On the path of Cultivation, the Qi Refinement stage was considered part of the journey, but it was more akin to a simple threshold. It was like kindergarten; you could call it school, but it wasn't formally recognized as part of one's academic record. Only starting first grade counted as truly being a student. Likewise, Foundation Establishment was the true beginning of one's Cultivation journey.
Suspended in mid-air, Qin Fan's body was a charred husk, yet he wasn't the least bit worried. He had experienced this very scene five hundred years ago. The foundation of this stage lay in a complete rebirth—reforging one's muscles and blood, shedding one's skin, and regrowing one's hair. All of this was within his expectations.
As the Spiritual Energy in the cave seeped in through his seven apertures, the True Qi within his Dantian began to surge.
CRACK—!
CRACK—!
