NOVPUBWang Ba applied healing spiritual medicine to the hybrid White Tiger and then stored it away.
He did not fake modesty in front of his master Yao Wudi but expressed his confusion instead:
"Master, what does it mean to ’ignore Dao Domains’?"
Yao Wudi immediately explained:
"The reason why Immortal Ascension Cultivators are stronger than Nascent Soul Cultivators, aside from the nascent soul undergoing further transformation and the mana level changing, the most important thing is that Immortal Ascension Cultivators have a ’Dao Domain,’ which involves the rules of heaven and earth. No matter how strong a nascent soul is, it’s still very fragile."
"Unless they’re like our Dharma Lineage... So, even the weakest Immortal Ascension Cultivator cannot be overcome by nascent souls just by outnumbering them."
"However, your spirit beast is somewhat special; it can actually ignore Dao Domains, no wonder it could fight back and forth with that Evil God."
Yao Wudi couldn’t help but praise.
Wang Ba also suddenly saw the light.
Clearly, besides the Dao Domain, the Evil God was not much stronger than a Nascent Soul Cultivator. In front of a Class IV peak hybrid White Tiger, it naturally lost its advantage.
However, he immediately asked with curiosity:
"Master, do these Evil Gods also have Dao Domains?"
Yao Wudi waved his hand and said:
"The term ’Dao Domain’ is just how we describe it. In their terms, it might have another name. However, these Evil Gods and Incense-burning Dao Cultivators basically only have a few moves, which are incredibly powerful. I think this is actually the Dao Domains they control and their extensions. It’s just that it seems they didn’t cultivate and comprehend it by themselves, so their use is very stiff and lacks adaptability."
"After all, one must walk the path of cultivation on their own."
As he said this, Yao Wudi suddenly frowned and couldn’t help saying:
"Right, your fellow disciple surnamed Zhao told me that when you achieved Foundation Establishment, you only managed to learn the Five Elements, and before you could get started on Wind, you attained the Golden Core. Is that true?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ba didn’t say much but immediately revealed his Golden Core.
Seeing the five elemental patterns on the round Golden Core, Yao Wudi was first surprised, then couldn’t help but show a look of regret.
"It’s a superior-grade Golden Core... What a pity."
The potential of a superior-grade Golden Core is extraordinary; even the predecessors of the Myriad Laws lineage rarely managed to condense one.
His expectations for Wang Ba were such that a first-grade Golden Core would have been sufficient.
However, it was a pity that such a Golden Core had only integrated five essential cultivation methods, which was really too wasteful.
And once one steps into the Golden Core Realm, the difficulty of integrating other essences becomes shockingly high. Even he had managed to integrate only a few during his Golden Core stage, with most being completed during Foundation Establishment.
But he soon noticed something unusual and frowned:
"Why is there a hint of Wind Style on your Golden Core... "
Wang Ba immediately showed a look of admiration and flattered gently:
"Indeed, nothing gets past Master."
After speaking, he took out the ’Wind Summoning Bell.’
Feeling the rich and perfected Wind Style mana on it,
Yao Wudi was instantly taken aback:
"Perfect Foundation Establishment?"
"Have you already tried to integrate it into your Golden Core?"
Wang Ba nodded, but his face was filled with helplessness:
"Indeed, trying to integrate it into the Golden Core is difficult. I’ve pondered over it for half a year, and still haven’t found a clue."
Yao Wudi, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but laugh:
"You’re really ambitious, thinking you could figure it out in just half a year. When I was at that stage, it took me seventy or eighty years to even begin to find a way."
Wang Ba couldn’t help but look astonished.
Was it that hard to integrate other cultivation methods?
Did it really take that long?
"Of course, my situation was a bit different from yours. I already had over a dozen essences on my Golden Core at that time, so it was naturally much harder to add more later,"
Yao Wudi explained.
"Ten, over a dozen?!"
Wang Ba was instantly shocked.
At that moment, he finally understood why Yao Wudi could become the champion of Magical Combat in the Foundation Establishment stage against Golden Core Realm cultivators at the Dao-asking Conference.
With over a dozen essences under his control, even just at Foundation Establishment, Yao Wudi’s foundation was terrifyingly strong!
And with the gap between Golden Core and Foundation Establishment not so large, plus Yao Wudi’s exceptional combat talent, winning first place was indeed possible.
Yao Wudi, unaware of his disciple’s thoughts, consoled:
"Integrating other essences after attaining the Golden Core is naturally not easy. Don’t be too anxious; your master will help you."
Wang Ba nodded, not too eager anyway.
After all, it was just a matter of spending time.
After scouring the surroundings for a while, it was unfortunate that nothing was left behind after the two Evil Gods died.
Slightly disappointed, he then composed himself and suggested to Yao Wudi:
"Master, I think we should return to Chen State first, to prevent more Evil Gods from coming from the Kingdom of Immortals. Our fellow disciples are in terrible shape right now and probably can’t withstand any more trouble."
Yao Wudi, hearing this, agreed readily.
He immediately spread his palm, lifted Wang Ba and everyone else onto it, swept them with his spiritual sense, and quickly flew towards the direction of Chen State.
...
Southeast of the Fenglin Continent.
Yujiang City.
Once the bustling and beautiful capital of the Wu Dynasty,
now it had been flattened and occupied by divine temples of various different styles, becoming the de facto core of the Kingdom of Immortals.
Although these divine temples varied in style and structure, from the outside in, they were subtly divided into five areas.
The outermost area contained the smallest divine temples, each roughly the size of a small city.
These were also the most numerous, accounting for ninety percent of all the divine temples.
Then, the closer one got to the center of the city, the larger and fewer the divine temples became.
