Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 205 Successful Foundation Establishment
The Xuanmen Taoist method emphasizes the cultivation of both body and mind. Li Yunjing's primordial spirit has been honed to an incomparably powerful level, comparable to a master at the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm!
His body was also honed to an extreme, with his internal organs as hard as iron and his bones being "heavenly tribulation lightning bones," thus cultivating a special divine body.

Now that he had the strength to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Yunjing no longer intended to suppress his cultivation.

Originally, Li Yunjing was planning to participate in the Inner Sect Competition, win first place, and receive a generous reward, soaring to great heights.

Now it seems that the treasure here, even just one magical artifact, is enough to make Li Yunjing risk his life!

The reward for first place in the inner sect competition doesn't include any magical artifacts!
In order to have the strength to compete for the treasure, Li Yunjing went all out and immediately entered the state of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm after repairing his physical injuries.

His mind calmed down, and before long, he entered a state of oneness with nature.

At this moment, Li Yunjing's spiritual sense was more acute than ever before.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, Li Yunjing focused his inner vision, clearly observing the subtle changes taking place within himself.

At the same time, Li Yunjing's magical power began to boil within his body.

His blood flowed faster, and a "booming" sound came from his blood vessels as they surged.

Li Yunjing's blood was flowing, boiling, surging like a thousand rivers.

Blood surged and roared, driving the powerful throbbing of the internal organs.

"Boom!"

Li Yunjing's heart pounded as loudly as muffled thunder, and the trembling of his internal organs sounded like a rapid drumbeat.

At this moment, Li Yunjing felt streams of magical power surging out from his upper, middle, and lower dantian in his body, blood vessels, internal organs, bones, and brain.

The light flowed to every part of his body, and Li Yunjing's entire body was engulfed by divine light.

This is a pivotal transformation for Li Yunjing, a further sublimation of the human body, evolving into a higher level of existence!
This is a process of breaking free from the constraints of the human body, transcending oneself, and entering different life systems.

The Qi Refining Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm may seem like two different realms, but in reality they are two different life forms.

Aside from habits, language, and physical appearance being the same, their essential nature is completely different.

They can be described as two different life forms.

At this moment, Li Yunjing relied on the powerful force of his divine sense to frantically urge every strand of magical power within his body, making this magical power increasingly condensed!
When all his magical power had reached its peak, Li Yunjing began to further refine and compress his own magical power.

Previously, the magical power within Li Yunjing's body existed in a gaseous form, which was not condensed enough, and the scattered energy flowed within his body.

When Li Yunjing uses magic, he needs to constantly absorb spiritual energy from the surrounding environment to replenish it and help enhance the power of his magic and supernatural abilities.

Among them, there are those who clearly use external forces from heaven and earth when unleashing "Palm Thunder" and "Five Elements Divine Thunder".

Now, Li Yunjing's cultivation level is advancing towards the Foundation Establishment Realm. The magical power within his body is beginning to be compressed and condensed from a gaseous state to a liquid state, transforming it into true essence.

Using true qi to activate spells and supernatural powers is more powerful than magical power. It can store more energy and, when using spells and supernatural powers, can mobilize the true essence in the body more quickly to unleash greater power.

Advancing from the Qi Refining Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm is extremely difficult.

One needs strong willpower, mental strength, and a robust body to withstand the trials during the foundation-building process.

During the Foundation Establishment process, cultivators need to compress and condense the mana within their bodies. This process requires extremely precise control and powerful mental strength. The slightest carelessness may lead to failure in the breakthrough or even cause serious damage to the body.

Li Yunjing reached the pinnacle in both aspects. Under his guidance, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to condense into vortexes of spiritual energy, which continuously entered his body through his breath, further increasing his energy for condensing magical power.

When Li Yunjing was in the water, his entire body seemed to radiate five-colored divine light.

Within that five-colored divine light, streaks of lightning intertwined, and countless azure lightning snakes roamed across his body.

