So, in the end, although he successfully completed the Core Formation, because it was barely achieved, his own state was not very good. Not only did he have injuries in his meridians, but his Golden Core origin was also much weaker than other cultivators who had just formed their cores.
Therefore, he still couldn't leave seclusion for the time being and needed to continue in closed-door training for another decade or two.
Such a situation as Zhou Daoyi's is not commonly seen among Golden Core Stage cultivators.
This kind of situation generally occurs in cultivators who rapidly improve their cultivation using techniques that build mana less pure and refined than that from top-tier techniques. If their Core Formation process isn't smooth, they can end up like Zhou Daoyi.
But as long as the Core Formation is successful, these are minor matters.
