Early the next morning, Green Jade Immortal Residence, Renzi Camp, Mingling Island.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on a low couch.
Inside the Dao Foundation Jade Seed, the warm, pale-yellow Yellow Springs Gourd bobbed at the center.
White mist-like dharma power from the surrounding area streamed endlessly into it.
Amid regular buzzing, it soon spat out a wisp of black Pure Yang Qi, spraying it toward the inner wall of the Dao Foundation Jade Seed.
The golden patterns spread throughout the Jade Seed began to glimmer. It was as though countless motes of light were racing along those patterns, while the entire Jade Seed radiated vigorous vitality.
Strands of pure Demon Qi descended from the palm-sized gate to Thousand Lantern City above his head. The Dao Foundation actively absorbed it, generating great swathes of White Mist dharma power.
The dharma power that had just been completely absorbed by the Yellow Springs Gourd quickly recovered.
Chen Mu then continued urging the Yellow Springs Gourd, refining Pure Yang Qi and tempering his Dao Foundation.
An hour later, a feeling of fullness welled up within him. Chen Mu stopped and sank his mind into the Jade Seed.
At that moment, the golden glimmers within the Dao Foundation flowed much more slowly. Inside and out, it exuded a languid air, like a young creature that had eaten and drunk its fill, stretched and kicked its legs, and was ready to sleep.
Chen Mu examined it for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction.
He had refined the Yellow Springs Gourd some time ago, and cultivation of the seventh stage, Nurturing the Primordial Spirit, had been put on the agenda.
This stage was not difficult. One merely needed a Spiritual Treasure to refine dharma power into Pure Yang Qi, then use it to nurture the Dao Foundation.