Foundation Establishment
Foundation Establishment
The next moment, the runes on the wall suddenly lit up, and pale golden light surged out from the runes in all directions, converging into streams of golden light that flowed rapidly along the patterns on the wall.
An extremely dense spiritual energy burst forth from the wall, like a flood bursting its banks, instantly filling the entire room.
He turned around and used his Spirit Eye Technique.
He slowly scanned the entire room, his gaze sweeping over the walls, floor, and ceiling inch by inch, not missing a single corner.
Only after confirming that there were no abnormalities or spying formations did he withdraw his spiritual eyes.
Wang Mengde walked to the prayer mat, sat down cross-legged, placed his hands on his knees, and slowly closed his eyes.
Begin circulating the Luan-Phoenix Harmony Formula.
The moment the Cultivation Method was activated, the dense spiritual energy in the room seemed to find an outlet, rushing towards him wildly, flowing into his body through his pores, acupoints, mouth, and nose, and slowly circulating along the body's energy pathways.
One cycle, two cycles, three cycles.
[The Luan-Phoenix Harmony Formula +1]
[Spirit Power Cultivation +1]
Four days later.
Wang Mengde used his divine sense to look inward and found that the sea of spiritual energy in his Dantian was almost overflowing.
The space in the Dantian has also expanded to its limit.
[Qi Refinement Cultivation: Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement (25599/25600)]
That's the Qi Refinement Limit.
Within the Dantian and dantian, the spiritual energy was so dense it was almost tangible, like a pool of silvery-white mercury, heavy and solid.
The spiritual energy was no longer as thin as mist in the Early Qi Refinement, but was highly compressed and condensed, with each drop containing astonishing energy.
The spiritual energy slowly rotated in his Dantian, forming a huge vortex. At the center of the vortex was a calm area, as peaceful as the eye of a storm.
Foundation Establishment involves using this concentrated spiritual energy to condense Dao Platform in the Dantian (energy center).
This process was more difficult than anyone could have imagined.
The vast majority of cultivators at the Peak Qi Refinement need the help of Foundation Establishment Pill to have any hope of condensing their Dao Platform.
The better one's aptitude and the better Cultivation Method, the greater the chance of Foundation Establishment.
Most cultivators with Five-Element Spirit Root, even with the blessing of Foundation Establishment Pill, find it difficult to condense Foundation Establishment Dao Platform.
For cultivators with Four-Attribute Spirit Root, the success rate is significantly higher with the help of Foundation Establishment Pill, reaching over 20%.
For cultivators with Three-Attribute Spirit Root, the success rate is as high as 60% with the help of Foundation Establishment Pill.
With Two-Attribute Spirit Root and the Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate is as high as 90%.
With Single-Attribute Spirit Root and the blessing of Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate is as high as 99%.
If the Foundation Establishment fails, the half-finished Dao Platform shatters, and the terrifying surge of spiritual energy often causes great damage to the meridians and even the soul.
Wang Mengde took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and continued to circulate his Cultivation Method.
He frantically absorbed the rich spiritual energy surging from the Spirit Gathering Formation.
The spiritual energy surged into the meridians like a tide, flowing along the circulatory pathways, and finally converged into the Dantian, where it was swallowed by the enormous vortex of spiritual energy.
The vortex of spiritual energy in his Dantian began to spin rapidly.
It spun faster and faster, more and more rapidly, like a deep-sea whirlpool being stirred up, emitting a silent roar.
As the spiritual energy rotates, it is compressed, condensed, and purified. Impurities are gradually stripped away, leaving only the purest and most concentrated spiritual energy.
At the center of the vortex, that once calm area began to glow.
First came a faint glimmer of light, like a star in the night, distant and dim.
Then the light grew brighter and brighter, changing from silvery-white to pale gold, and from pale gold to pure gold.
The spiritual energy surged wildly towards the center, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, and all streams converging on the same source.
All the spiritual energy in the Dantian was converging towards that one point, being compressed, condensed, and refined.
