Inside the cave abode.
Fang Shu took stock of the items he had prepared within the Five Viscera Temple for this attempt at Foundation Establishment.
Placed at the very center were three bottles of pills.
These three square bottles respectively held spirit pills for nourishing the body, qi, and soul: the Golden Crystal Glazed Pill, the Three-Reversal Qi-Absorbing Pill, and the Tiger-Heart Soul-Nurturing Pill.
They could elevate a cultivator's essence, qi, and spirit during the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, increasing the chances of success. They were the finest breakthrough pills available in the temple.
Each bottle contained only one pill, and each pill cost one merit credit. They were not something ordinary people could afford.
Although Fang Shu reckoned his chances of reaching Foundation Establishment were extremely high, these pills were also superb nourishing medicines that could greatly enhance his essence, qi, and spirit.
And this time, he would reach Foundation Establishment through neither the earthbound nor the earth-roaming path. The blood, qi, True Qi, and other resources consumed during his breakthrough might far exceed the norm. Preparing such pills beforehand would leave him ready for any contingency.
Besides the pills, five formation flags lay before him, colored blue-green, white, red, black, and yellow respectively. They formed a seven-tribulation spirit-gathering formation from the Five Viscera Temple.
Although the cultivation chambers within White Pool at the summit had their own spirit-gathering effects for those undertaking Foundation Establishment, Fang Shu recalled that nothing prevented another spirit-gathering formation from being set up inside.
Aside from gathering spiritual energy and being easy to carry, this formation could also isolate its interior from the outside and exclude disturbances in qi activity.
As long as its supply of spiritual energy held, even a Qi Refining cultivator wielding this formation could withstand an attack from a seven-tribulation