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Meanwhile, Xi Heng, after seven months of cultivation, had perfected his spiritual energy condensation and reached the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Immediately afterwards, she began to manipulate the spiritual energy within her body, drawing it entirely into her dantian, following the foundation-building methods she had previously seen and some of Yin Wanluan's reminders.

Stop your thoughts and focus your mind; turn your attention inward and regulate your breath.

The spiritual energy within and around the body permeated and blended with each other, faintly forming a misty aura of spiritual energy.

When he reached the middle of his cultivation, Xi Heng took a deep breath, opened his eyes, took another banana-flavored fasting pill from the side, and swallowed it.

With continuous adjustment and harmony among essence, energy, and spirit, thoughts race.

When preparing to establish his foundation, Xi Heng's spirit was no longer as still as a deep pool as he usually cultivated; instead, it became as turbulent as the sea surface under the wind and clouds.

The scenes from the previous lifetimes I had experienced flashed through my mind in that short moment.

Every vivid figure I encountered—love, struggle, effort, and killing—was repeatedly recalled in my memory, becoming clearer and clearer.

Once all her experiences were fully reflected in her mind, her mind, in a daze, became as still as a mirror, completely undisturbed.

She quietly began to circulate the 'Crimson Phoenix Heavenly Sword Scripture' she had cultivated, using her sword heart to recite the sword intent within it, which melted into the spiritual energy and her own body.

When the two overlapped completely and did not repel each other, and all the energy and spirit reached their peak, the girl slowly exhaled, opened her eyes, and immediately silently recited the inventory.

With an unseen movement, he waved his right hand forward, took out the Foundation Establishment Pill from the transparent blue frame, opened the box, took out the shiny black pill, and swallowed it directly.

The immense medicinal power entered the dantian and flowed to the limbs and bones in just a few seconds. The meridians it passed through were all imbued with a divine layer by the medicinal power. Even if the foundation building failed this time, the large amount of spiritual energy would not break through the meridians and result in serious injury.

At the same time, the medicinal properties spurred the spiritual energy to become more active, and as it became more active, it became even more viscous and thick.

All the spiritual energy within the Spirit Gathering Array was attracted and surged towards Xi Heng's location, almost forming a vortex.

The numerous spirit stones placed within also began to flicker continuously, and even the spiritual energy outside the spirit-gathering array was attracted by it, continuously surging in.

The overwhelming spiritual energy washing over and flowing into her made her feel as if she had fallen into a surging giant wave.

A strange feeling of expansion arose from her meridians. The girl pursed her lips, suppressing these sensations, and focused only on the flow of the large amount of spiritual energy within her body.

A large amount of spiritual energy was poured into his body, but because Xi Heng was originally a martial arts cultivator, his physique far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators who had reached the peak of Qi Refining.

If she can't get past this hurdle, then no one in the entire Fire Hell will be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

A raging torrent of spiritual energy washed over her body, but she remained as still as a rock. The spiritual energy was refined by her as it washed over her body and rolled into her dantian.

The internal cultivation method of the Crimson Phoenix Sword Scripture was rapidly activated, refining the large amount of spiritual energy surging from the dantian into a dense form, almost liquefied.

The medicinal power of the Foundation Building Pill took effect, continuously stimulating the flow of spiritual energy through the meridians into the dantian, where it was continuously compressed.

However, this was not enough to condense the spiritual energy into liquid. The girl continued to follow the instructions in the book, letting go of part of her mind and closing her eyes to absorb the energy into her mind.

Kenshin joined in, constructing a surging ocean of spiritual energy within his divine sense.

Xi Heng tried to construct the coastline again, transforming his own figure into one standing on the shore.

Step forward and tread upon the vast ocean.

He practiced the Crimson Phoenix Sword Scripture, continuously honing his mind and spiritual awareness.

The ocean surges and churns, just like the boundless spiritual energy surging within the dantian.

As Xi Heng slowly walked through the ocean of his mind, calming the area he passed through, the ripples of spiritual energy in his dantian gradually dissipated.

The extremely dense spiritual energy was continuously compressed during this period until it reached its limit.

When Xi Heng finished traversing the Sea of ​​the Soul, his limits were also surpassed.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

His spiritual energy suddenly contracted, as if his heart was beating.

Meanwhile, a faint dripping sound inexplicably rang out from within the dantian.

