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

Cangxuan Sect, Inner Mountain Peak.

The spiritual energy here is dozens of times denser than that of Qingmufang City in Yue Kingdom.

After settling in, the newly initiated disciples soon began formal instruction from the sect.

In the world of cultivation, your spiritual root determines the speed and amount of spiritual energy you can absorb from heaven and earth.

But how to transform this spiritual energy into destructive power, and how to invoke the laws of heaven and earth.

What this tests is comprehension.

The Inner Sect's Transmission Hall taught all newly recruited disciples a high-level spell, the "Water Cloud Sword Technique."

This is a sword technique known for its meticulousness and unpredictable, ever-changing nature.

It possesses immense power, but it is extremely difficult to comprehend during the Qi Refining stage.

The elder who transmitted the skills demonstrated the teachings only three times on the platform before instructing his disciples to return to their caves to study and comprehend them.

Three months later.

On the inner sect's martial arts training ground.

Several disciples of the same generation with fourth-grade spiritual roots were already able to wield their wooden swords with fluid and graceful movements.

Where the sword's edge passed, a faint mist and fog lingered.

That was a sign that the sword intent was beginning to take shape.

In a corner of the square, Su Yu, holding a long sword, was also wielding it methodically.

The movements were extremely precise; every slash and thrust was exactly as demonstrated by the elder who was passing on his skills.

But this set of sword techniques, which emphasizes unpredictability, in his hands was like an ordinary martial artist mechanically wielding an iron rod.

Rigid, inflexible, and devoid of spirit.

Although the true essence within his body was abundant, when he channeled it onto the sword's edge, it could only unleash a straight barrage of energy, unable to transform into any trace of cloud or water vapor.

Above the pavilion, several inner sect elders were looking down at the martial arts arena.

The Grand Elder of the Inner Sect looked down at Su Yu, who was wielding his sword, his brows furrowed, and finally let out a long sigh.

"What a pity."

The elder shook his head, his tone revealing undisguised disappointment.

"This child possesses an excellent body for absorbing spiritual energy, but he is like rotten wood, with mediocre comprehension, and is unlikely to achieve great things."

"Even disciples with fourth-grade spiritual roots have grasped some of the true meaning of this 'Water Cloud Sword Technique,' but he is still stuck on the outer shell of the moves by rote memorization."

Another elder chimed in agreement.

"In the path of cultivation, fighting and vying for supremacy is commonplace."

"With his level of comprehension, if he were to fight against a cultivator of the same level in the future, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand three moves and would easily perish."

The elders' evaluation was objective, without any deliberate denigration.

In their eyes, Su Yu was like a water tank filled with water, but he didn't know how to spill the water and hurt people.

He was a student with an extremely unbalanced academic performance.

On the training ground.

Su Yu sheathed his longsword and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He could naturally sense the disappointed looks from the elders in the attic.

But he did not feel discouraged at all, nor did he develop any stubbornness of feeling ashamed and then striving harder.

Having lived two lives, he knew his situation better than anyone.

The family knows their own affairs.

"If you have mediocre comprehension, you just can't learn it."

Su Yu casually put the longsword back into his storage bag, his expression calm as still water.

He doesn't need to use this kind of thing to deny himself.

So what if the spells are bad?

So what if our combat strength is at the bottom?

He could absorb spiritual energy extremely smoothly, and with the support of his third-grade spiritual root, his cultivation level was rising at a visible rate every day.

This is the most fundamental and essential aspect of the cultivation world.

As long as one's cultivation level rises quickly enough, one can use the immense true essence of the ninth level of Qi Refining to forcefully attack the fifth level of Qi Refining.

No matter how exquisite your sword intent or how profound your magic, it doesn't matter.

Under absolute dominance, one force can overcome ten techniques.

Even if you encounter a genius of the same level and get completely crushed by someone of a higher level, you can simply choose not to fight.

There are never just more ways to solve problems in this world than fighting and killing.

Leave the training ground.

Su Yu arrived at an elegant villa on Yingke Peak.

This is where these top ten rising stars usually gather to discuss and debate.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, I found five or six people already seated around the stone table.

Chu Tiankuo, with his Earth Spirit Root, and Lin Wan'er, with her First-Grade Spirit Root, are both present.