At this moment, in order to speed up the process of condensing true essence, Li Yunjing used thirty-six mid-grade spirit stones in succession to form a "spirit gathering array" to draw in more spiritual energy and replenish Li Yunjing's consumption.

Countless streams of spiritual energy, like a rain of light, converged faster and faster around Li Yunjing, merging into his body.

It quickly compressed and condensed all of Li Yunjing's magical power into true essence.

The magical power transformed into true essence, which circulated within the body and fed back to the brain.

Higher-level energy replenished his sea of ​​consciousness, causing Li Yunjing's spirit to surge. His already incredibly powerful spiritual strength became even more refined.

Within his body, surges of blood and energy flowed like giant waves at sea.

Driven by the flow of qi and blood, streams of true essence entered the sea of ​​consciousness, continuing to surge and roar, impacting the endless and mysterious sea of ​​consciousness.

Many of the consciousness universes shrouded in mist were dispersed, revealing the mysterious areas within the brain!
Normally, Li Yunjing's spiritual introspection could never reach certain spaces in his sea of ​​consciousness, but now they have been broken through and revealed by his own powerful strength.

Li Yunjing's mind was in turmoil, as if the universe was about to undergo a second evolution and enter a new era.

Within his mind, streams of spiritual energy pierced through the vast universe, connecting to the deepest part of his consciousness, where he saw what lay there.

A scepter composed entirely of lightning power rose and fell there, constantly unleashing powerful lightning energy that spread outwards.

"What is this scepter? Is it the reason for my earth-shattering changes?"

Sensing his spiritual power approaching the scepter, the noble being at its peak did not reject his spiritual power.

The two interacted and merged, and streams of energy flowed back, causing mysterious patterns to appear in the mind's eye.

These patterns depict enormous Dao diagrams spanning the sky, the destruction of starry skies, giant axes cleaving the heavens and earth, the birth of countless races and creatures, and the primitive era of humans drilling wood to make fire and eating raw meat and drinking blood...

Finally, everything transformed into a thunder scepter that shattered countless universes, and into a bolt of lightning that struck Li Yunjing's head.

From that moment on, all the patterns disappeared, and Li Yunjing seemed to have experienced billions of years of change.

This feeling was extremely strange, and Li Yunjing had a mix of emotions.

"Is this the reason for my mutation?!"

Li Yunjing finally understood why he had become so powerful.

The wisp of lightning power that had been released combined with Li Yunjing's spirit once again, and suddenly transformed into a faint, tangible power that returned to Li Yunjing's mind.

Within Li Yunjing's sea of ​​consciousness, another change occurred. All his spirit transformed into surging power—this invisible power was spiritual power, soul power.

Upon advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the spirit was further refined, and a trace of the primordial spirit began to take shape.

With a casual thought, Li Yunjing felt that his mental power, in addition to its previous ability to perceive the outside world and hypnotize living beings, now also included a direct mental attack.

If Li Yunjing so desired, he could condense his spiritual power into various spiritual weapons such as longswords, swords, and spears, which would then fly out from between his eyebrows to slay the opponent's spiritual will.

Of course, it's very difficult to achieve this.

Li Yunjing has only a glimmer of hope, just like a newborn baby who can crawl, but still has a long way to go before standing up and running like the wind.

Even so, Li Yunjing was still extremely excited!

The Shenxiao Dao Sect has many precious methods for cultivating spiritual power, which can make spiritual power more refined.

This time, Li Yunjing successfully broke through to the first level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, thus qualifying him to cultivate spiritual techniques.

With the method of cultivating both body and mind, Li Yunjing's strength will increase rapidly once again.

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the boundless spiritual energy around Li Yunjing's body was guided by his power and condensed into the shapes of various birds and beasts, ready to pounce on enemies at any time.

Li Yunjing has become more flexible in controlling supernatural powers and secret techniques.