Suddenly, an extremely terrifying suction force surged from Wang Mengde's body.
The originally abundant spiritual energy in the room was drawn in by this suction force and rushed wildly into Wang Mengde's body. The speed was so fast that it formed a visible vortex of air in the air.
His body was like a ravenous beast, greedily devouring all the spiritual energy around him.
The Spirit Gathering Formation on the wall flickered violently, its pale golden light flashing erratically, as if it were desperately trying to draw spiritual energy from the tower into the room.
Spiritual energy surged from the wall, swirling in the air before entering Wang Mengde's body, penetrating his pores, acupoints, and mouth and nose, and being absorbed by the golden light in his Dantian.
First floor lobby.
Behind the counter, the young cultivator was looking down at a booklet when suddenly, the Spirit Brush in his hand paused slightly.
He looked up at the ceiling, his brows furrowing slightly.
The nine-layered Spirit Gathering Formation is consuming spiritual energy at a rate far exceeding normal, and that spiritual energy is frantically surging into the same room.
The young cultivator probed the monitoring array with his divine sense and quickly located the flow of spiritual energy.
All the spiritual energy was converging on room 906, being frantically devoured by something.
He was slightly taken aback, then suddenly realized.
That fellow Daoist Wang Mengde actually attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment within the Spirit-Gathering Tower.
Only during the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, at the moment when the Dantian Dao Platform, would such a massive amount of Spiritual Qi be required.
It was a kind of frenzied absorption, like a traveler who had been thirsty in the desert for three days and three nights suddenly seeing an oasis. The body's instincts would drive every inch of its meridians to frantically absorb Spiritual Qi.
A strange light flashed in the young cultivator's eyes.
While it's not uncommon for cultivators to attempt Foundation Establishment within the Spirit-Gathering Tower, it's extremely rare.
Most people choose to cultivate in seclusion in their cave abode or sect, finding a quiet, safe, and undisturbed place, and slowly break through their bottleneck under the care of Foundation Establishment True Person.
Without Foundation Establishment cultivator by his side to protect him, if he fails to Foundation Establishment and his Dao Platform shatters, causing a surge of spiritual energy, he might be overwhelmed and exploded by the extremely violent spiritual energy.
But people can die.
However, these are not things he should worry about.
He was preoccupied with something else.
During the period of attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment, the rate of Spiritual Qi consumption was dozens or even hundreds of times that of normal cultivation, with Spirit Stone being burned every moment.
The daily rental fee for the Spirit-Gathering Tower is four thousand Spirit Stone, and maintaining such a high concentration of Spiritual Qi in room 906 requires more than that amount of Spirit Stone alone.
Not only will you not gain any Spirit Stone from the other party, you will also lose Spirit Stone.
The young cultivator's lips twitched slightly.
However, regardless of whether there will be a loss or not, the concentration of spiritual energy in the room must remain constant; this is the rule of the Spirit-Gathering Tower.
No one dares to disobey the rules set by True Lord Myriad Treasures.
He took a deep breath, reached out and pressed several runes on the array plate, adjusting the spiritual power supply of the Spirit-Gathering Tower to its maximum power.
The entire Spirit-Gathering Tower, all nine stories high, simultaneously glowed with a faint golden light. The Spirit Stone veins deep underground were forcibly extracted by the formation, and a massive amount of spiritual energy surged along the underground Spirit Vein channels to the ninth floor, towards room 906.
The monk lowered his head again and continued to flip through the booklet, but his divine sense remained focused on the situation in room 906.
A sense of curiosity welled up in his heart: Could it be that Fellow Daoist Wang Mengde has successfully Foundation Establishment?
The opponent possesses Five-Element Spirit Root and is attempting Foundation Establishment for the first time; it will likely be very difficult for them to succeed.
Five-Element Spirit Root are known as Pseudo-Spirit Root in the cultivation world. They result in slow cultivation speed, difficulty in breaking through bottlenecks, and an extremely low probability of Foundation Establishment.