When Su Yu entered, no one showed any contempt for him because of his lackluster combat strength and comprehension.

Instead, Chu Tiankuo stood up with a smile and poured Su Yu a cup of spiritual tea.

"Junior Brother Su, I heard you broke through another level yesterday and are now at the eighth level of Qi Refining?"

Chu Tiankuo's tone revealed a genuine sense of admiration.

"It was just luck; the absorption of the surrounding spiritual energy was just a little smoother."

Su Yu took the teacup, sat down in the empty seat, and looked calm.

Lin Wan'er softly echoed from the side.

"Junior Brother Su is too modest. Such a speed of breakthrough is among the best even in the records of the inner sect."

Everyone here is extremely intelligent.

What does it matter if you have poor magical aptitude?

Living a long life and having a high level of spiritual attainment are the true principles.

Just as everyone was chatting idly.

The courtyard gate was kicked open with a loud thud.

A very tall and muscular young man, with muscles bulging like an iron tower, strode in.

His name is Tie Zhan, and he is one of the three people with second-grade spiritual roots in this group.

Tie Zhan, covered in sweat, plopped down on the stone bench next to Su Yu and grabbed the teapot, taking a big gulp of tea.

"I'm so angry!"

Tie Zhan slammed the teapot heavily on the table, looking utterly dejected.

"That damn 'Water Cloud Sword Technique,' it's so convoluted and complicated. I practiced it for ages and almost snapped my arm!"

"Today at the martial arts arena, that guy with a fourth-grade spiritual root even used his sword intent to knock my wooden sword away. I lost all face!"

Hearing Tie Zhan's complaints.

The people in the courtyard all let out a good-natured chuckle.

Like Su Yu, Tie Zhan was a well-known specialist in one subject within the sect.

His exceptional talent as a second-grade spiritual root allowed him to progress in cultivation at an extremely rapid pace, but his comprehension was a complete mess.

Especially when it comes to such exquisite magic, he's practically completely clueless, only having six out of seven orifices open.

Su Yu looked at his brother beside him, who shared the same fate, and a smile couldn't help but flash in his eyes.

He truly is a good brother; they share both the hardships and the joys!

"Why is Senior Brother Tie angry?"

Su Yu comforted him in a calm tone.

"Spells are merely protective techniques; true cultivation lies in one's spiritual realm."

"He was able to knock your wooden sword away today because your cultivation levels are similar. Once you are two or three minor realms higher than him in the future, you can simply use your spiritual power to dissipate his sword intent."

Upon hearing this, Tie Zhan's eyes lit up immediately.

He turned his head and looked at Su Yu, as if he had found a kindred spirit.

"Junior Brother Su is right!"

"I'm just too lazy to bother with all that fancy stuff."

Tie Zhan slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.

"We can't compete with sword intent, so let's compete on who lives longer and who breaks through to the next level faster! Once I reach Foundation Establishment, I'll crush them all with one slap!"

The two exchanged a smile, a smile that seemed to convey a sense of mutual appreciation.

After the party ended.

Su Yu returned to his cave dwelling.

The heavy stone door slowly closed, shutting out all the noise from the outside world.

Su Yu walked to the futon in the center of the quiet room and sat down. Instead of rushing to practice breathing exercises, he calmly sorted out his next steps.

Iron Battle's crude words actually revealed the most fundamental truth in the world of cultivation.

What sword intent, what profound magic, in the end they are all means of protecting the path and killing.

The essence of cultivating immortality is always about attaining higher realms.

"Since my comprehension is simply not enough to understand those convoluted spells, then I won't practice them."

Su Yu's decision was extremely decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

Playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses is the key to survival.

What is his greatest strength?

It's this body with a top-grade third-rank spiritual root and an aptitude of 301!

It is this physical body's almost terrifying affinity and throughput of spiritual energy from heaven and earth!

"As long as I raise my cultivation level, even the most talented person can't defeat me at the Foundation Establishment stage while only at the Qi Refining stage."

Su Yu, who had reached the Great Perfection of the Ninth Level of Qi Refining and had already advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, was not optimistic about Qi Refining cultivators advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Foundation building is not just about success or failure.

Above this threshold, an extremely strict hierarchy is established, determining how far a cultivator can go in the future.

