Foundation Establishment and Cultivation Method

In the Cultivation Realm, foundation establishment is generally divided into two kinds. One is ordinary foundation establishment, where cultivators of the Qi Refining Stage can establish their foundations by taking a Foundation Establishment Pill after their cultivation reaches the Qi Refining Stage, Tenth Layer.

Establishing a foundation through a Foundation Establishment Pill is the choice of most cultivators.

The second kind of foundation establishment is called perfect foundation establishment.

To achieve perfect foundation establishment, one's cultivation must reach the Qi Refining Stage, Twelfth Layer, and it cannot rely on the help of any external force; the chance is only once. Once it fails, even if it succeeds the second time, it is not considered perfect foundation establishment.

Cultivators who can achieve perfect foundation establishment possess greater strength than those who establish their foundations with Foundation Establishment Pills.

There is another point: cultivators who establish their foundations with Foundation Establishment Pills require the assistance of Golden Core Condensation Pills and Nascent Soul Transformation Pills at the subsequent Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Realm.

However, aside from these two foundation establishment methods, Xue Fuyao once heard from indigenous people on a remote island about a third foundation establishment method, which was establishing a foundation using a Foundation Establishment Object.

This foundation establishment method requires that after a cultivator's cultivation reaches the Qi Refining Stage, Twelfth Layer, they refine a treasure suitable for themselves-the more precious the treasure, the better-and then utilize the power of the treasure to establish the foundation.

Successfully establishing a foundation in this manner will not surpass perfect foundation establishment in raw strength, but it can harness the power of the Foundation Establishment Object to awaken an innate treasure art-an innate treasure art belonging exclusively to oneself.

Innate treasure arts, just like Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Treasures, can grow stronger as the cultivator's strength increases.

At that time, Xue Fuyao coveted that innate treasure art greatly, but it was a pity that she had already established her foundation then. Even if she had not established her foundation, she could not even achieve perfect foundation establishment, let alone utilize a Foundation Establishment Object to establish her foundation.

Yet this time, she wanted to try once.

Naturally, she dared to think this way because she certainly possessed the confidence to do so.

Xue Fuyao closed her mouth and her throat rolled twice. When she opened her mouth again, a cyan seed appeared on her tongue.

The surface of the seed was smooth, and a faint layer of cyan light radiated around it. Most importantly, there was the creation aura emanating from this seed.

This seed was precisely the seed of the Creation Green Lotus.

Initially, the entire Creation Green Lotus was swallowed directly by Xue Fuyao. At that time, she did not notice that there was already a mature seed on the Creation Green Lotus back then.

After the Creation Green Lotus was eaten by her, the whole plant transformed into energy to help her awaken the Creation Green Lotus Body, but this lotus seed was left behind, and she only discovered it not long ago while taking a medicinal bath.

This lotus seed could completely serve as her Foundation Establishment Object.

Having made up her mind, Xue Fuyao retrieved the seed of the Creation Green Lotus back into her body, and then returned to the cave abode to begin cultivating.

Ten days later, Xue Fuyao's cultivation had already arrived at the Qi Refining Stage, Twelfth Layer, reaching the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

She sighed once more, wondering why those with good talent increased their cultivation so rapidly. Originally, their cultivation felt like this: just like breathing, their cultivation progressed naturally as water flows, and the concept of bottlenecks did not exist at all.

Next was the most important foundation establishment.

Xue Fuyao tempered the spiritual power within her body once again, refining it to be incomparably pure without a single possibility of advancing any further. Afterwards, she took out the seed of the Creation Green Lotus and placed it at her dantian.

Actually, she did not know what to do next either, but if she wanted perfect foundation establishment, she only needed her cultivation to reach the Qi Refining Stage, Twelfth Layer, and then constantly polish and temper the spiritual energy within her body until it could no longer be refined further, and then she would just wait for nature to take its course.

At this moment, Xue Fuyao had already attained this state, so the worst possible outcome now was still perfect foundation establishment; she had never considered the possibility of failure.

Right at that moment, she suddenly felt a mildly warm tactile sensation coming from her dantian.

This sensation gradually spread, gradually extending to her entire body, making her feel as though she were soaking in a hot spring, and she could not help but emit a comfortable moan.

Xue Fuyao did not know what had happened; she only knew that at this moment she felt exceptionally good-unprecedentedly good.

Gradually, Xue Fuyao fell into a state of selflessness. She forgot time and everything around her. By the time she opened her eyes again, she did not know how much time had already passed.

The good news, however, was that she had already successfully established her foundation.

Xue Fuyao stood up, pacing back and forth excitedly on the ground, and the smile on her face was simply unstoppable.

She succeeded; she actually truly succeeded in establishing her foundation using a Foundation Establishment Object.

She lowered her head to look at the location of her dantian. Through inner vision, she could clearly see that at the position of the dantian, there was a newly sprouted Creation Green Lotus Seedling, and she had also obtained the innate treasure art just as she wished. Named the Creation Green Lotus Treasure Art, it could attack, defend, and heal, and could also grant Xue Fuyao vast life force.

The Creation Green Lotus Treasure Art was not necessarily the strongest treasure art, but it was definitely the most comprehensive one.

At the same time, a cultivation method also appeared within her mind, named the "Creation Green Lotus Formula". Hearing the name alone made it clear that this cultivation method was definitely the most suitable one for herself.

Within the Yuanji Sect, the rule was that as long as a disciple broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, they could enter the second floor of the Library Pavilion to select a cultivation method suitable for themselves.

It is worth mentioning that the higher the floor, the higher the grade of the cultivation method.

As for Personal Disciples, they actually did not have such restrictions; they could casually enter the Library Pavilion and choose a cultivation method suitable for themselves inside.

It was just that Xie Yichu told Xue Fuyao to focus on cultivation first and leave the matter of cultivation methods for after the Foundation Establishment Realm, so she had not cultivated any cultivation method all along.

Now with this "Creation Green Lotus Formula", she no longer needed to worry about the matter of cultivation methods.

In her original plan, if she could not find a suitable cultivation method in the Library Pavilion, she was originally prepared to go take that "Chaos Formula".

The "Chaos Formula"-just hearing the name sounds like a cultivation method meant for the Chaos Spirit Root to cultivate, and furthermore, it is a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique.

Xue Fuyao possessed the Creation Spirit Root, so she could cultivate any cultivation method; naturally, she could cultivate this "Chaos Formula" as well.

However, even with a suitable cultivation method, she still did not plan to let go of that "Chaos Formula". After all, this was a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique, and moreover a wild Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique. Not knowing about it was one thing, but since she knew about it, she certainly could not let it go.

After Xue Fuyao calmed down, she used her token to inform Shadow One and the others of the methods for perfect foundation establishment and establishing a foundation using a Foundation Establishment Object. As for how to choose, that would depend on their own will and their luck.

After finishing all this, Xue Fuyao concealed her cultivation back to the appearance of the Qi Refining Stage, Sixth Layer, and subsequently walked out of the cave abode.

At this time, weeds had already grown all over the outside of the cave abode's door.

The Yuanji Sect was protected by array formations, and the interior was like spring all year round. Judging by the growth of these weeds, Xue Fuyao estimated that her breakthrough this time had actually taken a full month.