After swallowing the first Foundation Establishment Pill, Li Qing gathered all his focus and wholeheartedly circulated the Fire Source Art, a basic fire-element cultivation technique.
Unlike any pill he had taken before to advance his cultivation, this Foundation Establishment Pill did not immediately turn into pure medicinal power to raise Li Qing's cultivation the moment it entered his throat.
Instead, it slowly sank into his abdomen, continuously releasing a strange energy that struck against the Spiritual Power within his dantian, as though washing and cleansing it.
Roar!
Having cultivated the incomplete secret technique known as the Essence Augmentation Secret Art, Li Qing's Spiritual Power was absurdly immense, unquestionably surpassing that of most cultivators at the same level.
Now that the Foundation Establishment Pill had begun refining the Spiritual Power in his body, it was like an ocean churning up towering waves, faint rumbles spreading outward.
The first step of Foundation Establishment: refining Spiritual Power!
This step was also called Spiritual Power purification. Only the purest Spiritual Power could undergo liquefaction!
Without taking this step, liquefying the Spiritual Power within one's body would be extraordinarily difficult. It might very well collapse midway through, resulting in failed Foundation Establishment.
With the Foundation Establishment Pill's assistance, however, this step immediately became considerably easier.
Li Qing did not even need to do it himself; his Spiritual Power began refining itself.
As this process continued, the pill's medicinal power continuously dissipated, while strands of pure medicinal essence began flowing into the meridians throughout his body.
This was another function of the Foundation Establishment Pill: protecting the heart meridians.
If Foundation Establishment failed, the collapsing Spiritual Power would surge back through the entire body, battering the meridians until they broke. With this layer of protection, Li Qing would not suffer grave injuries, and his cultivation would