284: Laying the foundation

Impacting the Foundation Establishment Realm was Zhou Luo's first time.

But for this Foundation Establishment, he had prepared various means, whether it was the required Pills, or the assisting Talismans, etc., all of which gave him great confidence.

Now that the conditions were ripe, it was a good time to break through.

To advance to Foundation Establishment, there are three requirements for the Immortal themselves.

The first requirement is the Physical Body.

When impacting Foundation Establishment, it requires the infusion of heaven and earth spiritual energy into the body, which has extremely strict requirements for the Physical Body's Qi and blood.

However, the Physical Body will grow and transform with spiritual energy. A Peak Qi Training ninth-layer Expert only needs to pay a little attention to make their Physical Body strong enough to meet the Breakthrough standard.

Immortal with conditions will deliberately practice body refining diligently to make their Physical Body reach a perfect state before Foundation Establishment.

If the former follows the Way of the Coward, and their body has no hidden ailments or damaged Foundation, it's not a big problem. However, once there is a problem with the Physical Body, it will also bring a great burden to the body during the infusion of spiritual energy.

This will greatly reduce the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

Many Immortal fail in Foundation Establishment, or even suffer severe injuries and death, because of flaws in their Physical Body and insufficient Qi and blood.

The Great Elder back then was due to this reason.

Zhou Luo's Giant Bear Body Refining Art had reached the fifth layer, making his Physical Body invincible in the Qi Training Realm, and he was in his prime with abundant Qi and blood, so he didn't need to worry about this problem at all.

He sat cross-legged on the platform, activating his cultivation methods, enduring the violent heaven and earth spiritual energy brought by the infusion.

Under the spiritual energy that washed over him like a tide, Zhou Luo stood like a solid city wall, unwavering and motionless.

This process was extremely dangerous for other Immortal.

But for Zhou Luo, it was effortless.

The first requirement, the Physical Body, Zhou Luo lasted for a full "Nian".

During this "Nian", several Spirit Mines of the Lin Family were lost, and the newly captured Spirit Mines were even subjected to fierce attacks.

However, with the backup plans Zhou Luo left behind, they could still hold on for a short "Time".

Even if they couldn't hold on, they would retreat decisively.

As for the main force of the Lin Family, they had now retreated back to Maple Leaf City, relying on the city protection array to constantly contend with the enemy.

The entire Lin Family fell into an unprecedented crisis.

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The second requirement for Foundation Establishment is the magic power requirement.

There is no concept of magic power in the Qi Training Realm. Everyone refers to the power they use as spiritual energy.

Because this power is in a gaseous state.

But once Foundation Establishment is achieved, this power will become liquid, flowing continuously from the Qi Sea Dantian. At this point, the concept of magic power emerges.

This process of transforming gas into liquid is most dependent on the purity of a person's spiritual energy.

Often, those Immortal who have taken too many Pills, although they can continuously break through in the Qi Training Realm and quickly enter the ninth layer of Qi Training, will expose their biggest weakness during Foundation Establishment.

Because they rely on Pills for improvement and have not undergone extensive refinement, their spiritual energy is not pure.

But this still cannot stop many Cultivators from taking a large number of Pills to break through.

If they could truly improve their Realm through secluded cultivation, why would they choose something like Pills?

Even Zhou Luo would often take spiritual Pills such as Gathering Spirit Pill to improve his Realm.

Pills can be taken, but not too many.

And Zhou Luo's biggest advantage over ordinary people is that he also has the Gathering Spirit Art.

This Qi Training Cultivation Methods can help him better extract heaven and earth spiritual energy in terms of cultivation, making his spiritual energy pure and full.

Whoosh—

When the infusion of heaven and earth spiritual energy ended, the pressure in Zhou Luo's Dantian suddenly increased. The gaseous spiritual energy began to compress continuously, condensing into substance. Under layers of misty gas, vast spiritual energy surged like a river.

Zhou Luo focused his mind, continuously refining the spiritual energy that entered his body.

This process took Zhou Luo a full "Nian" and a half.

During this "Nian" and a half, the situation of the Lin Family became increasingly difficult.

