Chapter 118: Chapter 117: Divine Sense Surges, Foundation Establishment Pill

Carrying the newly acquired Jade Scroll, Lu Zhao turned and left the Library Pavilion. His steps were steady, but his heart was filled with anticipation for the Hundred Waters Spirit Enhancement Skill and a clear vision for his cultivation path.

After returning to his dwelling in the Bixia Sect, Lu Zhao activated the Array and sat cross-legged on his bed.

At this moment, Sect missions could be completely cast aside. For Lu Zhao, the most urgent matter was to completely absorb the fortunate opportunity he had seized from Qian Yuan—especially that extremely rare Tier Two Cyan Soul Fruit, a treasure that would make countless Qi Cultivators burn with envy!

He carefully took a palm-sized jade box from his Storage Bag. The instant the lid opened noiselessly, an indescribable cool aura suddenly suffused the air, carrying with it the pure Vitality of new growth and a faint, sweet, fruity fragrance. The scent was so rich it was almost tangible, instantly washing away the musty, earthy smell that had accumulated in his dwelling.

In the center of the jade box lay a fruit so verdant it seemed to drip green—it was precisely the Tier Two Spiritual Object that would make countless Qi Cultivators burn with envy, the Cyan Soul Fruit!

Lu Zhao took a deep breath and, without hesitation, put it in his mouth. Before he could even chew, the pulp dissolved, transforming into a pure, icy, surging current that rushed toward the depths of his Sea of Consciousness with the force of a thunderbolt!

BOOM—!

In an instant, Lu Zhao’s Divine Sense was completely enveloped and saturated by a power that was both incomparably vast and gentle and cool. The fatigue he had accumulated, his distracting thoughts, the fine dust settled upon his Spiritual Soul—all were thoroughly scoured and cleansed by this irresistible spiritual nectar!

An unprecedented clarity and lucidity welled up from the depths of his Soul. It was as if an Ancient Mirror, buried in dust for a thousand years, was suddenly washed by the purest spring water, wiping away all filth and grime to reflect a world of perfect, transparent clarity both inside and out.

However, this was not the end. After the brief purification, the latent, ferocious energy erupted with a BANG! It was like a volcano, dormant for ten thousand years, exploding in the core of his Sea of Consciousness!

The calm Sea of Consciousness was thrown into monstrous waves. The Power of his Divine Sense, like Profound Iron and Refined Gold thrown into a furnace, began to skyrocket, condense, and transform at a terrifying rate!

Lu Zhao immediately focused his Heart Spirit, sinking his entire consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness and operating the Thousand Threads Technique with all his might.

In the world of his consciousness, the six originally condensed Divine Sense Threads pulsed greedily under the nourishment of the vast Spiritual Soul essence, visibly growing thicker, tougher, and more profound!

Like long-dormant Flood Dragons, they voraciously devoured the power of the Cyan Soul Fruit, each pulse heralding a terrifying growth.

Seven days flew by in a blur of extreme focus and the transformation of his Spiritual Soul.

The dwelling remained silent, with only Lu Zhao on the Jade Bed, his aura condensed to the extreme. An formless yet immense Divine Thought slowly pulsed within the enclosed space.

When the surging Power of his Divine Sense climbed to a certain peak, Lu Zhao clearly "touched" an intangible yet solid barrier—the ultimate limit for Divine Sense in the Qi Cultivation Stage!

Without a shred of hesitation, he fully activated the Thousand Threads Secret Technique! The boiling Power of Divine Sense in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly compressed, forming an intangible yet incomparably sharp cone of spiritual energy. With the force to shatter mountains, it stabbed viciously at the core of the barrier!

TSSSH!

A soft sound like tearing silk, audible only to the Spiritual Soul, suddenly rippled out from the core of his Sea of Consciousness!

The seventh Divine Sense Thread! It formed silently, materializing from the deepest part of his Sea of Consciousness! From the moment it appeared, its brilliance was contained within, and its level of condensation far surpassed the previous ones!

