Golden Core

Surrounded by golden energy that became more potent every second that they absorbed the Sage energy from the outside world, Saber couldn't help but ask his counterpart.

"Doesn't this seem kind of...I don't know, gay?!" Saber said with an angered voice. His current predicament not being light as he found himself hugging his counterpart while they began being surrounded by a cocoon of gold energy.

"Gay? No, I don't think so. It would be more like selfcest but still, it's not as if we have any sort of intention to make it this way. It is simply like this because we are trying to become whole again." Deep voice Saber replied with a teasing tone, greatly angering Saber in the process.

Tsk!

Saber clicked his transparent tongue as he began focusing on absorbing the Sage energy from the outside world. To enter the Golden Core realm, one must absorb as much energy as possible into the mind domain. This energy will then automatically head toward the golden cocoon that at this present moment surrounded Saber and his other half.

When one absorbs so much that the cocoon becomes a solid matter of Sage energy, then one will officially be labeled as a Low-Level Golden Core. Because Saber has two souls, he has no choice but to not take a break and continuously absorb until he forms the Golden Core aka cocoon until he reaches his limit.

Once reaching one's limit, the energy that one absorbs will then be absorbed into the space inside of the golden cocoon. Once again, one must absorb Sage energy until they hit their limit. Once they do, they could be considered Mid-Level Golden Core cultivators.

After reaching one's limit, the energy will then begin entering their very soul. Similar to the first two times, the cultivator must absorb until they reach their limit in the amount of Sage energy that they can absorb. Saber has twice the work to do since he has two souls instead of one, but this also means, that once he reaches the realm above the Golden Core, he would be twice as strong with twice the amount of Sage energy as usual.

Of course, this doesn't even count the immense talent that would naturally give him a boost in quality and quantity of Sage energy. Anyway, once reaching the limit in the amount of energy one can absorb into their soul, one would then be considered a High-Level Golden Core.

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(Two Weeks Later)

Inside Saber's mind domain, one will be able to see a golden cocoon-like structure that buzzed with immense purity and seeming holiness. The golden energy that it radiated could stun anyone and shock them to the core.

One must know that the stronger one's core is, the better their future will be, and right now, Saber's core seemed to be extremely strong. It seemed that it was a physical item that was instead placed inside of Saber's mind domain.

Even though it took him merely two weeks, his Golden Core wasn't flimsy as one would suspect as it instead was as solid as it could get. Inside the golden core, one could see two seemingly unconscious lifeforms with no apparent sex as they cuddled each other and absorbed the Sage energy from outside.

They seemed to be fused from the bottom as the only unfused part was over their waist. The energy contained inside the cocoon also seemed to be taken solid form simply because of the immense amount of energy that these two beings were absorbing.

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(1 Month Later)

Inside the cocoon located inside Saber's mind domain, the soul forms of both Sabers had already fully fused into one but they seemed to still be in an unconscious state. The Sage energy had long begun entering their souls...No, it had long begun entering Saber's soul as he seemed to be unable to at this moment awaken from his slumbering state.

But, his soul form suddenly shook as his now golden eyelashes fluttered. His eyes then shot open as he nodded his head in understanding. His eyes contained the same indifference as Saber but also a mysterious feeling that radiated off from Saber's counterpart.

These two different aspects intertwined and formed a whole new being who seemingly had become both Saber and Saber. With the intelligence of Sabers and Sabers' memories, not only has his power skyrocketed, but his thinking process has also changed slightly as he moved from a neutral individual into what one could call a slightly evil lifeform.

But, he still retained the calmness and elegance of Saber's counterpart as his aura was as calm as water. Yet, there was a seemingly monstrous and savage aura deep inside of the waters that were waiting to swallow everything whole.

"Ahh, my poor souls. One should never hide so many secrets from another. Well, it is to be expected as both souls of mine are rather playful individuals." Saber's voice resounded. A voice that was noticeably deeper than before but wasn't as deep as the deep-voiced Saber.

"Hmm, I should try to enter the Nascent Soul Realm!" He whispered with slight conviction as he then said.

"Though the chances of me entering the Nascent Soul realm before time to leave is null, with my talent and speed through realms multiplied stupendously like now, I should be able to reach close to refining all of the Sage energy inside of my Soul and turning it into my own Sage energy."

Saber said as his soul form began slowly but successfully refining the Sage energy that was contained inside of his Golden Core and turning into his own Sage's energy.

This was the only way to enter the Nascent Soul realm, but what Saber didn't know, was before entering the Nascent Soul realm, he first needed to undergo an interesting situation that'll change his future forever!!

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(1 Week & Five Days Later)

While refining the energy inside of his soul, he realized that the energy that was previously in the room where his physical body stayed had mysteriously disappeared. Though he did not need to absorb any energy, it was still better to have an environment filled with energy when undergoing the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation to enter the Nascent Soul realm.

So, without further ado, Saber opened his eyes, revealing to the world his usual cold and indifferent eyes that had previously caused him trouble. He then exited the room and elegantly walked down the stairs, way more refined than previously as he returned the keys and number to the receptionist old female elder on the other side of the counter.

'I should do a mission where I will get a lot of Spirit Stones. It is better to undergo the Heavenly Lightning Tribulation while inside the Spirit Tower. At least that would prevent a few extra bolts from hitting me.

Thereafter, I will simply tell those elders that I did not know entering the Nascent Soul would cause a Heavenly Tribulation. It's not as if they even give classes for free, so I have the perfect excuse to play ignorant." Saber thought with a smirk on his face.

He then entered the Mission Hall and saw an interesting token that stated only for Golden Core. Though it was a team mission and was to fight and kill a group of bandits that plagued a whole city, Saber would still accept since he knew that bandits always have an incredible amount of loot.

If he needed to kill a few allies to get the full quota, well that would not be a problem!