Chapter 293: Chapter 229: Thirty Years of Foundation
Establishment, Advancement to Core Formation Stage 3
Meanwhile, Zhou Sui was living a shameless and tranquil dual cultivation lifestyle with his wives and concubines within the Immortal Mist Peak.
As his cultivation level increased, his reciprocation to the three women – Ji Bingyu, Xia Jingyan, and Mu Ziyi also increased considerably.
During the Qi Cultivation Stage, they were of great assistance to Zhou Sui.
But after advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Zhou Sui was the one who helped Ji Bingyu and the other companions improve their cultivation levels. He could even enhance their Spiritual Root Aptitude, albeit at a slower pace.
Their cultivation wasn’t simply improved to the middle phase of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but it also made significant progress.
Of course, the most significant improvement was by Leng Yuexi.
After once more dual cultivating, Leng Yuexi also finally made a breakthrough and advanced to the middle phase of Golden Core formation.
For Golden Core cultivators, this can be considered an enormos breakthrough.
After all, ordinary Golden Core cultivators might be stuck at this bottleneck for hundreds, even two hundred years.
However, for Leng Yuexi, it was a mere decade or two of cultivation, yet she managed to advance to the middle phase of Golden Core formation.
This could be considered a rapid progression.
If she continues her cultivation this way, maybe even before she reaches two hundred years old, she could advance to the late phase of Golden Core formation.
As for Lin Yazhu and Shen Biqian, they were continuing their refinement at the late Golden Core stage.
Meanwhile, Zhou Sui’s cultivation level was also steadily improving.
Especially after the advancement of his companions’ cultivation, the effect of each dual cultivation session was extremely significant.
This allowed the mana within his body to solidify at an accelerating pace.
“Not bad, not bad at all.”
“Generally speaking, for an ordinary cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment, it’s extremely difficult to increase the viscosity of the mana in their Dantian Qi Sea to the point of solidification.”
“This is the most critical and difficult step.”
“Unless they take a Core Formation Spiritual Medicine with the accompaniment of a Core Formation Spiritual Medicine, it is possible to cross this step.”
“But I don’t need to do this, I’ve already passed the most critical step.”
“Now, it depends on to what extent the mana within my body can solidify.”
Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes, inspecting his Dantian Qi Sea through inner sight.
He could sense that there were a thousand drops of mana liquid within his Dantian QI Sea.
The peak Foundation Establishment cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Root only possessed three hundred and sixty drops of mana liquid, and that already signified a state of perfection.
But he had a full thousand drops of mana.
This was enough to validate his profound foundation, which was simply beyond imagination.
Of course, this meant that the Golden Core he condenses would naturally be even stronger.
At this moment, two-tenths of the liquid mana within his body had solidified.
From afar, these collections of mana looked like a large, dark golden pill.
It was just in a liquid state.
Even if he wished to, he could commence the Core Formation process immediately.
However, he wasn’t that foolish.
For something like Core Formation, it’s better to let it occur naturally.
After the mana is solidified to its limit, then starting Core Formation, the probability of success would be higher.
“Another few years, and I should be able to attempt Core Formation.”
Zhou Sui was in a cheerful mood.
Four years later.
That is, when Zhou Sui was fifty-four years old, and thirty years since he began Foundation Establishment.
At this moment, he was blessed and sensed that the time for his Core Formation had arrived.
So, after giving instructions to his companions, he entered his cave residence and started his closed-door Core Formation.
With the Seventh-Order formation and his companions guarding the surroundings, he wasn’t worried about anyone disturbing his Core Formation.
“The mana within my Dantian Qi Sea is now 99% solid.”
Zhou Sui sat cross-legged on the ground, his Divine Sense sensed the conditions within his Dantian Qi Sea.
After four years of painstaking cultivation, the solidification of his Dantian Qi Sea’s mana reached 99%, which was essentially the limit, and could not be further progressed.
If it advanced further, the Core Formation should commence.
This was already an extraordinary scene.
Ordinary peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, even if they consumed Core Formation Spiritual Medicines, their mana would only solidify about thirty percent at the start.
But now, without any Core Formation Spiritual Medicines, he surprisingly surpassed 99%.
This was already reaching the limit of Core Formation.
It can be said that he simply could not control it anymore.
Just like when a flood was about to break the levee, regardless of any measures taken, everything would be in vain.
“Thirty years of Foundation Establishment, and now it’s finally time for Core Formation.”
“Let’s get started.”
Zhou Sui’s eyes flashed with a terrifying radiance. Even though he had a third stage pill like the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, he had sufficient confidence in self-initiating Core Formation.
This confidence wasn’t baseless.
It came from his powerful cultivation foundation and his substantial and refined mana.
Rumble-
In a flash, Zhou Sui activated the Insect God Sutra, with his body as the center, forming a massive vortex. The surrounding nature’s spiritual energy surged toward him like a tide.
You should know that the current Immortal Mist Sect’s Spirit Vein had already reached a Third Class, High Grade level. Even for Late Golden Core cultivators, such a Spirit Vein was more than enough.
Not to mention, it was just dealing with a mere Core Formation.
For Foundation Establishment cultivators, this was an extravagantly luxurious cultivation cave dwelling.
“The first barrier is the Mana Barrier.”
“One could say, the most important thing in this barrier is mana solidification.”
“Only when the mana is extremely pure will it autonomously produce mana solidification.”
“I have already passed 99% of this barrier, the past four years was spent crossing the first barrier.”
“I self-initiated Foundation Establishment, and cultivated the Supreme Cultivation Method – the Insect God Sutra, my mana is substantial and pure, there’s no problem with this barrier..”