"If I can truly refine a Guardian Deity of False-Holding Foundation Establishment, it will be of immense help to my main body's breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. It will add at least thirty percent to my odds of success!"
Lu Yang sat cross-legged, musing to himself:
"Not only that, but more importantly, the Guardian Deity possesses complete Karma. When necessary, I can sever ties with it and throw all the Karma of the Witch Ghost Sect onto it."
"Though the Fortune cultivation gained through Heaven-Stealing Secret can no longer be used for Foundation Establishment and must instead be spent on the Guardian Deity, with a Guardian Deity paired with Third-Rank True Qi, Corpse-Dissolution Immortal, Saint Thief, and Severing Thoughts to See Self Heavenly Silkworm Secret, I still have a seventy percent chance of breaking through to Foundation Establishment!"
If he obtained the Ascension Order as well, that would make it eighty percent!
"Moreover, according to Patriarch Tingyou, the more preparations one makes before Foundation Establishment, the greater the odds of success—and the greater the benefits gained after breaking through."
"This concerns cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm."
"So-called Foundation Establishment is, in truth, a gamble with one's life. There is no shortage of True Persons who challenged Heaven with only a thirty or forty percent chance of success, then broke through in the end by crashing into a stroke of luck."
"Yet breakthroughs gained by gambling with one's life do not come without a price. The less preparation you make beforehand, the lower your odds of success, and the greater the Dao harm you suffer during Foundation Establishment. Especially after the breakthrough, these Dao harms will put down deep roots. So long as they remain, you will never break through to a higher realm."
"The entirety of Foundation Establishment Early Stage