Supreme Dao Foundation, Direct Ascension to Foundation Establishment Second Layer

Watching the system notification pop up, Jiang Li was immediately taken aback.

Aside from relying on heavenly and earthly treasures to forcefully break through, were there other methods of Foundation Establishment?

Enlightenment Foundation Establishment—comprehending the insights of Heaven and Earth. Was this advancing through sudden enlightenment?

Jiang Li's heart stirred.

Wasn't sudden enlightenment precisely Cultivation Technique Hosting's specialty?

Just as he was thinking.

The cold mechanical electronic voice rang out again.

Ding, cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" has been blessed with merit and carries the destiny of Heaven and Earth. It has found the most suitable Foundation Establishment method and triggered the following options.

Option one: Absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy for Foundation Establishment. Completion reward: Mana reserves +30%.

Option two: Swallow a Pill for Foundation Establishment. Completion reward: Meridians widened +50%.

Option three: Enlightenment Foundation Establishment. Comprehend the insights of Heaven and Earth, realize the Dao, and forge a Perfect Dao Foundation. Completion reward: Divine sense range +100%.

Was there even a choice to make?

Even an idiot knew Enlightenment Foundation Establishment was the strongest.

Even if the system was trying to steal the spotlight, he would accept it.

"Option three."

Jiang Li confirmed without the slightest hesitation.

The cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" began to act.

The next second.

Jiang Li, under Cultivation Technique Hosting, put away the Pill.

Then he walked straight out of the Cave Residence.

Zhang Song, who had been guarding outside the Cave Residence, asked curiously, "Disciple, do you still have some unfulfilled wish?"

The cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" was immersed in its comprehension of Heaven and Earth and had no time to attend to this. Please enter dialogue content.

"Is it starting already? Incredible. It can enter a state of enlightenment anytime, anywhere."

Jiang Li clicked his tongue in wonder.

His understanding of the system's comprehension ability deepened further.

After thinking for a moment.

Jiang Li entered the words, and his body opened its mouth in sync. "Master, I have found the opportunity for Foundation Establishment. I need to go out for a while."

He did not know what Enlightenment Foundation Establishment was supposed to do, so he could only give Zhang Song advance warning.

Zhang Song was slightly stunned.

An opportunity for Foundation Establishment—what was that supposed to be?

As long as one's essence, qi, and spirit were full, and one had conditioned one's body to its peak state, any cultivator who had reached the Qi Refining Peak could attempt Foundation Establishment.

Why would one need some opportunity?

Jiang Li said nothing more.

He walked step by step, as though measuring this stretch of Heaven and Earth with his feet.

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy underwent a violent change, gathering of its own accord from all directions and pouring madly into Jiang Li's body.

It formed mist-like qi so dense it seemed almost solid.

Immediately after.

Otherworldly radiance descended from the heavens.

Auspicious qi surged.

Fragrance arose from the void.

Golden lotuses sprang from the earth.

An incomparably brilliant scene unfolded.

Jiang Li accepted it all without refusal.

His body was like a bottomless pit, ruthlessly swallowing everything whole.

His brow shone.

A layer of jade-like skin appeared over the surface of his body.

Wherever he went, the phenomena followed.

It was as though this Heaven and Earth were responding, offering blessings for Jiang Li's Foundation Establishment.

Jiang Li was stunned.

So this was Enlightenment Foundation Establishment?

What exactly was the cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" comprehending?

At this very moment.

Jiang Li felt like a Muggle standing before Voldemort. Every movement of the cultivation technique seemed profound beyond measure and increasingly in harmony with Heaven and Earth, yet... he himself could not sense a thing.

He only knew that astonishing changes were brewing within his body.

He was undergoing a transformation.

The day the transformation succeeded would be the moment he broke free from the cocoon and became a butterfly.

Zhang Song behind him was also stunned.

A look of horror appeared on his face.

Could this be... Enlightenment Foundation Establishment?

That was right.

Only Enlightenment Foundation Establishment required one to seek an opportunity for breakthrough.

This method of Foundation Establishment differed from traditional Pill-assisted breakthroughs. It required an exceptionally deep understanding of all things in the world, thereby stirring the will of Heaven and Earth and entering a state of Dao enlightenment.

However, this method of Foundation Establishment had long since been abandoned.

For no other reason.

It was simply too difficult.

Not even one among ten thousand geniuses might be capable of it.

Yet once one succeeded, one would directly forge a Perfect Dao Foundation. Even if one's previous foundation was shallow and one had never tempered one's body or Mana, one could still attain perfection.

That was the unreasonable part of Enlightenment Foundation Establishment.

And his disciple had already reached the absolute limit during the Qi Refining Realm. With such a foundation triggering Enlightenment Foundation Establishment, Zhang Song did not dare imagine just how powerful the Dao Foundation he forged would be.

The Supreme Dao Foundation.

That was the only thought in Zhang Song's mind.

What kind of damned luck had a mere Golden Core True Person like him stumbled upon in this life to take a disciple who had forged the Supreme Dao Foundation as his disciple?

His ancestral graves were about to emit green smoke.

At the same time.

As the phenomena around Jiang Li became increasingly astonishing, more and more Holy Land disciples noticed this side.

"It's him—the Jiang Li who toyed with Inner Sect Disciples in the Flying Sword Competition and mastered a flying divine ability while still in the Qi Refining Realm."

