I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

Qianlong Manor, the quietest room deep underground.

The second-order spirit-gathering array operated at full capacity, forcibly extracting almost all the spiritual energy from the entire first-order low-grade spiritual vein.

The spiritual energy in the quiet room was so rich that it even turned into wisps of white mist.

Su Yu sat cross-legged in the center of the white mist, his breathing long and even. His true essence, which was at the ninth level of Qi Refining and at the Great Perfection, had been polished to the point of perfection.

His essence, energy, and spirit have all reached their peak.

He opened his eyes and calmly opened the sandalwood jade box in front of him.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yu picked up the genuine Foundation Establishment Pill covered with fine pill patterns with two fingers and put it into his mouth.

The moment the pill entered my stomach, there was no heart-burning, bone-scraping ferocity as I had imagined.

Instead, it was like a warm yet vast ocean, which suddenly dissolved deep within the dantian.

The medicinal power of the genuine Foundation Building Pill is extremely pure.

It not only provides an immeasurable amount of spiritual energy, but also contains a profound law that cleanses the marrow and helps people rebuild their foundation.

Su Yu's heart felt like water.

He guided this immense medicinal power with extreme precision, without the slightest error, and began to operate it according to the foundation-building route of the "Green Wood Longevity Technique".

The first step is to focus your energy in your lower abdomen (dantian) and condense it into liquid.

Everything went extremely smoothly.

Under the immense medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill, the original gaseous Qi Refining stage true essence began to rapidly transform into a liquid state.

As long as all the true essence in the body is transformed into liquid foundation-building true essence, and then the meridians of the whole body are reshaped, the foundation of the Dao can be forged.

However, just as the transformation reached the most crucial second step...

The extremely cruel reality descended without warning.

The density and mass of liquid true essence are far superior to those of gaseous spiritual energy.

When the first drop of liquid true essence flowed down the dantian and into Su Yu's narrow and obscure meridians.

"Click."

A faint, extremely dangerous tearing sound rang out inside Su Yu's body.

The meridians couldn't take it anymore.

This is like trying to force a perpetually dry stream, barely the width of a hair, to contain the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens.

No matter how exquisite Su Yu's control over spiritual power was.

No matter how steadfast his mindset or how masterful his martial arts skills, it doesn't matter.

At this moment, the absolute upper limit of the hardware transformed into a cold and insurmountable iron wall.

The root of all evil lies in the ninth rank.

The width and resilience of this body's meridians were already at their limit when bearing the gaseous spiritual power of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Now, we face a liquid true essence that is a hundred times heavier.

Even with genuine Foundation Building Pills to nourish it, it would be of no use at all.

"Puff puff puff—"

Extremely dense tearing sounds rang out one after another in my limbs and bones.

The excruciating pain overwhelmed Su Yu's senses, and large beads of blood began to seep from the pores of his body, staining his plain long robe crimson.

The meridians are about to be severed.

If they force their way forward, the best outcome would be to end up like Su Hao, forcibly condensing a broken foundation full of cracks, a life worse than death.

The worst outcome would be to explode and die on the spot.

In that split second between life and death.

Su Yu did not develop the slightest arrogance or obsession with "my fate is in my own hands," nor did he lose his mind in the midst of excruciating pain.

His extreme composure, honed from his high position in his past life, allowed him to make a decision instantly.

To survive, one must cut off the tail.

Su Yu bit his tongue sharply, forcibly severing the circulation route of the "Green Wood Longevity Technique".

He even voluntarily gave up all the remaining medicinal power of that incomparably precious genuine Foundation Establishment Pill, letting it disperse into his limbs and bones, and dissipate into the world through his pores.

"puff--!"

The cultivation technique reversed, and the spiritual energy dissipated.

Su Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body slumped heavily onto the prayer mat as if struck by lightning.

The white mist in the quiet room gradually dissipated.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood, as well as the regrettable lingering fragrance of the Foundation Building Pill after it dissipated.

a long time.

Su Yu slowly straightened up, raised her slightly trembling hand, and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

His once jet-black hair had turned mostly white due to the forced breakthrough and subsequent reversal of his energy, which severely depleted his vital energy and blood.

He looked down at his hands, which were covered in blood and had bulging veins.

The wisp of liquid true essence that had just condensed in his body had completely dissipated, and his cultivation level had even dropped slightly, returning to the state of just entering the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The breakthrough failed.

This genuine Foundation Establishment Pill, which could cause countless Qi Refining cultivators to bleed profusely, was thus completely wasted by him.

However, this devastating defeat was enough to drive anyone to despair and collapse.

Su Yu's face showed no trace of impotent rage, nor any resentment towards the injustice of fate.

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Suddenly, Su Yu let out a low chuckle.

Then, the laughter grew louder and louder, echoing throughout the empty stone chamber.

"Hahaha……"

"So this is what a ninth-grade spiritual root is."

Su Yu leaned against the cold stone wall and burst into laughter.

He laughed with utter relief, a laugh that was crystal clear.

He once thought that with the foundation of his two lifetimes, his flawless strategies, and the genuine Foundation Establishment Pill that fell from the sky, he might be able to break the ironclad laws of this world.

But reality told him very honestly.

Without spiritual root aptitude, it's simply not acceptable.

Even if you have an incredible opportunity, even if you have extraordinary insight, your mortal body cannot handle such a transcendent destiny.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, their Dao heart would probably have collapsed and they would have gone mad by now.

But Su Yu did not.

Having lived for over a hundred years, he understood better than anyone what it meant to "know when to advance and when to retreat."

In his previous life, as a mortal without spiritual roots, he pushed the path of martial arts to its limit, which is why he was able to die with a smile on his face.

In this life, despite possessing the most worthless ninth-grade inferior talent, he relied solely on scheming and fortuitous encounters to reach the peak of the Qi Refining stage in this remote Black Wind Valley.

He even personally killed a high-ranking Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"If God doesn't grant it, I, Su Yu, will not force it."

Su Yu slowly stood up and straightened his blood-stained clothes.

The moment those words were spoken.

His heart, which was already as deep as an abyss, seemed to have been completely freed from an invisible shackle.

This is a kind of fulfillment that comes from thoroughly understanding cause and effect and accepting oneself.

It is a true sense of clarity.

Since there is no hope of achieving foundational cultivation in this lifetime, then I will no longer strive for that elusive and unattainable immortality.

Leave the rest of your life to the mountain villa, to the continuation of your bloodline.

In this vast expanse of land, why not live comfortably as a local tyrant and await the next reincarnation?

Su Yu patted the dust off his sleeves, his expression returning to calm.

He was not in a hurry to leave the pass.

Since the breakthrough failed, he will need some time to recuperate the damaged meridians in his body.