Translator: AnubisTL
Time flowed like a river, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed amidst the bustling and fulfilling life at Noren Academy.
During these three years, Jieming devoted most of his energy to studying potionology and pill refinement. Simultaneously, the Five Aggregates Rainbow Transformation Mirror, nurtured daily, grew increasingly docile. The five concepts of light within the mirror's surface flowed together seamlessly, ready for his command at any moment.
Now, he stood at a crucial juncture on his cultivation path: foundation establishment.
Foundation establishment is the pivotal step for cultivators to shed their mortal bodies and lay the foundation for their dao.
It signifies a qualitative leap in both the quality and quantity of true essence, a soaring advancement in divine sense, and a profound enhancement in the ability to sense spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
Only by successfully establishing their foundation can one truly embark on the path of immortal cultivation, gaining extended lifespan and formidable power.
Jieming had long obtained the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Great Dao Library Pavilion.
However, it was more of a refining philosophy than a precise recipe.
After all, as the key for cultivators with limited innate talent to "leap over the dragon gate," the Foundation Establishment Pill had an astonishing number of variant formulas.
Jieming still vividly remembered the moment he searched for the Foundation Establishment Pill recipe, when his entire consciousness was flooded with the radiant light emanating from the Great Dao Library Pavilion.
To put it bluntly, if someone in the immortal cultivation world had obtained this collection of recipes, they could have used any medicinal herb with energy levels reaching the foundation establishment realm as the primary ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
By combining each primary ingredient with a varying number of auxiliary herbs—ranging from a few to several dozen—they could refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.
This held true even for herbs with extreme toxicity.
However, considering the near-impossibility of finding identical materials between the two worlds, Jieming never intended to strictly replicate these recipes.
The unknown immortal cultivation world had mastered the principles of Foundation Establishment Pill refinement to an astonishing degree.
The underlying concepts of the pill's refinement were dissected with crystal clarity. As long as materials with the corresponding properties were identified, they could be combined with different auxiliary ingredients to refine the pill.
Guided by this comprehensive understanding and drawing upon his three years of profound expertise in potionology and pill refinement, Jieming quickly forged his own unique path to refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
He spent months meticulously selecting and processing each medicinal ingredient.
Employing pill refinement techniques, he conducted detailed analyses of the ingredients' properties, understanding their synergistic and antagonistic interactions.
Simultaneously, he drew upon potionology's precise control over energy ratios and his already well-developed spell, the Extraction Art.
The Extraction Art allowed him to efficiently extract the purest essence from various materials, filtering out impurities and negative effects.
When used on living beings, it could even forcibly extract their life force.
However, the spell's primary application remained in refining magic potions.
Whether for wizard potions or cultivator medicinal pills, the Extraction Art provided a cheat-level advantage.
Finally, after repeated trials and adjustments, drawing upon hundreds of failed potion experiments and Pill Furnace explosions, Jieming successfully refined a unique Foundation Establishment Pill.
Or, more accurately, a drop of Magical Potion-type Foundation Establishment Elixir.
It was no longer a traditional medicinal pill but resembled a drop of thick, amber-colored liquid, radiating the fragrance of herbs and the deep, earthy aroma of the earth. Within it, faint streams of light flickered, concealing a vast yet restrained life force.
This creation perfectly fused the precise control of medicinal properties from pill refinement with the meticulous formulation of wizard magic potions, another manifestation of Jieming's path of dual cultivation.
During his research, the successful construction of the Third Spell Extraction Technique further accelerated Jieming's absorption of elemental power, unknowingly pushing him to the peak of the qi refining stage.
With all preparations complete, Jieming wasted no time in deciding to break through.
In his private laboratory, after adjusting his breathing to reach peak condition, Jieming sat cross-legged and unhesitatingly swallowed the drop of Magical Potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill.
The medicinal liquid dissolved instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a torrent of vast yet gentle energy that surged through his limbs and meridians before converging in his dantian.
True essence, like boiling magma, coursed through his meridians, continuously scouring and expanding them, causing intense swelling pain.
Simultaneously, his mental power expanded, perceiving the energy pathways of heaven and earth with unprecedented clarity.
Jieming's physical body continuously strengthened, providing a vessel for his ever-increasing true essence and mental power.
Despite the earth-shattering transformations occurring within him, Jieming's mind remained clear and focused, maintaining complete control over the process.
This was thanks to the exceptionally solid foundation he had cultivated over the years. Both the purity of his cultivation true essence and the intensity of his wizard mental power far surpassed those of his peers.
The advantages of the refining essence into qi system became fully apparent during this advancement. Whether it was his spirit, body, or true essence, all three passively developed in balanced harmony, allowing him to maintain absolute control throughout the tumultuous transformation.
Jieming's initial assessment proved remarkably accurate. With his accumulated reserves, he didn't even need the Foundation Establishment Pill to advance.
In fact, he didn't even need to activate the pill's medicinal power. Relying solely on his own strength, Jieming could clearly sense the true essence within him gradually compressing, condensing, and reshaping his dantian. The newly formed dantian exerted constant pressure, forcing the true essence to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
This process continued for an entire day and night. By the time the advancement was complete, Jieming hadn't even had the opportunity to utilize the Foundation Establishment Pill's medicinal power.
Just as Jieming felt the true essence within his dantian had completely liquefied, settling into a stable state like a tranquil lake, and his divine sense had reached an unprecedented level of power, signaling the successful completion of his foundation establishment...
An unexpected event suddenly occurred!
Jieming had just begun to savor the profound changes within his body after the breakthrough when he suddenly realized that the immense power of the Magical Potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill—which had barely been depleted—was now uncontrollably surging toward the deepest depths of his lower dantian!
This force wasn't violent; rather, it possessed an irresistible gravitational pull.
At the very core of his lower dantian, a bottomless black hole seemed to have materialized out of thin air! Radiating an aura of all-consuming hunger, it instantly devoured every last trace of the Foundation Establishment Elixir's residual power!
Worse still, even the true essence and mental power that had just been amplified severalfold within Jieming's body were now being irresistibly drawn into that mysterious black hole, as if tethered by invisible threads!
This sudden calamity sent shockwaves through Jieming's mind!
He could clearly sense the vital energy draining rapidly from his body, and the familiar sensation of emptiness began to creep back in.
He immediately sensed something was wrong. Fortunately, he had refined several Foundation Establishment Pills as a precaution before attempting his breakthrough.
Faced with this crisis, he instinctively reached for a second Magical Potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill.
But just as his hand touched the potion bottle, the all-consuming suction abruptly ceased.
(End of the Chapter)
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