At the very bottom level are those like Su Hao, who forcibly broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage with the help of inferior pills, and were lucky enough to survive but were left with Dao injuries.

Such people will never make any progress in their cultivation throughout their lives, and their lifespan is even shorter than that of a normal Foundation Establishment cultivator. They can only act arrogantly and domineeringly in mortal or remote small families.

The next level up is the foundation of humanity.

In his previous life, Su Yuan, without any elixirs, relied on his seventh-grade spiritual root aptitude and the insights gained by Su Yu through sheer grit and determination to overcome the threshold of the Human Foundation Establishment stage, a feat achieved through near-death experiences.

This is the limit for the vast majority of low-level independent cultivators and small-to-medium-sized family cultivators in the cultivation world.

Without special opportunities, the limit of human beings in Foundation Establishment is the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and it is extremely difficult to glimpse the Great Dao of Golden Core.

Further up, there is the underground foundation.

Those who achieve Foundation Establishment through Earthly Path have a far greater depth of True Essence than those who achieve Foundation Establishment through Human Path, and their probability of forming a Core in the future is also greatly increased.

And above that.

This is the highest rank recognized in the cultivation world: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Those who have established their foundation in the Heavenly Dao possess terrifying combat power not only among those of the same level.

As long as one doesn't perish along the way, they will almost certainly form a Golden Core, and may even have the chance to touch the ethereal Nascent Soul Dao.

In the Cangxuan Sect, every disciple who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage of the Heavenly Dao is directly listed as a core disciple of the sect and enjoys the highest level of resource allocation.

Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er were planning this Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Su Yu, of course, wouldn't have any unrealistic fantasies about achieving the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

The foundation of the Heavenly Dao relies on enlightenment, requiring a perception and resonance with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

It was only at this moment that Su Yu realized just how important comprehension was.

But he doesn’t regret putting all his points into his aptitude.

If the points are evenly distributed among aptitude and comprehension, it would result in a fifth-grade spiritual root with average comprehension.

Then you'll truly become a mediocre person who's neither good enough for high-level jobs nor good enough for low-level ones.

The extreme allocation of points, while leading to specialization, also endowed him with absolute dominance in a particular area.

The foundation for the tunnel was laid.

This was the goal Su Yu set for himself.

The foundation of Heavenly Dao requires comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth, possessing extremely high comprehension to capture that faint opportunity in the darkness, and emphasizing the interaction between heaven and man.

However, the foundation construction in the underground tunnel is completely different.

It doesn't require you to comprehend any obscure laws of heaven and earth; it emphasizes the ultimate accumulation of inner strength and the physical body's forced bearing of immense spiritual energy.

With the help of excellent earth vein energy and top-grade elixirs, the gaseous true essence is crushed and transformed into liquid by absolute power.

This is a road paved with pure resources and terrifying qualifications.

It's simple, brutal, and extremely demanding on the width and resilience of the meridians.

Fortunately, Su Yu had both of these things.

So in the years that followed, apart from necessary sect duties, he devoted all his time and energy to the futon in his cave.

Time passes unnoticed in the mountains; the passing of winter leaves one unaware of the years.

Nine years passed quietly in extremely monotonous sitting.

Su Yu is twenty years old.

There were no bottlenecks encountered, nor any thrilling or dangerous moments of going astray.

With the almost greedy throughput of his third-grade superior spiritual root, he steadily and naturally piled up the true essence in his body to the absolute limit of the ninth level of Qi Refining Great Perfection.

Inside the Yingke Peak Courtyard.

Su Yu sat at the stone table, slowly brewing a pot of spiritual tea.

Sitting opposite him were Chu Tiankuo, who had an Earth Spirit Root, and Lin Wan'er, who had a First-Grade Spirit Root.

At this moment, although the two of them had already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, their brows revealed an undisguised weariness and a hint of weathering.

In fact, given their aptitude, they had already reached the Great Perfection of cultivation two or three years ago.

However, they did not choose to establish their foundation immediately, but instead forcibly suppressed their cultivation.

Because they consider themselves the core seeds of the sect.

Their goal is the "Foundation Building of the Heavenly Dao," which requires comprehending a trace of the laws of heaven and earth!

For this elusive and uncertain opportunity presented by the Heavenly Dao.

