Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Lin Zhao sat cross-legged in the center of the room, placing the Foundation Establishment spiritual items he had exchanged nearby according to specific directions.

He began to close his eyes, concentrate, and adjust his breathing to achieve a state of perfect physical and mental well-being.

Three days later, the foundation building officially began.

He stopped suppressing his energy and began frantically absorbing the dense spiritual energy in the room, as well as the power of the Foundation Establishment artifact.

A massive amount of spiritual energy gathers in the dantian, transforming from the previous liquid spiritual energy into liquid mana.

This process lasted for ten days, during which the liquid spiritual energy expanded several times over, resembling a small lake of spiritual energy.

The time has come.

Lin Zhao took out a Foundation Establishment Pill the size of a longan, with naturally formed cinnabar patterns and an enticing fragrance, and put it into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a warm and powerful force with a strange energy that surged into the dantian, colliding violently with the liquid spiritual energy lake! Then, it ignited spiritual power.

Step 1: Purification of Mana. When ordinary cultivators take Foundation Establishment Pills, their mana is first ignited, expelling any toxins and impurities from the pills. However, Lin Zhao's mana after his reconstruction relied entirely on natural cultivation using spiritual energy, without the use of pills, making it incredibly pure. Therefore, the medicinal power of this Foundation Establishment was almost completely unaffected.

Step Two: Divine Sense Control. The ignited spiritual power requires a powerful divine sense to guide it. Lin Zhao's formidable divine sense, which had already broken through the divine barrier, now displayed terrifying control. With a slight thought, he firmly bound the restless and massive spiritual power and began to circulate and harmonize his essence, energy, and spirit.

The third step: Qi and blood resonance, spiritual awakening. For ordinary cultivators, the fragile physical body is the first hurdle to strengthen during Foundation Establishment. But for a prodigy like Lin Zhao with a solid foundation, his physical strength is sufficient...

This is the crucial moment! The ignited magic power flowed through every corner of his body, resonating with the nascent Five Sacred Mountains spirit body within him.

As the magical power flowed through, a deep, rumbling sound seemed to emanate from the internal organs, and finally all the power flowed back to the dantian.

The final crucial step: laying the foundation!

Lin Zhao abandoned all distracting thoughts, using his divine sense as a guide, his magical power as a foundation, and his vital energy and blood as materials, to begin harmonizing the three elements of essence, energy, and spirit.

The liquid spiritual energy in the center of the dantian began to rotate and condense violently.

Using Five Elements Foundation Building Spiritual Objects as the core energy source and Foundation Building Pills as an auxiliary method...

A majestic, ancient, and seemingly tangible platform began to be constructed.

As time passed, the platform became clearer and clearer, and the details became richer and richer.

Finally, when the last line of the pattern was completed—

hum!

A clear, resonant sound, seemingly emanating from the very source of life, rang out, audible only to Lin Zhao himself.

Above the dantian and dantian, a solid foundation resembling a lotus platform, carved from jade, was formed!

Upon the foundation of the Dao, there are faint mountain patterns, with the five elements' radiance flowing within.

This is precisely the mark of a superior Dao Foundation—it can be modified into a form that better suits the cultivator's needs, far surpassing the illusory inferior Dao Foundation and the ordinary mid-grade Dao Foundation.

The moment the foundation of the Tao is established, it resonates with the entire body.

A powerful yet gentle force emanated from his Dao Foundation, sweeping through every cell of Lin Zhao's body.

His life form began a fundamental leap!

At the same time, the nascent spiritual bodies of the Five Sacred Mountains, which had already resonated to the extreme, finally took full shape under the nourishment of this power! The internal organs seemed to transform into five miniature majestic mountains.

With a slight thought, Lin Zhao's spirit body began to operate spontaneously. It could not only easily control the earth elemental spiritual power, but also, because the Five Sacred Mountains guarded the five directions, it subtly drew in the spiritual power of the other four elements, forming a preliminary small five-element cycle! Although it was not as good as a true five-elemental spirit body, it was far superior to an ordinary spirit body.

