45: Chapter 45 Defying Fate and Changing the Entry

The Medicinal Pill entered his throat.

The medicinal power transformed into a torrent of warm Spiritual Qi, rushing along his Meridians all the way to his Dantian.

The medicinal power of the high-grade foundation establishment pill was far more overbearing than he had imagined.

Wherever it passed, his originally narrow Meridians were forcibly torn and widened, bringing a wave of fine, stinging pain.

But in the next second, the Candle Dragon Bloodline was activated.

The damage to the Meridians that had just been torn open was repaired in the blink of an eye, becoming wider than before.

Between the tearing and the healing, a strange itch spread throughout his body.

It felt a bit scratchy.

Just as this scratchy sensation reached its peak, a strange power suddenly surged from deep within his Dantian, sweeping through his body along his Meridians.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the surroundings continuously and rapidly poured into his body.

Guided by him, the medicinal power of the high-grade foundation establishment pill merged with the incoming Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, slamming hard against the invisible barrier between the Qi Refinement Stage and the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Crack.

An almost imperceptible sound of shattering rang out.

That Bottleneck shattered upon impact.

Almost simultaneously.

The System panel in front of him popped open automatically.

The [Qi Refining Level 9] in the cultivation column slowly dissolved like melting snow, and countless glowing lights regrouped, finally forming new words:

Foundation Establishment Level 1.

Majestic Spiritual Qi filled his Dantian; the Spiritual Qi that was once only a trickling stream had now transformed into a broad spiritual pool.

Why place weight on success or failure.

Only now do I recognize the value of the Dao Seed.

Forming a crystal array, the mind's eye opens.

Yin and Yang Qi condense into the foundation platform.

The intensity of the Spiritual Qi in the Foundation Establishment Realm was actually more than twice as strong as at Qi Refining Level 9!

Mo Zixing slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Finally, he had also stepped into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm]

[Unlocked new System function: Against Heavens Fate]

[This function can only be used once per major Realm Breakthrough, and can only replace one of your own traits per use]

[After use, the selected Luck trait will disappear, and the host will choose one to replace it from three newly drawn traits of at least Purple quality]

The System notification rang in his Sea of Consciousness. Mo Zixing was only stunned for a moment before immediately understanding the function of the new feature.

It can be used once for every major Realm, allowing him to swap an unsatisfactory trait for a new one.

As for the old trait, of course, it would be put...

Put into the System trash can and discarded.

Unlike the previous functions that acted on others' panels.

This time, he could finally perform surgery on his own traits.

Mo Zixing focused his attention on his character panel, scanning through all his traits.

On the panel.

Gold, purple, and red traits were intertwined.

There was only one that stood out, and it was also the only green trait:

[Hand-Fried Chestnuts (Green)]

[Effect: Palms are hard and can roast chestnuts directly; cultivating palm techniques yields twice the result with half the effort]

When he had snatched it from Zhang Xianning, Mo Zixing felt this trait was useless.

That meager bonus to palm techniques was practically worthless to him.

All his other traits started at Purple quality.

Only this [Hand-Fried Chestnuts] was of Green quality.

It went without saying which one to replace.

Without a hint of hesitation, Mo Zixing directly commanded the System in his heart:

"Execute Against Heavens Fate on [Hand-Fried Chestnuts]."

[Trait replacement confirmed]

[Against Heavens Fate function activated]

On the panel, the green [Hand-Fried Chestnuts] trait was instantly covered by a spinning die.

The die spun rapidly, making one's head swim.

Three traits unfolded in sequence on the panel.

[Trait: The Older the Stronger (Purple)]

[Effect: Age is never a reason to become weaker. For every year you grow older, your body's defense and vitality intensity will become stronger. There is no growth limit and it can stack infinitely]

Mo Zixing's lip twitched.

A growth-type trait seemed to have a lot of potential and might be a perfect match for an elderly transmigrator.

But how old was he? The effect of this trait would basically provide him with zero benefits, offering no help to his current development.

Can't use it.

His gaze immediately turned to the second trait.

[Trait: Combat Bond (Purple)]

[Effect: Passion is burning! After sparring or fighting with others and achieving victory, you can slightly increase your combat skills while significantly increasing the other party's favorability toward you]

As for this trait...

It might be useful, but it's unlikely to be useful.

No.

These two traits—one was long-term, the other was abstract.

Isn't there a single normal and useful trait?

Mo Zixing's heart was starting to feel a bit cold, but when he saw the third trait clearly, his mood immediately brightened.

That trait emitted a brilliant golden light.

Wow, a Golden Legend.

[Trait: Medicine Spirit Body (Gold)]

[Effect: Your body is a natural top-tier Spirit Medicine; you are naturally attuned to all spiritual plants and Immortal Plants. Wood Spirit Root Aptitude is excellent, and Alchemy Aptitude is superior]

Holy cow!

This is what you call a good trait!

He was just worrying about having no contact with the Path of Alchemy.

Excellent Wood Spirit Root, and Alchemy Aptitude significantly increased.

It was too perfect.

With this trait, not only would the efficiency of learning Alchemy from Liu Qingyan greatly increase, but if he had the chance to obtain high-grade wood-attribute techniques in the future, he would also be able to practice them.

Comparing them like this, the first two purple traits weren't even fit to carry its shoes.

They were simply inferior.

Without even a second of extra thought, Mo Zixing confirmed to the System in his heart:

"I choose the third one!"

"Use [Medicine Spirit Body] to replace the trait [Hand-Fried Chestnuts]!"

[Trait selection confirmed]

[Against Heavens Fate complete]

[[Hand-Fried Chestnuts (Green)] has been successfully removed from the host's panel]

[New trait [Medicine Spirit Body (Gold)] has been successfully bound and can be activated at any time]

As the System's voice fell.

The personal information panel refreshed immediately.

In the original position of [Hand-Fried Chestnuts], the brilliantly golden [Medicine Spirit Body] had appeared.

"Then what else is there to say? Activate, activate, activate all traits!"

With a wave of Mo Zixing's hand, the [Medicine Spirit Body] trait immediately emitted a brilliant golden light.

At the same time.

A gentle aura of vegetation spread from within his body the moment the trait was activated.

He could clearly feel that his perception of his surroundings had changed significantly.

Even through a wall, he could clearly sense the state of the few flowers and plants growing in the courtyard.

Mo Zixing mobilized his Spiritual Qi and was surprised to find that, relying on the affinity of the Medicine Spirit Body, he could even accelerate their growth by stimulating his Spiritual Qi.

This feeling was indeed quite good.

He sat down again, slowly withdrawing the Spiritual Qi in his body. Using the plant affinity brought by the Medicine Spirit Body, he drew in the surrounding Spiritual Qi to wash through his Meridians once more.

In less than an hour, he had completely stabilized his Foundation Establishment Level 1 Realm.

He even vaguely felt like he was touching the boundary of Foundation Establishment Stage 2.