Flowing Light Sword Technique Reaches Great Accomplishment

Most Qi Refining cultivators had to pass three difficult trials in succession when breaking through to Foundation Establishment: the physical body trial, the Law Power trial, and the Divine Sense trial.

This process of "passing the three trials" took at least ten days to half a month. With other preparations added in, these cultivators needed at least a month from the start of their preparations to their breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

In search of a so-called "opportunity," some cultivators would even go into secluded cultivation in a quiet room for a time, hoping to reach their best condition before attempting the breakthrough. As a result, they needed several months to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Mo Wen had long since passed the three Foundation Establishment trials. As soon as he reached the end of the Limit Breaking path, he could break through to Foundation Establishment with a single thought! His breakthrough would therefore take very little time. Even with the step of "Spiritual Qi pouring into the body," a few hours at most would be enough.

With such a short window, even if a Golden Core cultivator received word, he would not make it in time! The only thing that concerned Mo Wen was that the Spiritual Qi in the small market was too thin and might not be enough for his Foundation Establishment.

Mo Wen stopped worrying about Foundation Establishment and went to the Divine Pill Pavilion to purchase enough pills to last him a year of cultivation. This transaction brought his total spending at the Divine Pill Pavilion above fifty thousand Spirit Stones, earning him a "bronze-tier" VIP token that would give him a five percent discount on future pill purchases.

After leaving the Divine Pill Pavilion, Mo Wen did not return to the Song Clan Talisman Shop. The stack of superior-grade talismans he had sold Song Yixue two months ago would take her some time to sell. He planned to reveal his Foundation Establishment strength outright the next time he visited, which would make things much more convenient for him in the future.

Because he had used the Hundred Transformations Heart Sutra to change his appearance and presence when he went out, nothing unexpected happened along the way, and he returned home without incident.

In the days that followed, he once again shut himself away in arduous cultivation.

In truth, for a cultivator genuinely determined to seek longevity, arduous cultivation was the most natural thing in the world! As long as there was hope of progress, few would waste their time. At most, they would occasionally indulge themselves to soothe minds worn down by years of grueling cultivation.

Compared with other cultivators, Mo Wen had another considerable advantage: he could see his progress on the Attribute Panel at any time. Such positive feedback could be a powerful incentive for someone who spent long periods in arduous cultivation!

When he was so intensely focused, time flew. In the blink of an eye, more than three months had passed.

That day, after finishing his morning cultivation, Mo Wen opened the Attribute Panel again.

Host: Mo Wen

Talent: Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence (You reap what you sow; effort is always rewarded!)

Age: (61/134)

Spirit Roots: Four Spirit Roots (Wood 42, Metal 31, Fire 25, Water 11)

Cultivation: Qi Refining Limit Breaking (46372/100000)

Cultivation Methods: Azure Wood Instruction (Perfection 4725/50000), Sun Essence and Moon Radiance Life-Praying Technique (Proficient 24319/1000000), Hundred Transformations Heart Scripture Qi Refining Chapter (Great Accomplishment 3028/10000), Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction (Initiate 2435/10000)

Law Techniques: Black Tortoise Armor (Proficient 1835/5000), Fire Crow Technique (Proficient 1421/5000), Meteor Arrow (Proficient 793/5000), Six Paths Killing Fist (Initiate 8217/10000)

Sword Dao: Flowing Light Sword Technique (Minor Accomplishment 9714/10000)

Talisman Dao: First-Tier Superior-Grade (7218/10000)

Heavenly Demon Mysterious Talismans (Not Initiated 31/10000)

I'm nearly halfway through Limit Breaking, and the Flowing Light Sword Technique isn't far from Great Accomplishment either!

Once the Flowing Light Sword Technique reaches Great Accomplishment, my strength should be comparable to that of ordinary Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators, right?

Although Mo Wen had never seen a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator fight, he had heard some basic facts about them.

Foundation Establishment was the first major threshold on the path of cultivation!

Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators with weak foundations who had broken through by luck with the help of a Foundation Establishment Pill might never reach the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in their entire lives.

Thus, cultivators who managed to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage generally had no major flaws in their foundations. If their fortuitous opportunities were great enough, they might even have a slight chance of breaking through to Golden Core. Of course, that chance was minuscule-not even one in ten thousand!

Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivators could extend their Divine Sense at least thirty zhang. Their total Law Power also far exceeded that of Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivators, by at least three or four times. As for physical strength, since both were Qi-path cultivators, the difference was not too great; they were roughly twenty to thirty percent stronger.

Mo Wen could now extend his Divine Sense thirty-seven zhang, and his total Law Power was roughly forty times what it had been before Limit Breaking. As for his physical strength, because he cultivated the Ten Thousand Blood True Body Instruction, he was somewhat stronger than even Foundation Establishment Late Stage Qi-path cultivators.

In terms of overall strength, Mo Wen might be somewhat weaker in Law Power, but in other respects he surpassed cultivators who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. With the Flowing Light Sword Technique at Great Accomplishment added to the mix, it would be no exaggeration to say that he was comparable to a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator!

Of course, Mo Wen was comparing himself with ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. Compared with the True Disciples of immortal sects or the legitimate sons of Golden Core cultivators, he fell far short! After all, which of these favored children of heaven had not possessed the strength to fight Foundation Establishment cultivators while at Qi Refining Great Perfection?

Mo Wen reckoned that even against those heaven's chosen at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, he might not be a match, let alone those at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!

Therefore, before reaching Foundation Establishment, he still had to play it safe and not get reckless!

Having gained a clear understanding of where his strength stood, Mo Wen pressed on. In just seven days, he grinded the Flowing Light Sword Technique to the Great Accomplishment realm.

Sword Dao: Flowing Light Sword Technique (Great Accomplishment 1/50000)

Fifty thousand experience points. Without a year or two of arduous cultivation, I'm afraid it will be hard to break through!

Mo Wen was looking forward to reaching the Perfection realm in the Flowing Light Sword Technique. According to its manual, once he cultivated the sword technique to Perfection, mastering Sword Qi Thunder Sound would follow as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

Sword Qi Thunder Sound was one of a sword cultivator's signature skills. When a cultivator who had mastered it controlled a sword to attack, it would produce a thunderous roar, and its speed was beyond imagination!

Cultivators described Sword Qi Thunder Sound with these words: Before the thunder sounds, the sword is upon you. When the thunder reaches your ears, your head falls to the ground!

Since ancient times, every sword cultivator who mastered Sword Qi Thunder Sound had been hailed as "invincible within the same realm"! The history of Yan Province's cultivation world had no shortage of examples of Foundation Establishment Late Stage sword cultivators who had mastered Sword Qi Thunder Sound and fought False Core patriarchs above their realm.

It's time to face the world as a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

A surge of heroic spirit welled up in Mo Wen's heart unbidden!

Nearly five years had passed since he transmigrated into this world. At last, he had gone from a Qi Refinement Sixth Layer cultivator with no path forward to someone comparable to a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator!

Though he had relied on the Attribute Panel's power along the way, the greater part of his progress came from his own unceasing efforts, day and night!