LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 36
Chapter 39: I’m Just as Confused!
In truth, Liu Shunyi was just as confused as anyone could be.
As he flew through the air…
Suddenly, his Burning Blood Divine Fist broke through!
It could now burn even more essence blood, amplifying his overall strength by twenty times.
This sudden burst of speed caught Liu Shunyi completely off guard.
He shook his head and plummeted into the yellow sand.
When Liu Shunyi got back up, he spat out the sand from his mouth, feeling the incredible power coursing through him.
“What the heck just happened? Why did I suddenly break through?”
He scratched his head in bewilderment.
But he didn’t dwell on it for long.
He mounted his sword again and dashed towards the center of the desert.
Thanks to his newfound speed, he had shortened his travel distance by a third.
However, when Liu Shunyi glanced at the Golden List of the Path, he was stunned to see Shi Changxin’s name flash before his eyes.
The color of Shi Changxin’s name had transformed from purple to a peak purple!
Even more astonishing, the color kept deepening.
“Whoa, has Shi Changxin been hacking?”
But Liu Shunyi didn’t care about that at all.
The more powerful those who made it onto the Golden List were, the better for him.
With that thought, he turned his focus back to the journey.
However, while he was flying, his Burning Blood Divine Fist broke through once more.
From twenty times, it skyrocketed to forty times its previous power.
“Holy cow!”
Having learned from his earlier mishap, Liu Shunyi slammed on the brakes.
He quickly checked the Golden List again.
“What the heck, what has Shi Changxin done now?”
His eyes filled with disbelief.
Shi Changxin’s name had turned completely red.
Sure, it was just a subpar red, but still—it was red!
And when he had activated the Burning Blood Divine Fist earlier, Shi Changxin’s name had flickered briefly.
But now, with more essence blood being consumed and greater power unleashed, Shi Changxin’s name not only remained bright but continued to deepen in hue.
“Impressive!”
At that moment, excitement surged through Liu Shunyi.
Shi Changxin was now his biggest guarantee for successfully establishing his foundation.
Thinking along those lines, Liu Shunyi accelerated once more, rushing toward the center of the desert.
——
In the blink of an eye, another half-month passed.
On this day, Liu Shunyi finally spotted an oasis in the desert!
“I finally made it!”
Liu Shunyi landed within the oasis.
As he looked around, he was flabbergasted.
From above, this appeared to be a mere oasis, but coming down revealed that it was packed with top-tier spirit herbs.
“I’m gonna hit the jackpot!”
He rushed to collect those herbs.
In almost no time, all his storage bags were filled to the brim.
And yet, he had only gathered less than one percent of the whole oasis!
Even more astonishing was the fact that in the center of the oasis was a lake.
But it wasn’t just a lake; it was a pit of liquefied spiritual energy!
Even the stones on the ground were supreme spirit stones!
“Holy moly, this is practically a paradise!”
Liu Shunyi was thrilled yet also somewhat troubled.
Who could have guessed that such a miraculous place existed?
Right now, he had only managed to stash away a hundred thousand supreme spirit stones.
He couldn’t fit in any more!
“But that’s okay! It seems like I’m the only one who can come here!”
“If I can’t carry it all today, I’ll just come back next time and clean it out completely!”
Liu Shunyi never imagined he’d get so ridiculously wealthy.
Of course, the main priority was still foundation establishment.
With that thought in mind, Liu Shunyi headed deeper into the oasis.
He felt completely safe on the way, with no beasts or dangers lurking around.
But that made sense; the entire desert surrounding the oasis was the biggest threat.
No one could survive venturing here—except for him.
What a lucky fellow!
——
As Liu Shunyi continued onward, he even found materials for crafting Golden Core Pills and Infant Congealing Pills.
Some of the herbs he encountered were completely foreign to him.
“Oh my heaven, the abundance here is beyond my wildest imagination!”
Liu Shunyi exclaimed in awe.
As he reached the center, he was completely stunned.
In the middle stood a giant natural stone platform.
No, to be more accurate, it was a spiritual vein.
A low-grade spiritual vein.
