After Su Yuan was ready.
He then began to circulate his Cultivation Technique, preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
As his thoughts turned, the Profound True Qi within his body had already begun to circulate rapidly throughout his body!
When Su Yuan reacted.
The Profound True Qi within his Dantian seemed to form a chain reaction, transforming into True Essence one after another with each breath, as gaseous spiritual energy converted into liquid spiritual energy, which is True Essence.
This was the benefit of breaking through, as if aided by heaven and earth, converting all the spiritual energy within his body into True Essence at the same time; from now on, he would have to slowly convert it by circulating his spiritual energy.
A slight suction force just appeared on Su Yuan's body surface, and the surface of the Origin Pool trembled slightly, after which Su Yuan's aura rose slightly, reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Su Yuan opened his eyes in a daze and met the innocent gaze of Little Cai.
Little Cai flicked her tail in confusion: I'm protecting you, you can start.
"I'm done," Su Yuan said.
Little Cai: "??"
Su Yuan had a strange expression; in the vast collection of texts in the Scripture Pavilion, Cultivators described how difficult Foundation Establishment was, requiring Foundation Establishment Pills worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, and Foundation Establishment spiritual items to increase the probability and quality of Foundation Establishment, and so on.
But for him, with just a thought, Foundation Establishment was complete!
The Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron in his Dantian solidified a bit, and then, there was no 'then'.
Even the situation where he originally thought he would absorb a lot of Origin Pool spiritual liquid didn't happen; it wasn't even a fraction of the spectacle during his Qi Condensation cultivation.
Su Yuan had a change of thought and understood.
An ordinary person from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment consumes roughly one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, which is equivalent to using one hundred thousand Spirit Stones to build a bicycle.
As for him, in order to construct the natural array restrictions, he consumed an estimated hundred million Spirit Stones, equivalent to spending a thousand times the value to build a Xiaomi SU7 Ultra; in terms of performance, it naturally crushed the competition.
Walking a thousand meters, the bicycle would take a long time to ride, but the SU7 arrived in an instant!
This is the difference in Foundation!
People like Zhuge Jian and Nangong Huoyu could have broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm many years ago, but why didn't they? Wasn't it to build a stronger Foundation!
Building a Foundation isn't done in the Foundation Establishment Realm, but in the Qi Condensation Realm; by the time you reach Foundation Establishment, it's already set.
Zhuge Jian and the others wanted to find rare treasures and Foundation Establishment spiritual items in the mystic Realm to construct a super Foundation; otherwise, why would they go to that place of Opportunity? With their Aptitude, they could easily reach the Golden Core Realm by cultivating in seclusion at home, and could even compress the cultivation time to within a few years.
But are they willing to stagnate at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realms in the future? Figures like Zhuge Jian, who are geniuses even among those with supreme Spiritual Roots, are all aiming directly for the Soul Transformation Realm!
Only Su Yuan, without leaving his home, could build apertures using natural array restrictions and break through with a perfect Dao Foundation; there is still a difference between Genius and cheating.
At this point, Su Yuan also found himself in a predicament; precisely because the Foundation he had built was too strong, he couldn't Cultivate with full power now; if he circulated his spiritual energy with full force, his Meridians would likely break!
Just like the SU7 Ultra on an ordinary road, it might only be able to drive at 25 miles per hour; otherwise, hitting something on the road would cause terrible damage.
But the time from the [Work-Life Balance] entry was too precious to waste.
Su Yuan's eyes darted, and he had an idea; if he couldn't run on ordinary roads, couldn't he run on a racetrack?
The 118 spiritual apertures within his body were racetracks where he could accelerate infinitely; external spiritual energy could directly enter the spiritual apertures, and then, through the connections between the apertures, directly enter his Dantian.
And the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron within his Dantian directly used this spiritual energy as fuel to forge gold sand!
