To advance to the Foundation Establishment, there are four challenges for a cultivator.

The first challenge is the Physical Body.

When channeling the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into the body, a cultivator's physical body must be robust!

If previously heavily injured, left with hidden ailments, or the foundation is damaged,

it's like leaving vulnerabilities in the body, making it hard to convert Spiritual Qi when channeling, causing poor circulation of energy and blood.

Moreover, the physiological functions of elderly cultivators decay, and the decline of energy and blood also affects the process.

Of course, age is not the primary factor.

The key is the perfection of the physical body.

"I practice the Divine Hidden Sea Technique, a Water Technique, and coupled with talents like Iron Bone, Sea-Covering Thunder, Immune to Poison, and Silver Hook Poison, my body is perfectly flawless, comparable to Foundation Establishment."

In the Practice Room, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth surged violently.

Shen Xuan stood in the eye of the storm, as steady as a mountain, calmly undergoing the Spiritual Qi infusion.

He was like a towering mountain, immovable amidst the tempestuous waves.

The Physical Body challenge, effortlessly overcome.

...

The second challenge is the Spiritual Power.

The Divine Hidden Sea Technique, which Shen Xuan primarily cultivates, has the effect of nourishing and maintaining the body.

After embarking on the path of immortal cultivation, he rarely consumed Spirit Pills.

Later, cultivating the Condensed Water Blade Technique, Water Spirit Gathering Essence Technique, Immortal-Slaying Water Qi Technique, and integrating them with the Divine Hidden Sea Technique, they transformed in the Dantian into the most refined spiritual power of ocean-like water.

The Spiritual Power of Qi Cultivation Cultivators is gaseous, while that of Foundation Establishment Cultivators is liquid.

The purer the Spiritual Power, the stronger the control, the easier it is to turn gas into liquid, achieving a qualitative improvement.

During the Qi Cultivation Stage, if one takes too many elixirs or breaking-tier elixirs, it would generate pill toxins, damaging the foundation, leading to impure spiritual power.

This is why Shen Xuan preferred to spend Spirit Stones to equip a Spirit Gathering Array rather than buying Spirit Pills.

Ordinary Spirit Pills will drain the body's potential, accumulate pill toxins, and are not conducive to long-term development.

As the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth infused, the pressure in Shen Xuan's Dantian suddenly increased, the spiritual power within began to compress, and strands of Spiritual Qi condensed into liquid form.

The Spiritual Power challenge was successfully overcome!

...

The third challenge is the Divine Soul.

Shen Xuan's Divine Soul Power has always far surpassed the same stage!

Apart from the influence of his main cultivation technique, talents like Insight, Water Control, Critical Strike, Longevity, Water Repellent, and Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil, all in varying degrees enhance the Divine Soul.

Shen Xuan estimates his Divine Soul Power surpasses that of an ordinary Early Stage Foundation Establishment.

The external manifestation of the Divine Soul is Divine Sense and Divine Thought, used to control Spiritual Power and manipulate Magical Treasures.

In the Dantian, more and more gaseous spiritual power transformed into liquid form.

But to merge these liquid spiritual powers into one and operate freely is not an easy task.

Ordinary cultivators, to achieve Foundation Establishment, are one in a thousand.

Even among sect disciples, it's only two or three percent.

Besides having extraordinary talent, external conditions being advantageous is also an important factor.

Like the practice room where Shen Xuan is located in Cold Moon Pavilion.

Tier Two Middle Grade Spiritual Land, with abundant Spiritual Qi and high security, allows one to focus the mind and wholeheartedly break through.

This is the "land" in "wealth, companions, method, and land," commonly referred to as a dojo.

A dojo determines a cultivator's cultivation ceiling.

All major sects and cultivation forces place the Spirit Vein as a top priority.

Only with a Spirit Vein can a dojo be built, monopolizing cultivation resources.

For an independent practitioner to find a safe and reliable Tier Two dojo is not an easy task.

Additionally, one needs a Foundation Establishment Pill and Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.

Of course, they are not necessities.

