Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 471 Achieving Perfect Completion
In Lanyun City, at Burial Sand Lake, the lake water is clear, and patches of spiritual fields resembling meadows adorn the landscape, forming a unique scenic line. From time to time, cultivators land here to cast development spells to nourish the spiritual fields and sow spiritual seeds.

Under Lao Huang's leadership, the planting of Xiaguang rice has begun.

Just then, the earth dragon turned over, and a strong tremor came from afar, causing the entire lake to tremble. However, before the formation could suppress it, everything returned to calm with a dragon's roar. It was the mist dragon that had made its move.

At this moment, its dragon body transformed into water, becoming one with the entire Burial Sand Lake, omnipresent, and unable to escape its perception of any movement within the Burial Sand Lake.

With a splash, the pure white lake water surged, and the mist dragon revealed its true form on the water's surface. Now, its dragon nature was hidden, and although it was not a true dragon, it already had some of the posture of a true dragon.

A buzzing sound filled the air, and an invisible dragon's might permeated the air. Divine light flowed in its eyes as it gazed into the distance. The mist dragon remained motionless, as if trying to see through something.

After a short while, confirming that there were no further unusual movements, the mist dragon's body quietly disintegrated and returned to the flowing water, merging back into the Burial Sand Lake.

At the same time, deep within Burial Sand Lake, a powerful aura soared into the sky, but it was not revealed to the outside world due to the cover of the Mist Dragon.

"With the completion of the Hundred Rivers Meridian Technique, my spiritual body has become much more resilient."

As his divine sense reflected upon the changes within himself, a genuine smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

He had an epiphany at Qingyuan River and created the Hundred Rivers Meridian Method. After years of arduous practice, he has finally mastered it.

"After the spiritual body undergoes transformation, the difficulty of condensing a precious body in the future decreases somewhat."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen's physical body began to show signs of turning into water, but he quickly stopped this change.

"Now that the Hundred Rivers Meridian Technique is complete, it's time for my own cultivation to advance further."

Calming his joy, Jiang Chen opened his mouth and took a breath.

In the next instant, spiritual energy surged in, and the Six Qi Spiritual Technique was activated. Jiang Chen's Dao Foundation vibrated, and the twelfth Jade Tower was instantly formed. The whole process was smooth and natural, without causing the slightest ripple.

The moment the twelfth jade tower was fully formed, a flawless and naturally harmonious aura flowed out from Jiang Chen's body.

"The foundation of the Dao has been fully established."

Sensing this change, Jiang Chen opened his eyes again.

"The Dao Foundation has twelve levels, each level being a derivation of the Dao Foundation's mysteries, and each level being a refinement of spiritual power. My Dao Foundation is flawless, and after the twelve levels are perfected, the quality of my spiritual power has reached its peak."

With his palm open, a wisp of primordial spiritual power appeared in Jiang Chen's hand. It moved like a dragon and a snake, giving people a sense of danger. It should be noted that ordinary spiritual power itself does not have much killing power. Its true power needs to be displayed through spiritual techniques.

“Cultivators in the Purple Mansion realm comprehend the true meaning and cultivate their magical power. My current spiritual power condensation may already be comparable to that of ordinary magical power, but without the blessing of the true meaning, its power is still much inferior.”

Sensing the essence of spiritual power, various thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

Dao Foundation cultivators cultivate spiritual power, while Purple Mansion cultivators cultivate magical power. Compared to spiritual power, magical power is undoubtedly much stronger. When combined with true intent, magical power can unleash considerable power even without the support of supernatural abilities or spells. It is precisely because of this that a casual strike from a Purple Mansion cultivator is often far superior to that from a Dao Foundation cultivator at the peak of perfection. The difference between the two is enormous.

"Although I lack the blessing of true intent, with my current spiritual power quality, I may already be able to truly attempt to nurture the Xuan Whale in my Qi Sea. If I can form Gang Qi before reaching the Purple Mansion, that would be a great thing for me." With spiritual power flowing in his hands, Jiang Chen looked inward and saw his own Qi Sea.

With the primordial embryo in charge, the sea of ​​qi is vast. As he cultivates to the perfection of the Dao foundation, the aura of this sea of ​​qi becomes more and more extraordinary. However, overall it is still somewhat empty and lacks true divine charm.

"Theoretically, I could succeed in cultivating Qi at this time. Although the Qi is about to explode and there would be danger in cultivating it now, my soul is strong and I have Yuan Qi to back me up, so overall I can still withstand it."

As his thoughts raced, Jiang Chen considered all the possibilities.

After a moment, he made a decision: he would cultivate. His inner strength was extremely high, and once he mastered it, he might be able to contend with cultivators of the Purple Mansion realm, given his foundation.

However, before truly beginning his cultivation, Jiang Chen turned his gaze to the area beyond Burial Sand Lake.

"The turbulence in the desert ley lines has been unusually frequent lately. It used to be quite far away, but now it is directly affecting Lanyun City. I don't know if it's a natural change or if something has happened."

Gazing into the depths of the desert, Jiang Chen seemed lost in thought.

The recent tremor of the earth veins was actually quite violent. If it weren't for the presence of the Mist Dragon and Peach Blossom City to suppress it, they might have suffered some losses. Such things had happened before, but they were very weak, with no noticeable phenomena, and ordinary cultivators couldn't even detect them.

"Perhaps we should send someone to investigate."

On a whim, Jiang Chen issued an order.

After doing all this, he turned his gaze to the top of Lanque Mountain, where clouds and mist swirled, and a tall, ethereal tree shadow could be vaguely seen.

"At the mid-stage of the Dao Foundation Realm, Tao Yao's progress is indeed quite fast. For her, suppressing the Lan Que Mountain spiritual vein is also a form of cultivation. Of course, this is also due to the feedback from the third-tier spiritual vein of the Hundred Fruit Garden."

"In addition, after such a long period of preparation, the Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Array has quietly taken shape."

With keen eyesight, Jiang Chen saw through the surface to the spiritual energy network hidden deep within the earth. It was like a net spread out across the entire Lanque Mountain, and even extended into the Zangsha Lake. Although it was not conspicuous, it controlled all the spiritual energy.

"The only pity is that Lanque Mountain does not have a true third-order spiritual vein. With only a third-order water vein, it is impossible to unleash the full power of the Soul Locking and Returning to Origin Array."

Having seen everything clearly, Jiang Chen felt satisfied but also somewhat regretful. Although the third-order grand formation was profound, it still required corresponding power to support it, and for the Spirit Locking and Returning to Origin Grand Formation, the most important thing was the spiritual vein.

Of course, there are ways to unleash the full power of the Spirit Locking Array without a third-tier spiritual vein. One way is to use external resources, such as a large amount of spirit stones. Another way is to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs by burning the very foundation of the spiritual vein. Both of these methods can enhance the power of the Spirit Locking Array in a short period of time.

"If only we could find a third-order spiritual vein and move it to Lanque Mountain, that would be great. But unfortunately, third-order spiritual veins are really rare. Even if they exist, they are basically occupied by beings above the Purple Mansion level."

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze.

Although it is not perfect, Lanqueshan is developing quite well now. With the completion of the Soul Locking and Returning to Origin Array, Lanqueshan undoubtedly has an additional layer of protection.

(End of this chapter)