Of a thousand Peak Qi Refinement cultivators with Five-Element Spirit Root, it would be quite good if even one reached Foundation Establishment.
The vast majority of those Foundation Establishment with Five-Element Spirit Root end up with a shattered Dao Platform and damaged meridians. Not only do they fail to Foundation Establishment, their cultivation regresses.
Foundation Establishment is not that easy.
The golden light spot in Wang Mengde 'Dantian began to grow larger at an extremely slow rate.
Like a seed sprouting in the soil, like a drop of water freezing in the cold wind, like a ray of dawn spreading before sunrise.
Each expansion of the light spot was minuscule, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, but Wang Mengde could sense that it was growing, taking shape, and giving birth to order from chaos.
From the size of a pinhead, to the size of a grain of rice, and then to the size of a soybean.
The golden Dao Platform formed extremely slowly.
The light spot changed from the size of a soybean to the size of a broad bean, then to the size of a pigeon egg, and finally to the size of a chicken egg.
The shape of the light spot also changed, from an initial sphere to a flat octagon, like a golden lotus flower in bloom.
The outline of the Dao Platform became clearer and clearer, and runes began to emerge on its surface, one by one, line by line, as if they were being carved on by an invisible carving knife.
A full twenty-four hours later.
At the center of the Dantian, a golden Dao Platform slowly rotated.
The Dao Platform was small, only the size of a palm, octagonal in shape, and entirely golden, with a faint spiritual light flowing across its surface.
Each side of the Dao Platform is engraved with intricate runes, and as the runes flow, faint sounds of dragon roars and phoenix cries can be heard emanating from them.
The Dao Platform floated in the center of the Dantian, slowly rotating, exuding a gentle yet majestic aura.
That was the unique aura of Foundation Establishment cultivator, a product of the qualitative leap in spiritual power, a mark of entering the ranks of the strong.
Wang Mengde continued to frantically absorb the spiritual energy in the room. The Dao Platform slowly rotated, and with each rotation, it would extract the purest part of the surging spiritual energy and integrate it into himself.
The golden light emanating from the Dao Platform grew stronger, the runes on its surface became clearer, and the entire Dao Platform solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From translucent to semi-solid, from semi-solid to fully solid, the color of the Dao Platform changed from light gold to pure gold, and then from pure gold to dark gold, like a piece of ancient gold polished by time.
Twelve hours later, Wang Mengde's Dao Platform was completely solid.
The Dao Platform floated quietly in the center of the Dantian, slowly rotating, exuding a calm and profound aura.
However, due to the flaws in the Luan-Phoenix Harmony Formula, the Dao Platform faintly exuded a hint of intense heat, like a piece of gold and iron forged in a raging fire.
Suddenly, the Dao Platform trembled slightly and then burst forth with intense golden light.
The light surged from Wang Mengde's Dantian, piercing through his meridians, flesh, and skin, enveloping him in a golden glow.
The secret room was filled with a blinding golden light.
Wang Mengde radiated a golden light, like a statue cast in molten gold, exuding an awe-inspiring majesty that made people dare not look directly at him.
Foundation Establishment successful.
Wang Mengde was overjoyed.
He could feel that he had crossed a great chasm, stepping from the ranks of mortals into the realm of true cultivators.
Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Realm are, in the end, still operating within the realm of mortals; they are merely mortals who have mastered spiritual power.
After reaching the Foundation Establishment, the essence of life undergoes a transformation, lifespan is extended, and strength increases dramatically, making it vastly different from the Qi Refinement Realm.
However, the physical transformation has only just begun.
Wang Mengde suppressed his surprise and continued to circulate the Luan-Phoenix Harmony Formula.
The spiritual energy continued to surge wildly into Wang Mengde's body and into the Dao Platform.
The Dao Platform slowly rotated, runes flashing, transforming the absorbed spiritual energy into a new power: True Essence.
True Essence.
In fact, it is more than ten times the spiritual power of the Peak Qi Refinement Refining stage.
If spiritual power is iron, then True Essence is steel.
For the same volume, True Essence contains more than ten times the energy of spiritual power.