Since it was difficult to take the ordinary path (increasing True Essence), and he would only be able to run freely after repairing the road (tempering his body and Meridians) in the future, there was no problem with running at full speed on the racetrack (using spiritual apertures, condensing gold sand) now!
Thinking of this, Su Yuan no longer hesitated.
The 118 natural array restrictions all over his body burst out with astonishing suction force, immediately sweeping up the massive spiritual energy in the Origin Pool.
The spiritual liquid entered the spiritual apertures and was directly converted into gaseous Profound True Qi, which was then transmitted directly into the Dantian, as if teleported.
A large amount of Profound True Qi quickly accumulated in the Dantian; this Profound True Qi did not leave the Dantian to circulate and condense True Essence but instead surged directly into the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron.
That Profound True Qi rushed into the Cauldron, and then, in the process of penetrating the Cauldron body, gradually took on the potential of wood and the intent of gold; subsequently, this modified Profound True Qi entered the flames within the Cauldron to be forged.
The potential of wood provided fuel for the potential of fire, allowing the flames to continuously forge, while the intent of gold contained within it produced complex and mysterious reactions with the Profound True Qi during forging; the Profound True Qi gradually evaporated, while the grain of gold sand in the flames became increasingly solid.
Even the Sect Master would be dumbfounded seeing this scene; how was this Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation different from the Golden Core Realm?
Su Yuan would say that this was naturally different; the gold sand he was now condensing was just a simplified, miniature version of a Golden Core; since it was below the Golden Core level, it was naturally still a matter of the Foundation Establishment Realm, which was very reasonable.
The natural array restrictions within Su Yuan's body were indeed Heaven-Defying existences, and there was a faint resonance phenomenon with the external natural array restrictions; the spiritual liquid in the Origin Pool split into 118 streams, connecting to Su Yuan's body and continuously pouring in.
Su Yuan closed his eyes and did his best to circulate the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron, forging the gold sand!
Soon, spiritual liquid equivalent to the spiritual energy of ten High-Grade Spirit Stones was consumed, and the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron finally forged a grain of gold sand so small it was almost imperceptible!
Su Yuan could proudly say that he had reached the Gold Sand Realm.
He might have forcibly added a Gold Sand Realm between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core, and he could also add Realms like Gold Grain Realm, Gold Pearl Realm, and so on, on top of the Gold Sand Realm.
In reality, Su Yuan believed that cultivating this way was more reasonable, progressing step by step, just like a ten-month pregnancy; other Cultivators directly created a precious Golden Core from nothing, while he slowly nurtured it; the speed might be a bit slower, but the risk was extremely small, and the details were definitely stronger than normal cultivation, and the future potential naturally went without saying.
Evidently, Su Yuan did not consider that for other Cultivators to condense gold sand like Su Yuan, the difficulty was not lower than condensing a Golden Core, but rather higher...
Su Yuan's condensation was still ongoing; after condensing one grain of gold sand, Su Yuan also became proficient.
The second grain of gold sand condensed out at an even faster speed; the two grains of gold sand floated in the flames, continuously receiving the forging of the flames; the Cauldron was filled with the dense potential of wood and the intent of gold, both providing continuous nourishment for the two grains of gold sand.
Su Yuan's expression was calm as he continued to condense gold sand.
When the number of condensed grains reached seven.
Su Yuan had a sudden idea and arranged the seven grains of gold sand in the pattern of the Big Dipper constellation!
It was nighttime at this moment!
The Big Dipper in the sky suddenly brightened slightly, and seven beams of light descended from the sky, passing through layers of arrays and directly injecting into Su Yuan's body!
At this moment, the seven grains of gold sand seemed to possess a certain special mysterious blessing; while Su Yuan watched in astonishment, they underwent an extremely complex rotation, exhibiting 365 types of star map changes in a short time, and all of these fell into Su Yuan's eyes, who was still in the entry state, and were instantly mastered by Su Yuan; this was a heaven-bestowed absolute art!
