I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

Time flies, and eight months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep within the Azure Mystic Realm, in the core area of ​​a fourth-order spiritual vein, the spiritual energy is so dense that it is almost tangible, swirling like smoke and mist.

Lin Che sat cross-legged on the spiritual vein spring, his eyes closed, his mind completely immersed in his body, looking inward at the scene in his dantian.

If an outsider were to see the scene inside his dantian at this moment, they would be horrified and amazed, thinking him a celestial being!

For ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, their dantian is nothing more than a shallow pool of spiritual liquid, with a maximum of a thousand drops of liquid true essence.

Within Lin Che's dantian, the vast true essence faintly gathered into a shimmering lake of spiritual liquid!

Three thousand drops of liquid true essence slowly swirled and flowed within, merging with each other and emitting a terrifyingly powerful spiritual pressure.

This is the astonishing result he achieved during the Foundation Establishment stage after spending ten years painstakingly refining his physical body and forging a flawless foundation.

"Finally... I've reached my limit."

Lin Che looked inward at his dantian, which was so full it was almost bursting with a throbbing pain, and felt an overwhelming surge of excitement.

Three thousand drops of true essence—this was the limit that his early Foundation Establishment stage could bear. His entire dantian was completely full, with no gaps left.

Today marks the day he breaks through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!

With a thought, the profound "Ten Thousand Beasts Paying Homage to the Ancestor Technique" was activated at full power, and the calm lake of spiritual liquid in his dantian suddenly boiled!

The three thousand drops of true essence began to be drawn by an invisible, immense force, and began to be compressed and rotated wildly.

"Buzz—"

A deep rumble emanated from his body, echoing in the tranquil secret realm.

Every pore on his body opened up, like countless miniature vortexes, greedily devouring the massive amount of pure spiritual energy provided by the fourth-tier spiritual vein.

These spiritual energies were rapidly refined, flowing like rivers into the sea, continuously being injected into the drastically changing dantian.

Pain swept over me instantly, like a tidal wave!

It wasn't a sharp, tearing pain, but rather an extreme sense of oppression, as if one were being repeatedly crushed and ground by a massive boulder, originating from the depths of the essence of life.

Every drop of true essence collided and squeezed violently during high-speed rotation, and the tiny impurities contained within were ruthlessly stripped away and expelled, turning into a faint gray mist that rose from the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and his body trembled slightly uncontrollably, but beneath his tightly closed eyelids, his eyes revealed an unwavering determination like a rock.

"Compress! Compress it again!"

A silent roar erupted in his heart, and the speed of his true essence circulation suddenly increased to another level! Three thousand drops of true essence began to condense visibly!

Three thousand drops... two thousand eight hundred drops... two thousand five hundred drops...

The amount of true essence was decreasing rapidly, but the lake of spiritual liquid in his dantian not only did not shrink and dry up, but became deeper and heavier, and its color changed from slightly mixed to pure and clear.

This is a process of eliminating the dross and retaining the essence, reducing quantity and increasing quality.

When the total amount of true essence was compressed to about two thousand drops, the long-awaited qualitative change finally occurred!

"Boom—!"

A deafening roar, perceptible only to his soul, exploded in the core of his dantian!

At the center of that rapidly spinning vortex of spiritual liquid, which seemed to devour everything, a single point of extremely pure and extremely concentrated brilliant light suddenly burst forth!

The entire raging vortex suddenly stopped, as if time had frozen. Then, it began to slowly rotate in a more stable, more magnificent manner, imbued with some mysterious Daoist charm.

The previous feeling of fullness and stinging in my dantian vanished instantly, replaced by an indescribable sense of comfort and tranquility, as if I had broken free from some heavy shackles.

A surge of power, several times more refined and powerful than before, flowed through my limbs and bones like a warm torrent, nourishing every inch of my flesh and meridians.

He slowly opened his eyes, a fleeting, chaotic light flashing within them before returning to the deep, still depths of his gaze.

His divine sense spread out naturally, like mercury spilling onto the ground, easily covering every inch of land within a five-mile radius. The texture of the grass and trees, the flow of spiritual energy, were all clearly discernible, revealing every detail.

