Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 120·Lin Le builds foundation
After cleaning up the battlefield, the hydrangea had already recovered two leaves.

Sitting on the small boat, Lin Le internally visualized his supernatural vision, where more than twenty sections of blood-stained lotus root were swaying.

One good thing about fish demons is that they are oviparous, and their reproductive numbers can rival those of insect demons.

With such a large number, quite a few fish demons have become intelligent, and hundreds of Qi Refining Realm minor demons have been born from them.

Therefore, the karmic reward of eliminating a lake of fish demons is no less than that of clearing out a county, and may even be much greater. The karmic reward is truly worlds apart.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't need merit now.

The twenty sections of blood-stained lotus root, along with forty-eight sections of ordinary lotus root, dissipated, and Lin Le felt a surge of heat along his spine.

In the Yellow Court Secret Realm, the crimson gold pillar passes through the twelfth floor and connects with the gourd-shaped finial that represents the foundation of the Dao.

The temple began to emit a faint ray of sunlight.

The lotus seed disappeared, and three years passed in a flash. Lin Le focused on refining his soul.

Upon regaining his senses, drops of nourishing soul dew fell from the lotus leaf within his inner vision, and were then rapidly refined.

Lin Le entered a meditative state in reality, and then "opened" his eyes.

Within a radius of ten feet, various colored gases drift about. One can tell where they are going by listening to their "sound", one can know their nature by smelling them, and one can know their quality by tasting them.

The final touch reveals whether it is warm or cold.

In the Heavenly Gate Secret Realm, electric sparks danced on the square spire representing the foundation of the Dao atop the twelve-story tower.

Lin Le continued his meditation, consuming one-patterned Human Lotus Seed after another. His mind connected with heaven and earth, and his comprehension progressed steadily toward perfection.

The small boat continued upstream, and after a day and a night, Lin Le closed his eyes to meditate.

After consuming forty-nine one-patterned Human Lotus Seeds, the Lightning Strike, the Annihilation Strike, the Rebirth Strike, and the Flame Strike have all reached their full potential.

At this point, he had reached the limit of progress on the path to the Qi Refining Realm.

Therefore, he prepared to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Time passed slowly, and Qingli watched nervously from the side.

As the sun rose over the mountains, the first rays of sunlight fell on Lin Le, and his mind was immediately immersed in the three secret realms.

The first place was the Spirit Platform Secret Realm. Lin Le's mind sank into the Dao Foundation, and then a magnificent creature with a dragon's head and a phoenix's body rushed out of the Dao Foundation and soared straight into the blue sky.

Breaking through the so-called cosmic illusion, Lin Le saw a shooting star hovering in the sky.

With a swift swallow, the meteorite entered its belly, and then the dragon plunged downwards.

boom!
With a deafening roar, the dragon sparrow crashed into the Dao Foundation, its momentum causing the Dao Foundation to shatter twelve layers and smash into the source of the secret realm.

The twelve spiritual platforms collapsed, but were subsequently rebuilt in a bloody fire, with a blood-red pillar rising from the ground, connecting heaven and earth.

Spiritual Platform, Foundation Establishment Realm, accomplished!

Next is the Yellow Court Secret Realm.

As the gourd-shaped pagoda spewed forth its spire, a crimson dragon soared straight into the sky, seized the Yellow Court Star, and swooped down to earth.

The twelve-story building collapsed, but the twelve-section, thirty-six-zhang-high central pillar quickly rose and collided, connecting heaven and earth.

After the heaven and earth joined together, the distinct sections of the great pillar gradually became rounded, making the upper and lower parts a unified whole, with a fiery red dragon pattern coiled around it.

Yellow Court, Foundation Building Realm, Completed!

Finally, there is the Heavenly Gate Secret Realm.

Inside the obelisk, Lin Le leaped up in his own form and grabbed the meteor in his hand.

Landing on the obelisk, Lin Le exerted a little force with his feet, and the obelisk broke through twelve layers and crashed into the secret realm.

Amidst the rumbling thunder, the bronze pillar reached from heaven to earth, with lightning and sparks occasionally rolling down from it, polishing the pillar to an even more golden sheen.

