[Foundation Establishment Ninefold Limit-Breaking, a shocking turn, [Future]? Nascent Soul Perfection made its move]

``` [You controlled your "Other Self" and began limit-breaking cultivation in the [Foundation Establishment Realm].]

[Unlike [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking], which accumulated [dao attainment] to obtain [Essence],]

[[Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking]'s core was consuming [Essence]—]

[Using the abundant [Essence] you already possessed to consolidate and expand your [great dao foundation], allowing it to break free of its innate shackles and gain a second, or even multiple, opportunities to expand.]

[The more abundant your [Essence], the greater your potential for [Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking].]

[The strength of your [Essence] now rivaled that of a [nascent soul early stage] True Lord—an oceanic reserve.]

[The limit-breaking process surged like a flood bursting through a dam, unstoppable:]

[In fifteen minutes, [Third Layer Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking]; your dao foundation expanded from five hundred and twenty thousand zhang to five hundred and thirty thousand zhang.]

[In half a day, [Seventh Layer Limit-Breaking]; your dao foundation reached five hundred and seventy thousand zhang.]

[In one day, [Ninth Layer Limit-Breaking]; your dao foundation reached [Five Hundred Ninety Thousand Zhang]!]

[In less than two days, you went straight from [foundation establishment early stage] to [Foundation Establishment Perfection Limit-Breaking, Ninth Layer Limit-Breaking], at a speed that eclipsed past and present.]

[However, when you touched the barrier of "[Tenth Layer Limit-Breaking]," you were abruptly stopped.]

["This restriction again..." You tried several times, only to be repelled by an invisible barrier each time.]

[Clearly, [Foundation Establishment Limit-Breaking] also had a "layer limit" similar to that of the [qi refining realm], which required the [unrestricted] Talent to overcome.]

[But [unrestricted] had already been used to unlock [Qi Refining Limit-Breaking] and could not be used again.]

["[Foundation Establishment Ninefold Limit-Breaking] is this body's limit." You felt a little regretful, but accepted it calmly.]

[Since that was the case, it was time to prepare for the next step—attaining