The entire process of sublimation and spiritual formation lasted another ten days.

During this period, the Foundation Building Pill provides a continuous source of energy support and protection, ensuring that the life leap is foolproof.

Lin Zhao slowly opened her eyes.

The world is different now.

The divine sense swept out, its range and clarity increasing several times over, comparable to the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, just a hair's breadth away from reaching the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

The array patterns and the flow of spiritual energy in the room were clearly visible.

The quality and total amount of magical power within the body are incomparable to those in the Qi Refining stage.

Upon sensing his lifespan, his vitality surged like a tidal wave, far exceeding the four Jiazi of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, reaching approximately two hundred and eighty years, not far from the theoretical limit of three hundred years for the Foundation Establishment stage!

A slight popping sound was produced when the fist was clenched gently.

With another thought, his internal organs faintly glowed, and a flash of earthy-yellow spiritual light appeared around his body, naturally revealing a force field that could draw in the surrounding spiritual energy of the five elements.

"It's done." Beneath the calm voice lay an indescribable surge of excitement.

The moment his aura completely stabilized, the array power of the third-tier spirit tree dissipated.

The spiritual energy accumulated in the quiet room could no longer be suppressed, soaring into the sky and forming a cloud of spiritual energy above the courtyard, which lingered for a long time.

At the same time, a spiritual pressure belonging to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, accompanied by a vigorous life force, slowly spread out.

"After eighteen years of arduous cultivation, today... I have finally achieved Foundation Establishment." A long, suppressed laugh echoed from the secret chamber.

Lin Zhao began cultivating Qi at the age of ten, reached the fourth level of Qi Refining at fifteen, the fifth level at the end of his sixteenth year, and participated in demon hunting at the sixth level at eighteen. At nineteen, he created the Heavenly Sword Dao and broke through to the seventh level. At twenty, he reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. At twenty-two, he came to Tianyun Market and reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. At twenty-three, he entered the sect and underwent five years of training. Finally, at the age of twenty-eight, he successfully established his foundation!

Looking back on this journey, from drawing talismans in the market, hunting demons in the wilderness, creating swordsmanship, competing in secret realms, seeking enlightenment and cultivating diligently, and joining forces to slay demons... every little thing has become an aid to the current high-grade Dao foundation.

He then secluded himself for several more days to thoroughly familiarize himself with the surging power and comprehend the various mysteries of Foundation Establishment.

After the Five Sacred Mountains' spiritual bodies were fully formed, a natural innate spell was born—the Five Sacred Mountains Teleportation Technique.

As long as you keep your feet on the ground and have a thought, you can instantly teleport five miles away by borrowing the power of the earth.

If the Five Sacred Mountains are used to draw upon the spiritual energy of the Five Elements, long-distance teleportation of up to ten miles can be achieved.

The superior-grade Azure Lotus Dao Foundation also grants an innate spell—Azure Lotus Power. This is a special energy that can enhance one's own spells or magical artifacts, increasing their power.

He combined the two, using the spiritual energy of the Five Sacred Mountains to draw upon the Five Elements, further enhanced by the power of the Azure Lotus. He could teleport up to a distance of twenty miles.

This distance is far beyond the range of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense.

Even the divine sense of an ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivator might not be able to detect him.

Moreover, this kind of teleportation is based on the Five Elements and the Five Sacred Mountains, making it difficult to resist with ordinary confinement formations or sealing spells.

"The more life-saving innate abilities, the better." Lin Zhao was extremely satisfied with this.

Thus, his foundation-building process lasted one month.

It takes an ordinary cultivator one hundred days to establish their foundation.

If Lin Zhao hadn't been working on forging a superior Dao foundation and spiritual body,

With his foundation and preparation, he could complete the foundation building in just a few days.

I pushed open the door and sunlight streamed in.

Lin Zhao took a deep breath of the fresh air outside, her eyes more serene than ever before.

Foundation building is just the beginning. He still has a long way to go before he becomes an immortal.