"Successfully established the Foundation at thirty-two."

"Not particularly fast, but not too slow either."

Qin Ming stood with his hands behind his back in the Spirit Field, gazing calmly towards the distant Wangyue Lake.

Now, he possessed a lifespan of over four hundred years, almost comparable to that of a Golden Core Ancestor.

With sufficient time to pursue the further Great Dao.

The "Ancient Wood Longevity Technique" he primarily cultivated, the more Essence of Plants and Time Qi it absorbed over time, the stronger his Mana became—growing older, yet more enchanting.

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Next.

Qin Ming envisioned his long-term goals.

Of course, it was Core Formation.

He also needed to plan and prepare ahead of time; otherwise, the enormous resources required for Core Formation surpassed those for Foundation Building.

Relying on one's own strength, how easy could it be?

The so-called Foundation Building is essentially laying the Core Foundation, merely paving the way for Core Formation.

Core Formation is divided into Fake Pill and Golden Core.

Fake Pill, in theory, is also considered a Core Formation Cultivator, but its Mana is only half that of a normal Golden Core Cultivator, with a lifespan extension of only a hundred years, and a lifetime inability to advance to Mid-stage Core Formation.

Nurturing Nascent Soul even remains out of reach.

Once a Fake Pill is formed, one's path on the Dao essentially halts here.

While a Golden Core is where the quality of a Core Formation Cultivator's pill is excellent, there are also gradations within it, and high-quality Golden Cores even have the possibility of advancing to Nascent Soul.

Future potential is limitless.

"With my current aptitude, achieving a Fake Pill is probably challenging." Qin Ming understood.

The realms beyond the Golden Core cannot be casually broken through by merely consuming pills.

The further up one goes, the greater the influence from Spirit Root aptitude.

Below a High-Grade Spirit Root, achieving a Fake Pill is extremely difficult, unless another opportunity presents itself.

However.

Qin Ming held Entries in hand, as well as the miraculous Lifebound Spirit Plant, Longevity Vine.

With the growth of the Longevity Vine, it's not necessarily impossible.

For now.

He focused on diligently cultivating, developing until he reached the Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

After entering the Foundation Establishment Stage, a cultivator's lifespan became longer.

Even with a High-Grade Spirit Root, cultivating from Early-stage to Late-stage Foundation Establishment takes decades.

Moreover, after the Foundation Establishment Stage, there is no detailed division like Foundation Building one or two layers.

It's generally distinguished by Early-stage, Mid-stage, and Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Because the Mana difference from one layer to three layers of Foundation Establishment Cultivator is not particularly large, each small realm at most adds two to three percent.

Most cultivators in this realm are stuck at Early-stage Foundation Establishment; those who can reach Mid-stage are relatively rare.

The vast majority are unable to ever reach Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, staying in the Foundation Establishment stage for over a hundred years is quite normal.

In such long cultivation times, although Qin Ming remained reclusive on the remote Wangyue Island, avoiding conflict.

He still needed to consider enhancing his Path-guarding strategies.

His "Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture" Body Refining Technique.

Was only a step away from entering the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation.

First, he needed to activate the Hundred Beasts Visualization Image on the Beast Hide Scripture.

The prerequisite was that his body's Innate Gang Qi needed to reach a certain level.

After Qin Ming broke through to Foundation Building, his entire body's Qi Blood reached an unprecedented level.

Now, just a little more.

The "Essence of Qi Blood" Entry harvested from the Longevity Vine days ago had not yet been used.

Now was the perfect opportunity for a breakthrough.

Qin Ming directed his consciousness to the Entry, and an energy torrent swept over, flooding his body, constantly transforming his physique.

Seizing the momentum, he also used five "Qi Blood Crystal" Entries.

Hours later.

His blood-colored Innate Gang Qi further enhanced, refined to Perfection.

Excitedly, he took out the Beast Hide Scripture, injecting True Qi Blood into it.

After becoming familiar.

The Beast Hide Scripture emitted a crimson glow, gradually beginning to react.

Suddenly.

Various appearances of Demon Beasts flickered on the hide.

Qin Ming focused intently on them.

It seemed he had to make a choice among hundreds of forms.

This concerned the power of the Body Refining Technique and his future potential.