At this level, Li Yunjing's lifespan increases to five hundred years, meaning he can live for at least another four hundred and seventy-eight years!
At the same time, Li Yunjing's spiritual power also made a leap. His spiritual sense became more and more acute, and he could even easily see through the shapes of several grains of sand on the seabed within a 15-mile radius.

He could see even the smallest, invisible fish egg floating in the sea, and even sense the life force within it.

Everything around him was under Li Yunjing's control; the world was presented to him with such clarity.

Li Yunjing seemed to be walking around with a microscope all the time.

Unlike a microscope, Li Yunjing can see a much wider range of objects.

The distance was increased to fifteen miles, which meant that Li Yunjing could spot his opponent before any other cultivator of the same level could find him.

This gives us the opportunity to strike first!
From this point of view alone, Li Yunjing had the means to launch a sneak attack on others.

After successfully establishing one's foundation, there are many more changes besides those to one's spirit and magical power.

After being tempered, Li Yunjing's body was far stronger than before in terms of strength, speed, and endurance, giving him a much greater overall strength. Furthermore, his true energy was abundant, allowing him to unleash more advanced and complex supernatural abilities, and his control over spells was also stronger.

The Foundation Establishment Realm is a significant dividing line in a cultivator's strength, even within the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect".

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Yunjing will receive more attention and training within the sect, and will be able to obtain more second-tier or even third-tier cultivation resources.

At the same time, Li Yunjing is also qualified to participate in the assessment of the true disciples of the "Shenxiao Daozong".

Once Li Yunjing is promoted to a true disciple, he will gain an extremely high status and a wealth of resources.

Now, Li Yunjing's combat power has increased fivefold compared to before!
According to Li Yunjing's calculations, even if he were to lose to the gray-robed elder, he wouldn't be unable to withstand more than a few moves.

At least in a head-on fight, Li Yunjing is qualified to fight his opponent to a standstill, and even inflict some injuries on him.

Of course, the changes brought about by advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm and the significant improvement in one's cultivation level are not instantaneous.

It cannot be completely changed overnight; it takes several years to gradually adapt to the changes.

To unleash one's full potential.

Li Yunjing has amazing talent and may take less time than others to fully adapt to the new realm.

Having advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Yunjing did not rush to get up, but instead tested each of his spiritual weapons.

Using true essence to activate the magical weapon, its power indeed more than doubled!
And this is without him refining it with his true essence, yet it still possesses such great power.

If one spends time refining it until one's true essence and spiritual weapon become one.

At that time, the power it could display would probably be several times greater than it is now!
When cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm use spiritual artifacts, they rely heavily on the artifacts' own power, as it is difficult to combine them with their own strength to unleash a power greater than the sum of its parts.

However, spiritual artifacts are a different story in the hands of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Only cultivators who can activate their true essence can fully unleash the power of a spiritual weapon.

After comprehensive analysis, it was found that Li Yunjing's physical strength, combined with the power of the spiritual weapon, increased his overall combat power by at least seven or eight times!
The current Li Yunjing can beat ten of his former selves!
Besides increased combat power, the benefits of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage include the ability to learn more second-tier knowledge.

Spiritual artifact crafting techniques, creating second-tier talismans, upgrading array formations, crafting high-tier puppets, refining second-tier pills...

As one's level of attainment increases, there is also the possibility of further advancement in all aspects.

However, mastering so many systems to their fullest potential is definitely a long and arduous task.

With Li Yunjing's talent, it would be difficult for him to advance as quickly as he had when he was in the Qi Refining Realm.

"You've advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Meanwhile, Yu Yunyi had already noticed the unusual energy movement around her and had been keeping her eyes open, watching Li Yunjing.

Seeing that Li Yunjing had stabilized his cultivation level, Yu Yunyi asked in shock.

Even though she already knew that Li Yunjing had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, she still couldn't help but ask.

This shows just how shocked Yunyi was!
Yu Yunyi is also a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm.

However, if she wants to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm, she will probably need to return to the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect" and quietly seclude herself for three or four months to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm in a peaceful environment.

