Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Realm! Encountering Heart's Inquiry!

Time flies.

Han Feng had already been three months since he entered the mountain gate!

These three months, he barely left his dwelling, focused entirely on cultivation.

The stone door outside the cave dwelling was always tightly shut, as if isolated from the world.

Within the sect, various rumors never ceased about this newly admitted disciple with a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Many disciples understood that this Junior Brother Han was likely a true ascetic cultivator.

The Moongazing Sect's Decennial Apprentice Ceremony had fully concluded some time ago.

When cultivation sects recruit disciples, most resources still favor the cultivation families attached to the sect, after all, they know their backgrounds.

Loyalty is also guaranteed.

And besides Han Feng, this unexpected delight, the Yan Family—the foremost cultivation family in Yue Country—had also sent an eleven-year-old girl.

Also a Heavenly Spiritual Root!

Two prodigies in one sect!

Once this news spread, the entire Moongazing Sect was thrilled, and the other six major sects of Yue Country were green with envy.

Now.

Atop a peak in Moongazing Sect, shrouded in mist and where spiritual energy rained down.

Inside the grand hall, a palace-robed woman of stunning beauty sat at the head, her spiritual pressure faint yet awe-inspiring.

She was one of the Moongazing Sect's Core Formation Stage elders, Zhou.

Just then, a flash of light appeared at the hall entrance, and a blue-robed old man with disheveled hair strode in quickly.

"Senior Brother Qiong, how do you have time to visit me?"

Zhou slowly opened her eyes and spoke flatly.

"Junior Sister Zhou, I heard the sect took in two Heavenly Spiritual Root disciples this time. With such a grand occasion, how could this old bones not come see?"

The blue-robed old man laughed heartily, his voice booming.

Hearing this, Zhou's lips curled into a faint smile.

"Senior Brother, are you thinking of taking on a disciple?"

"Mm."

The blue-robed old man didn't hide it, nodding frankly. "I'm old, not many decades left. I can't take a lifetime's work into the coffin. Must find an heir to my legacy!"

"Senior Brother jokes. With your cultivation, living another hundred or eighty years is no trouble."

Zhou shifted the topic, continuing, "But Senior Brother, these two Heavenly Spiritual Roots both have special circumstances."

"One is a direct descendant of the Yan Family. That girl's first loyalty is to the Yan Family, secondarily a disciple of our Moongazing Sect. If you take her in, in the future, I'm afraid..."

She didn't finish, but the meaning was clear.

The blue-robed old man frowned slightly, clearly understanding the stakes.

"And the other is that rogue cultivator named Han Feng."

Zhou continued, "Though he has a Heavenly Spiritual Root, his background is a blank slate, his origins unknown. It needs investigation..."

"Of course, the chance of a Heavenly Spiritual Root appearing among rogue cultivators isn't zero..."

The blue-robed old man waved his hand. "Those demonic sects wouldn't waste a Heavenly Spiritual Root on infiltration!"

"Besides, Junior Sister Zhou, aren't you the best at that Heart-Questioning Technique? Whether he's man or ghost, loyal or treacherous, just go test him!"

Zhou pondered for a moment.

"Since Senior Brother asks, I'll make the trip and meet this little fellow!"

As her words fell, her form flickered, turning into a streak of light that vanished from the hall, flying straight toward Azure Moon Mountain, where the lower-level disciples resided.

Azure Moon Mountain, east side.

Inside Han Feng's cave dwelling.

In the stone chamber, Han Feng sat cross-legged, slowly opening his eyes. A sharp glint flashed and faded.

Three months of hard cultivation, plus the pills he'd saved up, hadn't been wasted.

With a thought, the translucent attribute panel unfolded before him.

[Available Attribute Points: 200]

Seeing this number, Han Feng's heart couldn't help but race.

Enough!

Finally, enough!

His gaze locked onto the Cultivation Technique column.

[Cultivation Technique: Evergreen Skill (Thirteenth Layer) (Upgradable)]

That bright plus sign was no longer the dim, unclickable state it had been before. Instead, it shone with a tempting brilliance.

"Attribute Addition!"

Han Feng suppressed the excitement churning inside him and chanted silently in his mind.

[Consumed 200 Attribute Points. Evergreen Skill upgraded to the peak!]

Boom!

The instant the system notification sounded, a torrent of spiritual power—a hundred times more terrifying than any before—materialized out of thin air within his dantian!

Under the impact of this newborn force, the Magic Power inside him began to surge, condense, and compress at a frenzied pace!

The barrier at the peak of the Thirteenth Level of Qi Condensation was as fragile as a sheet of paper before this overwhelming, unstoppable power.

Kachaa--

A crisp sound rang out, as if from the very depths of his soul.

The bottleneck had shattered!

All the gaseous spiritual power in his dantian began to spin wildly, converging, and finally compressing into a single, crystalline drop of azure liquid!

One drop, two drops, three drops...

In just a few breaths, his once vast, mist-like gaseous Magic Power had completely transformed into liquid True Essence!

Though the quantity seemed smaller, the quality of the spiritual power contained within had undergone a earth-shattering change!

Foundation Establishment!

Done!

Han Feng snapped his eyes open, feeling the surging, unceasing torrent of True Essence within him. An unprecedented sense of overwhelming power welled up from the depths of his being.