At this moment, Qi Ping had everything ready; his physical condition, energy, and mental state were all at their peak.
“Let’s begin!”
Qi Ping’s gaze sharpened, his eyes filled with determination and confidence.
The path to immortal longevity is not easy, but he would never be timid or retreat. Since he had chosen this path, no matter how many dangers and difficulties, no matter how arduous the cultivation required, he would not back down.
He had already, over time, cultivated his physical strength, divine soul strength, foundation, and comprehension to an extremely powerful state. For instance, his understanding of the True Meaning of Laws and the essence of the Dao Heart was even stronger than some Foundation Establishment cultivators.
With such a premise, what was there to fear in breaking through the Foundation Establishment threshold?
All fear stems from inadequate preparation.
Qi Ping was indeed cautious when facing powerful beings in the cultivation world. Facing those old monsters who had lived for thousands of years, Qi Ping felt he couldn’t compare in terms of strength, strategy, experience, or any other aspect. Since he had confirmed these people weren’t good news, he was naturally afraid.
But on the path of cultivation, he could continuously improve his chances of success through steady accumulation. Now, Qi Ping’s conditions surpassed over ninety percent of Qi Refinement cultivators. Even within the Qingtian Domain, not many could surpass Qi Ping in terms of foundation.
Without further hesitation, Qi Ping consumed a portion of honey and directly manipulated his spiritual power to assault the Foundation Establishment realm.
Almost instantly, a profound and powerful spiritual pressure erupted from Qi Ping’s body.
An incredibly dense True Meaning of Fire surrounded him. The golden Beast King’s Flame burned in the void, radiating a terrifying pressure.
Even more astonishing was that despite unleashing such immense power, Qi Ping remained calm, feeling no strain. Manipulating such power posed little difficulty for him.
In that moment, Qi Ping’s powerful foundation and control were vividly demonstrated!
After unleashing his full power, Qi Ping continuously assaulted the Foundation Establishment realm.
With the support of his deep foundation and the True Meaning of Fire, coupled with his exceptional control, the shackles of the Foundation Establishment realm were gradually dismantled at an incredibly fast pace!
The Foundation Establishment shackles that others could only slowly wear down with pills and persistent effort seemed rather weak to Qi Ping.
With the True Meaning of Fire’s enhancement, the Foundation Establishment shackles truly couldn’t withstand Qi Ping.
But Qi Ping felt this intensity was still not enough.
“Still not enough!”
“Use Wood to nourish Fire, elevate the spiritual power!”
Using Wood as fuel to raise the intensity of his fire-attributed spiritual power to another level.
This is a unique advantage of Wood and Fire attribute techniques. If one chooses to switch to a Fire-attribute Foundation Establishment technique during the breakthrough, they can use Wood as fuel.
This not only converts all spiritual power to fire-attributed spiritual power but also elevates its intensity during the breakthrough, forging an even stronger foundation.
The benefits of this for shaping the Foundation Establishment base are self-evident.
This was also why Qi Ping chose a pure Fire-attribute Foundation Establishment technique. It could both increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment and make the foundation more profound.
Qi Ping didn’t expect to achieve much in alchemy anyway; the Wood attribute was dispensable in the short term.
In the long run, after his talents improved, he would switch to cultivate all Five Elements, following the path of the Five Elements generating all things. This would be the path most suitable for a Druid.
Druids are close with nature and the heavens and earth. The Five Elements are the foundational laws of the cultivation world. Having all Five Elements is what truly aligns with a Druid’s attributes.
After Qi Ping used Wood to nourish Fire, the intensity of his spiritual power increased again, and his aura became even more majestic!
Then, when Qi Ping once again used the enhanced spiritual power and the True Meaning of Fire to assault the Foundation Establishment shackles, they were unsurprisingly shattered!
With a violent shudder running through Qi Ping’s body, an aura surpassing the Qi Refinement stage erupted!
The aura of Foundation Establishment!
After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, the intensity of Qi Ping’s spiritual power surged dramatically. Vast amounts of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy began to be continuously drawn into his body.
Within his Qi Sea and Dantian, the spiritual power, having reached an extreme density, rapidly began to liquefy!
But problems soon emerged:
Insufficient spiritual power!
Turbulent spiritual power!
Chaotic aura!
The powerful spiritual energy rampaged wildly within Qi Ping’s body, its intensity far exceeding the peak state of Qi Refinement. However, for Foundation Establishment, this amount of spiritual power was still far from enough. He needed to absorb much more spiritual energy to support the formation and stabilization of the Foundation Establishment realm.
Under these circumstances, any single issue—insufficient resources, poor control over spiritual power, an unstable foundation, inadequate physical or soul strength, etc.—could cause the Foundation Establishment breakthrough to fail, leading to severe injury, cultivation regression, or even death from energy explosion.
This is where the role of the Foundation Establishment Pill becomes apparent. It helps cultivators stabilize their spiritual power and provides an energy supply, effectively increasing the probability of successful Foundation Establishment!
But this method has its drawbacks. The boost from a Foundation Establishment Pill is, after all, external. The more Foundation Establishment Pills used, the weaker one’s foundation and control over spiritual power prove to be, resulting in a poorer foundational potential from the breakthrough.
One Foundation Establishment Pill has a minor impact, but using more increasingly diminishes the chances of reaching the Golden Core stage.
However, for most people, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is already a luxury, and the Golden Core stage is simply not within their consideration.
Facing this situation, Qi Ping naturally had no Foundation Establishment Pill, but he felt no panic.
Is that all?
His [True Meaning of Fire] and [Farming Domain] instantly manifested. Coupled with his powerful divine soul, the turbulent and chaotic spiritual power was immediately suppressed, becoming as docile as a kitten under Qi Ping’s control.
Then Qi Ping controlled his spiritual power and began to circulate it according to the Golden Flame Technique. Drop after drop of golden-red liquid spiritual power continuously formed in Qi Ping’s dantian.
The solid and powerful aura emanating from them showcased Qi Ping’s profound foundation.
The liquid spiritual energy condensed using Foundation Establishment Pills is far inferior to that condensed from the true essence of laws.
Relying on external forces is ultimately not as good as relying on oneself!
Because if one needs to rely on external forces for a breakthrough, it proves that one’s foundation is inadequate and one’s control over one’s own power is insufficient. One instance may not have a significant impact, but repeated occurrences will lead to more and more hidden dangers, making the path of cultivation increasingly difficult.
After Qi Ping initially gained control of the situation, what followed was a matter of persistence and steady effort. Typically, this process takes half a day to a full day.
If spiritual power becomes insufficient, one must constantly consume items to replenish it.
This is another difficulty of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. If one’s foundation isn’t solid, persisting for over half a day and successfully cultivating the initial stage of the Foundation Establishment technique is impossible.
Fortunately, these issues weren’t particularly difficult for Qi Ping. He had rehearsed the entire breakthrough process at least a hundred times. So, while not exactly routine, everything was under his control.
With his current foundation, barring any accidents, a breakthrough failure was practically impossible.
In the following days, as Qi Ping continued to consume honey and spiritual liquid condensed from star spirit wood, his aura became increasingly profound and powerful, and his Foundation Establishment aura gradually strengthened and stabilized.
This state continued for nearly a full day until Qi Ping finally succeeded in cultivating the Golden Flame Art!
