I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 152 Peach Blossom Tomb (Seeking monthly votes)
After completing the foundation building, Jiang Yi yawned, put the Heart-Piercing Mirror in his bosom, and sent Hua Gu and Hong Li back to the Yin-Yang Pendant to continue their sleep, which could be considered as stabilizing their cultivation.

She was eighteen when she last established her foundation. If she has truly reversed her aging, she will establish her foundation at fifteen this time, and it will be an even better top-grade foundation than her previous high-grade pill foundation. Her future is promising!
Jiang Yi slept for more than a month.

Entering the secret realm of the Azure Emperor Palace during the Awakening of Insects in March, it is now the Beginning of Summer in May.

Xin Wushuang, Shang Shixu, and Zhao Cangyun have all successfully established their foundations.

They waited for Jiang Yi for more than ten days, but Jiang Yi still did not come out of the cauldron. Zhao Cangyun finally couldn't hold back any longer and prepared to move the Creation Longevity Cauldron to check the situation.

The palace gates, sealed off by vines and flowers, were slashed open by Zhao Cangyun's sword. As the gates opened, a flurry of crimson petals rushed out. The celestial astronomical instrument, which had been slowly turning, made a rusty, friction-like sound and suddenly stopped turning.

The group looked up in confusion for a while, then exchanged glances, shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders to indicate that they didn't understand.

"Never mind, let's go in and take a look."

Zhao Cangyun led the way into the Qingdi Palace. The vines, like emerald snakes, rustled and parted to the sides the moment the group stepped in, revealing a winding path. Tender green shoots sprouted from the cracks in the jade bricks on the ground, full of vitality and radiating a five-colored halo.

"Wow, what a huge peach tree!" Shen Puning exclaimed in admiration.

A peach tree, perhaps a thousand or ten thousand years old, stood perched on the high platform where the Cauldron of Creation and Longevity was located. Its canopy was like crimson clouds, its branches twisted like azure dragons, and its peach blossoms were in full bloom. Each petal was wrapped in a lustrous spiritual light, making the entire palace look like a dream.

The Creation and Longevity Cauldron lay upside down beneath the peach tree, its body entwined with vines, and thickly covered with fallen petals, resembling a cauldron buried in flowers…

"Haha, don't you think this looks like a grave mound?"

Zhao Cangyun suddenly burst into laughter, but when he turned around, he found that Shen Puning, Xin Wushuang, and Shang Shixu were all looking at him expressionlessly. He abruptly stopped laughing, and awkwardly scratched his chin.

"I'll go move the cauldron."

Zhao Cangyun ran quickly up the platform, gripped the edge of the Creation Longevity Cauldron with both hands, veins bulging on his forehead, and his handsome face turned red.

"Get me up!"

He let out a low roar, and the flame patterns on the Burning Prison Blade shone faintly due to the excessive force, but the overturned giant cauldron remained motionless, as if it were connected to the earth veins of the entire Azure Emperor Palace.

"Get out of the way, I'll do it!"

Shen Puning walked over and casually pushed Zhao Cangyun aside.

Zhao Cangyun almost fell to the ground. After regaining his balance, he stared in shock. He was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, yet he was pushed so far by Shen Puning, who was not even at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Shen Puning rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the tripod leg with one hand, and with a slight breath, the giant tripod was easily lifted by Shen Puning as if he were overturning a teacup. The vines on it snapped one after another, revealing the figure lying on his side with his arm under his head.

Sunlight streamed down, and the peach blossoms moved swaying without wind.

Jiang Yi's long, black hair was spread out on the jade bricks, with a few crimson petals clinging to the ends. Her skin, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, was as smooth and radiant as the first snow reflecting the sunset, making her sleepy eyes appear even more profound. Beneath her languid demeanor lay a breathtakingly vibrant life force.

"Sister?"

Zhao Cangyun called softly, and Shen Puning gently placed the cauldron aside.

Jiang Yi was surrounded by an invisible aura that dispersed the fluttering peach blossoms, making it impossible for the others to get close.

The blinding light outside made her frown slightly as she slowly woke up.

"What time is it?"

Jiang Yi asked lazily, closed her eyes, slowly sat up, raised her arms and stretched. Her bones made a clear and crisp sound, and her wide sleeves slipped down to her elbows. The lingering effects of the foundation-building process had not yet dissipated, and every inch of her skin had the translucency of porcelain after being quenched.

As she awoke, the peach tree trembled and the vines retreated. Within this seemingly languid body lay a power capable of reviving and withering all things.

"Are you all here?"

Jiang Yi lifted one eyelid and glanced at the group, her hoarse voice still tinged with sleepiness. She yawned widely, her head drooping.

"Ayi, have you reached the Foundation Establishment stage or the Core Formation stage? Why do I feel such a strong pressure emanating from you?"

Shen Puning stood to the side asking questions, seemingly hesitant to approach Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi chuckled, casually picked up a peach branch, and half-tied her loose black hair behind her head.

