If You Have the Courage
Throughout Su Luo's journey, there has never been any concept of realms in cultivation. For example, there are First Ring levels of cultivation in martial arts, such as "initial understanding" and "advanced mastery," "first-ring mage" and "Second Ring mage" in Mana Side, and "acquired" and "Xiantian" in Martial Dao...
The world is a large, open-world game, without so many inherent rules and regulations to restrict you. According to Su Luo's previous conversation with [Starry Sky], the All Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds don't actually have such uniform realm names or even standards for measuring strength.
Different worlds have different rules, different civilizations have different classifications, and different powerful individuals have different paths.
You say you are Golden Core, he says he is Dao Lord, she says she is Demigod.
These names are merely tools, for the sake of facilitating communication, understanding, and rule.
I say that All Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds lack a Qin Shi Huang.
The truly authoritative system might be the realms defined by Survival Games —that is, the "levels" in the Land of Darkness —and the power rankings established by various major powers across the realms based on these, such as the hierarchy system in [Ten Thousand Worlds]—mortals, Legendary, Demigods...
But these are also man-made, only man-made ones have a larger scope and higher authority.
In other words, the realm of achievement is man-made, but the laws of development are objective.
This explanation alone is insufficient to explain why some systems become many times stronger and gain numerous new abilities after breaking through to a higher realm.
This is something that someone actually found difficult to understand when reading novels before.
For example, the Protagonist is easily defeated by Golden Core Stage cultivator during the Foundation Establishment stage, but immediately turns the tables after breaking through to the Golden Core.
Su Luo had never experienced this feeling before.
When the Three-Cycle Method was replaced by the Source Essence Circulation Technique, the Attributes experienced a surge for a period of time, and many new abilities were developed.
But it wasn't accomplished in an instant; it was a gradual process that took place over several days.
Essence, it represents crossing the upper limit of the old model and entering a new model, using this as a foundation to enter a new period of rapid development, and picking up the built-in operating methods of the new model to develop new tools.
Just as a master of algebraic computation learned to use calculus to describe rates of change.
One cannot become stronger instantly on one's own, so a new variable is needed to describe this phenomenon: external input.
Su Luo focused her attention on the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Violet Palace, and Golden Core in this world, and began to cultivate.
Qi Refining is easy; the requirements are to practice a cultivation technique, absorb positive energy from the outside world, and cultivate and transform Qi into one's own Dharma Power, which allows one to use Spells.
It's very simple. Su Luo and drew spiritual energy into her body. Converting Qi energy into magical Dharma Power means refining Qi energy into a form of energy that she can use. This is difficult for other Qi Refining cultivators, but Su Luo can do it very easily.
But just as Su Luo was preparing to transform and directly Foundation Establishment, a gaunt figure silently entered the Inner Sect of the Azure Cloud Sect and headed straight for the mountain peak where Su Luo was sitting.
Qingyun Zhenren seems to have already completed a one-click sweep of the rival sect and returned to his own sect.
Looking at the sect's completely unrecognizable state, Qingyun Zhenren remained unmoved. He simply landed next to Su Luo and silently stared at the alchemy furnace.
Su Luo was observing him.
This era is truly strange. Su Luo has been here for over a day and has encountered two Violet Palace Adepts, yet no battles have broken out. Su Luo is also someone who doesn't like to take the initiative.
Yili Zhenren ran away, but Qingyun Zhenren arrived. He didn't seem to be there to cause trouble; he seemed more like someone who came to watch the show.
There was nothing special about the atmosphere between the two. Qingyun Zhenren withdrew his gaze, which had become clouded, and stared straight at Su Luo.
"Dao Lord Tianxuan? No."
Qingyun Zhenren muttered to himself.
"You are an outsider."
After a while, Qingyun Zhenren said with certainty.
"You're going to die," Su Luo warned.
The life force within Qingyun Zhenren's body has been severed, his flesh and blood are almost completely depleted, and his Qi is nonexistent. He might not even be able to defeat a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
"This sect is aware of it."
Su Luo looked at him, and after a while, she smiled.
"Sit down," he said.
"Next, I will present to you the laws governing the operation of the Path."
After speaking, without waiting for Qingyun Zhenren's agreement or refusal, Su Luo forcibly extracted the meridians and dantian from the body that had been completely altered, and Qi surged and Dharma Power was poured in.
Foundation Establishment requires cultivators to refine their Dharma Power into liquid, and then condense it into Dao Foundation.
Su Luo directly captured a large expanse of clouds from the sky, absorbed their energy, and then used [Storage Conversion] to condense her Dharma Power into the purest solid compressed state, skipping all intermediate steps and directly Foundation Establishment!
A profound power surged forth, drawing in Qi from several kilometers around Su Luo without her intervention. In an instant, this energy was transformed into Dharma Power, aiding Su Luo's Foundation Establishment.
Su Luo had anticipated this situation where an unknown force assisted in her breakthrough, so she didn't interfere much and simply watched Jingjing.
Qingyun Zhenren had sat down cross-legged at some point, Jingjing watching Su Luo's cultivation. He suddenly spoke:
Haste makes waste.
As if in response to his words, the frantically transforming Dharma Power instantly collapsed, turning into a Berserk and violent Qi. This Berserk Qi rampaged through Su Luo's body like a pack of wild beasts released from their cages. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would surely be seriously injured or even killed.
Su Luo directly suppressed and refined all of it, quelling the turbulent Qi.
The first Foundation Establishment failed.
After examining the problem, Su Luo discovered that it was due to the cultivation technique itself; the unseen force that had helped her break through did not acknowledge it.
That force is called the Heavenly Dao of this world; in the previous era, it might have been called Holy Light.
The cultivation technique was a violent one never seen before in this world, endlessly piling up Qi and Dharma Power. Low-level cultivators simply couldn't understand or cultivate it. It was a violent version that Su Luo had rewritten and reorganized for convenience.
Su Luo could only spend a few minutes compiling another set of cultivation techniques suitable for a Qi Refining stage baby, and then switched to cultivating that technique.
Five minutes later, the Qi in the world circulated, the five elements rotated, and righteous energy emerged. A transparent Dao Platform was placed in the dantian that Su Luo had created, and a corresponding phantom appeared in his soul. Su Luo even had to make room in the Inner Circulation system, which was maximizing space utilization.
Foundation Establishment established!
Qingyun Zhenren watched intently, able to sense the Foundation Establishment aura emanating from Su Luo. After a long while, he spoke:
"Our sect has sixteen Path and thirty-six who have reached the Foundation Establishment, making them unparalleled prodigies of the Yunmeng Kingdom."
As Su Luo increased the height and thickness of the Foundation Establishment, she casually remarked:
"So this is what cultivating immortality is like there? It's completely different here. If you have the courage, then keep reading."
The Violet Palace's requirement is to further cultivate techniques that will be recognized by the Heavenly Dao. Su Luo took the Violet Palace technique from the Azure Cloud Sect, modified it slightly, and used it directly.
The Dao Foundation still needs to be refined into Divine Ability. Su Luo's Heartfire landed on the Dao Foundation, instantly melting it, and the Dao Foundation was devoured by the Heartfire.
"You were born with supernatural Divine Ability, equivalent to Xiantian Divine with the Violet Palace Mansion rank."