33: Breakthrough! Foundation Establishment Stage

Lin Feng walked to the stone bed and sat down, his Divine Sense slowly spreading out.

Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators have limited Divine Sense, generally only able to cover a one-mile radius around themselves.

But Lin Feng was different; he Cultivated the System-improved version of the Da Yan Cultivation Method, and unlike the original work, it didn't require harsh conditions.

Therefore, Lin Feng possessed a Divine Sense intensity comparable to a False Core Realm at the Qi Refinement Stage.

His Divine Sense surged out of the Immortal Cave like a tide, probing in all directions.

One mile, ten miles, thirty miles… Soon, his Divine Sense covered a fifty-mile radius around the Immortal Cave.

He could clearly perceive the general outlines of the surrounding Immortal Caves.

And Han Li's Immortal Cave was not far away, about forty-odd miles apart.

Lin Feng's Divine Sense quickly sensed the existence of that Immortal Cave.

He attempted to penetrate the Formation Restriction outside the Immortal Cave with his Divine Sense, but quickly felt a resistance.

Although this basic Formation was not strong, Lin Feng's current Divine Sense could not Breakthrough it without Han Li noticing.

“It seems this basic Formation still has some use,” Lin Feng thought to himself.

With his current Divine Sense intensity, which was already comparable to the False Core Realm and even the Early Stage of Core Formation, he still couldn't easily penetrate it.

To peek into the specific situation inside Han Li's Immortal Cave, he would have to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and with the Divine Sense increase from the Da Yan Cultivation Method, his Divine Sense could double again.

Lin Feng sensed his own cultivation.

Peak of the twelfth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, just one step away from the Great Perfection of the thirteenth layer of Qi Refinement.

Cultivating step by step might still require several months.

However, he was not an ordinary Cultivator.

With a thought, he entered the System backpack.

The backpack had immense space, filled with various System-rewarded items and items swept from the daily System shop.

Among them, the most conspicuous pile was hundreds of Foundation Establishment Pills shimmering with faint Spiritual Light.

These were all accumulated from the low-level items he cleared out casually when the System shop refreshed daily.

“Foundation Establishment Pills…” Lin Feng looked at the mountain of Medicinal Pills in front of him, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

In the original work, Han Li went to great lengths to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill, risking his life to enter the Blood Forbidden Ground and enduring hardships to get a few main ingredients.

And he, however, could eat them like candy.

He casually grabbed a handful of Foundation Establishment Pills, about seven or eight of them, and directly stuffed them into his mouth.

The Medicinal Pills melted upon entry, and a majestic Spiritual Power instantly filled his entire body.

These Foundation Establishment Pills truly lived up to their name as Spirit Pills that help Cultivators Breakthrough major Realms; their Medicinal Power was pure and gentle.

The Five Elements pure Spiritual Power that had accumulated in his body for a long time, originally dispersed in his Meridians and Dantian, now seemed to be summoned by something, beginning to madly converge towards his Dantian.

Breaking through from the Qi Refinement Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage meant condensing the dispersed Spiritual Power into liquid magic power and gathering it in the Dantian.

Lin Feng sat cross-legged, guiding this immense Medicinal Power.

He felt the Bottleneck in his body was like paper, easily broken through wherever the Medicinal Power passed.

The thirteenth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, Qi Refinement Great Perfection, seemed to come naturally, without any hindrance.

The Medicinal Power did not stop, continuing to impact the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The Spiritual Power vortex within his Dantian spun faster and faster, and its volume grew larger and larger.

Liquid magic power began to appear, gradually converging into a small stream of Spiritual Qi.

A moment later, the condensation of the Spiritual Power vortex gradually weakened, and Lin Feng grabbed another handful of Foundation Establishment Pills and threw them into his mouth.

His Dantian once again began to frantically condense Spiritual Power.

After swallowing a total of 52 Foundation Establishment Pills, Lin Feng's Dantian was finally cleansed of any impurities by this Spiritual Power, and all the gaseous Spiritual Power in his body was converted into liquid.

Lin Feng was overjoyed and gathered all the Spiritual Power within his body, charging fiercely towards the Foundation Establishment threshold!

Boom!

Finally, Lin Feng broke through the Bottleneck and entered the Foundation Establishment Stage!

An aura unique to the Foundation Establishment Stage emanated from him.

Suddenly, Lin Feng's expression changed.

He found that the surging Spiritual Power in his body, which had just impacted the Bottleneck, had not stopped, and his cultivation was still automatically increasing.

Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, Perfection of Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, Perfection of Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment...

Finally, after breaking through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, the Spiritual Power gradually subsided.

Lin Feng sensed his own cultivation and frowned.

