Sword Child's Words, Breaking Through Foundation Establishment

"You really have to find a master. Not only do you get protection, but your cultivation path is clearly laid out, and even future Spiritual Power is taken into consideration."

Outside the simulation, Su Yang was deeply moved.

If he hadn't found a master, the him in the simulation might have cultivated spells haphazardly. He might have reached Qi Refining level eleven or twelve, and then broken through to Foundation Establishment, but his spells wouldn't be systematic. It would be incredibly difficult to cultivate Spiritual Power in the future.

Spiritual Power was a powerful technique that could only be cultivated after reaching Golden Core. It often had extraordinary effects, surpassing ordinary spells of the same level by more than ten times.

The unquenchable great sun on Sun Sword Peak was the remnant of a Spiritual Power, still burning after ten thousand years.

[You ask what level of Spiritual Power the great sun on Sun Sword Peak belongs to.]

[Gu Changfeng chuckled. So, you're after Solar Fusion, are you?]

[You nod.]

[You are indeed very interested in this Spiritual Power.]

[A miniature sun that doesn't extinguish for tens of thousands of years is almost equivalent to permanently running controlled nuclear fusion technology in your previous life. Being able to be mastered and utilized by an individual makes it even more incredible.]

[Gu Changfeng tells you that Solar Fusion is a great Spiritual Power. The prerequisite for it is reaching Qi Refining level twelve. If you want to learn this Spiritual Power in the future, you need to work hard.]

[You nod heavily.]

[At 21 years old, your Eight Gates Sword Techniques have all reached minor success, with three of them reaching great success.]

[At 22 years old, you break through to Qi Refining level eight.]

[At 25 years old, you break through to Qi Refining level nine. Your sword techniques all reach great success, and two of them have reached perfection.]

[At 26 years old, your Magical Power has accumulated to its limit, allowing you to enter Qi Refining level ten. In the same year, you break through to Qi Refining level ten.]

[At 27 years old, all eight of your sword techniques have reached perfection, but none have reached the limit-breaking stage.]

[At 32 years old, two of your sword techniques reach limit-breaking, giving birth to Spell Seeds. You break through to Qi Refining level eleven.]

[Your master is overjoyed. At your current pace, you will definitely reach Qi Refining level twelve before the age of 60.]

[At 33 years old, Yuanyang, who has already cultivated Golden Core and become a reserve elder of Sun Sword Peak, finds you.]

[She says her junior sister has admired you for a long time and asks if you have any intention of forming a Dao companion.]

[You are at a critical stage of cultivation and do not wish to be distracted by romantic entanglements. You refuse her.]

[She leaves dejectedly.]

[At 36 years old, you cultivate another sword technique to limit-breaking, giving birth to a Spell Seed.]

[In the same year, the sect's grand competition, held once every 20 years, officially begins. It is divided into Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining categories. You, as one of the 16 representatives from Sun Sword Peak, participate in the Qi Refining competition.]

[During the competition, you overcome all obstacles and reach the top eight, capturing the hearts of countless junior brothers, junior sisters, senior brothers, and senior sisters.]

[Even many Foundation Establishment senior sisters were captivated by your heroic demeanor.]

[However, in the quarterfinals (8 into 4), you are defeated. You are defeated without a doubt. Your opponent only used two swords. One sword broke four of your limit-breaking sword techniques, and the other knocked you off the stage.]

[After the match, you learn that his name is Zhou Mingdao. He is a True Disciple from Earth Sword Peak and is also at Qi Refining level eleven, just like you.]

[You are confused. With the same cultivation level, even if he has cultivated more Spell Seeds, he shouldn't be so much stronger than you?]

[You somewhat dazed, find Gu Changfeng to ask.]

[Gu Changfeng tells you not to be discouraged by losing to Zhou Mingdao. He has comprehended a trace of artistic conception through a first-tier spell and has a record of defeating Foundation Establishment cultivators head-on. He possesses the potential of a Sword Child.]

[Sword Child. This is the first time you've heard this term since joining the Tianjian Sect.]

