With Foundation Establishment, one’s lifespan can exceed five hundred years!
With a Golden Core, one’s lifespan can exceed one thousand years!
Qi Ping felt that not many people could resist the temptation of a longer life; at the very least, he himself couldn’t.
Besides wanting to possess great power, enjoy freedom from any threat or violation, and live a more comfortable and carefree life, the ultimate goal of cultivating immortality was to achieve eternal life!
Breaking through to Foundation Establishment would grant Qi Ping a lifespan of over five hundred years! This held a fatal allure for him, as such a long life would be enough for him to accomplish many things.
Even if the path of Foundation Establishment cultivation proved to be extremely difficult, he could slowly chip away at it over time. If his talent wasn’t sufficient, he could seek out some highly talented animal companions.
Not to mention the immense power that breaking through to Foundation Establishment would bring.
Which Qi Refinement cultivator could resist the temptation of Foundation Establishment?
“Foundation Establishment!”
“This day has finally arrived!”
With his cultivation reaching the peak of Qi Refinement, Qi Ping was incredibly excited inside.
After preparing for so long, the final condition for his Foundation Establishment was finally met!
Prior to this, his comprehension of the [True Meaning of Fire] had already reached a deeper level.
Progress on his [Farming Domain] was not as significant; understanding one’s Dao Heart is more difficult than raising one’s cultivation level. However, a Dao Heart’s insight isn’t a mandatory condition for Foundation Establishment, but it can greatly increase the success rate and the stability of the foundation laid.
Foundation Establishment, as the name implies, is about laying the foundation for cultivation.
If he had wanted to, Meng Yan could have broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage long ago. However, he chose to wait until he had comprehended his Dao Heart before attempting the breakthrough, all to build a powerful and solid foundation in preparation for forming a Golden Core.
And indeed, Meng Yan’s strength after breaking through to Foundation Establishment was formidable. Even while severely injured, he could still make two Foundation Establishment disciples from major sects, who were at the same level as him, stand on high alert, terrified that he might suddenly erupt and kill them.
This was the powerful foundation forged by simultaneously comprehending the True Meaning of Laws and the essence of the Dao Heart, though part of it was also due to Meng Yan’s unique physical constitution and talent.
As for Qi Ping, his divine sense and physical body had also been pushed to their current limits.
One slight imperfection was that Qi Ping lacked a method for cultivating his divine sense and didn’t possess a powerful innate physical talent.
However, these things wouldn’t affect Qi Ping’s breakthrough. For cultivators, the divine sense and physical body aren’t the absolute core; as long as their strength is sufficient, it’s acceptable. So Qi Ping wasn’t striving for perfection in these areas either.
Delaying the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment because of these issues would truly be putting the cart before the horse.
“Before starting the Foundation Establishment breakthrough, I’ll familiarize myself with the ‘Golden Flame Art’ one more time. I also must adjust my body, energy, and mental state to their absolute peak condition…”
Qi Ping had already begun familiarizing himself with the Golden Flame Art, a Foundation Establishment cultivation method, over half a year ago.
When he first started learning about the Golden Flame Art, Qi Ping was shocked by its power.
This was actually a secret transmission grade technique!
In the classification of Foundation Establishment techniques, they are generally divided from low to high into Lower Grade, Intermediate Grade, Advanced Grade, and Secret Transmission Grade.
Lower Grade techniques are the worst; not only are they weak in power, but they also have major flaws. The possibility of cultivating to the Golden Core stage is less than ten percent. These are used by the most bottom layer of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Intermediate Grade techniques are generally standard. They don’t have any exceptionally powerful features, but if one has enough talent and opportunity, they are sufficient to support cultivation up to the Golden Core stage. Most Foundation Establishment cultivators practice techniques of this level.
Techniques that can be classified as Advanced Grade typically possess powerful characteristics or grant formidable combat ability. For example, Wood-element techniques have strong healing and recovery capabilities, while Metal-element techniques are known for their unstoppable sharpness. To have access to this level of Foundation Establishment technique, one is usually either a core member of a large family or a disciple of a major sect.
