94: Breakthrough to the Foundation of the Dao! Foundation of the Heavenly Heart Dao!

[At thirty, relying on your profound attainments in Alchemy and extraordinary talent, you successfully improved several Qi Refining Realm Pill Formulae.]

[These improved Pill Formulae not only significantly reduced the cost of medicinal materials but also increased the efficacy of the Medicinal Pill by more than thirty percent.]

[You submitted these improved Pill Formulae to the Azure Cloud Sect. After testing, the Azure Cloud Sect discovered that these improved Pill Formulae were indeed excellent.]

[However, the senior management of the Azure Cloud Sect was quite surprised by your improvement of the Pill Formulae; they had not expected that, in addition to your hidden talent in that area, your talent for Alchemy was also so strong.]

[There was even a Purple Mansion Realm Elder specializing in Alchemy who considered taking you as his Personal Disciple, because no one on his Floating Peak had Alchemy talent that could compare to yours.]

[However, in the end, he did not propose it. After all, in his view, if you had wanted to take a master, you would have already done so after becoming a True Disciple; it was better not to bring it up than to be rejected.]

[Finally, after discussion, the Azure Cloud Sect decided to accept these Pill Formulae, and according to the Sect's regulations, you would receive ten percent of the profits from the Medicinal Pills refined using these Pill Formulae.]

[Relying on the profit-sharing from these Pill Formulae, you achieved financial freedom.]

[At thirty-three, you had already exchanged for all the knowledge available in the Azure Cloud Sect for the Qi Refining Realm.]

[Afterwards, you spent every day swimming in an ocean of knowledge. The increase in your cultivation made you faster at comprehending Advanced Spells; you could Cultivate an Advanced Spell to Perfection in three days.]

[At thirty-six, you rented a Cultivation room in the Azure Cloud Sect specifically for the Dao Foundation Breakthrough, because you had successfully created a method for the Heavenly Heart Dao Foundation, and now was the time for your Dao Foundation Breakthrough!]

[The Azure Cloud Sect's Cultivation room specifically for Dao Foundation Breakthroughs was crafted entirely from Spirit Jade and inscribed with extremely profound defensive Formations, Spirit-Gathering Formations, Meditation Formations, etc., which could greatly guarantee the smooth advancement of the cultivator.]

[Pushing open the heavy Spirit Jade door, a refreshing fragrance rushed to meet you. The furnishings in the Cultivation room were extremely simple; in the center was a three-foot-square meditation cushion, and the surrounding walls were embedded with nine eternal lamps, with wicks burning rare calming sandalwood incense.]

[You noticed that seven gems shaped like the stars of the Big Dipper were embedded in the ceiling, emitting a soft spiritual light.]

[After entering, you sat cross-legged in the center of the Cultivation room, your mind gradually returning to tranquility. As you slowly closed your eyes, the Formations in the room began to operate on their own.]

[The Spirit-Gathering Formation emitted a faint hum, continuously gathering Spiritual Qi from a thousand miles around. The defensive Formation glowed with a faint golden light, forming an invisible barrier around you, while the Meditation Formation emitted ripples of fluctuations, allowing you to enter into a deep state of meditation.]

[As the time in meditation grew longer, your breathing became weaker and weaker, and all sounds from the outside world gradually faded away. When the last trace of distracting thoughts dissipated, you felt yourself falling into a boundless dark abyss.]

[In this absolute silence of darkness, time seemed to lose its meaning. Staying here, you felt your consciousness gradually dissipating, but you were not panicked.]

[You did not know how long had passed when a brilliant light suddenly pierced through the darkness. That light was as pure as the newborn morning sun; this light was the thing you were looking for. The moment you touched it, your entire Sea of Consciousness trembled.]

[In an instant, the surrounding darkness completely dissipated, and your consciousness returned to your Sea of Consciousness.]