Cultivation advancing too quickly was not a good thing; if his Foundation was unstable, there might be hidden dangers when breaking through Bottlenecks in the future.

He didn't want to lose the opportunity to refine his own Spiritual Power Foundation just for temporary cultivation speed.

With a thought, Lin Feng began to circulate the Five Elements Swordplay, actively suppressing the madly surging Spiritual Power within his body.

He guided most of the Medicinal Power to his limbs and bones, using it to temper his Physical Body, rather than entirely for increasing his Realm.

At the same time, he concentrated and calmed his mind, forcefully compressing and refining the magic power that had already broken through to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, intending to stabilize it at the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

This was a delicate task, requiring extremely strong control.

If it were any other Cultivator, they would probably have been overjoyed to accept the cultivation increase; how could they actively suppress it like Lin Feng?

But with Lin Feng's experience of reading numerous cultivation novels, he knew that in the Dao of Cultivation, Foundation was the most important.

Craving temporary speed would only ruin the future Grand Dao.

As he deliberately guided and suppressed it, the majestic Medicinal Power in his body gradually calmed down.

His magic power finally stabilized at the Peak of the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

He felt that the profundity of his magic power was absolutely far beyond that of Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the same rank, as if every drop of Spiritual Power contained astonishing power.

“Hoo…” Lin Feng let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.

Although he had only broken through to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, he felt that his strength was more than ten times greater than before.

Moreover, he could release the suppressed cultivation at any time, instantly reaching the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment or even stronger.

This feeling of controlling his own power at will made him very satisfied.

Just at this moment, the System's prompt sounded in his mind.

“Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully breaking through a major Realm and entering the Foundation Establishment Stage!”

“The System detected that the Host's Breakthrough this time was flawless Foundation Establishment, and the reward will be additionally increased!”

“Congratulations, Host, for obtaining a special reward: [Soul Devouring and Appearance Stealing Art]”

“[Soul Devouring and Appearance Stealing Art]: An ancient secret art from the Demon Realm.

By devouring the Primordial Spirit of a slain Cultivator, one can absorb part of their cultivation and memories.

The amount of cultivation absorbed is related to the strength of the opponent's Primordial Spirit and the Host's own Physique.

After successful devouring, the Host can disguise themselves as the opponent, perfectly simulating their aura, undetectable by Cultivators below the True Immortal Realm.”

Lin Feng's heart filled with joy.

Soul Devouring and Appearance Stealing Art?

He finally had a Heaven-Defying Spell; with this, Old Devil Han's path of cultivation would be at his mercy in the future.

He once again spread out his Divine Sense; this time, the Divine Sense intensity was several times stronger than before.

With the Da Yan Cultivation Method's enhancement, his Foundation Establishment Stage Divine Sense was now comparable to the False Nascent Soul Realm!

He easily penetrated the basic Formation outside Han Li's Immortal Cave.

His Divine Sense, like an invisible tentacle, probed into the interior of Han Li's Immortal Cave.

The Immortal Cave's furnishings were largely similar to his own, equally simple.

His Divine Sense continued to search within the Immortal Cave.

Soon, Lin Feng discovered Han Li's secret.

In a corner of the Immortal Cave, Han Li had opened up a secret chamber.

Inside the secret chamber was surprisingly a small Medicinal Garden dozens of feet in size.

The soil in the Medicinal Garden was faintly green, emitting a faint vitality.

And Han Li was currently beside the Medicinal Garden; he wasn't Cultivating, but carefully took out a small green bottle from his Pregnant.

The bottle was only palm-sized, ancient and unadorned.

He opened the cap, poured out a drop of emerald green liquid from inside, diluted it in a bucket, and then carefully scooped it into the Medicinal Garden.

As the green liquid sprinkled into the Medicinal Garden, the soil immediately became even greener, and a rich vitality assailed his senses.

Several Spiritual Plants that looked young were planted in the Medicinal Garden, visibly growing and maturing at an astonishing speed.

“Heavenly Bottle!” Lin Feng's heart trembled slightly.

Although he had known it for a long time, seeing Han Li use the Heavenly Bottle to ripen Spirit Medicine with his own eyes still made him feel a sense of wonder.

This was Han Li's greatest reliance for his rise!

He quietly observed Han Li with his Divine Sense.

Han Li carefully put away the ripened Spiritual Plants, then put away the small green bottle, and closed his eyes again, seemingly preparing to Cultivate.

Lin Feng's Divine Sense swept across Han Li's Dantian, finding that his cultivation was still at the ninth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage.

It seemed he hadn't started Alchemy and taking Medicinal Pills yet.

Lin Feng spied for a while and felt a bit bored.

He retracted his Divine Sense, pondering in his mind how long it would be before that old fox left his Immortal Cave.

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