Chapter 47: Golden Core Ninth Rank
Deep within the mountain’s belly, a sky embellished by gemstones twinkled with a starlight utterly distinct from that of the outside world.
Beneath this starlight, Shi Ji sat cross-legged, her fiery red Daoist robe like flames, her gaze flowing as she eyed the peculiar and mischievous child before her, wondering why she should bother to clear up his confusion, considering he is a disciple of the Chan Sect.
After a moment of silence, just when Nezha felt perhaps he was overly confident—assuming that since Shi Ji had helped before, she would surely lend a hand again, and thus felt a bit disappointed—Shi Ji finally persuaded herself.
She found Nezha pleasing to look at, so she decided to help him.
Shi Ji spoke, "As previously mentioned, Cultivators endure lonesome hardships, severing all seven emotions and six desires for the sole sake of pursuing immortality. After forming a Golden Core, one can then use its power to temper the body, slowing down the aging process. Even the worst First Grade Golden Core can extend one’s lifespan to five hundred years."
Nezha asked, "Use the power of the Golden Core to temper the body? Your Grace, are there ranks among Golden Cores too?"
No sooner had the words fallen, Shi Ji flicked her right index finger, and Nezha felt a pain on his forehead. As he touched it with his hand, Shi Ji continued, "Listen to me and don’t rush. Why the hurry?"
"It is told that in ancient times, under the Harmonization Tree, a gathering of grandmasters convened to discuss the Dao.
At that moment, all was peaceful in heaven and earth, everything silent. Suddenly, from the eastern horizon, a heavenly sun slowly rose, its light like silk, its color like gold, illuminating in all directions, brimming with vitality.
The grandmaster, witnessing this extraordinary scene, had a moment of enlightenment, and thus he composed this work, known as the ’Golden Core Heaven Sun Scripture’, consisting of three parts: ’Dawn of the Heavenly Sun’, ’Golden Light of the Dao’, and ’Harmonization with the One’, comprising three parts and six volumes in total.