noffsinger Chapter 32 Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, Extraordinary Phenomena of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 32 Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, Extraordinary Phenomena of Heaven and Earth
During these five years, he himself did not give up cultivation.
As his spiritual root improved, his efficiency in opening spiritual apertures also increased rapidly. Excluding the time spent refining pills to earn spirit stones, he could open an average of more than 700 spiritual apertures per year. In five years, he opened almost all of the 3600 spiritual apertures at the second level of Qi Refining on his own.
Another year has passed.
He broke through to the third level of Qi Refining entirely through his own efforts.
However, when Jiang Chuan evolved his spiritual root again, he encountered a new problem.
Once the wood attribute spiritual root reaches 60 points, the lifespan required for further improvement increases dramatically, and the remaining 80 years of lifespan are only increased by one point.
"Does this mean that once a spiritual root reaches its peak, further improvement requires consuming even more lifespan?"
Jiang Chuan's expression was somewhat grim. He had originally planned to raise his spiritual root to the limit of 100 points in one go.
Now it seems like it wasn't worth it.
Continuing to improve one's spiritual root to reach its limit would take an unknown amount of time.
"Well, 60 points of spiritual root attribute is equivalent to six times the speed before, so it's not slow."
At the current rate, if one continues to evolve and improve their cultivation, they can open 60 spiritual apertures each year. To reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, they would need to open more than 25000 spiritual apertures, which would take more than 400 years.
Each year, one can absorb 180 years of lifespan through the [Lifespan Barrier], which means it only takes 2.4 years to cultivate to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, and then one can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage...
Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up.
Now he understands the importance of prioritizing the enhancement of one's spiritual root. Without enhancing one's spiritual root, it would take more than 20 years in reality to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Now, it will only take less than ten years in total.
"Moreover, in recent years, Taihu Market has been too quiet, and I always feel that something bad is going to happen."
Jiang Chuan muttered to himself.
Over the years, he has been extremely cautious in his actions. With the help of his status as a first-class high-grade alchemy master, he has also stepped into the top circle of Taihu Market and learned some inside stories about the monster riots of that year.
The Golden Elixir can stop the fighting, but it is only a temporary halt. More than ten years later, it may break out again at any time.
And if it breaks out again, it will surely be even worse than the last time.
This left him speechless. Why couldn't the human and demon races coexist peacefully?
He knew in his heart that this was impossible unless the path to immortality was severed.
Human cultivators need the hides, flesh, bones, and cores of demonic beasts for cultivation, while demonic beasts also need to devour humans, who possess "innate Dao bodies," to evolve...
This is a battle for survival; no one dares to back down.
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Time flies,
Another three years have passed.
After accumulating 540 years of lifespan
Jiang Chuan began to evolve and improve his cultivation, preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage in one fell swoop.
[You have invested your lifespan evolution cultivation]
[You have been in seclusion for ten years, cultivating your inner energy and opening 600 new spiritual apertures. You have successfully broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, resulting in a significant increase in both the quality and quantity of your magical power.]
[You continued your breathing exercises, and time passed unnoticed. More than a hundred years went by in the blink of an eye. You continued to open more than ten thousand spiritual acupoints, and you attempted to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. You succeeded.]
[You continued your cultivation, and nearly two hundred years later, you reached the perfect ninth level of Qi Refining.]
Faced with the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment, you remained calm and resolute, choosing to forcefully break through... The vast and boundless magical power within you has already reached a range of thousands of feet, each strand of it far surpassing those of others at the same level. You circulate the "Chaos Dao Scripture," attempting to gather its endless magical power and construct an unparalleled Dao foundation.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Through your tireless efforts, you have successfully established the rudimentary foundation of your Dao. With one burst of energy, you directly circulate your cultivation technique, preparing for a powerful breakthrough.