Breaking through to a higher realm is never as simple as it is for Li Yunjing.
He suffered a minor injury, took a short break to regulate his breathing, and then took some "healing pills," and he broke through to the next realm?
This is too exaggerated!

At least Yu Yunyi had never seen anyone cultivate as quickly as Li Yunjing.

My Daoist partner has only been practicing for less than two years, right?

Thinking about this, Yu Yunyi felt disheartened.

She was completely devastated by Li Yunjing.

Before meeting Li Yunjing, Yu Yunyi was arrogant and thought that the world's most outstanding talents were not necessarily stronger than her.

Now, Yu Yunyi is completely convinced; there's always someone better.

She accepted this principle.

"Yunyi, you'll be able to establish your foundation soon! Don't worry!"

Li Yunjing knew what Yu Yunyi was thinking and gently comforted her.

There was no way around it; Li Yunjing's foundation was too profound. He cultivated both his mind and body, reaching the peak of both.

He doesn't need to deliberately push his level, nor does he need others to be solemn, determined, and desperate in their efforts.

Li Yunjing really only needed to exert a little effort to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

This is not my fault!

Li Yunjing felt helpless; he didn't want things to be this simple either!

This prevented him from experiencing the joy of advancing to a higher realm.

Fortunately, this was Li Yunjing's inner thought, and he did not reveal it.

Otherwise, if Yu Yunyi knew Li Yunjing's inner thoughts, she would probably be so depressed she'd vomit blood.

Is this human talk?
What do you mean you didn't want to break through so easily, and only used a little effort to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm?
This is bullying! Is this how you bully someone?
In the cultivation world, countless Qi Refining cultivators are stuck at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, whether they take Foundation Establishment Pills or use other auxiliary methods, they all fail at this step.

It can be said that this step has killed 90% of cultivators!
Countless people can only watch themselves go from a spirited youth to a mature and steady middle age, and then to a listless old age, eventually turning into a handful of yellow earth and returning to nature.

This is the cruel reality of the cultivation world.

No matter what method is used, as long as one can survive, advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, and enjoy a lifespan of five hundred years, it is a remarkable achievement.

People like Li Yunjing are extremely rare.

Even in a behemoth sect like the "Shenxiao Dao Sect," only a small number of cultivators at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm can forcibly break through and advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm without the help of external forces.

These people also faced some dangers when they tried to break through to a higher realm, and it took them some time to overcome the obstacles.

Where else can anyone break through a realm in less than an hour, with the added healing involved? Such talent is truly terrifying.

Yu Yunyi had come to believe that Li Yunjing was the reincarnation of a celestial being.

Aside from someone with divine talent, who could deliver such an amazing performance?
"Sigh! After this experience, I will definitely go back into seclusion and not leave until I reach the Foundation Establishment stage!"

After a long while, Yu Yunyi, having calmed down, said fiercely.

This stunningly beautiful woman, with her large, beautiful eyes bulging with anger, was ready to fight to the death!

Clearly, in the eyes of this privileged young woman, being left so far behind by Li Yunjing was an unacceptable outcome.

She had to be ruthless and severely pressure herself to unleash her potential and advance to a higher level.

"All right!"

Li Yunjing gave a wry smile. Seeing Yu Yunyi's frightening appearance, he swallowed the words of advice that were on the tip of his tongue.

Li Yunjing knew that he had provoked Yunyi too much.

Anything said now would be wrong.

Women can be so unreasonable sometimes.

Li Yunjing was unwilling to ignite the powder keg at this time.

"Shall we go back? Or continue fighting for the treasure?"

At this moment, Li Yunjing changed the subject and said in a relaxed manner.

"Hmm? Are you confident? Lin Kai and his two companions, along with several sects and families, have experts at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, or even higher. You've just reached the Foundation Establishment Realm; can you handle them?"

Sure enough, once the Foundation Establishment stage wasn't mentioned, Yu Yunyi's attention shifted, and she asked with some curiosity.

(End of this chapter)