Over the past two years, they have gone to the mortal world to gain experience, and to fight against great demons in the sect's life-and-death secret realms, striving for that sliver of enlightenment on the edge of life and death.

Unfortunately, the ways of Heaven are unpredictable, and sometimes, comprehension is more torturous than talent.

"Junior Brother Su, your speed in breaking through realms and your composure are truly enviable."

Chu Tiankuo picked up his teacup, shook his head with a wry smile.

"Why is Senior Brother Chu in such a hurry?"

Su Yu poured him more hot tea, her expression calm and gentle.

"Didn't the sect give you a deadline of thirty years old?"

The sect is extremely tolerant of cultivating such exceptional geniuses.

Before the age of thirty, go all out to build a foundation for the Heavenly Dao.

If one has not yet attained enlightenment by the age of thirty, it is not too late to switch to cultivating the underground path and building a foundation.

"Yes, but who is willing to bow down before they are thirty?"

Lin Wan'er sighed softly, a hint of stubbornness toward the Great Dao flashing in her eyes.

Chu Tiankuo asked frankly, "Junior Brother Su has now reached the Great Perfection stage. Given your situation, are you planning to apply directly for the Earthly Foundation Establishment stage?"

"good."

Su Yu nodded without hesitation, "The authentic foundation building method that doesn't rely on comprehension but only on the capacity of the meridians and the accumulation of resources is the most perfect path for me."

"I will go to collect the pills and go into seclusion tomorrow."

Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er remained silent.

……

The next morning, Su Yu arrived at the Internal Affairs Pavilion.

After he handed over his identity jade token and explained his intention to go into seclusion to build his foundation.

There were no assessments, no harassment, and no dramatic scenes of people fighting over resources.

The elder in charge, all smiles, checked the roster and presented the person with a sandalwood jade box and a jade pass.

In the Cangxuan Sect, this is especially true for the inner core disciples with third-grade spiritual roots.

The top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills that caused bloodshed and even ruin for outsiders were merely the sect's regular allowance distributed as needed.

"Personal instruction from Su: This is a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and a 'Yellow No. 1' Earth Abyss Seclusion Jade Talisman. May you ascend to the Great Dao soon."

Su Yu reached out and took the jade box and jade talisman, gently stroking the sandalwood with his fingers.

"This is the foundation of a major sect."

Su Yu sighed inwardly.

After leaving the Internal Affairs Pavilion, Su Yu went straight to the Earth Abyss Secluded Training Room.

The moment he stepped inside, the extremely thick and dense earth vein energy, which had already transformed into a tangible spiritual liquid, caused every pore on Su Yu's body to open up.

Su Yu walked to the futon in the center of the secret room and sat down cross-legged.

He adjusted his breathing, elevating his energy and spirit to their peak.

Then, he opened the sandalwood jade box and calmly put the top-grade Foundation Building Pill, which exuded a refreshing medicinal fragrance, into his mouth.

The pill entered the stomach and instantly transformed into a vast, ocean-like medicinal power that surged towards the limbs and bones.

"Condensing vapor into liquid, forging my tunnel!"

Su Yu closed his eyes, his mind racing.

There's no need to comprehend the unity of heaven and man, nor to seize any great opportunity.

What he wants to do is use his absolute qualifications and massive resources to carry out the purest form of brute force!

Under the guidance of the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, the Qi Refining Perfection True Essence within the body began to be compressed wildly and violently towards the center of the dantian.

When that incredibly heavy liquid true essence swept over, it not only did not cause the slightest tearing pain, but was instead perfectly contained by the wide meridians.

It draws upon the abundant and continuous energy of the earth's veins beneath the abyss.

The liquid true essence broke through all the barriers and obstacles of the eight extraordinary meridians with overwhelming force!

There were no surprises, no life-or-death moments.

This is a third-grade spiritual root!

It happened naturally, as if by accident!

half a month later.

The vortex of spiritual energy in the secret room gradually subsided.

Su Yu opened his eyes, a thick, earthy-yellow spiritual light flashing in his pupils.

Deep within the dantian, the once gaseous true essence had completely vanished.

In its place is a boundless ocean of liquid true essence, refined to the extreme!

The foundation for the underground tunnel is complete!