Jade Core

Jade Core is the 9th realm of cultivation, 4th in the Xiantian Great Realm.
This realm is also known as the King Level, because in the four regions outside the Central Plains, those who could reach the Jade Core Realm were truly kings of the heavens.
For normal Foundation Forging experts, entering the Jade Core realm involved transforming the immortal platform into a core. The Jade Core realm was sometimes called the Golden Core realm, or the Divine Core realm. That was because the majority of people condensed cores that were golden. Only a small portion of people had different-colored divine cores. Some of those people were highly specialized elemental experts, while some were just oddities.
== Summary ==
Advancing from the Foundation Forging Realm to the Jade Core Realm can only be described as incredibly difficult.
First, an indispensable requirement is that the cultivator needs to have Spirit Blood, which is extremely rare. But just meeting that requirement is not enough, the Spirit Blood also needs to reach a certain level of purity, since but without pure enough Spirit Blood, a person's cultivation base would forever be limited to half-step Jade Core.
But even if the Spirit Blood meets the requirements, advancing to the Jade Core Realm is still a truly difficult feat to accomplish.
In the four outer regions like the Eastern Wasteland, out of ten thousand Ancestor experts, maybe not a single one will be able to become a King. Becoming a King not only requires talent and perseverance, but it also requires luck. Even in places like the Central Plains, normally only rank four Celestials could condense a Jade Core. For others, the chances of them condensing a Jade Core was extremely low.
the four regions outside the Central Region, Jade Core is the peak due to the sparse Qi in the air. In these regions, those that reach Foundation Forging are called Sovereign Class while those that reach Jade Core Realm are also called as King Class
== King realm ==
The Jade Core he mentioned was the actual realm of the King level. In the Eastern Wasteland, those who had reached the Jade Core realm were called Kings, because in desolate places like the four outer regions, those who could reach the Jade Core realm were truly kings of the heavens.
But in the Central Plains, it was just called the Jade Core realm. Normally, only rank four Celestials could condense a Jade Core. For others, the chances of them condensing a Jade Core was extremely low.
== Dragonblood Legion ==
Jade Core realm involved breaking the immortal platform to condense the divine core. It was an extremely important process with a high chance of failure.
It was different from other realms where if you failed an advancement, you could just accumulate resources and energy to try again.
You would only get one shot at the Jade Core realm. You needed to burst through it. By destroying the foundation of your immortal platform, you would condense it all into a core.
The most difficult part about this was that as you condensed your jade core, you would have to undergo the baptism of heavenly tribulation. Without powerful willpower, your odds of succeeding when you were disturbed by heavenly tribulation were low.
If you failed at condensing your core and had already destroyed your immortal platform, you would essentially be crippled. You would no longer have any chance of advancing to the Jade Core realm.
The reason the Dragonblood warriors had cultivated so quickly was because the Xuantian Dao Sect had gone all-out raising them. Through the battle of the eastern sea, the Xuantian Dao Sect had obtained a huge amount of resources from the Martial Heaven Continent, and they had essentially spent all those resources on this generation's disciples, especially the Dragonblood Legion. When it came to the Dragonblood Legion, if they wanted something, the sect would immediately go all-out helping them get it.
== Tribulation ==
A faint fifth color had appeared in the original four-colored divine ring. It was an extremely faint azure color (青色 cyan, blue-green, as in Green Dragon). If it wasn't in the center of the other four colors, it would have been impossible to sense.
The tribulation once more changed. The human lightning figures (Ancient Heroic Spirits) shifted, replaced by warriors wearing ancient robes. These warriors looked as if they possessed flesh and blood bodies.
They were just like other people. Some were old, some were young. Some were men, some were women. As soon as they appeared, Long Chen's scalp turned numb. He recognized their aura.
Back when he had undergone his tribulation in the Xuantian Dao Sect's Infernal Devil Abyss to annihilate the horde of devil beasts, this kind of terrifying existence had appeared at the very end.
Each time he was injured, the lifeform attacking him would transform into powerful lightning runes and be absorbed by his 108,000 stars.
When he had first seen one hundred and eight of these terrifying lifeforms, Long Chen had thought it would be a dangerous battle to the death. He hadn't expected such a thing.
=== Pill Emperor's message ===
With Huo Long's protection, he peacefully slept. When his vision darkened, Long Chen felt as if he had entered an unknown world.
"Long Chen, you've only condensed the fifth star now? It's really too slow. If you continue like this, it will be too late. They already know the plan and are slaughtering divine sprouts in every direction. We won't be able to last much longer. Hurry, Long Chen. While we still haven't been annihilated, grow up as much as possible. Otherwise, the ten planar worlds' (十方世界) millions of lifeforms will be completely exterminated."
That familiar voice once more rang out in Long Chen's mind. He heard it clearly, but he didn't say anything. He knew that the owner of this voice couldn't hear him.
"The ten planar worlds? Millions of lifeforms? Master of the Nine Stars? Pill Emperor memories? Looks like I've been drawn into a huge maelstrom."
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