[Your accumulation far surpasses that of others. Whether it is magical power, spiritual soul, or physique, you have already met the standards. You have easily passed the three hurdles of "essence, qi, and spirit," and the rudimentary form of the Dao foundation has appeared within your body. A phantom of a lotus flower that blots out the sky has emerged. The lotus has ten petals, each petal representing a grade. Your Dao foundation is even above the ninth grade.]
Although you were deeply shaken, your determination to break through remained undiminished, even intensifying. You continued to force your way through, causing your internal magical power to surge and undergo dramatic changes... Ten years later, you successfully broke through, establishing an unparalleled foundation for your Dao. At the same time, you awakened your innate divine abilities.
Sensing that he only had 20 years left to live, Jiang Chuan immediately stopped evolving, exclaiming inwardly:
"...Phew, excellent, excellent. I have successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage just as my lifespan was about to run out."
With the cessation of evolution
In the next instant, the physical body also began to change. The dantian within the body underwent a rapid transformation, with the quality and total amount of magical power increasing hundreds of times, forming a vast and unfathomable purple-gold sea of clouds.
Then, the sea of clouds changed, and a phantom of a blue lotus, thousands of feet in size, suddenly appeared, blotting out the sky and reaching straight into the clouds...
At the same time,
Above the spiritual fields in the Dingzi area, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly began to change, as if a black hole was surging in, wildly sucking up the surrounding spiritual energy. Almost instantly, a vortex of spiritual energy covering an area of dozens of miles in radius was formed, and a phantom of a blue lotus, thousands of feet in size, also appeared...
Such extraordinary phenomena of heaven and earth,
The moment it appeared, it attracted the attention of many cultivators in Taihu Market.
Gazing at the enormous vortex of spiritual energy that enveloped almost the entire Taihu Market above, and the towering, thousands-of-feet-high azure lotus phantom, all the cultivators were dumbfounded, their minds reeling as they watched this scene, and they began to discuss it amongst themselves.
"Look, look! What is that thing in the sky? It's terrifying!"
"Huh, isn't this a [Spiritual Energy Vortex]? A phenomenon that only occurs when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage?"
"Fellow Daoist, don't try to fool me. You call something that covers an area of dozens of miles a 'spiritual energy vortex'? I've seen a Foundation Establishment senior in my family break through, and his spiritual energy vortex was less than a hundred meters in diameter."
"Um... I don't know about that."
"By Dao Ancestor, could it be that someone has broken through to the Golden Core stage?"
"Look! Above the vortex of spiritual energy, there seem to be other strange phenomena. They're incredibly vast, blotting out the sky, and seem to be thousands of feet tall. What are these?"
"I saw it too, it looks a bit like a lotus flower?"
"Heavens! Who on earth is this powerful being who has broken through? First, there was a vortex of spiritual energy covering an area of dozens of miles, then a lotus-shaped phenomenon thousands of feet tall... Will there be a tribulation of lightning soon?"
Amidst the discussions among tens of thousands of cultivators in Taihu Market,
In the heart of Taihu Market, several Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed there also flew into the sky, their expressions solemn as they gazed at the terrifying anomaly of heaven and earth.
A young-looking cultivator spoke first, his expression solemn:
"This is an extraordinary phenomenon indicating a cultivator's breakthrough, and it's terrifying! Is it a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage, or a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage?"
Another middle-aged Taoist priest stared solemnly at the strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth, feeling a chill run down his spine and a sense of unease in his heart. Such a terrifying phenomenon could not possibly be a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage; it could at least be a breakthrough to the Golden Core stage, or even a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage. No matter which it was, things had become complicated.
Although Taihu Market is a gathering place for many independent cultivators, this is the territory of their Biyang Immortal Sect. Such a presumptuous attempt to break through here must indicate ill intent...
"Such an unusual phenomenon indicates that the one who broke through is no ordinary person. The three of us may not be able to withstand it. We should quickly report to the sect and invite a Golden Core cultivator to come."
Another young and beautiful female cultivator nodded in agreement:
"What Senior Brother Zhou said is very true. We should first report to the sect and then proceed with caution."