[At this moment, that brilliant light was floating in your Sea of Consciousness. You called this light the Light of the Soul, which you had manifested from the illusory concept of the soul using your ability.]

[The moment the Light of the Soul appeared in your mind, you quickly began to circulate the Dao Foundation forging method you had created.]

["With one thought I hold the Dao, my heart replaces Heaven, Heavenly Heart Dao Foundation, condense!"]

[The Dao intent you had comprehended from Cultivating Advanced Spells began to circulate according to the mysterious trajectory of the principles of Heaven and Earth. Every wisp of Dao intent was like a star in a brilliant galaxy, carving out an eternal and indestructible trajectory in the Void Realm of your Sea of Consciousness.]

[As these Dao intents gathered into a torrent, your entire Sea of Consciousness began to tremble and resonate. Immediately following this, a mass of white-gold light flashed, and the Dao intent condensed into a crystal-clear jade platform in the center of your Sea of Consciousness.]

[The jade platform was incomparably tall, magnificent, and spectacular. Its surface flowed with countless profound Dao patterns, and every pattern seemed to be interpreting the principles of Heaven and Earth, while the interior of the platform seemed to contain a vast Dao Rhyme.]

[Subsequently, the countless knowledge you had comprehended over these years transformed into golden runes filling the sky, surging into the Light of the Soul like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.]

[That originally gentle light suddenly erupted with brilliant divine radiance that pierced the nine heavens. Amidst the endless brilliance, it gradually condensed into a towering and majestic phantom. The phantom sat cross-legged on the jade platform as if it were the center of all things.]

[The appearance of the phantom completed the jade platform. The moment the phantom and the jade platform merged, the entire jade platform bloomed with nine-colored radiance. Each ray of light flowed with obscure and difficult-to-understand Dao patterns. Heavenly Heart Dao Foundation formed! You successfully Advanced to a first-layer Dao Foundation cultivator!]

[The second Realm of cultivators in this world, the Dao Foundation Realm, is divided into nine mysterious levels. The "layer" here is not a simple numerical increment, but refers to the number of jade platforms condensed within the cultivator's body.]

[Each jade platform in the Dao Foundation Realm is like a step on the road to immortality, carrying the cultivator's comprehension of the Dao and the accumulation of their cultivation.]

[In this world, regardless of what kind of Dao Foundation is forged, there will be a jade platform and a phantom above it. For example, if one condenses a Burning Heaven Furnace Dao Foundation, a huge Burning Heaven Furnace phantom will manifest above the jade platform; for the Wood Emperor Dao Foundation, there will be a Wood Emperor phantom above the jade platform...]

[As cultivation progresses, Cultivators need to continuously temper the three treasures of Essence and Qi, and Spirit, and comprehend the true meaning of the Dao of Heaven and Earth.]

[When enough Dao Rhyme is comprehended, another jade platform will condense within the body. When the second jade platform takes shape, the Cultivator steps into the second layer of the Dao Foundation Realm. At this time, the two jade platforms shine upon each other, and the phantoms above will also be clearer than before.]

[When nine jade platforms are gathered together and the nine phantoms resonate with each other, it means the Cultivator has reached the Great Perfection of the Dao Foundation Realm and can attempt to break through to the next Realm.]

[However, there is one difference: other people's jade platforms and phantoms are condensed from Dao Rhyme, without such a profound foundation as yours.]

[The moment the Dao Foundation was formed, your body seemed to turn into the center of a vortex of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and the Spiritual Qi in the Cultivation room surged towards you like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.]

[As the Dao Foundation formed, your Essence and Qi began to undergo a earth-shattering transformation under the influence of Spiritual Qi.]

[A month of time passed quietly in Cultivation. This morning, when the first ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds, you in the Cultivation room suddenly opened your eyes.]

[The moment you opened your eyes, two substantial golden lights shot out from your eyes, striking the stone wall of the Cultivation room and emitting the sound of metal clashing.]