Mountain Venerable and Sea Immortal

After the entire region was suppressed by the array attack, the Qingwu Ancient Plain was completely wiped out of the murderous intent of the chaotic world. The ground was littered with corpses and broken traces of magic, which lay silently. The remaining cultivators of the Wang and Hao clans lay on the ground, seriously injured and barely breathing, with no trace of their previous arrogance and greed.

Wang Yashi stood frozen in place, her spiritual energy shattered and chaotic, her white robes stained with blood and disheveled. The last glimmer of ambition in her eyes had completely turned into a deathly despair. She gazed at the figure in the center of the altar, enveloped in boundless golden light, and finally realized the insurmountable gap between them.

This group of scoundrels, who overstepped the rules and trespassed into the imperial tomb, risked their clan's heritage and spared no effort in trying to snatch food from the tiger's mouth and steal the eternal imperial destiny. From beginning to end, it was nothing more than a foolish attempt by ants trying to shake the heavens.

Lin Yan was already at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection. All the shackles, bottlenecks, and flaws on the path from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core in the mortal world had long been broken through by him in his cultivation. Ordinary natural treasures and worldly spiritual energy could no longer make him advance even half a step.

His cultivation was no longer about accumulating spiritual power, but about waiting for an unparalleled opportunity to transcend the mortal realm and reshape his foundation.

The primordial essence preserved for eternity in the Shaohao Imperial Ruins is the only ultimate opportunity in this world that can help him break free from the shackles of the mortal realm and step into a new era of alchemy.

The golden imperial aura flowing across the sky, like an ancient river, continuously poured into the white jade altar, surrounding and cleansing Lin Yan's body, limbs, meridians, spiritual sea, and soul.

Unlike the crude and mixed spiritual energy of worldly cultivation, this is the pure Dao essence condensed by the ancient emperors throughout their lives. It is flawless, supreme, and domineering, containing the original rules of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Lin Yan closed his eyes gently, calmed his mind, and allowed Di Ze to cleanse his entire body.

The first stage of transformation washes away the impurities of the mortal world.

His abundant and perfect Foundation Establishment spiritual power began to peel away, cleanse, and purify layer by layer under the ultimate tempering of the Emperor's Origin. The fine impurities, pill residues, and meridian blockages accumulated from his years of worldly cultivation were all washed away by the invisible Emperor's power.

Those minor flaws and hidden dangers lurking in the muscles, bones, flesh, and spiritual meridians, which even top-tier sect secret techniques could not eliminate, vanished at this moment.

His spiritual power transformed him from a mortal being into a pure and divine imperial aura.

When cultivators of the same level clashed with it, their spiritual energy instantly dissipated; lower-level spells were annihilated upon contact, a natural suppression and a crushing level of power, leaving no possibility of resistance.

The second stage of transformation involves reshaping a flawless foundation for the Dao.

Every cultivator in the mortal world, regardless of their extraordinary talent, will inevitably have flaws in their foundation building. These flaws may include impure spiritual power, stagnant mental state, or incomplete barriers. This is an inherent constraint on mortal cultivators and the greatest hidden danger for their future path to the Golden Core.

But at this moment, Shao Hao's eternal Daoist aura, with its ultimate support, forcefully rewrote the predetermined fate of mortal cultivators.

Lin Yan's foundational Dao foundation was dismantled, reconstructed, condensed, and shaped by the imperial aura, polished to be flawless, eternally stable, without a single flaw or shortcoming.

From now on, his foundation will be a flawless imperial foundation from ancient times, and his path ahead will be smooth and unobstructed. The Golden Core Path and the Nascent Soul Path will no longer be subject to any innate bottlenecks or constraints.

The third stage of transformation marks a significant leap forward in one's spiritual development.

Previously, the misty sea and miasma had devoured his spirit and refined his heart, while the remnants of countless ancient souls had cleansed his soul, making his divine sense far superior to those of his peers, profound and clear.

At this moment, the Emperor's Heart Origin entered his soul and consciousness, causing his divine soul and sea of ​​consciousness to expand, solidify, and sublimate once again.

