"So that was it—Qi Ingestion cultivators who forged a Dao Foundation actually had something akin to a Foundation Establishment Pill formula: a 'Dao Foundation Pill Formula'?"
"With this pill manual, even if I gain nothing else from this Blessed Land expedition, it will have been worth it."
Fang Qing silently studied the pill manual and gained much from it.
"For Qi Ingestion cultivators, the most orthodox path of cultivation is actually to comprehend the Dao and thereby form a Dao Foundation"—through comprehending the Great Dao, one condenses one's own Dao Foundation from one's cultivation, creating the profound Dao Foundation most suited to oneself—"this was the method of ancient cultivators, long abandoned in the present age."
"If I wanted to comprehend the Dao and forge a Dao Foundation, that would basically be impossible—or rather, I had been on the wrong path from the very beginning. But the ancient cultivation method was not good either; it was difficult to enter and slow to advance, so it was gradually replaced by modern methods."
"Looking at it this way, could the Great Sun True Interpretation in my hands be an ancient method? No wonder it can no longer be cultivated..."
"Besides that, there are Qi Ingestion Ninth-Layer Perfection cultivators who use external objects to form a Dao Foundation! This requires several specific spiritual materials; not just any material will do..."
For instance, Fang Qing still had a large quantity of Chariot Water spiritual materials, many of which had been harvested from Second-Order demon beasts.
In Ancient Shu, those would undoubtedly count as Chariot Water Dao Foundation spiritual materials. But could they allow a Chariot Water Qi Ingestion Ninth-Layer cultivator to forge a Dao Foundation?
Obviously not!
Fang Qing had once tried to find Winnowing Basket Water Dao Foundation spiritual materials around Jade Island, but