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The Qi-Nourishing Jade is indeed a treasure worth fighting over among disciples. Its effects are truly commendable. Even Jiang Ming, a cultivator who has seen the world, finds it to be extremely useful.

This shows how important this item was in the eyes of the disciple.

This was completely different from Jiang Ming's relaxed and carefree demeanor at this moment.

Inside the cave, Su Ming, who had been arrogant and unruly just moments before, was now complaining to his Daoist partner, his eyes filled with fear, clearly still reeling from the shock he had just experienced.

What does it mean to be a disciple of a Golden Core True Monarch?

The entire Wanfa Sect has only five Golden Core cultivators.

Jiang Ming was one of his disciples, whose status was worlds apart from his. Now he had offended Jiang Ming.

Although the other party didn't blame him on the surface, they might be secretly plotting how to make things difficult for him.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Su Ming couldn't sit still anymore, his eyes filled with fear. Looking at his Daoist partner beside him, whose face was full of worry, he no longer had the strong desire he used to have.

With a sigh, he seemed to have thought of a good idea. His eyes lit up slightly as he looked at his Daoist partner, a hint of guilt on his face.

He wanted to speak but hesitated, he wanted to speak but was ashamed...

After a long silence, he finally spoke softly, his eyes darting around, not daring to open them to look at his partner's expression.

"Ahem, Rou'er, please go and apologize to that fellow Daoist on my behalf... Only in this way can we completely overcome this difficulty. I know that this is a great shame for a woman, but now we have no other choice."

If this matter is not handled properly, our future will definitely be difficult. I am also an inner disciple and have a certain status in the sect. It has not been easy for me to get to where I am today.

You have received many kindnesses from me. As the saying goes, we should share both good times and bad. Now that I am facing great difficulties, can you bear to stand idly by and leave me to face this trouble alone?

No matter how nicely you put it, the facts won't change.

You bullied others to show off, and now that you've discovered they're even more powerful than you, you want me to go and apologize and offer myself to them?

Understanding the meaning behind her words, Xie Rou, the female cultivator, felt a sense of helplessness. She remained silent for a while before reluctantly agreeing.

"I will give it a try, but the other party is obviously a worldly person. Will they really be interested in my looks?"

Besides, I'm already your Daoist partner. Won't he be angry with us because of this taboo?

After thinking it over carefully for a moment, Su Ming hesitated for a moment, but after considering it for a while, he still gritted his teeth and gave his judgment.

"Don't worry, no, no one will let meat delivered to their door go. Besides, weren't you someone else's partner before?"

I feel incredibly happy to have snatched you away.

Don't let that serious demeanor fool you, everyone is like that in reality...

……

Nodding thoughtfully, the female cultivator reluctantly went to find Jiang Ming.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ming in the cave had already refined the Qi-Nourishing Jade and reached the eighth level of cultivation.

After all, it is a world without restrictions, where many things are free and unrestrained.

In the orthodox Immortal Pivot, one would need to set up some rituals to become an eighth-order cultivator. Nowadays, almost no preparation is required, as long as one's spiritual power is sufficient.

Cultivators can then break through to new heights at will.

If that's the case, who exactly corrupted the atmosphere of the Immortal Pivot?

Jiang Ming was deep in thought, but he wasn't in a hurry to get an answer.

All the information he currently knows is what others want him to know, and it may not be the truth... If he wants to know the truth, he can only become a Nascent Soul cultivator.

But this is far too troublesome, more troublesome and extremely difficult than any realm Jiang Ming has ever reached before.

The biggest challenge is obtaining the Dao from other Nascent Soul cultivators...

Jiang Ming was already racking his brains over just one destiny, and he had no idea how much time it would take to determine fate and destiny.

Sigh... These are all time-consuming and laborious things.

"Fellow Daoist, I am Su Ming's Daoist partner, and I have come here specifically to apologize..."

Hearing the sounds outside the simple cave, Jiang Ming frowned.

Isn't this back mountain a forbidden area? How did she get in?

A hint of impatience flashed in Jiang Ming's eyes as he stepped out of the cave, his gaze turning cold. "Get lost. I'm cultivating. Who gave you permission to come here to the back of the mountain like this..."