Mid-stage Foundation Building, Success!

He carefully sensed the two thousand drops of refined true essence within his body, whose quality far surpassed that of before, and a satisfied smile involuntarily appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although the total amount seems to have decreased by one-third, the power and purity of each drop of true essence are more than twice as high as before!

More importantly, his dantian space was greatly expanded during this breakthrough. He could clearly sense that his dantian could now hold a terrifying 15,000 drops of true essence!

This is almost three times the capacity of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, and even comparable to the capacity of some late-Foundation Establishment cultivators!

The range of his divine sense coverage was more than twice that of cultivators of the same level.

The increased spiritual strength brought about by the mid-Foundation Establishment stage allows him to control spells with greater precision and subtlety.

Most importantly, after advancing to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he has initially acquired the ability to refine his natal magic weapon.

For example, he had only simply refined the Azure Profound Star Sword, imprinted it with his divine sense, and activated it using incantations.

If one can refine it into a natal magic weapon, one can store it in one's dantian and nurture and refine it day and night with one's own true essence. At that time, with a thought, the flying sword can be controlled like an arm and fingers, making the most exquisite reactions. Its power and spirituality will be incomparable.

Lin Che slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and ended his internal vision.

He wasn't the only one on the island in the middle of the secret lake at this moment. During this time, not only was he diligently cultivating, but his spirit beasts had also not slacked off in the slightest.

The Heavenly Sacred Sparrow was not far from him, quietly absorbing the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins while digesting the various fire-type spiritual objects it had devoured.

A faint crimson-gold flame swirled around him, his eyes closed, absorbed in cultivation.

Instead of seeking another place to live and build a nest in the secret realm, she chose to stay by Lin Che's side and cultivate together, just as she had done for the past ten years.

The Azure Profound Realm Spirit was huddled in the core of the secret realm where the Hidden Mulberry Tree had grown, its body radiating mysterious spatial fluctuations and vibrant emerald green wood-based energy.

At this moment, the aura of the Azure Profound Realm Spirit had clearly reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

After absorbing the profound foundation of Kong Yinsang, it did not rely on conventional cultivation, but instead continuously refined and integrated the vast residual spiritual power, gradually mastering the fundamental source power of this secret realm.

Therefore, his strength improved extremely quickly, and in just one year, he climbed from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment stage.

As his divine sense extended further, he saw a group of alligator snapping turtles, much larger than the armored alligator snapping turtles, leisurely swimming in the Shattered Star Lake.

Their carapace color has changed from dark brown to a deep, heavy bluish-black, with the most significant change being in their tails.

Its length has nearly doubled, covered with layers of thick, dark blue bone armor that resembles a shield, and the tip of its tail has evolved into a ferocious bone hammer shaped like a siege hammer, looking full of power.

Ascending into the air on a sword, skimming over the lake, my gaze fell upon the vast grassland.

The Windwalker herd is galloping freely among them, and Windwalker has now become the undisputed king of the herd, with unparalleled steed prowess.

It led twelve relatively small but equally swift mares across the grassland, appearing extremely happy.

In the area specifically opened up for carnivorous spirit beasts, the four types of spirit beasts that have been upgraded live carefree lives because they have no natural enemies.

Among them, the Huangjing Jinyu Chicken, which evolved from the Pearl White Jade Chicken, is the earliest to breed, and five fluffy, intelligent chicks can already be seen taking their first steps in the flock.

Of the other three groups, the Yunmengze Duck, which evolved from the Green-headed Duck, is also expected to be ready soon, and will be able to start breeding in about two months.

The Earth Spirit Pig and the Bright Moon Spirit Rabbit, which have been upgraded to the second-tier mid-grade, have not yet made any moves.

The higher the bloodline rank, the longer the breeding cycle of the spirit beast, and the more difficult it is to conceive offspring. This matter cannot be rushed.

Without lingering, Lin Che flew straight towards the volcanic area in a corner of the secret realm.

At the heart of the scorching volcano, raging fiery spiritual energy surged into the Crimson Flame Tiger's body like enraged dragons.

