Chapter 66

As for why it is called "Hundred Days of Foundation Establishment"...

A talented cultivator can break through Foundation Establishment in a hundred days.

This time, Keqing didn't need Jiang Yan to introduce it; Ningguang explained the power of Refining Essence into Qi to her.

Keqing was naturally quite shocked.

Furthermore, after the appearance of True Essence, Keqing's Qingshuang Sword was now incredibly active.

Keqing knew too well how strong she was now.

As she was now, she could knock down her former self with her bare hands, and it wouldn't even take long.

And with the help of the Qingshuang Sword.

Keqing felt she could arm-wrestle with the former Adepti, and even defeat them.

49. Zhongli is really going to undergo the Tribulation!

"It seems that the earlier one wakes up, the lower their strength."

Ningguang looked at Zhongli and the others who were still closing their eyes and shook her head helplessly.

For the first time, she felt an incomparable desire for strength improvement.

"Our Visions..."

Keqing exclaimed, reminding Ningguang, who looked down and saw that her Vision was now completely dim and lusterless.

It looked as if it had never been activated.

Frowning slightly, she subconsciously condensed jade.

A more brilliant and magnificent piece of jade appeared, and its quality was incredibly high.

Ningguang was stunned for a moment, then thought about condensing a shield.

In the blink of an eye, golden light flashed on her body.

"True Essence is a power that is almost as one wishes; you can basically use it in any way you can think of, but if you haven't studied it in detail, the power won't be high."

"This is also the line of thought for geniuses to create techniques, and it is also why I said that cultivators can create martial arts techniques at will."

"However, if you want to use True Essence better, it is best to have a sound system of techniques."

Jiang Yan explained softly and added:

"As for your Visions, they are essentially external objects for storing spiritual energy; now that you don't need Visions to store it, the spiritual energy within them has been absorbed."

"So they are useless."

Keqing was stunned for a moment and said pleasantly:

"That is to say, we don't need to use Visions in the future?"

"With your own True Essence power, why borrow external objects? And the quality is so low."

Jiang Yan asked back; Keqing was silent for a moment, then pulled off her Vision and put it away.

Ningguang did the same.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan smiled with satisfaction.

Visions are essentially not good things.

If you can avoid using them, it is best not to.

As for the storage space of the Vision, that is even more of a joke.

Jiang Yan could casually create a Sumeru Mustard Seed space that is countless times larger than a Vision's space.

Not long after, Lishui, Ganyu, and the others woke up one after another.

The originally quiet main hall began to become noisy.

Ningguang represented Jiang Yan in explaining everything to everyone.

Hearing that they had gained a lot of lifespan, Liuyun and the others didn't care much.

They were long-lived species to begin with.

What they really cared about was the endless path of immortal cultivation and the broader future.

And...

From now on, there would be no more worries about erosion!

Ganyu happily touched her own horns, and her gaze toward Jiang Yan became even gentler.

"Only after truly coming into contact with immortal cultivation did I realize what kind of frogs in a well we were."

Liuyun sighed, True Essence condensed in her hand; that high-quality power made her feel like she could crush her former self with a flick of her fingers.

No wonder Jiang Yan looked down on their immortal cultivation.

With this kind of immortal cultivation, who would still cultivate fake immortality!

"Unfortunately, I only reached the late stage of Refining Essence into Qi..."

Liuyun became even more depressed.

Ningguang, who was beside her, teased:

"True Monarch Liuyun, that is already extremely good; we are only at the early stage of Refining Essence into Qi, and besides, in Shushan, we will definitely break through quickly."

Liuyun rarely did not refute Ningguang, but instead nodded in approval.

"Indeed, I have confidence! I will definitely become a Refining Qi into Spirit cultivator quickly!"

To be honest, Liuyun was doing well.

Liuyun, Lishui, and Xiao Yue—these three-eyed and five-manifested Adepti—at least had the cultivation of the late stage of Refining Essence into Qi.

The other lesser-known Adepti only had the cultivation of the mid-stage of Refining Essence into Qi.

However, they were at least Adepti who fought in the main battles back then.

It was reasonable.

"There are two things I need to remind everyone of."

Jiang Yan suddenly spoke:

"True Essence has infinite marvelous uses; I support everyone in creating their own techniques, but you must combine them with many classics, otherwise there is a risk of going into demonic deviation."

"Secondly, the *Circulation of the Heavenly Cycle* passed on is ultimately a Shushan technique; it is absolutely forbidden to pass it on to people outside of Shushan, otherwise, even to the ends of the earth, Shushan will hunt you down to the end."

"Everyone, keep this in mind."

Everyone's expressions became solemn, and they nodded:

"We will keep the Sect Master's instructions in mind."

Immediately, Ningguang smiled:

"However, the Sect Master is overthinking it; we can't even understand the *Circulation of the Heavenly Cycle* ourselves, so how could we pass it on?"

Jiang Yan laughed dumbly and turned to look at the remaining two people.

Xiao and Zhongli.

Currently, they were the only ones who hadn't woken up.

Just as he thought of this, Xiao slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at his palm and clenched his fist.

The usually cold-faced Yaksha now had a smile from the bottom of his heart.

"Strong! Incomparably strong!"

"The erosion is gone, and the karmic debt will not be reborn!"

"As I am now, I should be able to fight against ordinary Archons!"

"Is this immortal cultivation? Truly extraordinary! Is this power True Essence? Endless, infinite!"

"Is the surrounding energy spiritual energy? So the elemental energy we used to manipulate was just such an insignificant part of spiritual energy."

"It's truly an eye-opener."

Being able to make the taciturn Xiao say so much at once showed how excited he was.

"How does it feel?"

Jiang Yan asked with a smile.

Xiao bowed and said seriously:

"Thank you, Sect Master, for passing on the technique; the disciple feels better than ever! I can fight for Liyue and Shushan for another few thousand years!"

Jiang Yan nodded slightly and said softly:

"You are now at the peak of Refining Essence into Qi; with the quality of True Essence, you can indeed fight against ordinary Archons, if you truly master the spells."

"If you truly bring into play your advantages as a cultivator, suppressing Archons will be easy."