The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 55: Sixth Level of Foundation Building, I Enter the Dao Now

Building the foundation of the Heavenly Dao, of course, does not really mean that the Heavenly Dao favors you, but it is to build the foundation of the Dao for a small Qi-cultivating cultivator.

It is a legendary state: the magic power is pure and perfectly polished, reaching the state of magic spirit, and the mind has a sudden enlightenment, the magic power naturally circulates to impact the bottleneck of foundation building.

Compared to actively attacking the foundation which would result in death if failed, or using the foundation-building pill which might fail, the Heavenly Dao foundation-building was a perfect achievement. Not only was there no chance of failure, the established foundation also had many wonderful uses.

If Li Qing was still in the second-level spiritual vein cave in Tanyuan Fairy City at this moment, he would definitely not hesitate for a moment.

However, this was in a foreign world where the spiritual energy was declining, and there was no protective array to support it. If one rashly built the foundation, who knew if there would be the risk of being "blocked by others"?

Is it to follow the will of heaven and impact the foundation?

Or should I calm down my magic power and wait for the coming time?
Li Qing's mind raced, the reluctance to accept his previous failure and the relief of saving his life all surged into his heart.

Without time to think, he decided to follow his heart: "If you don't take what heaven gives you, you will suffer the consequences. Today is the day to build the foundation of the Tao!"

"The harvest of green rice is now in your hands!" Li Qing turned around and told Ryan.

Then, he activated the spiritual contract and collected Chaoyin, who was still laughing foolishly, and the Cordyceps sinensis into his dantian. Then he used the wind escape technique to leave Lettuce Island.

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To the east of Lettuce Island is an underwater cave.

Li Qing quietly escaped through the water, climbed up the stalactites, and entered a cave that had not been flooded by seawater. This was what he had discovered when he was looking for treasure.

He took out the protective magic circle he carried with him, and placed various self-defense talismans and magical instruments at hand in case of an emergency. Then he sat cross-legged on the ground and let the magic power flow freely.

"Hualala..." The surging Qingmu magic power, like an endless tide, flowed through the meridians, passed through the acupoints, and went straight to the spiritual platform on the top of the head.

Like the Dantian in the lower abdomen, the Lingtai on the top of the head does not really exist in the human body, but is another place like a mustard seed. The spiritual consciousness of the cultivator is born here.

But the magical thing is that the spirit platform is neither here nor there. It is changing every moment, mysterious and unpredictable.

The first step in building the foundation is to use magic power as a medium to anchor the spiritual platform and understand where your own "god" is.

The last time he built his foundation, Li Qing was walking on thin ice and on the edge of an abyss. He carefully explored it bit by bit, but still took countless detours. Even with the foundation-building pills, most of his mana was still consumed.

And this time, when building the foundation of Heavenly Dao, there is no need to deliberately guide the magic power. It moves with fate and naturally finds the optimal solution.

In the darkness, a vital point was opened by Qingmu's magic power, and suddenly "heavenly sound" echoed in his mind, mighty, majestic and vast, which suffocated his consciousness.

It seemed as if the sky was falling and sweet springs were gushing out from the ground before his eyes. The infinite and wonderful principles of the Great Dao were revealed without a doubt, which made Li Qing sigh, "If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening."

"How can a mere spiritual illusion disturb my spiritual heart?" Li Qing sneered slightly, keeping his original heart, allowing it to change in an endless manner, just like a dream and empty flowers.

The last time he built his foundation, Li Qing was almost confused by it. And today, the realization of the Tai Chi Yin Fish was still lingering in his mind. Compared with it, this illusion was a little unworthy of the place.

After a while, the illusions disappeared.

A stream of green wood magic power arrived smoothly and turned into a long bridge, connecting the Dantian below and the Lingtai above, with almost no loss.

"Rumble--"

This is the magic power falling into the spiritual consciousness, and the qi and spirit are combined, just like the changes of yin and yang, mating endlessly in the spirit center.

Li Qing carefully observed the Qingming Festival and watched the development of the situation, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

Then, a drop of pure true energy slowly flowed out between the magic power and spiritual consciousness, accumulating in the spiritual platform.

This was repeated endlessly, and the bits of true essence gradually precipitated into a pool of spiritual liquid.

Anchoring the spirit platform, seeing through illusions, and generating true essence, these are the first three stages of foundation building.

In this way, about half a day passed.

Li Qing's consciousness was already exhausted, and Qingmu's magic power also receded like the tide, no longer flowing into the spiritual platform. The true essence liquid then froze at eighty-one drops.

It doesn't look like much, but compared to the last time Li Qing established his foundation, which was only about twenty points of true essence, it is a world of difference.

This level is directly linked to the mana cultivated by the technique. After all, the consciousness of a Qigong cultivator is fragile. The more complex and superficial the mana is, the heavier the burden on the consciousness.

Those who have inherited the true teachings of a great sect and practiced superior methods will have a more refined magical power and will be able to gain an advantage at this stage.

According to Li Hui, when Li Zhe first condensed his true essence, he only had thirty-nine drops, while the true descendants of Yanling Valley had about forty-eight drops.

Comparing the two, you can realize how amazing Li Qing’s current eighty-one points of true energy are!

But Li Qing didn't care about this. Instead, he straightened his mind and guided the new true energy along the path opened up by the magic power to reach the fourth level: returning to the Dantian.

The reason he failed in building his foundation last time was because of this stage.