If one has outstanding talent, like Heaven-grade Spirit Root, they can achieve Foundation Establishment without a Foundation Establishment Pill and Spiritual Objects.

Theoretically, even with a Lower-grade Spirit Root, there's a chance of success in Foundation Establishment.

But that chance is pitiful, only one or two in ten thousand.

The Foundation Establishment Pill and Spiritual Objects can increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

Their principle is to temporarily increase a cultivator's affinity for Spiritual Qi, enhancing the efficiency of Spiritual Qi absorption and conversion, increasing the probability of successful spiritual power compression.

The Heart-Protecting Pill is used to protect the Dantian meridians.

"Even without a Foundation Establishment Pill and Spiritual Objects, I have a high probability of advancing."

"But, to be safe, I will use the Foundation Establishment Pill, Spiritual Objects, and Heart-Protecting Pill to minimize the risk."

At this time, the Spiritual Qi fog in Shen Xuan's Dantian, while being converted into liquid form, slightly stagnated.

It is said that the greatest factor affecting this process is the Spirit Root Talent.

"Fortunately, I have an Upper-grade Spirit Root!"

Shen Xuan consumed a premium Foundation Establishment Pill, Bi Shui Qiong Yao, and a Heart-Protecting Pill.

A few breaths later.

The liquefaction of the dantian spiritual power accelerated.

Waves of misted impurities diffused from Shen Xuan's body.

The spiritual power in the Dantian gradually liquefied into a crystal-clear azure liquid, shining brightly.

...

At this moment, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth above Cold Moon Pavilion appeared abnormal.

Various colors of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth gathered and surged incessantly, forming huge bands of Spiritual Qi vortexes, pouring towards the direction of Cold Moon Pavilion's practice room.

"Someone on Little Gu Feng is undergoing Foundation Establishment!"

"What an impressive momentum! This person must be extraordinary post-Foundation Establishment."

"Strange, all of Little Gu Feng's cultivators are female, and no one's attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm recently!"

The abnormality of Spiritual Qi drew some Cyan Cloud Sect cultivators' attention near Little Gu Feng.

Among the peaks of the Cyan Cloud Sect, Little Gu Feng is a special existence.

Yang Caiyi, the Peak Master, is a Core Formation female True Master.

Under her, seven direct disciples, all female cultivators.

Impacting Foundation Establishment is not an uncommon event in the Cyan Cloud Sect.

But attempting Foundation Establishment on Little Gu Feng is quite rare.

"You probably don't know!"

A well-informed disciple whispered.

"According to informal sources, it's said to be Qin Yuehan's long-time friend, an over eighty-year-old senior loose cultivator attempting the Foundation Establishment!"

"What!"

"Qin Yuehan has such a friend?"

"An over eighty-year-old senior loose cultivator, also daring to attempt Foundation Establishment?"

These words stirred a wave of exclamations.

...

Room outside the Cold Moon Pavilion practice room.

Qin Yuehan held guard inside, tirelessly concerned.

On the outside, Lv Zhengying sat cross-legged, watching day and night.

Both guarded Shen Xuan inside and out.

In principle, on Little Gu Feng, the chances of being disturbed are slim.

Nonetheless, to be sure, both Qin Yuehan and Lv Zhengying guarded Shen Xuan.

At this time, a maid hastily approached Lv Zhengying.

"Why is Lei Yaoyang here?"

Lv Zhengying, not daring to be negligent, headed inside to inform Qin Yuehan.

"Today, Yuehan has an important matter. Could Elder Lei return another day?"

Qin Yuehan, with a stern face, came out.

"May I discuss with you our lifelong matter today instead of some old loose cultivator's Foundation Establishment?" Lei Yaoyang laughed it off casually.

Qin Yuehan's face turned cold.

His gaze turned gloomily towards the inside of Cold Moon Pavilion.

Having heard that Shen Xuan moved into Cold Moon Pavilion and hadn't left since, then learning that Shen Xuan was attempting Foundation Establishment there, further infuriated him.

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