The girl withdrew her consciousness from her already perfected mind and saw that several drops of liquid spiritual energy had condensed within her dantian.

Furthermore, as the spiritual energy throughout his body pulsated and contracted like a heartbeat in his dantian, more liquid mana continued to fall and gather in his dantian.

The spiritual energy contracted more than ten times, and twenty-three drops of liquid spiritual power covered the dantian before finally stopping.

At the same time, the vortex of spiritual energy in the Spirit Gathering Array finally subsided, and the spiritual energy returned to its usual stable state, although its concentration had been greatly reduced due to Xi Heng's large-scale absorption.

The external environment had stabilized, and the liquid spiritual energy within Xi Heng's body had begun to drive the circulation of his cultivation technique, cleansing his entire body repeatedly.

The nourishing effect of a few drops of spiritual energy separated from it is many times stronger than that of ordinary spiritual energy.

Almost every place it passes through in the body can regenerate.

After several cycles of the Great Circulation, Xi Heng vaguely felt the same comfortable sensation as when he was at the third level of Qi Refining, when his essence and marrow were being cleansed.

His whole body felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring. Even though he couldn't see the data panel when he was alive, Xi Heng could tell from his current physical condition that his lifespan must have far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"Foundation building successful—in just one attempt." Xi Heng slowly opened his eyes, the light in them becoming increasingly bright, turning the remaining reddish hue entirely into a sky-like azure.

She could sense that her foundation building was quite complete.

"Is this the aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root?" The girl stretched out her five fingers in front of her eyes and gently rotated them.

There was no change on the surface of her skin, but she could sense with her spiritual awareness that the spiritual energy within it had become even more abundant.

Furthermore, spiritual awareness itself, as a perceptual ability, has also received a significant boost.

The range has been increased to 400 meters, and there are many more details that can be sensed at close range.

In addition to spiritual energy, magical power, and material things, there is now another perception of the mind and spirit.

Xi Heng silently expanded his perception range, encompassing Chen Fenghuo, who was currently in the backyard.

You can then sense the direction of the other person's mind.

"It seems like she's paying attention to me?" The girl tilted her head.

But it doesn't really matter.

“After a cultivator achieves Foundation Establishment, spiritual consciousness becomes divine consciousness… This ability to perceive the mind is a part of divine consciousness.”

"With divine sense, the efficiency of cultivating array formations should also increase significantly." Xi Heng tilted his head slightly, looking at the Great Spirit Locking Array that covered the entire Fire Prison.

Only now can she vaguely grasp what this enormous formation covering the sky looks like.

Its inner layer faintly floats many strangely shaped talismanic characters, which are not clearly visible to the naked eye, but can only be seen by divine sense—this is how the formation can be analyzed.

Xi Heng silently observed his surroundings with his divine sense. He saw the winter frost and snow gradually melting under the sunlight, felt the soil seeping into the soil, and felt a faint warmth in the fish in the pond, like candlelight in the dead of night.

Dust accumulated on the tiles, and birds built nests on the roof beams, which were not empty. Vegetable roots in the backyard slowly grew from the ground, and Chen Fenghuo, who was watering the plants with a spell, seemed to sense something and turned around to look.

Many details that are usually unnoticed become exceptionally clear under divine sense.

The girl slowly exhaled and stood up to exit her seclusion.

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Volume 1: Chapter 219 (Chapter 210) - As Expected

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, the girl went to the back of her own courtyard.

This area is more spacious than the front yard, which is almost entirely filled with corridors, pavilions, and flower beds. Since it has been abandoned for a long time, you only need to pay attention to the vegetables that Chen Fenghuo planted in front. The rest of the area can be used for testing techniques after the foundation is established.

As long as no extremely powerful moves are used that could overturn the entire courtyard, there shouldn't be any problems... at least that's what Xi Heng thinks.

She passed through the pavilion, skipped the hall and the corridor under the private residence, and went straight to the backyard area.

Chen Fenghuo was just here a moment ago, but now he's gone somewhere else for some reason.

Xi Heng scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that the other party had picked several kinds of vegetables and then entered the kitchen.

Perhaps sensing her promotion, they went to prepare some food to celebrate?

But it doesn't matter what the actual situation is.

All she wanted to do now was test her overall strength after advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Back when she first arrived at the Fire Hell and hadn't even started cultivating, she was already able to fight against ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators at the peak of their cultivation.

