[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-141":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Qinghe Immortal Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1927396,2615,"Chapter 141: Passing the Three Trials","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-141",141,"\u003Cp>The day Song Qingming underwent Foundation Establishment, he also experienced a series of perilous situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very beginning, he followed the Foundation Establishment steps he knew, first using the Marrow-Cleansing Pill in his hand to temper his physical body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this step was somewhat painful, the overall process went smoothly. The ten-plus days of tempering bones and refining marrow were difficult to endure, but having cultivated the Dao for many years, Song Qingming had already experienced this level of physical pain several times before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiritual elixir like the Marrow-Cleansing Pill only has the best tempering effect on a cultivator's body the first time it is consumed; taking it again later is essentially useless. Most cultivators will only ever take one such elixir in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tempering his body, Song Qingming did not delay. Once he had adjusted his spiritual power to its optimal state, he began the first formal step of Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a cultivator, the first step of Foundation Establishment is to use the spiritual power within the body to cleanse the marrow and transform the sinews through the meridians. While this is similar in function to refining a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, the process and results are not the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Marrow-Cleansing Pill only uses the power of the elixir to help the cultivator temper their own bone marrow, achieving the effect of increasing the cultivator's physical strength from within. However, the Foundation Establishment step of cleansing marrow and transforming sinews requires the cultivator to permeate all their spiritual power into the tiny meridians and blood vessels throughout their limbs and skeleton. Not only the bone marrow, but every inch of flesh in the cultivator's body will undergo a thorough cleansing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after passing this step will a cultivator's body undergo a qualitative leap, reaching the physical level possessed only by Foundation Establishment cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Xu Ziyan had warned him beforehand that cleansing the marrow and transforming the sinews would be very uncomfortable, Song Qingming had not expected the process to be this painful, as if he were undergoing a long period of torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of cleansing the marrow and transforming the sinews was not only extremely painful but also extremely slow, taking at least half a month to complete. Every inch of flesh permeated by spiritual power felt as if it were being scraped to the bone and devoured. Before long, Song Qingming was involuntarily breaking out in beads of sweat the size of beans due to the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the world of immortal cultivation, at least sixty percent of cultivators who fail to break through to Foundation Establishment fall at this first step. This trial is not only extremely difficult but also very dangerous; a moment of carelessness can easily damage one's physical body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, Song Qingming, who had only just cleansed less than a quarter of his body, felt he could no longer hold on. He immediately consumed the Foundation Establishment Pill he had prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the elixir entered his body, its medicinal power took effect quickly. In an instant, Song Qingming felt a trace of warmth spread from his dantian, which immediately eased his pain slightly. The vast spiritual power contained within the Foundation Establishment Pill also helped him accelerate the speed of his body's cleansing. It was not until more than ten days later, when his body was slowly covered in a layer of excess substances refined from his flesh, that this step of cleansing the marrow and transforming the sinews finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Song Qingming had previously taken a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, which had already strengthened his physical body, and with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill to give him a push, he passed the first trial of Foundation Establishment without any major mishaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he reached the second trial—the step of condensing Qi—he was not so lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Condensing Qi means gathering all the spiritual power within a cultivator's body into the dantian and, through constant contraction, condensing the spiritual power from its original gaseous state into a liquid state. Once a cultivator passes this step, they have essentially placed half a foot into the Foundation Establishment realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on his own summaries and the experience imparted by Xu Ziyan, Song Qingming tried several times in succession but failed. It was not until the medicinal power of the first Foundation Establishment Pill was completely exhausted that he had only just touched upon the method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Song Qingming had already passed the most difficult first step of cleansing the marrow and transforming the sinews. Although the Qi-condensing trial was also prone to failure, with the protection of the Foundation Establishment Pill, it generally would not damage the cultivator's own dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having experienced one failure, Song Qingming was not discouraged. After re-polishing his spiritual power, and relying on the faint feeling he had grasped, he decisively consumed the second Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With some experience, Song Qingming did not disappoint himself this time. He successfully completed the second trial, successfully condensing the vast spiritual power in his dantian into a liquefied state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the third trial of Foundation Establishment—tempering the soul—it went surprisingly smoothly, exceeding Song Qingming's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This trial mainly focuses on strengthening the soul within the cultivator. Perhaps because Song Qingming had practiced the Soul-Tempering Art, his soul was already relatively strong. Although Song Qingming spent a considerable amount of time tempering his soul during this trial, he did not encounter any major bottlenecks and smoothly elevated his soul to the Foundation Establishment realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected that practicing a soul-cultivation technique would be of some help to Foundation Establishment; this was somewhat beyond Song Qingming's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although practicing soul-cultivation techniques is not easy, it is useful for Foundation Establishment after all. Song Qingming was a bit puzzled, \"Why are there still so few people in the immortal cultivation world who practice soul-cultivation techniques?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after he came out of seclusion and had a conversation with Xu Ziyan, he quickly understood. The most difficult parts of Foundation Establishment for a cultivator are the first two trials; very few people fall at the third trial during Foundation Establishment. Generally, for Qi Refining cultivators, spending too much time practicing soul-cultivation techniques is really not as good as putting that energy into gathering resources for Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly a year, Song Qingming, through stumbling and fumbling, finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment without any major mishaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been three years since he left home and arrived at the Profound Heaven Sect. Now that he had successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming was naturally very eager to share this good news with the Song family members thousands of miles away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging insights on Foundation Establishment with Xu Ziyan for a few days, Song Qingming prepared to leave the Profound Heaven Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bidding farewell to Xu Ziyan, Song Qingming returned to his cave dwelling in Yangshan Market. After packing his things and returning the rented cave dwelling, Song Qingming immediately set off to return to Qinghe County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When leaving the Profound Heaven Sect, Xu Ziyan unexpectedly made a request to Song Qingming, asking him to bring her another Soul-Returning Pill next time he came, saying it was a gift for a close friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming happened to have two left on him, so he simply gave them both to her. Anyway, this item was of no use to him, and he had intended to give it away. He did not expect that this time, upon seeing Song Qingming take out the Soul-Returning Pill, Xu Ziyan would be so happy, which left Song Qingming a bit confused—he could not tell whether she actually liked the item or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing Song Qingming learned after Foundation Establishment was the art of sword flight. The journey from the Profound Heaven Sect to Qinghe County was several thousand miles, which was just right for him to put it to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these years at the Profound Heaven Sect, Song Qingming had experienced flying through the air with Xu Ziyan several times, and he had always longed for this supernatural ability that only high-level cultivators could use. Now that he had finally fulfilled this wish, he could roam the world between heaven and earth on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>",1382,"2026-06-14T03:09:34.521Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b0443b84a3ae50fcd0d7947c7ebb4bd68681481619fceaec9c3edc465fc03338","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-142","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-140",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]