Su Yuan was thoughtful and condensed two more grains of gold sand; these two grains of gold sand directly merged into the seven star sands that formed the Big Dipper constellation, and then gradually disappeared, as if they had never appeared at all!
Subsequently, the Profound True Qi that surged into the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron again did not condense into gold sand but continuously supplied the gold sand that had been condensed before.
A complete Big Dipper Gold Sand Array diagram operated inside the Wood Burning Gold Forging Cauldron; the flames gradually enveloped these gold sands, making them burn as if they were truly stars!
Very well, Su Yuan's Cultivation Technique had now been completely modified by him to be unconventional; Su Yuan couldn't judge the rank of this so-called 'Wood Burning Gold Forging Technique', but he had an idea that in the future he could pass down this technique as an absolute art; he could simplify it into nine versions, allowing later generations to slowly Cultivate it.
The simplest version should only be ten times more difficult than the 'Profound True Heavenly Evolution Art' in the Immortal Seed Valley; there should be peerless geniuses who can successfully Cultivate it.
And he would continue to modify the technique, constantly innovate, and continue to update versions; if a peerless Genius truly followed his path, they would definitely go crazy in the future.
Time slowly passed.
At this moment, in the Sect's Main Hall, Sect Master Gu stood before the core of the array, already numb.
"The pre-stored Spirit Stones are about to be depleted, please replenish them in time, Sect Master!"
"I know! Here!"
"The pre-stored Spirit Stones are about to be depleted, please replenish them in time, Sect Master!"
"I know, stop prompting me!"
"Pre-stored…"
Sect Master Gu's mindset collapsed; he looked at the past usage of Spirit Stones, which had already exceeded eight hundred million! Although this amount of Spirit Stones, which was only eight hundred supreme-grade Spirit Stones, was only enough for his cultivation needs for two months, he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator!
Is this definitely an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator cultivating?
It's too unreasonable!
Is there any logic left?
The cultivation world also needs to adhere to basic laws; it's impossible for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to still be in Foundation Establishment after possessing Golden Core level energy; they would either explode and die, or their level would already be Golden Core!
Does possessing Golden Core level power in the Foundation Establishment Realm, but without a Golden Core, mean they are not in the Golden Core Realm? What is the False Core Realm then? Doesn't it refer to Cultivators who have Golden Core strength without a Golden Core? Don't others call False Cores 'Little True Men'?
Possessing Golden Core level energy and Golden Core level power means they are in the Golden Core Realm; whether they have a Golden Core or not is completely unimportant!
Sect Master Gu frowned: "This kid couldn't have cultivated incorrectly, could he? If he directly breaks through to Golden Core like this, his Foundation will be too unstable, and it's easy for things to go wrong."
But he didn't intervene to stop Su Yuan from absorbing the spiritual energy; on the contrary, he increased the input.
His Divine Sense penetrated his super-large spatial storage ring and found four mountains of Spirit Stones.
They were respectively a giant mountain of Low-Grade Spirit Stones, a large mountain of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, a mountain of High-Grade Spirit Stones, and a small mountain of supreme-grade Spirit Stones.
The ring in his hand was actually the Sect's number eight treasure vault, allocated by the Sect Master; it could be used first, and then reported to the Nascent Soul Elder group or the Grand Elders later.
His Divine Sense came to the mountain of High-Grade Spirit Stones, pulled out over a hundred thousand pieces from the foot of the mountain, and then threw them all to the array spirit!
Looking at the spot at the foot of the mountain where a small opening was clearly missing, the quantity only accounted for a negligible ten-thousandth of the Spirit Stone mountain, but Sect Master Gu was still heartbroken; out of sight, out of mind, he stopped looking.
Heartache! Not only were the 900 million Spirit Stones he just earned gone, but he also had to put in over a billion Spirit Stones! If Su Yuan was crippled by this cultivation, he would definitely treat Su Yuan like a workhorse! He had to earn all the Spirit Stones back!
(Couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, just finished a chapter and posted it early)
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