Chapter 238: Threefold Reversion Gong

With a raised hand, Han Li enchanted the golden page that had fallen to the ground, causing it to float several dozen feet high as a target. He then began to strike it with small bursts of Azure Essence Swordlight, watching intently as the page, like a bottomless pit, absorbed all the swordlight.

During this process, Han Li also tried firing an ice arrow to see if the page could absorb spells. However, a single arrow sent the page flying, startling Han Li into immediately stopping this risky action and instead, diligently infusing it with swordlight.

Han Li's fourth-level Azure Essence Swordlight should have been quite powerful, yet as his True Essence was about to deplete, the page remained unresponsive, making Han Li inwardly groan.

He truly didn't know if failing to satisfy the page's absorption of swordlight in one go would render all his efforts fruitless!

Just as Han Li was in a dilemma, the page finally changed. A golden light erupted from its surface, and it no longer absorbed swordlight. Instead, it bounced it back, piercing a sword-hole through the bedroom wall.

Han Li suppressed the excitement in his heart, his eyes unblinking as he watched the page's transformation.

The light on the page slowly receded, gathering into ant-sized luminous characters that appeared on the page. The surface glittered with golden points, dense like countless stars in the sky. This greatly astonished Han Li!

Then, with a 'thud,' the levitation spell suddenly lost its effect, and the golden page fell straight down. Startled, Han Li instinctively reached out and snatched the golden page in his hand.

However, the moment Han Li's fingers touched the object, the luminous characters on it, as if finding an outlet, frantically poured through his hand and surged throughout his entire body.

This greatly alarmed Han Li! He desperately tried to shake the page off, but it clung to his hand as if alive, impossible to dislodge even slightly.

The luminous characters transferred too quickly; in an instant, they covered Han Li's entire body. Han Li, sparkling with these characters from head to toe, appeared incredibly strange.

Just as Han Li was at a loss, trembling with fear!

Suddenly, all the luminous characters, as if receiving a command, swarmed towards his head and seeped in one by one. Countless pieces of information were instantly crammed into his mind. Han Li immediately clutched his head and screamed in agony.

If this situation had lasted even a little longer, Han Li's head might very well have burst, killing him. Fortunately, the pain was very brief. In a moment, all the luminous characters had been fully input. Han Li then collapsed to the ground, unable to move an inch.

It was a full quarter of an hour before Han Li felt somewhat better and was finally able to stand up with effort. Although the pain in his head had significantly lessened, it still buzzed incessantly, and his nerves felt tightly strained.

Han Li quickly climbed onto the stone bed, closed his eyes, and began to meditate, allowing his mind to fully relax.

Han Li meditated for a full three days and three nights. Not only did the discomfort in his head completely vanish, but he finally understood the luminous characters that had flooded in!

This was the 'Azure Essence Sword Art,' a complete set of cultivation techniques from the first to the thirteenth layer, without any omissions. It allowed cultivation all the way to the legendary Soul Transformation stage without issue. This was the main content brought by the luminous characters.

When Han Li first received this information, he was slightly stunned but didn't show much excitement.

However, in addition to that, an auxiliary cultivation method called 'Three Revolutions of Returning Essence Art' was also attached. This piqued Han Li's interest, so he casually glanced at it.

When Han Li first read the introductory description, he was startled, thinking he had misunderstood. But after rereading that section several times, he confirmed that his initial understanding was indeed correct, which plunged Han Li into overwhelming ecstasy.

This 'Three Revolutions of Returning Essence Art' surprisingly possessed the astonishing miraculous effect of bypassing the Core Formation stage bottleneck. This news felt like a voice from beyond the heavens, making Han Li feel as though he were dreaming.

Since he entered the cultivation world, almost every cultivator, when discussing the matter of Core Formation, would sigh and shake their heads endlessly! They all said that breaking through to the Core Formation stage essentially depended on individual fortune and was entirely up to fate! Of course, this referred to cultivators with extraordinary aptitude who had already reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage and were qualified for Core Formation. Furthermore, those with Heavenly Spiritual Roots naturally didn't have this particular worry!

So, honestly, Han Li had almost no confidence in his ability to form a core! Yet, having finally found a path to immortality, he was unwilling to passively give it up! Therefore, the dimmer the hope, the more desperate his longing for Core Formation became, and the more he wanted to fight for it with all his might!