[Gu Changfeng explains that this is the highest honor for disciples of the Tianjian Sect. Every Sword Child can easily become a Nascent Soul, and even has the potential to cultivate into a Spirit Transmutation Venerable.]

[There are only two Sword Children in the current generation of the Tianjian Sect. One has already become a Nascent Soul True Lord, and the other has long since cultivated Golden Core True Person. They are not in the same tier as you, which is why you haven't heard of their names or deeds.]

[You understand.]

[You inquire about the conditions for becoming a Sword Child.]

[Gu Changfeng replies that there are two paths to becoming a Sword Child. The first path is to maintain a cultivation speed no less than that of other True Disciples while possessing unparalleled combat power and successfully passing the Heavenly Sword Path trials relevant to your own realm.]

[The second path is to have an invincible cultivation speed, becoming a perfect Foundation Establishment at Qi Refining level twelve before the age of 20, or cultivating a first-grade Golden Core before the age of 50.]

[You shake your head, thinking these conditions are too difficult.]

[You have also attempted the Heavenly Sword Path. Out of the seven Qi Refining stages, you can only pass the third stage. Even if you reach Qi Refining level twelve, you definitely won't be able to pass the fifth stage, let alone the latter two stages.]

[As for cultivation speed, becoming a perfect Foundation Establishment at Qi Refining level twelve before the age of 20 is even more despair-inducing.]

[The grand competition ends. Zhou Mingdao indeed takes first place and wins many precious prizes, making you envious.]

[But you quickly regain your composure and continue to cultivate diligently.]

[At 45 years old, you finally break through the last hurdle, cultivating nine Spell Seeds, and you break through to Qi Refining level twelve.]

[After seeing your master, you immediately enter seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment.]

[The process of this breakthrough is exceptionally smooth, without any obstacles. You succeed in less than a day.]

"Foundation Establishment, finally Foundation Establishment."

Outside the simulation, Su Yang was also extremely excited to see this.

The him in the simulation achieving Foundation Establishment also meant he had hope of exchanging for Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Now, let's see if I can gather enough simulation points after the simulation ends.

[After reaching Foundation Establishment, you held a celebration and received many gifts. You were very happy.]

[Three months later, the Sect's Mission Hall approached you.]

[They said your cultivation was now stable and it was time for you to undertake a trial mission.]

[You nodded and did not refuse. This was a process every true disciple of the Tianjian Sect had to go through upon reaching Foundation Establishment.]

[Within one year of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, you must leave the Tianjian Sect and travel for five years, while also completing corresponding sect missions. This is to prevent disciples from becoming hothouse flowers who only have cultivation and understand nothing of life, death, and combat.]

[After paying your respects to Gu Changfeng, you set off.]

[The mission assigned to you by the Mission Hall was to eliminate a group of Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivators located in the Donglin Kingdom. They had seized control of the Donglin Kingdom's government and were harvesting the souls and vital blood of large numbers of mortals every year to refine Evil Cultivator magical artifacts and elixirs.]

[You carefully examined the mission details and found that the sect's intelligence indicated there were a total of three Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivators: one at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and two at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. All of them had achieved Foundation Establishment through evil methods, and their combat power was not considered strong among those at the same stage.]

[With your strength, even though you had only just broken through, you could definitely protect yourself against them. If you were careful, you could even annihilate them directly.]

[Three months later, you arrived at the Donglin Kingdom and found that the common people here were indeed living a life worse than death.]

[You went into hiding near the capital and began to carefully investigate the whereabouts of the Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivators.]

[You discovered that they had actually separated on their own.]

[One was refining evil artifacts in the eastern part of the kingdom, another was refining evil elixirs in the southern part, and only the strongest, the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, was enjoying himself in the capital.]

[You went to the east first and killed the Evil Cultivator refining evil artifacts with a sneak attack and one sword strike.]

[You then went to the south to deal with the Evil Cultivator refining evil elixirs. This one lasted a few more moves, and you killed him with your third sword strike.]

[You returned to the capital again and saw that the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Evil Cultivator had not moved at all. You knew then that they did not have any means to sense each other's life and death.]

[You quietly infiltrated the imperial palace, preparing to kill him with your sword.]

[At this moment, an accident occurred.]