Within the Hundred Beasts Visualization Image, there were flood-like Primordial Pythons, Celestial Wolves, Giant Bears, Silver Foxes, White Tigers, Profound Turtles...

Each beast's shadow flickered uncertainly.

These beasts were marked at various positions on the Beast Hide Scripture.

Each silhouette's glow varied in size, evidently, the greater the glow, the greater the power once cultivated.

Qin Ming found it difficult to decide for a moment.

At this moment.

A white glow at the corner of the Beast Hide Scripture, although not particularly large, caught his attention.

Inexplicably, it felt like a mind-aligned fortuity.

Without much deliberation, Qin Ming mobilized "Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture," selecting that white glow.

The white glow turned into a meteor, instantly merging into Qin Ming's body.

Roar~

A thunderous roar exploded in Qin Ming's mind.

A ten-plus meter high Mountain Giant Ape stood towering, roaring to the heavens with fists raised.

Suddenly!

Qin Ming involuntarily snapped out of the visualization, reflecting on the image just now, his mind was profoundly shocked.

It seemed that to sustain visualization, refining Essence Blood from high-tier demon beasts was necessary.

Moreover, according to the description of the first transformation of True Gang Transformation during the Foundation Establishment Stage, after choosing the demon beast visualized from the Hundred Beasts Image.

It was best to refine Essence Blood from the same type of demon beast, as this would maximize the power of the first transformation.

Qin Ming put away the Beast Hide Scripture.

He pondered for a moment, fearing that obtaining high-tier simian Essence Blood, even in Vast Sea Immortal City, wasn't easy!

However, having chosen this method, he intended to follow it unswervingly.

He planned to visit Vast Sea Immortal City again later.

Taking the opportunity to purchase Spirit Plants for cultivation on the island.

After all.

Tier Two High-Grade Spirit Seeds and Top-Grade Spirit Seedlings are rare even in Celestial River Market.

Only within Cultivation Cities could they be found occasionally.

As for his Spirit Field, Spirit-Gathering Tea, such crops could be continuously cultivated, with tea leaves harvested annually.

Ideal for cultivation, gifts, and tea tasting.

Additionally, besides the portion of Purple Gold Bamboo that Guu Qingzhao assisted in auctioning, there were still many Spirit Bamboos left in the Spirit Field.

Qin Ming planned to continue nurturing them to see if they could potentially advance to higher-tier Spirit Woods.

In the following days.

Qin Ming began consuming Spirit Nesting Rice and Rice Flower Spirit Fish to enhance his Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Without exaggeration, his speed of cultivation was faster than that of ordinary cultivators.

Even surpassing Foundation Establishment cultivators practicing other Hundred Skills of Cultivation.

After all, these rare items significantly enhanced Foundation Establishment Dharma Cultivation.

"Now I've reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, I can't keep using Magical Artifacts alone anymore."

"Though I don't engage in combat much now, it's still wise to be prepared, to stay ahead of potential troubles."

"Acquiring a Spiritual Artifact suitable for the Foundation Establishment Stage should also be scheduled."

While Qin Ming silently prepared for various future plans.

Outside the Array.

Wu Jiang's Communication Talisman arrived.

Qin Ming immediately opened the Array, allowing him entry.

Wu Jiang, drenched in sweat, pale-faced, barely catching his breath as he handed an invitation to Qin Ming, then said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, something terrible has happened!"

"Just last night, two islands on the southwest of Spirit Nest Islands, Kongtong Island and Yushui Island, encountered a shocking change."

"The two Qi Cultivation Clans on Spirit Island were brutally massacred, everyone from the elderly to the children, with over a hundred people, leaving no survivors, all their wealth on the island plundered clean."

"The 72 Island Loose Alliance plans to hold an emergency meeting, summoning loose cultivators and numerous families from Spirit Nest Islands to jointly discuss how to address this issue."

"The Loose Alliance sent an invitation to Fellow Daoist Qin as well."

"Fellow Daoist Qin, do you intend to go or not?"

Hearing this news, Qin Ming furrowed his brows.

Unexpectedly, just after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Spirit Nest Islands encountered such a drastic change.

He instantly sensed an impending storm.

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