Borrowing Another 150 Years from Heaven, Foundation Establishment
Two months later, Liu Yi looked at the energy storage device before him, a satisfied smile on his face.
Inspired by the Yang-Devouring Cultivation Method and guided by the concept of yin and yang cycling through one another, he finally created the Energy Conversion Formation after more than a hundred deductions and experiments.
The formation could convert solar energy, moonlight, and starlight into mild energy.
Now, he had refined the formation into an energy storage device, creating the brand-new device before him.
He placed the energy storage device beneath the Sun.
Solar energy from between heaven and earth slowly gathered toward the device, flowing into it along the Dao patterns on its surface.
An hour later, he picked up the energy storage device and circulated his cultivation to absorb the energy inside.
A current of energy milder than solar energy but more volatile than Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged into his body and was quickly refined.
"It's a preliminary success. It's usable now, but I still need to improve it." He stroked his chin and fell into thought.
"Solar energy converted by the energy storage device becomes milder and easier to absorb, while retaining its original purity."
"I need to prepare a few more energy storage devices as an energy source for my breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm. If I don't have enough energy for the breakthrough when the time comes, I'll be in trouble."
At present, he had refined his Qi Refinement Realm cultivation to its limit and could break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm at any time.
Seven days later.
He sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, his last 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and 100 energy storage devices filled with energy arranged neatly beside him.
Not far away, Little Yellow kept careful watch, as if standing guard for him.
The early morning sunlight fell on Liu Yi as he prepared to charge into the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Although he had long since made his preparations, he was still a little nervous.
After all, Foundation Establishment was a matter of life and death; there was no room for the slightest mistake.
He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and slowly closed his eyes, beginning to circulate the Foundation Establishment Cultivation Method he had obtained from the Heavenly Revelation Sect.
He had no intention of modifying the Cultivation Method, because altering it carelessly was far too dangerous. If Foundation Establishment failed, all his efforts would go down the drain.
For now, he only wanted to break through smoothly. Once Foundation Establishment was complete, he would create a Cultivation Method of his own based on the cultivation system he had conceived.
In an instant, his presence erupted with a roar! Five brilliant divine lights coiled around him like flood dragons, enveloping his entire body.
As if drawn by an invisible force, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi became a surging torrent that poured madly into his body.
Yet the sparse Spiritual Qi outside could hardly meet the needs of his breakthrough. His body was like a parched desert, devouring energy frantically.
He swept both palms out, and the 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones instantly rose into the air.
The vast Spiritual Qi contained within the Spirit Stones was rapidly drawn out, pouring into his Dantian in its entirety.
In the blink of an eye, he had exhausted all 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
Immediately afterward, he picked up the energy storage devices and absorbed all the energy inside them in one go.
When the energy in the last energy storage device was exhausted,
a faint, clear chime rang out, and the Five-Colored Divine Light suddenly surged outward by a zhang before swiftly receding like the tide.
He slowly opened his eyes, a spiritual radiance unique to the Foundation Establishment Realm flowing through them.
At last, he had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm!
He reached out and carefully felt his body, noticing that it was full of vitality once more.
Before, although he had still looked young on the outside, his body had long since grown decrepit within.
Now it was entirely different. The power of the Foundation Establishment Realm flowed through his meridians, and his body was full of life.
"Hahaha, I've finally been given a new lease on life! I've borrowed another 150 years from heaven." Unable to contain his excitement, he burst out laughing.
"I don't have to spend every day living in fear, dreading the day my lifespan runs out. These past years have been so hard!"
"I can finally put my ideas into practice!"
"Just you wait. I'll show you the wonders of another world."
At his side, Little Yellow saw that his master had awakened and barked excitedly without stopping, his tail wagging like a pellet drum.
He jumped and bounced around Liu Yi, occasionally rubbing his head gently against his master's trouser leg, his affectionate manner brimming with joy.
"All right, Little Yellow, go over there for now. I'll stabilize my cultivation some more."
Liu Yi patted Little Yellow's head, then closed his eyes and began circulating his Cultivation Method to stabilize his realm.
He carefully examined the state of his body and could not help sighing inwardly.
Alas, although I broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm smoothly, my strength hasn't grown much.
The Heavenly Revelation Sect's Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivation Method can't bring out the potential of my 129,600 acupoints at all. It seems creating my own cultivation system and Cultivation Method can't wait any longer.
However, his successful Foundation Establishment had not only raised his realm to a new level.
His control over the Spacetime Realm had also risen to 10% in one leap, and his own computational power for deduction had increased greatly along with it.
If his previous computational power for deduction could be compared to a bicycle, it was now like he had traded it for an electric bike.
With such an improvement, he was more confident about creating his own cultivation system in the future.
And if he combined it with the latest External Brain, his computational power for deduction could increase more than tenfold.
Although the thing consumed a great deal of energy, Liu Yi had already made the energy storage device, so that amount of consumption was nothing to him.
However, the current energy storage device and External Brain were both refined from ordinary refined iron.
If he could get better materials, both of them could surely be improved even further.
Most importantly, he had a new idea for the energy storage device and the External Brain.
He planned to integrate the two with the system. That way, he could meet the system's energy needs for operating.
He could also turn the system into an energy storage device and an External Brain, and use energy as system currency.
That would solve the problem of system currency, and the host could use the system's energy to cultivate as well.
Better yet, the system could absorb and store energy from between heaven and earth on its own, ensuring its operation, while the surplus energy could become Liu Yi's reserve energy bank.
Whether he was cultivating or replenishing energy during deductions, it would be extremely convenient, with more benefits than he could count.
What was more, doing this would not harm the system's host, and Liu Yi would get an energy storage device and an External Brain for free.
However, the road to realizing these ideas was strewn with thorns. They could never be completed overnight.
If he could weave a system using the Power of Principle, those ingenious functions would naturally fall into place.
But with his current strength, wanting to control Principles was nothing but a fool's dream.
With no other choice, he had also considered using spiritual power in place of Principles to construct the system.
But that would inevitably diminish the system's functions considerably. In the end, he feared he could only make a Pinduoduo version of a system.
At that thought, he could not help letting out a long sigh. "A road has to be walked one step at a time, and a meal eaten one bite at a time. There's no rushing it, so I'll just have to keep at it! First, I'll create the cultivation system."
"The most pressing task is to start refining energy storage devices and External Brains in batches as soon as possible."
His gaze burned as his fingertips unconsciously rubbed his chin. "More computational power can speed up the deduction process, and ample energy is the foundation of cultivation. Neither of these preparations can be neglected."
"But there's no need to refine too many. After all, that would take too much time."
"There's still plenty of room to improve the energy storage device and the External Brain. They'll be upgraded and replaced quickly, so there's no need to spend too much effort on the current versions."
(P.S. Great Dao Principles are divided into different levels according to the level of the world: Dust Mote World, Grotto-Heaven World, Small World, Middle World, Great World, Small Chiliocosm, Middle Chiliocosm, Great Chiliocosm, Multiverse, Infinite Multiverse...
The Great Dao Principles within a world differ in depth and breadth according to the world's level, but they are the same in essence.)