As for the level above that, it’s the Secret Transmission Grade! These are often closely guarded secrets of major sects or large families, cultivatable only by their most core members.
Qi Ping originally thought that Meng Yan had given him an Advanced Grade Foundation Establishment technique, but after looking at it, he discovered it was actually Secret Transmission Grade!
Qi Ping had some understanding of the cultivation world, so he naturally knew what this meant. At that moment, he immediately felt the heavy weight of the book in his hands.
This wasn’t something that could be obtained with just a few tens of thousands of spirit stones; its value was simply incalculable! Qi Ping naturally took this kindness to heart.
As a Secret Transmission Grade technique, the Golden Flame Art’s characteristic is that the spiritual power it cultivates is extremely profound and powerful! The foundation it builds is also exceptionally solid! Its powerful features certainly live up to the reputation of a Secret Transmission Grade technique.
Correspondingly, the difficulty of cultivating the Golden Flame Art is particularly high. The biggest restriction and the most difficult part is that the Golden Flame Art requires the use of a powerful spiritual flame to temper one’s cultivation base and the foundation of one’s spiritual power.
Only after being tempered by a spiritual flame can the true power of the Golden Flame Art be revealed!
Clearly, Meng Yan had already discovered that Qi Ping possessed a powerful innate spiritual flame, which is why he chose to give him this technique. Otherwise, if Qi Ping didn’t have an innate spiritual flame, giving him the Golden Flame Art would have been useless; he simply couldn’t have cultivated it.
Unless Qi Ping first purchased and refined a rare spiritual flame. But spiritual flames suitable for a cultivator to refine are even rarer than Foundation Establishment Pills, making finding one more difficult than ascending to heaven.
However, with Qi Ping possessing the [Beast King’s Flame], the Golden Flame Art and he were a perfect match. Not to mention that Qi Ping also shared Crow’s Yang Fire Body talent, and his blood contained a trace of the True Sun Fire, making him a naturally gifted candidate for cultivating the Golden Flame Art.
Meng Yan probably never imagined that Qi Ping’s compatibility with the Golden Flame Art would be this high! He only knew that Qi Ping had a powerful innate spiritual flame.
Furthermore, after Crow awakened his Great Sun Body, the Yang Fire Body also became stronger through continuous tempering, and the True Sun Fire in Qi Ping’s blood became more potent than before as a result.
Compared to when Crow first transformed from a Li Fire Body to a Yang Fire Body, it has already strengthened significantly. It can be predicted that as Crow’s power continues to increase, the amount of True Sun Fire in Qi Ping’s blood will grow, and his fire-element cultivation talent will also rise higher and higher.
Regarding the [Beast King’s Flame], as Qi Ping’s comprehension of the True Meaning of Fire deepens and he frequently refines and gains insights from Crow’s innate spiritual flame, its grade has currently reached level four. Its power is stronger than ordinary innate spiritual flames, and its potential is even higher.
With these two factors overlay, Qi Ping found comprehending and cultivating the Golden Flame Art exceptionally smooth and effortless.
“My understanding and control over the Golden Flame Art are both fine. I can be ninety percent certain about the parts involving manipulating the Golden Flame Art during the Foundation Establishment process. Now, I just need to wait until my condition is adjusted to its optimum!”
Over the past six months, Qi Ping had long since memorized the contents of the Golden Flame Art. He had also attempted to circulate its spiritual power thousands of times, which is why he could do it so smoothly and without any errors now.
Because during the Foundation Establishment breakthrough, immediately after breaking through the realm, one must use the Foundation Establishment technique to cohesion the foundation. If colation fails, one’s cultivation level might regress or even be completely scattered. This is also one of the difficulties of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. However, Qi Ping was still quite confident about this.
In the following days, Qi Ping did nothing else but patiently adjust his state.
After about three days like this, Qi Ping, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide.
The opportune moment for Foundation Establishment had arrived!