"I accidentally built a foundation." Xin Wushuang, who had been silent all along, stared at the peach branch tied behind Jiang Yi's head. The originally dry branch fell into her hair and in the blink of an eye, it blossomed into peach blossoms and sprouted green leaves, which amazed everyone.

Jiang Yi suppressed the unconscious aura she was releasing, stood up, glanced at everyone, and smiled brightly.

"Congratulations, Wushuang! It seems you, like me, also have a top-grade Dao Foundation?"

Xin Wushuang blushed shyly, "I accidentally attained enlightenment, but I still haven't completed the body-tempering exercises for one year, ten months, and twenty-seven days. I need to make up for it by doing double the amount later."

Jiang Yi chuckled. The foundation building during enlightenment was a gift from Heaven, and the formation of a top-grade foundation was a natural outcome.

"Congratulations to you, Senior Brother Shang."

Jiang Yiru was insightful and her spiritual sense was far more acute than before. She could sense the aura around Shang Shixu and that he had established a superior-grade dantian foundation.

Shang Shixu smiled gently, "I benefited from your help. I was unwell and could only have reached the middle-grade foundation stage at most. It was the green wood spiritual energy that leaked out when you were building your foundation that helped me advance further."

As he spoke, Shang Shixu bowed with his hands clasped in gratitude.

"Senior Sister, there's me too. Look at me, look at me."

Zhao Cangyun squeezed through the gap between Xin Wushuang and Shang Shixu to stand in front of Jiang Yi, baring his canine teeth like a peacock showing off.

Jiang Yi glanced at him up and down. "Hmm, not bad."

Zhao Cangyun pointed at himself, speechless. He was a demon, and the Foundation Establishment stage was a little different from that of humans. If he really had to make an analogy, he could be considered a top-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he really couldn't explain it.

never mind!

"Puning, why don't you take this opportunity to try your luck?" Jiang Yi asked Shen Puning.

Shen Puning smiled indifferently, "My body tempering skills are not yet up to par. This is a rather troublesome step for my physique, and I can't rush it. However, I absorbed a lot of green wood spiritual energy along with the treasure pearl, so I can consider it a benefit. It's not a loss."

Suddenly, Shen Puning's eyes darkened. She felt that if she wanted to establish her foundation, she would probably have to go home and ask the elders of her clan for help.

"Senior Sister, aren't you going to accept this cauldron?"

Zhao Cangyun patted the Creation Longevity Cauldron placed beside him. The strange phenomena on the cauldron had disappeared, and all the eerie auras in Xuandu Temple, Jade Bamboo Forest, Medicine Field and Blackwater Lake had dissipated, restoring the original appearance of the immortal abode.

Jiang Yi glanced back at the Creation Longevity Cauldron, then subconsciously looked at the Heavenly Timing Instrument, which had stopped rotating in mid-air. The green crystal at the center of the Heavenly Timing Instrument was extremely dim, with only a trace of power left.

This place was the Daoist temple of the Green Emperor in ancient times.

Xuandu Temple accepts outer disciples, while those who can enter the Azure Emperor Palace for cultivation are core disciples who have made achievements in alchemy.

After the beginning of chaos, many innate spiritual beings and divine beasts roamed the world. That period was known as the Primordial Era, a time when the demon race dominated.

Then came the ancient times, when the human race emerged, fought against monsters and the heavens and earth, and gradually gave rise to warriors and Qi cultivators.

Then came the ancient times, when the human race continued to rise, and the human and demon races clashed in a cataclysmic war.

The Azure Emperor led all his disciples and other important matters away from this place, leaving behind the Creation and Longevity Cauldron to guard the fortune of this place, and also leaving behind a lineage of inheritance, waiting for the right person to appear.

Since then, the Azure Emperor has never returned, and Jiang Yi doesn't know whether he ascended to heaven or died.

Then, after countless years and countless events, an eerie aura emanated from the Creation and Longevity Cauldron, causing the entire secret realm to eventually resemble what she had seen when she first entered it.

The entire secret realm appears to have been restored, but in reality, the eerie aura has simply been returned to the cauldron. The cauldron itself has not been repaired and is still unusable.

The Creation Longevity Cauldron is an indispensable part of cultivating the "Azure Emperor's Longevity Scripture".

However, the Azure Emperor was prepared for the worst and had foreseen the current situation, leaving behind a method for purifying and collecting the cauldron for future generations.

Jiang Yi looked down at the small Heavenly Time Instrument ring on her right index finger. "We will leave here in three days. Collect whatever else you need in the entire secret realm as soon as possible. When I collect the cauldron in three days, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep everything here."

“There are disciples’ residences on the back mountain of the Azure Emperor’s Palace. You should be able to find a few axes there. You should also cut some Azure Jade Bamboo to take back. Three bamboos per person, no more. That’s the rule here. I’m going to find the Bamboo Swordsman to stretch my muscles.”

　Something came up this morning and I was delayed; the second update will be later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)