Maple Leaf City was surrounded by the Zhang Family and the Lu Family, and a large number of Cultivators were destroying this large city.

Being blocked at their doorstep, the Spirit Mines outside also became isolated islands, only able to hold on with difficulty.

The only place that didn't have problems was Jiang City.

Because of Bai's defense, those Lu Family Cultivators who wanted to attack here would always inexplicably fall into illusions.

The Lu Family also couldn't figure out what was going on, so they could only temporarily give up and planned to fully capture Maple Leaf City first.

Other forces in the Qingyuan Domain were also watching silently in the dark.

According to this trend, the demise of the Lin Family seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

And as the largest force in the entire territory, the Azure Origin Sect showed unprecedented indifference.

It seemed that it also felt that the Five Great Evergreen Families should reshuffle the cards.

It was also under the connivance of the Immortal Sect that the Zhang and Lu families were so rampant, even joining forces with many small forces.

The day Maple Leaf City falls is the day the Lin Family perishes.

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Zhou Luo was unaware of the situation of the Lin Family; he was undergoing the final third requirement, the divine consciousness requirement.

This requirement was completely without pressure for him.

Because he himself was a Second-Order Alchemist and a Second-Order Spiritual Talisman Master, his divine consciousness was comparable to that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Expert. As long as the external conditions were in place, he could easily break through.

The first of these external conditions refers to the Spirit Veins.

To achieve Foundation Establishment, a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy needs to be absorbed, and this kind of spiritual energy can only be provided by Spirit Veins.

This is why everyone chooses the Core Area of the Immortal City for Foundation Establishment.

If one could break through anywhere in the wild without the support of a Spirit Veins cultivation ground, then Loose Cultivators would be too easy to achieve Foundation Establishment.

The most important aspects of cultivation are wealth, companions, methods, and location. This location would become a mere decoration.

The second external condition is the Foundation Establishment Pill.

In fact, the Foundation Establishment Pill is not a necessity. If you have a Heavenly Spiritual Root, you can break through without any pressure before the Golden Core stage, without needing any Pills.

This is also the treatment that only geniuses who are rarely seen in a thousand "Nian" can have.

In addition to the Heavenly Spiritual Root, the Earth Spiritual Root also comes with a 50% chance of Foundation Establishment. This probability is much higher than that of the Foundation Establishment Pill, and it can also be achieved without relying on external objects, easily achieving Foundation Establishment.

The so-called Foundation Establishment Pill is completely prepared for people with ordinary Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) like Zhou Luo.

The effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill is also very simple, which is to accelerate the conversion rate of Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) to heaven and earth spiritual energy.

Logically speaking, with Zhou Luo's eighth-grade Ling Gen (Spiritual Root), the probability of Foundation Establishment is very small.

But this time, he refined a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. After taking it, it can completely make up for the deficiency of the Ling Gen (Spiritual Root).

He was full of confidence in this Foundation Establishment, and as long as there was enough "Time", he could easily enter the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Years of accumulation, building up to a powerful outburst.

Zhou Luo only felt a surge of emotion, and the spiritual energy in his Dantian continuously washed over his body. The strands of spiritual energy circulating throughout his body were also slowly infused into it under his control.

His Dantian, which was originally at the ninth layer of Qi Training, was already filled with spiritual energy and was constantly expanding.

The enlargement of the Dantian is also a symbol of successful Foundation Establishment.

The spiritual energy and magic power stored by a Foundation Establishment cultivator are dozens of times that of a Qi Training cultivator.

This is why there is a world of difference between Qi Training and Foundation Establishment.

They can easily kill you by simply releasing their magic power, leaving no possibility of combat at all.

On the platform, Zhou Luo was like a wooden stake, his expression calm, his heart without the slightest fluctuation, concentrating on guiding the spiritual energy to nourish his body.

Among them, the help of the Water Spirit Heart Method was naturally indispensable.

This Cultivation Methods allows him to focus and not be affected by external factors during the Foundation Establishment process.

After passing this final requirement, he will successfully achieve Foundation Establishment.