandson's future, set aside his pride.

The middle-aged, robust man smiled slightly, "There actually is a task. The Fungus Meat Field is short of one person, let him take over there. Moreover, I will take Shiluo as a registered disciple as a way to repay Brother Qiong for saving my life back then."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hong was overjoyed, and he quickly pressed Zhao Shiluo's head down to kowtow three banging times to the middle-aged, robust man.

"Thank you, Ancestor Master Uncle, for your graciousness. Shiluo will definitely not let you down!"

And so, Zhao Shiluo unknowingly took on a master and incidentally became a menial worker at the Fungus Meat Field.

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It was September, and even the usually sultry Southern Border welcomed a crisply cool autumn day.

The sunlight was brilliant, and the sky was cloudless, yet Xinglong City remained bustling and crowded with people.

However, within a dozen kilometers around the Eight Diagrams Bright Tower, the temperature unusually plummeted, and the light dimmed substantially.

At the top of the Bright Tower, however, it was strikingly brilliant. A thick white beam of light fell from the sky directly onto the building's nine-story rooftop.

From a distance, those with exceptional eyesight could faintly see two small light points flickering at the end of the beam, high up in the vast sky.

At that moment, if anyone were to climb to the sixth floor of the Bright Tower or higher, they would notice that the interior was unbearably hot, filled with enormously rich and active Fire Spiritual Energy. The waves of heat rolling out from above seemed to hint at a giant furnace lurking on the higher floors.

At that time, all the defenses and prohibitions of the Bright Tower's sixth floor were fully activated, and three Foundation Establishment Elders spread out and sat at the stair entrance, their bodies glowing with spirit light, each holding a Spirit Sword and guarding the entrance with solemn expressions.

Before the Ancestor completed his cultivation, no one was allowed to trespass here.

At the very top of the Bright Tower, on the outer platform of the ninth floor, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged inside a huge Gathering Spirit Array, enveloped by that dazzling beam of light. Countless Fire Spiritual Energy frolicked around him; waves of Spiritual Energy surged wildly within the array.

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Muffled rumbling noises faintly came from Zhao Sheng's body, his Dantian illuminated brightly by a suspended Golden Core, the True Essence below it churning like a turbulent sea, while the Golden Crow True Fire transformed into a Great Sun, enveloping the Golden Core above it.

At that moment, a vast amount of Fire Spiritual Energy mixed with strands of Sun Essence was drawn into the Dantian, instantly refined by the Golden Crow True Fire, then transformed into pure True Essence Power.

As time passed, strands of True Essence rose from the Qi Sea and finally merged into the Golden Core, slightly enhancing Zhao Sheng's strength.

After advancing to the Golden Core stage, a Cultivator's pace of cultivation often slowed down, driving countless True Immortals to despair. Often, years of relentless cultivation yielded only slight progress.

A regular Cultivator with three spirit roots, even if they secluded themselves for a lifetime, wouldn't touch the edge of the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation without a significant fortune.

That was the case for those with three spirit roots, not to mention those with four or five spirit roots.

Indeed, the vast majority with less than four spirit roots struggled even to reach Foundation Establishment, let alone advance to Golden Core.

Zhao Sheng, having both gold and fire spirit roots, did have a chance to ascend to Nascent Soul, but no one could guarantee a successful ascension.

That was why he had been scheming to refine the Bright Sun Mirror, hoping to accelerate his cultivation pace.

The Bright Tower already possessed a large array capable of transforming sunlight, which saved him a great deal of effort.

Thus, since five years ago, Xinglong City suddenly witnessed the strange phenomenon of descending columns of light.