I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

Qin Yuan enjoyed the next two days quite comfortably on the Fifth Peak.

Chen Tianyu was punished by being confined to his room to reflect on his mistakes. Although Elder Chen Changqing was unwilling, he dared not cause any more trouble for Qin Yuan because of Elder Xu's authority and his own grandson's wrongdoing.

The other disciples held this newly appointed personal disciple in even greater awe—after all, the fact that he could instantly defeat Chen Tianyu, who was at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment with only the eighth level of Foundation Establishment cultivation, was beyond their comprehension.

Taking this opportunity, Qin Yuan carefully learned the rules of the personal discipleship competition.

The so-called In-Depth Training Competition is actually an important assessment of resource allocation among the nine peaks of the Xuan Yuan Sect.

Every three years, each peak sends its personal disciples, along with ten inner disciples, to enter a secret realm called "Xuanyuan Small Realm" controlled by the sect to compete for it.

The rules are simple and straightforward: eliminate disciples from other peaks and collect rare and precious materials from the secret realm.

Ultimately, the rankings will be based on the number of people eliminated from each peak and the total value of resources collected. Peaks ranked higher will receive more resource allocations in the next three years.

"In the last session, our Fifth Peak ranked ninth, which is at the bottom." An inner disciple named Zhou De introduced to Qin Yuan with a gloomy expression. "The resource quota was reduced by 20%, which affected the cultivation of many junior brothers and sisters."

"With Senior Brother Qin here this time, we're sure to turn things around!" Another burly disciple named Zhao Tiezhu waved his fist, his face full of excitement. He was one of the few Foundation Establishment Level 4 disciples in the inner sect of the Fifth Peak, with a straightforward personality, and he greatly admired Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan didn't say anything, but silently memorized this information.

These past two days, aside from familiarizing himself with the affairs of the Fifth Peak, he has spent the rest of his time cultivating.

With forty years of cultivation stored in the system, plus the twenty years extracted daily, he attempted to break through to a higher realm for two consecutive days.

With the aid of the Xuan Yuan Token, his cultivation level rose at an astonishing rate:

The next evening, the foundation was laid to the ninth level.

On the morning of the third day, the foundation was laid to the tenth level.

On the third night, Qin Yuan sat cross-legged in Tingzhu Garden, preparing for his final assault.

The moonlight, like water, bathed the courtyard.

Qin Yuan took out the bottle of Qi Condensation Pills given to him by Elder Xu, poured out three pills and swallowed them.

The elixir melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a torrent of pure spiritual energy that surged into his dantian. At the same time, a thought crossed his mind:

"Extract the cultivation accumulated over the past twenty years."

boom--!!!

The familiar scorching torrent once again erupted from the depths of his dantian, merging with the spiritual power of the pills to transform into a raging torrent that crashed fiercely against the barrier of the tenth level of Foundation Establishment!

This time the impact was particularly difficult.

The tenth level of Foundation Establishment is the peak of Foundation Establishment in conventional understanding. The next level is the condensation of the Golden Core, which is the threshold of true cultivation.

This barrier is as solid as a rock; it would take an ordinary cultivator decades of arduous training to even break through a crack.

However, under the dual impact of the twenty years of cultivation infused by the system and the Condensation Pill, the seemingly indestructible barrier began to crack.

Click... Click...

A faint cracking sound echoed within my body.

Qin Yuan gritted his teeth and guided all his spiritual power to attack the crack again and again.

Each impact brought excruciating pain, as if his meridians were being torn apart, but he remained motionless.

I don't know how much time passed.

It felt like a century had passed, yet it also felt like just a moment.

"BOOM—!!!"

A deafening roar echoed in his mind, and the barrier of the tenth level of Foundation Establishment shattered completely!

However, the expected condensation of the golden elixir did not occur.

Instead, there is a wonderful sense of "emptiness"—like climbing to the top of a mountain and discovering that there is an even wider sky above it.

The spiritual energy didn't transform into a golden core; instead, it continued to be compressed, condensed, and sublimated within the dantian's energy sea. The liquid spiritual energy began to shimmer with a faint golden luster, each drop containing a far greater amount of energy than before. The energy sea itself also expanded, growing from a radius of two zhang to three zhang, four zhang, five zhang…

Finally, the Qi Sea settled at a radius of seven zhang, and all the spiritual power turned into a pale gold color, like a golden lake rippling in the Dantian.

Qin Yuan opened his eyes.

A flash of golden light appeared in his eyes and then disappeared, before returning to its deep depths.

He slowly raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and then gently clenched his fist. A soft crackling sound rang out in the air—the sound of pure force compressing the air.

Foundation Building at the Ultimate Realm.

It's not the "pseudo-ultimate realm" of the Qi Refining stage, but the true, legendary, and extremely rare Foundation Establishment realm!

Qin Yuan could clearly feel that he was at least three times stronger than when he was at the peak of the tenth level of Foundation Establishment!

Total spiritual energy, purity, physical strength, and range of divine sense... all improved!

What surprised him even more was the divine sense!

Originally, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator's divine sense could only extend outwards to explore and perceive the surrounding environment. But now, not only had the range of his divine sense exploded to a thousand feet, but it also possessed all sorts of wondrous abilities—

With a thought, he extended his divine sense like a thread, silently "seeing" Zhao Tiezhu fast asleep in the neighboring courtyard, snoring loudly.

Further away, Zhou Ming was studying the cultivation technique jade slip under the lamp, his expression focused. Even further away, the operational trajectory of the protective array of the Fifth Peak was clearly visible to his divine sense.

He could even "hear" every tremor of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves and "smell" the faint scent of earthworms turning over in the soil at night.

This is not the level of spiritual power that someone in the Foundation Establishment stage should have!

This has already... touched the threshold of the Golden Core stage!

"As expected," Qin Yuan murmured to himself, "the ultimate Foundation Establishment realm is not just a state, but a comprehensive sublimation."

He felt the surging power within him, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Tomorrow's mentorship competition is going to be interesting.

On the morning of the fourth day, at the main peak square of the Xuan Yuan Sect.

When Qin Yuan arrived with ten inner disciples from the Fifth Peak, a large crowd had already gathered in the square.

Looking around, most of the peaks were of medium strength, like those at levels five, six, and seven. They had arrived early and were gathered together, talking in hushed tones, their eyes occasionally glancing towards the plaza entrance, clearly waiting for the truly powerful peaks to appear.

"Senior Brother Qin, that's the Sixth Peak over there. The leader is Zhang Hai, a personal disciple, at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment," Zhou De whispered. "The Seventh Peak... oh, the Seventh Peak hasn't arrived yet. The Eighth and Tenth Peaks have also arrived. Their strength is about the same as our Fifth Peak; they're both at the bottom."

Qin Yuan nodded, his gaze sweeping across the arena.

As Zhou Ming said, most of the disciples from the various peaks present were at the fourth to eighth level of the Foundation Establishment stage, with the personal disciples also mainly at the seventh or eighth level. Occasionally, one or two at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage would become the focus of everyone's attention.

"It seems that powerful peaks are a bit arrogant and like to make their appearance last," Zhao Tiezhu said with a smirk.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a commotion arose at the entrance to the square.

A group of people walked in.