Its eyes were closed, and its body was completely enveloped by a layer of solid crimson flames. Beside it, a fiery red lotus surrounded by flames floated quietly, slowly absorbing the essence of fire spirit power.

It is at a critical moment of transformation and advancement!

The Lin family is currently in need of enhancing its high-end combat capabilities, so Lin Che has begun to plan for the Crimson Flame Tiger's bloodline advancement.

Lin Che did not choose to directly use the system to upgrade its bloodline, but instead used the secret method in the Beast Taming Inheritance to assist the Crimson Flame Tiger in advancing on its own.

Considering that the system can only be applied to the bloodline advancement of a single spirit beast once, he decided to first help it advance to the third-tier bloodline on his own. When the time is right, he will consider using the system's power to attempt to reach the fourth-tier bloodline, which can reach the Nascent Soul stage.

The process of advancing the Crimson Flame Tiger's bloodline was extremely rigorous, and it was a method that Lin Che could achieve, as recorded in the Beast Taming Inheritance.

First, it requires a third-tier "Earth Core Fire Lotus" that was born deep within the earth's fire and absorbed the essence of fire energy for hundreds of years as its core.

This lotus contains a trace of the purest and most explosive essence of fire, used to ignite the dormant source of the Crimson Flame Tiger's bloodline, burning and purifying its bloodline impurities, and fully stimulating its potential hidden deep within its bloodline.

Secondly, prepare forty-nine hearts of third-tier pure fire-type monsters.

These hearts not only contain a vast amount of life essence, but also carry the most primal wildness and ferocity of the original owner.

One pill a day, its essence of flesh and blood serving as fuel, continuously nourishes and stimulates the bloodline of the Crimson Flame Tiger, amplifying its inherent ferocity.

This is the method to awaken and strengthen the faint trace of the ancient ferocious beast Qiongqi within its body.

This is the most crucial and dangerous step.

For a full month prior, Lin Che had arranged for the Burning Heaven Sacred Sparrow to engage in daily combat with the Crimson Flame Tiger.

Through bloody battles, the Crimson Flame Tiger is subjected to continuous high-pressure combat and walks on the edge of life and death, maximizing the stimulation of its inherent ferocity and indomitable fighting spirit.

This lays a solid foundation for the subsequent bloodline transformation, allowing it to reach its peak condition.

The volcanic veins here serve as the energy foundation for the entire transformation process.

The continuous, pure, and domineering fiery energy was gathered and guided by the formation, providing the Crimson Flame Tiger with the energy needed to complete its life leap.

At the same time, Lin Che had Su Wanwan refine a similar protective pill for first-tier spirit beasts, which was then upgraded to second-tier through the power of the system.

This pill can form a flexible protective layer within its meridians and dantian, resisting the backlash that may come from the Fire Lotus Essence and the violent energy in the heart of a third-tier demon beast to the greatest extent, protecting its foundation and ensuring that the advancement process is safe and secure.

There is also a pill that can prevent the Crimson Flame Tiger from being overwhelmed by the malevolent energy during its advancement, ensuring its mental clarity!

The entire transformation process must last forty-nine days without interruption in order to achieve its successful advancement.

Lin Che carefully placed a fire-attribute demon beast heart, which had been prepared in advance and upgraded to the third-tier quality by the power of the system, into the blazing energy field around the Crimson Flame Tiger with his true essence.

As soon as the heart entered, it was enveloped by streams of fiery energy, which began to slowly dissolve, releasing pure blood and flesh essence along with a terrifyingly fierce aura, which merged into the Crimson Flame Tiger's body.

After doing all this, Lin Che held his breath and focused his mind, once again using his divine sense to carefully examine the life fluctuations and energy flow of the Crimson Flame Tiger.

Only after confirming that his condition was stable, and that although his breathing was violent, it was within a controllable range, and that all steps were carried out as expected without any mishaps, did I feel slightly relieved.

With a thought, he left the Azure Mystic Realm and returned to his secluded meditation room in the main house of the courtyard on the island in the middle of the lake.