At the same time, his Sea of Consciousness was like a prisoner breaking free from invisible shackles, expanding explosively outward! The "boundary" of his Divine Sense coverage instantly broke past the hundred-zhang mark, finally stabilizing at one hundred and ten zhang!

’One hundred and ten zhang!’ Inexpressible shock and ecstasy surged through Lu Zhao’s Heart Lake! Even though he had been prepared, he was still shaken by this terrifying Enhancement.

’The seventh Divine Silk actually increased my Divine Sense by twenty-five zhang! This range has long since surpassed the limits of an ordinary Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer cultivator! The effects of the Cyan Soul Fruit, combined with this Thousand Threads Technique from the mysterious Puppet Bead, are actually this world-shatteringly astonishing!’

He suppressed his turbulent emotions and carefully perceived the seven Divine Silks flowing within his Sea of Consciousness. With a single thought, he could perceive everything within a hundred-zhang radius.

A thought then began to grow wildly: ’If seven threads are like this... what about eight, or nine...’

As it turned out, his premonition was incredibly accurate.

Another fifteen full days passed.

The eighth Divine Sense Thread finally, after countless impacts and refinements, laboriously condensed and stabilized in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness!

BZZZZZ...

Lu Zhao’s eyes snapped open! A flash of Divine Sense, like a sharp Sword sealed for a thousand years being unsheathed, shot out from the depths of his gaze!

A Power of Divine Sense, far more vast and mighty than when he had condensed the seven Divine Silks, suddenly swept out. His formless Divine Thought scanned every corner of the dwelling—Lu Zhao’s Divine Sense now completely covered a range of one hundred and fifty zhang!

"One hundred and fifty zhang..." His voice was hoarse, filled with irrepressible excitement. "This... This is already the threshold of an Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator!" Lu Zhao knew that many newly advanced Foundation Establishment Cultivators with weaker Divine Sense had a detection range of only about one hundred fifty to one hundred sixty zhang!

’And he, a mere Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer cultivator, had actually stepped into the domain of the Foundation Establishment Stage in terms of Divine Sense, all thanks to a single Tier Two Cyan Soul Fruit and the *Thousand Threads Technique*!’

"The Puppet Bead... the *Thousand Threads Technique*..." Lu Zhao’s slender fingers unconsciously brushed across his glabella, as if he could feel the immense power contained within the eight ceaselessly flowing Divine Silks beneath his skin.

With his Divine Sense cultivation concluded for now, Lu Zhao silently calculated the time.

’Counting the days, that underground Trade Assembly at the Hundred Arts Workshop in Bixia Marketplace... it should be in the next few days.’ A sharp glint flashed in his eyes. At this Trade Assembly, the item he was determined to obtain was the core material needed to craft the "Cyan Wood Giant Ape"—the Cyan Spirit Wood Tree Heart.

Furthermore, Lu Zhao had also decided to sell off the "unclean" Magical Artifacts and miscellaneous items he had accumulated from the Tribulation Cultivators and Qian Yuan as quickly as possible, converting them all into Spirit Stones.

As the thought crossed his mind, he quickly took stock of the "family fortune" in his Storage Bag. After his previous painstaking accumulation, plus the gains from this recent "unexpected windfall," the number of Lower Grade Spirit Stones he had on hand had astonishingly reached seven thousand five hundred!

If he could successfully sell the "miscellaneous items" and "Magical Artifacts" he had, he could earn another fifteen hundred or so Spirit Stones! By then, his total assets would be approaching nine thousand Spirit Stones!

’Nine thousand Spirit Stones...’ An indescribable excitement surged in Lu Zhao’s heart. The goal of ten thousand Spirit Stones seemed to be right before his eyes! At his current rate of accumulation, he would only need about two more years to gather the full ten thousand. And as for his Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer cultivation, as long as he had enough Pills, breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer within three years was by no means an unattainable feat!

’This means that, by age forty-three at the latest, he would be able to save up enough Spirit Stones to get in the queue in the Sect and apply for that long-dreamed-of Foundation Establishment Pill!’

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