"No, that isn't quite like the golden core of a cultivator. It's not unlike it, though. Qi is spiritual energy, a life force -- maybe similar to this True Source of yours? But if I'm understanding correctly, a golden core would be as if you scooped up handfuls of the True Source and placed it inside yourself."
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Thoughtfully, he scratches the tip of his nose.
"No, that isn't quite like the golden core of a cultivator. It's not unlike it, though. Qi is spiritual energy, a life force -- maybe similar to this True Source of yours? But if I'm understanding correctly, a golden core would be as if you scooped up handfuls of the True Source and placed it inside yourself."