"When I arrived, I met the Primordial True Lord. I told him that I was his Daoist partner, so he let me in."

Lifting her spring dress, Xie Rou revealed a coquettish expression. Upon seeing this, Jiang Ming, without hesitation, waved his hand and shooed her away.

What the hell is wrong with those two idiots' brains?

I'm fighting for this worthless resource so I can break through my cultivation. If that's the case, even if you want to give me benefits or bribe me, shouldn't you give me the resource instead?

What are you doing here? Do you even deserve to come?

Don't delay my breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage...

"Fellow Daoist, please open the door. Rou'er will serve you wholeheartedly..."

"If you dare to make another sound, I'll kill you..."

Upon hearing this, silence fell immediately outside the cave.

In the Wanfa Sect, high-ranking disciples who kill lower-ranking disciples are not actually punished according to the sect rules. This is why so many people are desperate to become inner disciples or even personal disciples.

Everyone hates privilege, yet everyone wants to have it; that's just how things are in this world...

Having dealt with this trouble, Jiang Ming continued to focus on his cultivation. Currently, he is still some distance from the peak of the Qi Absorption Realm, but fortunately, he knows how to refine pills.

Many prescriptions for medicine lingered in his mind.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Jiang Ming took out the alchemy furnace he had prepared in advance from his storage bag. Without the slightest hesitation, he began to refine the spiritual medicine. The clear medicinal liquid in the furnace seemed to lament and yearn, as if weeping and pleading.

Gradually, it was steamed and shaped, and in a short while, several pills of different sizes were refined.

He took it out, examined it carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, Jiang Ming swallowed it directly.

After some evaluation, he was certain that his pills were definitely of superior quality. It seemed that over the years, his alchemy skills had also improved...

After silently reflecting on his feelings, Jiang Ming continued refining the pills...

A month has passed. Inside the cave, Jiang Ming's eyes are sharp and bright. He looks into the distance, his gaze filled with ambition.

Sooner or later, he will completely take control of this world.

To become an existence that no one can control.

However, he still needs to establish his foundation first.

To achieve Foundation Establishment, you need Foundation Establishment Pills and a set of formations to assist in breaking through to the next realm. Foundation Establishment Pills can increase the probability of Foundation Establishment, but the effect varies from person to person.

Those with good talent have a high success rate to begin with, and with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, they are likely to succeed on their first try.

Those with poor talent have a low success rate. Even with the addition of Foundation Establishment Pills, the probability of success is still not high, and it can only increase the probability by 10%. For cultivators, this is definitely not a particularly significant help.

Unfortunately, Foundation Establishment Pills are expensive, and not all cultivators can afford them. Because of this, many cultivators dare not use Foundation Establishment Pills when breaking through, partly because of the high price, and partly because they worry about the poor effect, thus wasting a precious pill.

However, Jiang Ming naturally wouldn't have such concerns right now. He currently has enough spirit stones, and even if he runs out of spirit stones, he can simply ask Yuan Chu Zhenjun for some more.

Right now, he needs to consider preparing an array, and then he needs to buy Foundation Establishment Pills to begin attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage...

Having completed this step, the road ahead should be much easier. After all, with the Wanfa Sect accumulating enough destiny, Jiang Ming only has the favor of the Dao Pavilion left.

At that time, with just a little effort, achieving a breakthrough will not be a problem.

……

Inside the cave, looking at the two Foundation Establishment Pills he had just bought and a brand-new formation, Jiang Ming felt full of confidence.

This level of preparation was almost several times greater than in his previous life.

If you still can't break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, you might as well just kill yourself.

The probability of failure is not high; this time, the advantage is in my hands!

Jiang Ming raised his spiritual power to its peak and struggled to break through the bottleneck. Unlike before, here, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage did not require attracting a heavenly tribulation.

The only problem to solve is that you have to break through the bottleneck of your realm, but that is obviously not an easy task.

At least, Jiang Ming is now feeling unprecedented resistance.

Why is this happening? I am a Golden Core True Monarch. Although I have been downgraded, I still remember the process of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage. This step is clearly not difficult, so why can't I break through the bottleneck? This is not right.

Frowning, Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and tried to swallow a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, after the medicinal power was absorbed, the unstoppable breakthrough he had imagined did not occur. At present, his breakthrough speed was still pitifully slow.