But now, a shortcut that could lead directly to the Core Formation stage, bypassing this bottleneck, was laid out before him, filling Han Li with ecstasy.

In reality, this cultivation method could hardly be called a shortcut; it was almost entirely an unverified hypothesis.

This was because the venerable master who created this cultivation method and the Azure Essence Sword Art had long since passed the Core Formation stage. His creation of this method was merely a wild conjecture regarding Core Formation! He himself clearly stated at the end of the method that even if one could fully meet all the requirements, the chance of immediately forming a core was still only fifty percent!

However, for Han Li, this was more than enough! Forget a fifty percent chance; even a mere ten percent chance would have been enough for Han Li to plunge in without hesitation.

But after his initial euphoria subsided, as Han Li carefully pondered this cultivation method, even a person as strong-willed as he felt as if struck by a heavy blow, his face growing paler and paler.

Naturally, anyone cultivating this method first had to cultivate the Azure Essence Sword Art, as this method was originally created to complement it. Although the Azure Essence Sword Art was extremely difficult to practice, that wasn't the main point. What made Han Li's expression grim was that this method, true to its name, required cultivators to dispel their cultivation of the Sword Art at the sixth level and restart anew, a process that would be repeated three times.

According to its creator, only by doing so could one utilize the 'Three Revolutions of Returning Essence Art' to compress the re-cultivated magical power and True Essence, purifying the magical power by several fold. After repeating this process three times and reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage again, a cultivator could then easily form a Core in their Dantian.

Because, according to this venerable master's hypothesis, the Golden Core was originally formed by the solidification of True Essence. With an approximation of solidified True Essence already present, forming a Core would naturally be effortless!

However, dispelling one's cultivation—such a foolish act—made Han Li hesitate, even though he felt the venerable master's reasoning was sound.

It wasn't that Han Li feared the hardship of dispelling and re-cultivating; rather, he simply lacked the confidence that he could complete the three re-cultivations mentioned by the creator within his lifetime.

Even with the assistance of his mysterious small bottle, this was an extremely risky endeavor! After all, according to the creator's estimation, each subsequent re-cultivation would take considerably longer, as the True Essence requiring compression and condensation would increase each time.

Of course, the benefits of doing so were immense! It would allow him to possess several times more True Essence and magical power than ordinary cultivators. However, achieving all this would undoubtedly require him to spend several times more time than an ordinary cultivator.

With a mere lifespan of nearly two hundred years, could he accomplish all this? Han Li truly felt uncertain!

Unable to decide for the moment, Han Li turned his gaze to another golden page he had taken directly from Li Huayuan's cave dwelling. It seemed he would have to examine its contents before making a decision.

The result was the same: identical swordlight infusion, identical brain-drilling pain. Having experienced it all again, Han Li also received the contents of the other golden page.

'Azure Bamboo Hornet Cloud Swords'—these were the words that immediately surfaced in Han Li's mind the moment he processed the information.

Han Li's curiosity was greatly piqued. After patiently organizing all the luminous characters, he finally understood what it was about.

It turned out that this golden page contained instructions for Core Formation cultivators on how to refine a set of flying sword magical treasures called 'Azure Bamboo Hornet Cloud Swords.' These wood-element flying swords were surprisingly similar to Han Li's 'Golden Blade' magical tool, as they were refined in sets.

A set required at least twelve wood-element flying swords, which was highly unusual. Of course, if one could gather enough materials and possess abundant True Essence, refining a set of thirty-six or even seventy-two swords was theoretically possible.

The instructions didn't specify the power of these flying swords, but Han Li didn't need to guess to imagine how terrifying this magical treasure could be! Just picturing being attacked by dozens of flying swords simultaneously made Han Li feel utterly terrified.

Naturally, none of this was of any use to Han Li at his current stage; it would only become relevant to him after reaching the Core Formation stage.

However, this information strengthened Han Li's resolve to cultivate the Azure Essence Sword Art. Seeing these wood-element flying swords, he knew that if they were combined with the Azure Essence Sword Art, their power would undoubtedly multiply! Once he reached the sixth level of the Sword Art and the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, he could then first attempt to form a Core. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be too late to dispel his cultivation then!