The reason why Foundation Establishment cultivators are much stronger than Qi Refining cultivators lies in the difference in True Essence and spiritual power.
Each time the Dao Platform rotates once, a trace of True Essence increases around Dao Platform.
That wisp of True Essence was as thin as a hair, yet as heavy as a mountain, radiating a warm, golden light.
It coiled around the Dao Platform like golden ribbons, swaying slowly as the Dao Platform rotated.
Wang Mengde's physical body was rapidly strengthened under the influence of golden light and True Essence.
Muscles, bones, and internal organs are all gradually strengthening.
Golden light permeated every cell, like an invisible hand, breaking them down, reorganizing them, and recreating them, making them more resilient, more compact, and more powerful.
The bones became denser, smooth and warm like jade;
The muscles became more solid, and every fiber contained explosive power;
The internal organs were also enveloped in a faint golden light, rapidly strengthening themselves.
Wang Mengde's soul also slowly grew stronger amidst a golden light.
The feeling was wonderful, like a mist gradually dissipating in the sunlight, revealing a clear outline.
His mind became more agile, his memory became more astonishing, and his perception of the Spiritual Qi in the world became more acute.
Another eighteen hours passed.
The change has finally come to an end.
Wang Mengde opened his eyes, his gaze intense.
He looked down at his hands; they were large, with long, slender fingers, and a faint golden light shimmering beneath his skin.
He clenched his fist and could feel an astonishing power hidden in his palm, a sense of fulfillment and control he had never experienced before.
He closed his eyes and focused his mind inward.
[Subject: Wang Mengde]
[Destiny: Heaven Rewards Diligence (Success is inevitable)]
[Foundation Establishment Cultivation Level: Foundation Establishment Early Stage (600/100000)]
[Physical Body Cultivation: Ninth Layer of Body Tempering (7230/25600)]
[Cultivation Method: Luan-Phoenix Harmony Formula Level 10 (600/100000); True Myriad Beast Taming Formula Level 2 (1980/10000)]
Thunder Tempering Body Formula, Level 9 (7230/25600)
[Law Technique: Sword-Controlling Technique (Transcendent Mastery) 1509/6400; Palm Thunder Technique (Transcendent Mastery) 5580/6400; Spirit Eye Technique (Transcendent Mastery) 2830/6400; Fishing Technique (Peak Mastery) 1960/3200; Entwining Silk Technique (Peak Mastery)]
1820/3200; Water Arrow Technique (Peak Mastery) 1923/3200; Water Escape Technique (Peak Mastery) 1680/3200; Voice Transmission Technique (Major Accomplishment) 380/400]
[Secret Technique: Imprinting Art]
[Talisman Drawing Methods: Spirit Shield Talisman (Transcendent Mastery) 2639/6400; Fireball Talisman (Major Accomplishment) 58/400; Frost Talisman (Major Accomplishment) 5/400; Rejuvenation Talisman (Major Accomplishment) 14/400; Wind Escape Talisman (Major Accomplishment) 25/400; Breath-Concealing Talisman (Major Accomplishment)]
163/400]
Wang Mengde opened his eyes.
With boundless ambition in my heart, I have been in this world for seventeen years.
His cultivation level improved from the First Layer of Qi Refinement Refining to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
This cultivation speed is extremely fast for someone with a Five-Element Pseudo-Spirit Root.
Many cultivators with Three-Attribute Spirit Root Four-Attribute Spirit Root may never be able to Foundation Establishment in their entire lives, but he did.
His Dantian space was now filled with condensed True Essence.
The True Essence was liquid, flowing slowly in the Dantian, emanating a warm and profound aura.
The capacity of the Dantian and qi sea is several times larger than during the Qi Refinement Realm, and the quality of the True Essence is vastly different.
Wang Mengde's spirit has also grown much stronger.
If his soul was an oil lamp during the Qi Refinement Realm, then it is now a bonfire.
The light is brighter, covers a wider area, and lasts longer.
