The medicinal power stacked, greatly accelerating the Foundation Establishment process. Half the magical power in his dantian had already transformed into viscous, liquid True Essence.
In the second month, he swallowed the third Foundation Establishment Pill. The liquid True Essence continued to accumulate, gradually pooling at the bottom of his dantian and beginning to condense into the faint outline of a foundation.
The third month... the fourth month...
Li Qingshan shut out all distractions, completely immersed in the wondrous process of Foundation Establishment.
Whenever he felt his strength flagging or his progress slow, he swallowed a Supreme-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill without hesitation!
If word got out that someone was using Supreme-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills so lavishly to establish his foundation, countless jaws would hit the floor!
Every single pill was enough to drive Foundation Establishment cultivators into a frenzy of competition!
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When the medicinal power of the ninth Supreme-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill had fully dissolved, a sudden transformation took place!
Inside Li Qingshan's dantian, the once-blurry phantom of his Dao Foundation suddenly burst into dazzling, nine-colored radiance! It frantically absorbed all the liquid True Essence, along with the vast reserves Li Qingshan had accumulated through a century of painstaking cultivation, growing incomparably solid and towering!
One inch... two inches... three inches...
The Dao Foundation rose at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Dao Foundations were classified by height: Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, High-Grade, Supreme-Grade, and Perfect!
Low-Grade Dao Foundations were under three inches; Mid-Grade, three to six inches; High-Grade, six to nine inches...
Li Qingshan's Dao Foundation broke past the nine-inch limit without the slightest resistance. It had already reached the level of a Supreme-Grade Dao Foundation!
Many peerless prodigies with Heavenly Spirit Roots, even with tremendous opportunities, could only manage a Supreme-Grade Dao Foundation.
Yet for Li Qingshan, it still hadn't stopped!
Nine inches and one-tenth... nine inches and two-tenths... nine inches and eight-tenths... nine inches and nine-tenths!
At last, the Dao Foundation settled firmly at a height of nine inches and nine-tenths!
The Dao Foundation was perfectly round and flawless, radiating a harmonious Daoist aura. Profound runes seemed to be naturally engraved upon it, resonating with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!
A Perfect Dao Foundation!
The supreme Dao Foundation of legend, one in ten thousand!
Those who possessed such a foundation had True Essence quality and quantity, recovery speed, affinity with the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, and even future potential far beyond those of the same stage. They had the ideal aptitude to reach the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao!
The instant the Perfect Dao Foundation took shape—
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A terrifying suction force beyond description suddenly erupted from within Li Qingshan!
In an instant, the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth within a hundred-mile radius around him went completely wild! The gentle spiritual energy of Wood, the violent spiritual energy of Fire, the heavy spiritual energy of Earth... even the chaotic, murderous, Baleful Intent that filled this Ancient Battlefield ruin was forcibly seized and devoured by that overbearing suction!
A gigantic vortex of spiritual energy, visible to the naked eye, formed!
At its center lay the valley where Li Qingshan was!
Spiritual energy surged into his body like a rising tide. Refined by the Longevity Technique, it became incredibly pure Longevity True Essence, pouring into his nine-inch-nine-tenths Perfect Dao Foundation and stabilizing his Foundation Establishment realm!
Such a tremendous commotion could not be fully concealed, even by the Five Elements Maze Formation. In an instant, it alarmed cultivators and living creatures throughout the Black Wind Mountain Range and the lands beyond!
"What's going on?! Why has the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth gone berserk?!"
"What a terrifying vortex! Is some senior breaking through here? Could it be a Golden Core True Person?"
"The direction is the depths of the Black Wind Mountain Range... Isn't that where the Ancient Battlefield ruins are? The spiritual energy there is chaotic. Why would anyone choose to break through there?"
"The speed and range of that spiritual energy absorption... it's terrifying! Foundation Establishment cultivators could never cause such a display!"
A hundred miles from the valley, a group of Rogue Cultivators at the Qi Refining stage were hunting demons when they turned deathly pale at the sight of the towering vortex. Their legs went weak.
Farther away, in a small cultivation market, several Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators abruptly awoke from meditation. They flew into the sky and stared toward the Black Wind Mountain Range, their faces grave and their eyes filled with shock and confusion.
Even in some ancient cave dwellings deeper within, several powerful divine senses quietly stirred. They swept across the area, letting out faint murmurs of surprise.
Inside the cave dwelling, Li Qingshan remained completely unaware. He was wholly immersed in the supreme bliss of his body's transformation.
His body was undergoing a fundamental change!
His lifespan had surged!
With only a few decades left to him, he broke through his former limits in an instant, reaching four hundred years! For a "senior" over a hundred years old, it was nothing short of a second chance at life!
An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator lived only two hundred and fifty-six years. Because Li Qingshan had cultivated the Longevity Technique, he had gained a lifespan of four hundred years.
He was nearly one hundred and seven years old, but compared to a lifespan of four hundred years, he was practically a young man.
His appearance had not changed dramatically, but the wrinkles on his face had noticeably faded, even disappearing. His skin grew firm and smooth, and his head of white hair turned a deep black from the roots, at a speed visible to the naked eye!
A vigorous vitality radiated from him, leaving not a trace of old age.
He now looked like a man in his thirties. Apart from the weathered look in his eyes, no one would have guessed he was over a hundred years old.
His divine sense surged wildly!
It had once reached only ten zhang around him, but now it instantly broke through a hundred, two hundred, three hundred...
In the end, it stabilized at a radius of a thousand zhang!
His divine sense was comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage or even peak cultivator—an utterly monstrous feat!
His five senses sharpened to their utmost. He could even hear the faint sounds of insects beating their wings and plants growing in the distance.
Most importantly, his dantian had changed!
The nine-inch-nine-tenths Perfect Dao Foundation stood firm, like the cornerstone of an immortal palace.
Above it stretched a vast sea of emerald-green True Essence, its waves surging with terrifying energy and boundless vitality!
This was Longevity True Essence. Its quality and total volume far surpassed those of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, by several times—or even more than tenfold!
Though he was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, the sheer depth of his True Essence was already comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator!
If he used the divine abilities that came with the Longevity Technique and his Supreme-Grade magical artifacts, he might even be able to fight a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator!
After an unknown length of time, the immense vortex of spiritual energy finally dissipated.
Li Qingshan slowly opened his eyes.
Green light flashed in his pupils, as if they held an endless forest and boundless vitality, then receded within him, leaving them deep as a sea of stars.
He gently clenched his fist, feeling the ceaselessly surging power within him, enough to split mountains and part rivers, as well as his renewed, vigorous young body. A sense of strength and control unlike any he had ever known rose within him.
A century of hardship, Foundation Establishment at last—his body reborn, the Immortal Dao within reach!
Li Qingshan's heart brimmed with emotion.
"At last, can I also set foot on the Immortal Dao?"
Li Qingshan's heart trembled faintly, and his eyes grew slightly moist.
He had spent a century struggling through the mortal world, thinking he would soon become nothing but a pile of dust.
Who could have imagined that, in his hundredth year, he would set foot on the Immortal Dao? In a mere seven years, he had already become a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Four hundred years of life stretched before him, boundless.
He now had greater ambitions and hopes, and the chance to glimpse the legendary, supreme realm of the Immortal Dao!
Immortality was still difficult to attain, but now there was real hope.
However, his brows soon furrowed. His powerful divine sense had detected several auras in the distance, cautiously exploring toward the valley where he had secluded himself.
"Have I still attracted other people's attention..." Li Qingshan murmured. His eyes turned cold and sharp in an instant.
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