SSS-Rank 10x Reward System: Accepting Disciples to Live Forever-Chapter 183: Eternal Flame Core (Sincerely apologising for the mistake)

Chapter 183: Eternal Flame Core (Sincerely apologising for the mistake)

[Ding! Your disciple Li Mie had succeeded in forming her Golden Core.]

[Ding! 10x reward applied.]

The notifications had barely appeared before Wang Chen’s entire perception violently trembled.

A surge erupted from deep within his body.

It was not spiritual energy.

Neither the ever familiar qi.

Something far more fundamental.

It was as if every particle that composed him had been given a new command. His bones hummed faintly. His blood grew warm. Even the empty air around him seemed to distort subtly, as though reality itself was adjusting to accommodate the change.

[Your True Divine Core is undergoing evolution...]

At that exact moment, Wang Chen felt it.

The world shifted.

No—the world did not shift.

Something else did.

From somewhere beyond the veil of space, beyond heaven and beyond mortal comprehension, multiple gazes descended upon him.

Ancient older then time itself!

Freezing cold and indifferent.

Vast and almighty...!

Each presence felt older than the concept of time itself.

For a single microsecond—so short that even a blink could not measure it—Wang Chen’s spine went ice cold.

A suffocating pressure brushed past his consciousness like the shadow of a colossal predator drifting over prey.

His breathing halted.

His thoughts froze.

Even his heartbeat seemed to forget its rhythm.

If those gazes had lingered for even a fraction longer, he wasn’t sure what would have happened.

Then—

They moved away.

Not because they were afraid. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Not because they were repelled.

But as if... they had mistaken him for something else.

As if they were searching for a source that had already hidden itself.

The oppressive sensation vanished as abruptly as it had come.

Wang Chen’s nerves snapped back into place.

He only now realized his fingers had already twitched toward activating the Chronoblade.

He had been one thought away from freezing time and diving straight into the Tower of Infinite Enlightenment to hide.

Just who was that...?

The question nearly slipped from his lips, but before he could give it voice, the system windows continued to flash relentlessly.

[True Fire Divine Core has successfully evolved to become Eternal Flame Divine Core.]

A blazing heat burst forth from the centre of his spiritual space.

Not scorching.

Not destructive.

But pure.

Absolute.

Like the first spark at the dawn of creation.

[Congratulations! You are now one of the few cultivators in the known reality with the Eternal Flame Divine Core.]

A wave of golden-white fire radiated from his spiritual space. It did not burn the surroundings, yet everything within its reach seemed purified.

Dust in the air evaporated.

Impurities in his soul disintegrated.

Even the faint remnants of soul fatigue he had accumulated over countless years of comprehension were quietly erased.

[New diameter: One centimeter.]

Wang Chen’s eyes widened slightly.

One centimeter.

From one meter... to one centimeter.

Compression beyond imagination.

He could feel it clearly now.

The Golden Core within him was no longer a "core."

It was a singularity of flame.

A sun collapsed into a point.

Dense beyond reason.

Stable beyond logic.

[Chances of creatures being born with great Dao foundation has increased significantly.]

The Garden of Eternity trembled faintly within his spiritual space. Its skies grew brighter. Its laws became subtly clearer. The seeds of destiny embedded within living beings quietly strengthened.

[The fire of Eternal Divine Flame burns brighter than the sun. All cursed attacks are ineffective against you. Yin cultivators will find it difficult to damage your soul.]

The Eternal Flame flared once.

A deep, resonant hum echoed within his being.

He felt it clearly—something had changed fundamentally.

Yin energies recoiled instinctively.

Curses dissolved before even forming.

Darkness did not dare approach.

[You have become the bane of Yin creatures.]

The final notification faded slowly.

Silence returned.

Wang Chen sat still for a long moment.

The terror from earlier had not fully faded. His heart still remembered those ancient gazes. That cold, immeasurable scrutiny.

He looked inward.

The Eternal Flame Divine Core rotated slowly, emitting a soft, dignified radiance.

So small.

So inconspicuous.

Yet its presence felt eternal.

Wang Chen exhaled slowly.

"The system... really helped me push past the limit..."

His voice was low, almost disbelieving.

But deep within, beneath the awe, beneath the thrill—

A single thought lingered.

Those gazes...

They did not appear because Li Mie broke through.

They appeared because something crossed a threshold that should not have been crossed.

And for the briefest moment—

The heavens had noticed.

After another breath of time, Wang Chen found he could no longer focus on the fading system windows.

Something else was happening.

His perception expanded.

No—exploded.

In an instant, the narrow confines of the Yun Family estate shattered like fragile glass within his awareness. Walls became meaningless. Distance lost substance. His senses surged outward at breakneck speed, sweeping across the courtyards, over tiled rooftops, beyond bustling streets—

Across the entirety of Ancient Sword City.

He could see it all.

The narrow alleyways where rogue cultivators argued in hushed tones. The markets thick with qi fluctuations. The defensive formations pulsing faintly above the city like translucent domes.

And then—

Beyond the city walls.

Mountains.

Rivers.

Veins of spiritual ore buried deep underground.

It felt as if he had suddenly ascended thousands of meters into the sky and was looking down upon the world with the calm gaze of a god.

Not only had his vision widened—

The world felt sharper.

Clearer.

Every blade of grass shimmered with distinct spiritual particles. Every fluctuation of qi was visible like threads woven into a grand tapestry.

He inhaled slowly.

"This is... Divine Sense..."

The words came out almost absentmindedly.

Then another thought struck him.

His expression turned strange.

"Don’t tell me..."

He immediately shifted his focus inward.

Inside the Garden of Eternity, the Eternal Flame Divine Core burned brilliantly at the center of the Qi sea. Its pale golden radiance illuminated everything beneath it, turning the land into a shimmering expanse as if forged from molten gold.

The sky glowed softly.

The spiritual rivers pulsed in rhythm.

Below—

Chaos.

Absolute chaos.

The cultivators living within the Garden had gone completely mad.

They were kneeling in waves, their foreheads repeatedly striking the ground. Cries of worship echoed across plains and cities alike. Some wept. Some laughed hysterically. Some trembled as if witnessing divine revelation.

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A/N: Yeah guys I finally noticed... my mistake. Please forgive me. I sincerely beg your forgiveness. In Chapter 177 it was not Li Mei who broke through to reach the Golden Core but Lin Huang... sorry for ruining the experience.