His divine sense spread across the entire ancient Qingwu Plain, clearly reflecting in his mind the flow of the earth's veins, the flickering of the array's mechanisms, the slightest movement of the grass, and the breaths and heartbeats of everyone present. His divine soul remained as stable as a mountain, impervious to all evil and undisturbed by illusions, and his mental fortitude reached a new level.

The three transformations occur simultaneously, affecting the foundation, spiritual power, and soul, resulting in a complete metamorphosis.

All of this preparation is for the final and most crucial step—condensing the primordial essence and forming the core, thus breaking through the mortal realm.

The completion of foundation building is the end point of cultivation in the mortal world.

Condensing the primordial essence into a pill marks a brand new beginning for cultivators to transcend the mortal realm and enter the Dao.

Ordinary cultivators need to spend several years cultivating diligently to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment and condense their Yuan Dan, honing their spiritual power, stabilizing their mind, and seeking opportunities. The slightest carelessness can lead to a runaway spiritual power, cracked Dao foundation, and permanent ruin, making it an extremely dangerous situation.

But for Lin Yan, there is no bottleneck, no danger, and no flaws, even with the blessing of the divine source.

The supremely abundant, pure and flawless imperial spiritual power began to be compressed, unified, and condensed within the dantian.

The massive spiritual energy collapsed and was tempered layer by layer, with countless streams converging into the primordial rivers and seas, following the veins of the flawless Dao foundation, and was ultimately gathered, condensed, and shaped.

click-

The sound of an invisible and intangible barrier shattering resounded deep within one's mind.

The shackles that bound us to the mortal realm have been shattered!

At the center of the dantian, a primordial elixir, entirely gilded, with dazzling patterns and shrouded in a faint ancient imperial glow, slowly condensed and took shape, hovering steadily in the center of the spiritual sea.

The pill was translucent and smooth, with fine and flowing imperial patterns, and its Daoist charm was ancient and profound, far surpassing the ordinary Yuan Dan of worldly cultivators.

The Imperial Elixir, its initial condensation is complete!

The breakthrough did not stop there.

The endless imperial grace continued to pour into his body, constantly washing over, solidifying, and nourishing the newly formed elixir.

The newly formed Yuan Dan quickly stabilized, condensed, and sublimated, its spiritual light becoming increasingly profound, and its imperial might becoming increasingly restrained.

Initial success, minor success, intermediate success, and perfection!

In just a few breaths, the Dan body was completely formed, the foundation was solidified and perfected, and the realm was steadily fixed at the perfected early stage of the Condensation Realm!

One step to break through realms, one step to condense essence, one step to perfection!

The entire process was smooth and seamless, without any flaws or dangers, and eternally perfect.

The boundless imperial light that descended from the sky suddenly shot up into the heavens at the moment the elixir was completed, piercing through the sky above the secret realm!

The entire ancient Qingwu Plain resounded with the earth's veins, thousands of ancient altar runes lit up in unison, and all the paths resounded in harmony, as heaven and earth celebrated!

The ancient imperial tomb, silent for millennia, has been restored to its former glory thanks to a newly born Imperial Dao Yuan Dan.

On the sidelines, everyone from Laoshan, Shuiyue Pavilion, and Qingyun Sect was stunned, their eyes filled with extreme shock and awe.

Chen Dagang's eyes widened, his breath caught in his throat, and after a long while, he exclaimed in astonishment, "Foundation Establishment Perfection Pill... a meteoric rise! This is the true power of the creation of the Ancient Imperial Ruins! The cultivation barriers that we have painstakingly built over many years have been shattered in an instant by Junior Brother Lin, achieving perfect formation!"

He had been cultivating for many years and had never seen such a smooth and perfect breakthrough in the Dan realm, which simply overturned all common sense about cultivation.

A soft light rippled in Yunxi's cool eyes as she gazed quietly at the figure standing in the center of the golden light, her eyes understanding.

His path has always been completely different from that of ordinary cultivators. While others pursue opportunities, break through bottlenecks, and fear dangers, he inherits the imperial lineage, treads a smooth path, and transcends realms, naturally standing at the pinnacle of all living beings.

Qingyao lowered her brows slightly and sighed softly, "The imperial foundation is flawless, and the elixir inherits the ancient path. From now on, one will transcend the mortal realm, reach the boundless Great Dao, and have no rivals among those of the same level."

