Chapter 161: Passing the Three Barriers, Advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm

A few days later.

In the dead of night, at Xianxia Peak, in a quiet room.

This quiet room was also the place where Zhou Sui went into seclusion to cultivate.

After spending a few days of intimacy with Leng Yuexi, his longing had been thoroughly eased.

That night, he suddenly gained inspiration, sensing that his Divine Sense, True Essence, and blood-Qi had formed a resonance, seemingly reaching a perfect balance.

Thus, at this moment, he knew that his opportunity for Foundation Establishment had finally arrived.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately headed to the quiet room to begin Foundation Establishment.

Rumble—

Zhou Sui sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating the Gu God Scripture, and with his body as the center, a massive vortex of Spirit Qi formed.

Countless amounts of heaven and earth Spirit Qi surged into his body.

It must be said, this was truly worthy of being a Third-tier Spirit Vein.

In terms of Spirit Qi concentration, it exceeded a Second-tier Spirit Vein by more than ten times.

This was the place with the most concentrated Spirit Qi he had ever seen; no wonder even a Golden Core True Person would seek out a Third-tier Spirit Vein for cultivation.

Cultivating in such a place with dense Spirit Qi, he also sensed that his cultivation was proceeding incomparably smoothly.

The efficiency was extremely high.

"I will definitely succeed in this Foundation Establishment."

Zhou Sui felt unprecedented confidence; even though he had a Fine Foundation Establishment Pill on him, he did not intend to consume it, wanting instead to establish his foundation autonomously and nurture a perfect Dao foundation.

The first barrier of Foundation Establishment is the Blood-Qi Barrier.

When a Cultivator at Qi Refining Perfection attempts Foundation Establishment, vast amounts of heaven and earth Spirit Qi surge over like a waterfall, continuously pouring into their body and scouring the blood-Qi within.

If one is old and frail, or has physical defects, the body will be unable to withstand the scouring of the heaven and earth Spirit Qi, causing the blood-Qi throughout the body to reverse, leading to death by rupture.

But Zhou Sui was different.

After being tempered by the Dragon Elephant Gu, his physical body had already successfully completed Foundation Establishment, comparable to a Foundation Establishment Body Cultivator.

If even his body could not withstand the Blood-Qi Barrier, then no one could.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, the massive heaven and earth Spirit Qi surged into his body, and no matter how these heaven and earth Spirit Qi scoured his body, he remained completely motionless.

His body even seemed to have an ancient divine dragon and divine elephant lying dormant within, greedily devouring every wisp of heaven and earth Spirit Qi.

His body was like a black hole, easily devouring and refining this Spirit Qi.

It then transformed into pure energy, directly pouring into his Dantian Qi Sea.

"Next is the Mana Barrier."

A glint of light appeared in Zhou Sui's eyes; he felt that the True Essence within his Dantian Qi Sea had reached the realm of perfection.

Regarding this barrier, he was likewise incomparably confident.

Because he cultivated the supreme technique, the Gu God Scripture, an immortal scripture pointing directly to the Dao, infinitely profound and unfathomable.

He had now refined a total of eight Gu Insects.

Each Gu Insect was equivalent to his Dantian Qi Sea.

This meant that the True Essence power within his body was at least nine times that of a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Cultivator of the same rank.

One could imagine just how thick the True Essence within his body was now.

Rumble—

At this moment, as Zhou Sui circulated the Gu God Scripture, the massive heaven and earth Spirit Qi surged into his Dantian Qi Sea, and under the pressure of the external Spirit Qi, the True Essence within his body began to undergo a transformation.

It transformed from True Essence into Mana.

Wisps of dark golden mist suddenly appeared within the Dantian Qi Sea.

As time passed, the depths of the Dantian were filled with endless dark golden mist, as if the Dantian had turned into a world of mist, forming clusters of dark golden clouds.

"Right, this is the moment, the third barrier, the Divine Sense Barrier."

With a thought, Zhou Sui immediately mobilized his Divine Sense power.

To be honest, this barrier was the simplest for him.

Other Qi Refining Cultivators still needed to let their Spiritual Sense transform into Divine Sense, but the Spiritual Sense within his body had long since transformed into a Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, and it was even Divine Sense power comparable to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Therefore, he had long since easily stepped past this barrier.

Whoosh—

Suddenly, under the control of Zhou Sui's Divine Sense power, a formless force of Divine Sense permeated into the Dantian Qi Sea, exerting invisible pressure on these dark golden mists.

Stimulated, these dark golden mists began to compress, compress, and continuously compress.

He did not know how much time had passed, but from the depths of the Dantian Qi Sea, there seemed to come the sound of dripping water.

Under Zhou Sui's Divine Sense perception, the True Essence within his Dantian had undergone a complete transformation; drops of dark golden Mana liquid condensed and fell from the clouds and mist.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

The speed of condensing Mana liquid became faster and faster, and in the end, a full twenty drops of dark golden liquid had condensed; the heaven and earth Spirit Qi outside could no longer be absorbed, and only then did it stop.

These twenty drops of dark golden Mana liquid lay quietly in the Dantian Qi Sea; at this moment, the Dantian within his body seemed to have truly turned into a dark golden ocean, containing infinite energy.

Moreover, this was merely his own Dantian Qi Sea containing twenty drops of Mana liquid.

In fact, every Gu Insect on his body contained twenty drops of Mana liquid within it.

Adding them all up, that was one hundred and eighty drops of Mana liquid.

From the very beginning, his Mana capacity was nine times that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the same rank.

But this was merely the beginning, not the end.

"Change the tendons and wash the marrow!"

Zhou Sui circulated the Gu God Scripture, and immediately the liquid Dharma Power deep within his Dantian Qi Sea began to stir, flowing through his meridians and blood vessels, circulating through every corner of his body again and again to form a complete cycle.

Without a doubt, this was the marrow-cleansing and tendon-changing of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

This was also the greatest benefit gained by a Qi Practitioner upon advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the true profound meaning of Foundation Establishment.

Once liquid Dharma Power is formed, Cultivators can mobilize it to cleanse their marrow and change their tendons.

In this way, their bodies begin to shed their mortal coil, evolving in the direction of an Immortal Body.

A single instance of marrow-cleansing and tendon-changing can cause earth-shaking changes to the body, granting two hundred and fifty years of Longevity.

It can be said that only in this way can one truly be considered to have stepped through the gates of immortality, possessing a lifespan far exceeding that of ordinary people.

They also master extraordinary power.

"Fantastic."

Zhou Sui felt very excited.

Without a doubt, he had gained more benefits than an ordinary Qi Practitioner.

When an ordinary Cultivator has just advanced to Foundation Establishment, they only obtain twenty drops of liquid Dharma Power.

But as for him, he obtained one hundred and eighty drops of liquid Dharma Power from the very beginning.

One can imagine just how great a benefit his body could obtain.

Whoosh, whoosh~~

As the Dharma Power within his body circulated continuously, he sensed that his bones, skin, flesh, meridians, internal organs, and even every single cell were being strengthened at a geometric rate.

Vast Spirit Qi from heaven and earth washed down, causing his body to improve at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One cycle, ten cycles, twenty cycles, fifty cycles............

This time, he circulated it for a full one hundred and eighty cycles before finally concluding this marrow-cleansing and tendon-changing.

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