He could feel his perception had greatly improved; he could even clearly perceive the subtle spiritual patterns in the runes on the walls of the secret chamber.
With a thought, Wang Mengde unleashed his divine soul power, which probed out of his mind and scanned the room.
The ability to project one's divine sense is one of the hallmarks of Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Wherever his divine sense passed, everything in the room became clearly visible, down to the runes on the walls, and the direction and depth of each spiritual pattern;
The spiritual energy in the air, the trajectory of every strand of spiritual energy;
The patterns on the bluestone slabs on the ground, every tiny crack.
It's a wonderful feeling, like having an invisible pair of eyes that observe everything around you from every angle.
This is divine sense, which can investigate from all 360 degrees without blind spots, making it much more convenient than the Spirit Eye Technique.
The Spirit Eye Technique can only see things within its field of vision, while divine sense can cover the entire room and even clearly perceive what's behind you.
However, the area he can probe is probably not very large, far less than the area covered by the Spirit Eye Technique.
Wang Mengde raised his right hand, channeled his True Essence, and unleashed Palm Thunder Technique.
Purple arcs of electricity appeared in his palm, no longer the pale purple of the Qi Refinement Realm, but a pure purple, deep and rich.
Arcs of electricity leaped between his fingers, crackling and popping, each arc carrying a chilling aura of destruction.
It has at least ten times the power of the Peak Qi Refinement.
With this palm strike, even a cultivator at the Peak Qi Refinement would likely be reduced to ashes.
It shouldn't be a big problem to instantly kill someone in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
Wang Mengde's gaze was intense.
Advancing to the Foundation Establishment would make one a powerful figure in this Blue Wave Sea.
Foundation Establishment cultivators are respected figures in both the five major sects and the Shattered Star Archipelago; no one dares to underestimate them.
Moreover, his Spirit Power Cultivation the Foundation Establishment Foundation Establishment, and his Physical Body Cultivation increased by a full 7,105 points.
His points soared from 219 at the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering to 7,230.
This improvement far exceeded his expectations.
Wang Mengde stood up and sensed the power of his own body.
He clenched his fist slightly, compressing the air in his palm and producing a muffled sound.
He could feel every muscle fiber in his body brimming with power—an explosive power that could be released at any moment.
He stood up and threw a punch. The wind from the punch whistled, tearing the air in the secret room and producing a sharp whistling sound.
The force of the punch struck the wall, where it was absorbed by the runes and dissipated in ripples.
Without the protection of runes, the force of this punch would have been enough to pierce through the bluestone wall.
Wang Mengde stretched and his bones crackled and popped, like a string of firecrackers exploding inside his body.
He felt his body was much lighter and more agile, and even his breathing became deeper and stronger.
With his Ninth Layer of Body Tempering and Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, his combat strength is definitely among the best of Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators.
He sat down cross-legged again and began his cultivation.
Consolidate your cultivation level.
After the Foundation Establishment, the Dao Platform has solidified, but it still needs time to stabilize before it can unleash its full power.
Wang Mengde circulated his Cultivation Method, and spiritual energy flowed slowly through his meridians. To his surprise, after advancing to the Foundation Establishment, it only took him six minutes to complete one cycle of cultivation.
It should be noted that at the Peak Qi Refinement, it takes thirteen minutes to circulate one cycle of Qi.
After Foundation Establishment, the width and resilience of the meridians are greatly improved, and the speed of spiritual energy circulation is nearly twice as fast.
However, Wang Mengde checked his Fate Panel again.
[Qi Refinement Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage (600/100000)]
From the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, a full 100,000 points of spiritual power are required.
Even though the time to complete a full cycle is more than twice as fast, it is still quite difficult to raise one's cultivation level to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
It took him seventeen years to go from the First Layer of Qi Refinement to the Peak Qi Refinement.
The spiritual energy required to progress from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage is several times that required for the Qi Refinement Realm. Even with various resources to assist, it would probably take much longer.
Fortunately, after he Foundation Establishment, his speed of earning Spirit Stone will likely increase significantly.