The three disciples remained silent, filled only with utter admiration. Having entered the secret realm together and faced life and death together, they were still honing their skills at the Foundation Establishment stage, while Lin Yan had already transcended the mortal realm and entered the Dao, completely setting them apart.

Wang Yashi, Hao Lie, and the others, who were lying prostrate on the ground, were now completely despondent and had lost all hope.

They launched a desperate sneak attack, a last-ditch effort, attempting to disrupt the inheritance and steal the opportunity, only to witness their opponent's foundation cleansing, condensation of essence, and perfect formation of the elixir, becoming utterly invincible.

His own elite forces were wiped out, his cultivation was severely damaged, and he suffered a complete defeat, while his opponent seized this desperate situation to achieve the greatest transformation in his life.

It's laughable, pathetic, and even more frightening.

a long time.

The imperial light that pierced the sky slowly receded, and all the ancient Daoist rhymes that flowed across the sky gathered together and sank into Lin Yan's body and dantian.

The golden light faded, the strange phenomenon subsided, and the ancient plain returned to tranquility.

Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes no longer held the naivety of youth, but were filled with the vastness and composure of ages past, clear and profound, calm and still.

His aura was gentle and restrained, seemingly peaceful and unadorned, yet it concealed the oppressive power of a fully formed Core Formation Realm cultivator, as well as the supreme foundation of an ancient imperial path.

His realm was fixed at the peak of the early stage of Condensation, his imperial foundation was flawless, his elixir body was pure, and his divine soul was vast. He held the power over the entire Qingwu Ancient Plain Array.

This trip to the Imperial Ruins has come to a perfect end, yielding immense rewards and leaving no regrets.

His gaze swept indifferently over the heavily injured remaining cultivators of the Wang and Hao clans scattered on the ground. His voice was calm, yet carried the absolute majesty of the secret realm's rules.

"Those who have crossed the boundary into the mausoleum are not orthodox Jade Sign cultivators, and have repeatedly harbored greed and delusion, repeatedly instigated murderous intent, and disrupted the peace of the imperial mausoleum."

"Considering that you are all cultivators from Qi and Lu, I will not impose the severe punishment of extermination."

"From this day forward, the Wang and Hao families are banned from entering the Shaohao Imperial Ruins for a hundred years and are permanently stripped of all qualifications to experience secret realms."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lightly gestured with his fingertips.

The dormant ancient array power quietly revived, transforming into two domineering forces of repulsion from the secret realm. These forces enveloped all the remaining members of the clans, regardless of the severity of their injuries or the number of survivors. They were all lifted into the air and driven directly out of the Shaohao Emperor Ruins through the void passage of the secret realm.

The clan rebellion that had lasted throughout the entire period was now completely quelled, leaving no room for future trouble.

The fog dissipated, the wind cleared, the ancient plains were at peace, all murderous intent vanished, and all things returned to tranquility.

Lin Yan raised his eyes and gazed into the depths of the secret realm. The distant mountains were layered and ancient, shrouded in clouds and mist, exuding an imperial aura.

He knew in his heart that the Qingwu Ancient Plain was merely a corner of the former domain of the Shaohao Emperor Ruins.

The true ancient imperial palace, the eternal treasures, the ultimate secrets, and the ancient spiritual veins remain sealed in the deepest part of the secret realm, waiting to be opened one day.

Now that his imperial foundation is complete, his alchemy skills are nascent, he holds the power of formations, and his divine soul is vast, he already possesses the resources to venture into deeper secret realms.

"The time limit for the secret realm is approaching, so this training will be temporarily concluded."

Lin Yan turned around and looked back at everyone, his voice calm and clear, settling the overall situation.

"Today, the Imperial Altar gathers the essence, transcending the mortal realm and entering the Dao, marking a new beginning."

"When my cultivation has improved and my alchemy has become more stable, I will return to the Imperial Ruins to explore the ancient secrets and unearth the hidden treasures of the Imperial Mausoleum."

A breeze caresses the ancient plains, and the sky is clear and bright.

The young man stood atop the Eternal Emperor's Altar, inheriting the lineage of Emperor Shaohao, his Dao foundation flawless, his path ahead vast and boundless.

With the battle in the secret realm of the Qilu Grand Competition coming to a close, Lin Yan's legendary journey in alchemy officially begins.