Heavenly Gate, Foundation Establishment Realm, Achieved!

Lin Le opened his eyes and stood up.

With a single step forward, wind and fire gathered beneath his feet, forming a fiery wheel. As the wheel spun, Lin Le soared into the sky in the blink of an eye.

The ability to summon wind and fire is the talent he gained from picking stars in the Spirit Platform Secret Realm; it allows him to control wind and fire.

But this is merely a byproduct of fate, because what truly determines fate is one's physical constitution.

The Dragon Sparrow Martial Body is a spiritual-level physique formed by integrating thirteen types of innate bone structures he had changed later in life.

Lin Le stopped high in the air, grabbed with his hand, and flames rose up like a dragon.

The Fire Dragon Embroidered Robe, a talent he obtained from the Yellow Court Secret Realm, enhanced his fire control ability and greatly increased the power of his fire-based spells.

Similarly, this is merely an incidental occurrence in the course of creation.

After the transformation, the twelve Yang spiritual roots returned to their innate state, becoming the Crimson Yang spiritual roots and a spiritual-level physique.

Finally, there was the harvest from Tianmen.

The gains from this secret realm were not as obvious as those from the Yellow Court and the Spirit Platform. Lin Le introspectively looked at the golden pillar at the Heavenly Gate, because the creation here added a trace of gold to his soul.

Gold is immortal, and the wonders of this place may only be fully revealed when he undergoes his tribulation.

As she floated ashore on the boat, Qingli stepped forward and said, "Congratulations on entering the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"It's only halfway there," Lin Le shook his head slightly. "We haven't even broken through the first barrier yet."

"Wasn't this something that was bound to happen sooner or later for you?" Qingli said with a smile, then sighed with some sadness, "But from now on, you shouldn't need my protection anymore."

"Then let's rely on and support each other." Lin Le reached out his hand.

Qingli looked at Lin Le's hand and, without much hesitation, reached out and grasped it: "But I'm afraid it will be difficult, your progress is too fast."

“I can help you,” Lin Le said, looking into Qing Li’s eyes.

"Do you want me to never leave you for the rest of my life?" Qingli blinked and asked.

"Do you think I would let you leave now that things have come to this?" Lin Le pulled Qing Li, and she fell into his arms.

"It seems unlikely," Qingli said, feigning distress. "Your cultivation speed is constantly increasing, your spiritual roots are continuously improving, and your secret technique of devouring souls and refining spirits—any one of these could be a huge secret."

"You know a lot," Lin Le raised an eyebrow. "Then there's even less chance I'll let you go."

"Hehe, I won't." Qingli suddenly laughed, then transformed into a tiny dragon-snake and slipped away from Lin Le's arms. "You try catching me first!"

With that, he dived into the water.

"Where do you think you're going!" Lin Le laughed and jumped into the water as well.

Then two figures were seen darting out of the water and then suddenly diving back into the water.

At the stern of the small boat, the neglected Bai Piao holds a paintbrush and paints, and a scene of dragons and snakes playing with a boy gracefully leaps onto the paper.

After they got tired of playing, the two of them snuggled up at the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery along the river.

Suddenly, a snowflake slowly drifted down, and Lin Le reached out his finger to catch it.

It's winter.

"Speaking of which, Ah Li, do you still need to hibernate?" Lin Le suddenly asked curiously.

"Then you don't need to use it." Qingli hugged Lin Le tightly. After upgrading to a spirit body, Lin Le's body temperature seemed to be a little higher. "It's just that his energy level is usually a little lower."

"I see." Lin Le nodded slightly, then looked at the county town that had come into view at the end of the horizon.

We're almost at Chunshun County.

Meanwhile, in Chunshun County, Yan Xuandong coldly looked at the kneeling man opposite him: "Han Laoba, no one in the portrait has come looking for you these days!"

Han Laoba, the local tomb raider, kowtowed and said, "It's really not true, Lord Yan. Not to mention him, not even an outsider has come to me!"

Yan Xuandong stared coldly at Han Laoba, then said, "Men, take him away! The rest of you, place the entire city on martial law!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)