Someone recognized Jiang Li.

They asked in confusion, "What is he doing? Otherworldly signs descend from the heavens, golden lotuses rise from the earth—could he be cultivating some divine ability again?"

"I have read about this in the ancient texts. This seems to be... Enlightenment Foundation Establishment?!"

"Enlightenment Foundation Establishment? He's undergoing Foundation Establishment? Since when did Foundation Establishment have such astonishing phenomena?"

Quite a few disciples were greatly shocked.

They did not think there was anything strange about Jiang Li undergoing Foundation Establishment.

But even his Foundation Establishment was different from everyone else's. This was far too extraordinary.

"What do you people know? Enlightenment Foundation Establishment is the mark of a peerless heaven's chosen. The Dao Foundation forged through it far surpasses that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. Their combat strength is invincible among those of the same realm, and at worst, they can reach Dao Integration in the future. More often, Enlightenment Foundation Establishment is also called the potential to become immortal."

Those who knew the truth revealed the heaven-defying nature of Enlightenment Foundation Establishment.

Their eyes were filled with shock.

When the other disciples heard this, their pupils shook as well.

The four words "potential to become immortal" struck them like thunderbolts, leaving them utterly disoriented.

That was "immortal."

So long as something could be associated with that word, it became extraordinarily rare and precious.

Let alone immortal potential.

At this moment.

The informed disciple sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

"If I were you, I would hurry up and cultivate. Within the domain of Enlightenment Foundation Establishment, your cultivation efficiency will yield twice the result with half the effort."

Hearing this.

The surrounding disciples all sat down to meditate.

Their numbers grew larger and larger.

Centered on Jiang Li, auspicious radiance illuminated everything within a kilometer. Spiritual springs gushed forth and lotuses grew in clusters. Cultivating within this range was far more efficient than under normal circumstances.

Jiang Li watched it all.

He secretly clicked his tongue.

The commotion caused by the cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" this time was even greater than that caused by the Movement Technique "Carefree Wind-Riding Art," and its influence was broader.

He had already given up hope of keeping a low profile.

Within the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land, even if his name was not known by every single person, it was certainly known in every household.

He only hoped that every time his cultivation techniques caused trouble, they could bring positive effects like today without offending anyone.

If that were the case, becoming famous would still be acceptable.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

During those three days, the phenomena around Jiang Li lingered without dispersing.

His aura grew ever more profound.

Finally.

At a certain moment.

Ding, cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" has successfully realized the Dao and received the favor of Heaven and Earth's destiny.

The next second.

Jiang Li's aura began to surge wildly.

First, jade-like bones formed naturally, his meridians widened by thirty percent, and his body underwent Muscle and Marrow Cleansing.

Then a seven-colored spiritual qi vortex formed in his Dantian. Drop after drop of liquid, glazed-colored Mana condensed within the Dantian's qi sea, forming a total of thirty drops.

A single drop of liquid Mana was equivalent to the total Mana possessed by a Qi Refining Peak cultivator.

His Sea of Consciousness also opened at that moment.

His divine sense naturally left his body.

It drifted through the air.

Every scene within a hundred meters entered his sight, as though he had gained a god's-eye view.

The three steps required for Foundation Establishment were completed in an instant.

He established his foundation where he stood.

There was no possibility of failure.

I did it. This Dao master did it.

Jiang Li was secretly thrilled.

From this moment onward, he had officially become a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.

However...

The cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" had not yet finished hosting.

He took out a top-grade Pill refined from the heavenly and earthly treasure, the Fire Spirit Mushroom, and swallowed it whole.

Surging energy began filling his hungry body.

Jiang Li's body was like a giant whale, greedily swallowing the medicinal power contained in the Pill, determined to eat his fill in one go.

Another five days passed.

The liquid, glazed-colored Mana in Jiang Li's Dantian reached fifty drops.

His imposing aura rose to another level.

Ding, cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" is extremely satisfied with the results of this Dao enlightenment. It fulfilled its mission and forged the Supreme Dao Foundation.

Option Mission complete. Completion reward: Divine sense range +100%.

With a boom.

His divine sense, which had originally only been able to leave his body for one hundred meters, doubled at once.

Jiang Li released his divine sense.

He looked inward at himself.

His cultivation was clearly no longer merely at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment.

By a more precise classification, he should now be at Foundation Establishment Second Layer.

Jiang Li rose to his feet.

His eyes were filled with delight.

Reaching Foundation Establishment Second Layer the moment he established his foundation—this was truly wonderful.

Excellent review.

Five-star review.

Just then.

Seeing that Jiang Li had finished his closed-door cultivation, the surrounding Outer Sect Disciples cupped their fists and shouted, "Congratulations, Senior Brother Jiang, on successfully achieving Foundation Establishment."

Jiang Li smiled.

He nodded in acknowledgment.

As an undercover agent, he should not have engaged in such high-profile maneuvering to form factions and pursue private interests, but as a Holy Son Candidate, he also needed to unite his fellow disciples.

At that moment.

From the direction of Little Jade Peak.

A beautiful mature woman descended gracefully.

What she said greatly shocked Jiang Li.

"As the only two peerless geniuses in the Holy Land to achieve Enlightenment Foundation Establishment, I think the two of them should get to know each other and learn from one another. If they can forge a marriage bond, they might even give birth to a Dao Infant with the strongest talent in the world."