Although most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators at that time were already controlled by the resentful fire, their bodies were stiff and their movements were slow, making them even weaker than before they were tainted by the resentful fire.

And I only managed to win by using a sneak attack and the power of resentment...

Ultimately, however, it can still rival the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage.

Now she has been practicing Qi cultivation for several years and has reached the Foundation Establishment stage. She also has a physique that surpasses that of ordinary early Foundation Establishment martial artists, and as a Heavenly Spiritual Root, her spiritual power is more surging than that of outsiders.

In addition, he practiced many more magical techniques.

She was already capable of fighting against someone at the peak of Foundation Establishment; after cultivating for a few more years, she should be able to crush them, right?

Xi Heng thought for a moment, then shook his head uncertainly.

"It's better not to underestimate cultivators... they might have some trump card to turn the tide."

After muttering to himself, he took out the phoenix-patterned longsword from his storage bag.

This magical artifact, which she received as a gift during the early stages of Qi Refining, became insufficient after she advanced to Foundation Establishment.

The girl drew a glint of light from her fingertips and traced it across the surface of the blade.

A drop of liquid spiritual energy flowed from the dantian into the meridians, and was sent to the fingertip to fall onto the magical artifact.

The spiritual energy that the Phoenix Pattern Sword can absorb is less than one-tenth of a drop of spiritual power.

"The magical artifacts used by Qi Refining cultivators are really not good enough to unleash the spiritual power of Foundation Establishment cultivators. I should find a spiritual artifact to use..." Xi Heng withdrew his liquid spiritual power and casually twirled his sword.

As the blade spins, it clearly traces a bluish-green luster in the air, leaving behind dazzling trails of light.

It was as if a paintbrush dipped in light blue dye had drawn a line in the air.

"What kind of magical artifact should we look for?"

Although he hadn't seen many spiritual artifacts, he knew how rare and expensive the spiritual artifacts forged for Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Fire Hell were.

Even the most basic low-grade spiritual artifacts are priced similarly to Foundation Establishment Pills.

Those that are slightly more exquisite and easier to use are even more expensive but unavailable.

As a result, most Foundation Establishment cultivators in the early to mid-stages do not have a spiritual weapon that matches their own cultivation level as their primary magic weapon, resulting in a significant difference in combat power compared to other Foundation Establishment cultivators who possess spiritual weapons.

"I wonder if the Netherworld Sect has any magical artifacts that I can use... Even if they do, I can't just ask for them directly. I'll wait until I've completed other more important tasks before making an application."

If you were to ask what kind of magical weapon she wants most right now, it would naturally be a sword.

As for the sword-shaped spiritual weapons in the Fire Hell, Xi Heng had only seen and borrowed them from a female cultivator at the end of his previous life.

It was a sword without a blade, like a lightsaber from a science fiction movie, consisting only of a hilt.

By infusing spiritual energy, a sword blade can be formed.

Xi Heng then took that sword and stabbed the vice leader, who was under the control of the resentment fire, in the back, delivering a fatal blow.

The exhilarating feeling I had back then still lingers in my memory.

That sword suits her quite well.

"If we have the chance, let's get our hands on it?"

Although the sword currently belongs to someone else, since she has taken a liking to it, it will eventually be hers.

Xi Heng nodded slightly, returning to reality and wielding the Phoenix Pattern Sword, which he didn't particularly like at the moment.

The sharp blade swept horizontally and upwards, the sword light and the white-clad figure flashing and changing continuously.

He unleashed more than ten strikes in just a few seconds, executing a series of moves in quick succession.

A simple Bloodline Sword Manual was easily completed, and the sharp blade drew a bloodline in the air.

Just like real lines, they flowed naturally with the wind of the sword.

"After the foundation is established and the dantian is stabilized, even the most ordinary power techniques become more substantial..."

The outward manifestation of the force was originally mostly strong wind and vibration, but now it has a more mystical quality.

For example, the fine, soft lines wielded by the Bloodline Sword at this moment have acquired a remarkably sharp quality.

If a Qi cultivator does not take all necessary precautions and is touched by the red line in the air, their body will inevitably show many wounds, or even be directly severed.

Next, she tried out the fire-based sword techniques from the "Crimson Phoenix Heavenly Sword Scripture," which she was majoring in.

She stepped forward with light steps, then swung her sword around in a dance-like manner.

The blow left obvious fire marks in the air, and Xi Heng immediately retreated.

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