Why is this happening?

……

After a long silence, Jiang Ming resisted the urge to continue consuming Foundation Establishment Pills.

There must be a reason why we can't break through the bottleneck. Right now, we don't lack spiritual energy, and the Spirit Gathering Array can last for at least half a month.

In other words, I still have at least half a month to break through the bottleneck, so there's no need to be too anxious or lose my composure.

……

So where exactly does the problem lie?

After thinking for a while, Jiang Ming suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He remembered a very important point, a piece of information that he had forgotten about.

That is, the process of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage was not so straightforward in ancient times. Everyone encountered different troubles.

The inability to break through this bottleneck is probably a problem unique to me.

After a long silence, Jiang Ming calmed down completely. At the same time, his brain was working frantically, thinking of a strategy to deal with the situation.

It's impossible to speed things up; time won't allow it. Trying to take shortcuts is also unlikely to work, because if you fail in this process, you'll die.

Although Jiang Ming will not truly die here, he will certainly disappoint those Nascent Soul cultivators.

If someone is dissatisfied and decides to replace you, then all your previous efforts will have been wasted.

……

We must not rush; we must solve the problem step by step, steadily and surely.

He took out the remaining spirit stones from his storage bag.

Jiang Ming silently began refining, attempting to forcefully break through the bottleneck with more spiritual power. Time passed little by little, but the bottleneck remained as solid as a rock, unshaken no matter how much Jiang Ming struggled...

That's really troublesome...

What should I do...?

After thinking it over carefully for a while, Jiang Ming still didn't have a good solution, so he could only silently work hard to refine the spirit stones and try to build up his cultivation level.

A hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes. He sat cross-legged on the ground, refining the spirit stone little by little and absorbing spiritual power. A sense of helplessness instantly filled his heart.

He's a little unsure what to do right now.

This breakthrough process was completely different from what he had imagined...

It wasn't all smooth sailing, nor was the goal clearly defined. From beginning to end, he couldn't find a clear direction that could directly help him break through, which was different from the previous methods of cultivating to the Cave Heaven Fruit level.

That cultivation method, although somewhat difficult, at least has a clear direction, and cultivators won't encounter too much confusion. The biggest difficulty is that there aren't enough opportunities for breakthroughs.

However, this ancient method of spiritual practice seems to have even bigger problems.

This breakthrough process involves an element of luck. If you can't break through the bottleneck, then whether you've succeeded or failed is another matter.

Having broken through the bottleneck, what other troubles await? Everything is unknown...

A sense of bewilderment lingered in Jiang Ming's heart, refusing to dissipate for a long time.

Although he wasn't panicked, the feeling of being unable to do anything and only able to wait silently was really uncomfortable. If things continued like this, the chances of breaking through were probably only 50%...

With a wry smile, Jiang Ming realized he hadn't expected that breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage would be such a difficult task.

This is absolutely unbelievable...

With a sigh, Jiang Ming suppressed his distracting thoughts and continued refining the spirit stones, attempting to further enhance the spiritual power within his body. This process was not smooth, taking at least half a month before the bottleneck began to loosen slightly.

After half a month, there's only been a tiny bit of progress. With only a month and a half left, is it really possible to succeed?

……

Filled with intense confusion and helplessness, Jiang Ming continued to try, but the bottleneck remained there, blocking his path forward, showing no sign of being broken through.

Like a stone wall with a cracked surface, it may seem a bit loose, but when you really try to break through it, you'll realize just how tough this bottleneck really is...

Another month passed, and Jiang Ming's mindset shifted slightly. Perhaps it was all fate; the breakthrough was destined to fail...

Silently leaving the now-defunct magic array and setting down his empty storage bag, Jiang Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, deciding to use his last bit of spiritual energy for a final charge.

If you've used up all the spiritual energy in your body and still can't break through the bottleneck, then you've most likely failed this time...

With a do-or-die determination, Jiang Ming continued to push through the bottleneck, but he still couldn't break through it.

On his deathbed, three figures flashed through Jiang Ming's eyes.

Sword Lord, Primordial Saint, and Dao Venerable—these three cunning old foxes have been watching me all along?