If the power of Dharma is like floating oil, then the true essence is liquid mercury, dripping down from the spiritual platform and causing a huge burden once it enters the meridians.

The true energy flowing down presses on the meridians and swells the acupoints, like an uncontrollable wild beast, rushing around recklessly and unreasonably.

Once the blockade of the acupoints is broken, the newly generated true energy will dissipate on its own and become invisible, and the foundation building will naturally come to nothing.

To reach this level, one must either shape the meridians and acupoints to be more resilient, or obtain sufficient true energy to support the loss.

Li Qing himself is an alchemist, so he naturally took a lot of elixirs for protecting meridians and nourishing acupoints, and also had some inferior foundation-building elixirs for protection.

However, the medicinal power has its limits after all, and the twenty or so points of true energy are too weak to sustain the loss along the way, resulting in failure. But now is different from the past!
The damage to Li Qingzhou's meridians and acupoints, as well as the accumulated hidden injuries, had been completely repaired and even strengthened during the last spiritual fire body refinement.

The eighty-one drops of true essence seemed to have their own spirits. They did not run around randomly, but flowed along the optimal bridge constructed by magic power, like a rushing river, and merged into the dantian below in an unstoppable manner.

"Boom!" A loud thunder sounded in a trance.

When the brand new true energy fell into Dantian, it was like water entering an oil pan, "exploding" the remaining magic power in it, causing it to surge and rise.

Under the influence of the true essence, the Qingmu magic power, which was originally powerful and condensed, began to purify and aggregate, changing into the texture of the true essence, and was soon consumed.

After the transformation, the Qingmu Jue began to operate, and a huge amount of spiritual energy from the heaven and earth continued to pour in, but it still seemed like it couldn't keep up.

"After all, I'm not in the cultivation world, and I don't have a second-level spiritual vein."

Li Qing sighed, looked inward at his Dantian, and found three elf insects huddled together in fear: "Use the Cordyceps to gather spiritual energy quickly, don't hesitate!"

Chaoyin of the new contract was still a little scared, but Asun and Acao did not hesitate and immediately connected with Cordyceps to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

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"Boom!"

Thunder roared and lightning flashed somewhere over the sea in the east.

The strong wind rolled up the dark clouds, and the waves screamed in angry spray, creating a bleak scene.

The majestic spiritual energy of heaven and earth, changing its gloomy nature, swept up like a storm, pouring towards this side like a dragon sucking water.

Suddenly, three more small spiritual tornadoes formed nearby, swirling and intertwining, stirring up the wind and rain, making the scene even more ferocious.

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning struck vertically, causing a huge wave and capsizing a wooden boat that went out to sea to fish.

"Poseidon! Please calm down!"

"The dragon of disaster, the dragon of disaster is coming!"

"Help! My Laura, wait for me, I will definitely come back alive!"

No matter how good a fisherman is at swimming, facing the overwhelming power of heaven and earth, he can only struggle in vain for even the slightest chance of survival.

"Gululu..." The exhausted fisherman choked on the water several times.

Faced with waves that were getting higher and higher, everyone closed their eyes in despair and made their final prayers to the gods they believed in.

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Inside the cave, a vast amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth flowed in, and the condensed Qingmu true essence filled the Dantian, beginning to erase the last remnants of the last failure in foundation building.

"Hualala--" The true energy rushed like a rushing river, rushing towards the shadow of the Tianwei Gate.

The little true energy that was left was instantly swept away like a thin layer of snow in boiling water.

The fifth stage of foundation building, mana liquefaction, is accomplished in one go.

The three elf insects, who were frightened by the scene and closed their eyes, fell into the newly born Qingmu Zhenyuan along with the Cordyceps, without any jolt.

"Eh?" Asun opened his eyes curiously.

I saw a stream of true energy transforming into a huge green lotus, which held them up steadily and wandered around with the circulation of the true energy.

However, the three Cordyceps were still in the Zhenyuan, looking like they were drifting with the flow.

It touched Acao with its horn and patted Chaoyin with the tip of its tail, signaling them not to be afraid.

"Hmm?" "Guka?" The two little guys opened their eyes, and seeing that they were indeed fine, they happily played with Asun again.

Li Qing let them play around in his Dantian, and devoted himself to the last stage of building the foundation, that is, building the foundation of Taoism.

His eyes were slightly closed, his consciousness surged, and he recalled all the knowledge and insights he had gained since he began practicing.

From the originally mediocre Qingmu Jue to the superior method that is now far superior to the true teachings of the major sects.

From planting spiritual plants to refining elixirs.

From sixty years of struggle in the world of cultivation to the elf insect obtained from another world.

From the Gate of Heaven, to the shadow of the green tree, to the faint sound of the tide this time...

All the insights and methods, at this moment, turned into resources for Li Qing to consolidate his foundation of Taoism.

"Today is the day to build the foundation of the Tao!" He opened his storage bag and swallowed the black crystal fruit given by Li Fang.

This fruit is beneficial for consolidating the foundation of Taoism. If Li Qing was in Tanyuan Immortal City, he would not be able to use it to build the foundation of the Heavenly Dao. But now that he is in a different world, the night is long and dreams are many, so Li Qing does not care about being stingy with the food.

Silently, a simple high platform suddenly appeared below the phantom of the "Gate of Tianwei" in the center of the Dantian.

Li Qing's consciousness fell from the spiritual platform and turned into a three-headed doll phantom on the high platform. He sat cross-legged and sighed: "After wasting sixty years, I have now entered the Tao..."

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