Golden Core

**The 3rd Cultivation Level**: This realm is called **Jin Dan/Golden Core**. The title given to cultivators who reached this stage is "True Monarch" or "Perfected Cultivator". Cultivators at this level have life spans of around 2000 years and are characterized by possessing an immortal divine body, indestructible core, and eternal divine soul. Taoists call cultivators of this stage Celestial Immortals and Buddhists call it the Bodhisattva Vajra Realm.

Golden Core cultivators have a divine sense covering a hundred miles, can travel across the universe without aid, and destroy an entire city on Earth in one attack. Their power is such that they could rule a weak planet or be the ancestral patriarch of a minor power on the Heavenly Desolate Star.

The nine revolutions of the Yuan Dan condensed into a golden Dan. One thought of the Jin Dan can control a hundred miles, let the vitality of the heaven and the earth surrender, form a domain, control the heaven and the earth, and have the physical body to cross the universe and step into the space domain. The city, in the desolate star field, is a figure of the ancestor head teacher.

Once a cultivator forms a Golden Core, he can be self-sufficient energy wise. Even if the Spirit Qi in the environment has completely depleted, he can escape to another planet, or create a dimension portal to another world. Golden core level cultivators are considered the strongest in low-level worlds, as evidenced by the fact that some believe that there is no higher-level than the Golden-Core.

Most races in the universe consider reaching the Golden Core level as the sign of coming of age and the readiness for space travel.

## Golden Core Grades

Golden Cores are divided into nine grades, the lowest being Grade 1 and the highest Grade 9. Above the nine grades there are also the Divine, Saint/Sacred and Immortal/Deity Grade cores.

The grade of the core is determined by how many thunder tribulations the cultivator goes through during their ascension, with each tribulation increasing the grade. In order to create a Divine Grade Golden Core one needs to go through another nine thunder tribulations after the initial nine, if they wish to go for a Saint grade golden core it is another nine. The Immortal grade golden core is special though and only requires one tribulation, but is extremely difficult to go through. It involves the facing a divine beast in which the cultivator must survive it's onslaught for a given amount of time. However, if they cultivator succeeds the immortal grade golden core will get the imprint of the law of the heaven and earth.

While a Sacred Grade Golden Core is far stronger in terms of quality compared to a Divine Grade Core, the difference in raw power between a Immortal Grade and Sacred Grade core is not that large. However, an Immortal Grade core comes with unique features and traits that provide far greater potential in the future later on.

Excluding the 3 highest tiers of Golden Core, the lower levels are achievable purely based on resources over raw talent. In the Central Galaxy World, normal cultivators Golden Core grade would be ranging from Divine Grade until Immortal Grade, that's what makes it a paradise or sanctuary for many cultivators to reach. Even the least talented cultivators and people who lived in the border would be able to condense high grade (7-9) Golden Cores due to the rich Qi the permeates the environment.

* Low-Grade Golden Core: 1-3 Grade - Dharma Form
* Mid-Grade Golden Core: 4-6 Grade - Dharma Form
* High/Supreme-Grade Golden Core: 7-9 Grade - Dharma Form
* Divine/God Grade Golden Core: 9 Ranks - Divine Form
* Saint/Sacred/Holy-Grade Golden Core: 9 Ranks - Divine Form
* Immortal/Deity/Celestial-Grade Golden Core: 1 Rank - Form Variable

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 880
2. ↑ Chapter 879