The concentration of spiritual energy was so rich that just taking a breath made Liu Shunyi feel his cultivation loosening up.
And this was just the tip of the iceberg!
He couldn’t imagine what the scenes beneath this spiritual vein would be like.
However, Liu Shunyi shook his head in the end.
“Even utilizing a low-grade spiritual vein for foundation establishment is already incredibly fortunate; I mustn’t be greedy.”
Even though it was a low-grade spiritual vein, he didn’t dare take it with him.
With that thought, Liu Shunyi hurriedly sat cross-legged on top of the spiritual vein.
Taking a deep breath, he began trying to operate the Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture.
He had learned the Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture long ago but hadn’t practiced it since he hadn’t yet established his foundation.
Now that everything was in place, he dove right in.
But soon enough, Liu Shunyi was left speechless.
As he operated the Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture, it inexplicably began pulling in the Crazy Thunder Sutra, going in a different direction.
“What the heck is this?”
Liu Shunyi was greatly astonished.
“Wait a minute, this route leads to foundation establishment!”
He was utterly stunned.
This Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture seemed a bit too powerful.
At that moment, a loud crack sounded from within Liu Shunyi’s body.
His dantian had ruptured.
Liu Shunyi snapped back to his senses.
“Foundation establishment item!”
He quickly pulled out the Mixed Yuan Pearl.
According to Ji Suying’s instructions, at the moment of breaking the dantian, he needed to place the foundation establishment item on top to lay the groundwork.
As he dropped the Mixed Yuan Pearl into his dantian, he finally understood why no one had ever been able to use the Mixed Yuan Pearl for foundation establishment before.
This thing…
Once the Mixed Yuan Pearl became a foundation establishment item, the aura it emitted was like a blade, slicing through every part of his body.
Plus, with the Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture and Crazy Thunder Sutra running wild inside him, the surrounding spiritual energy poured in like a tidal wave.
Who could possibly withstand this?!
Fortunately!
Liu Shunyi was not an ordinary person.
“Boom~”
When the spiritual energy fully surged into his body, Liu Shunyi went on a rampage absorbing it.
As for exploding from sheer volume? With the purple name of Shi Changxin glowing brightly, that was a non-issue.
Shi Changxin’s name kept flickering.
And Liu Shunyi’s body remained solid as a rock.
To put it bluntly, while Liu Shunyi was establishing his foundation, he felt a sense of peace creeping in.
Because now, all he had to do was wait for the Mixed Yuan Pearl to gradually transform his body.
Liu Shunyi then popped a few Foundation Establishment Pills to speed up this transformation process.
And just like that, he sat there and fell asleep!
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Chapter 40: Foundation Establishment
Time passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Shunyi woke up, aware that the transformation of his body by the Mixed Yuan Pearl had reached its conclusion.
He was instantly invigorated.
He was about to establish his foundation!
Of course, Liu Shunyi didn’t have much else to do.
The only thing he needed to focus on was fully operating his technique.
“Boom~”
Suddenly, the spiritual energy erupted.
It came flooding towards Liu Shunyi like a stampede.
He quickly gathered his focus.
At that moment, his body had been completely strengthened by the Mixed Yuan Pearl.
When the spiritual energy surged in, the Mixed Yuan Pearl began to melt slowly and ultimately merged into Liu Shunyi’s body.
Once the Mixed Yuan Pearl fully merged, it felt as if the primordial chaos had just begun.
The once-dark world within him had finally met with the light.
“This is… the real dantian!”
Liu Shunyi was astonished.
Because this new dantian, beyond foundation establishment, was shaped like an egg.
Upon reaching foundation establishment, he discovered that the egg-sized dantian was merely a stepping stone.
When that stepping stone was removed, an entire world was revealed beneath it.
When that world opened up completely, the surrounding spiritual energy began to converge madly into it.
Soon enough, spiritual energy poured in like rain, endlessly accumulating in this world.
Before long, that energy formed a small puddle.
But that tiny puddle was ten times the capacity of his previous Qi Refinement period!
“I can’t take it anymore; there’s no more left!”
Once the spiritual energy crystallized into a puddle, Liu Shunyi realized he was no longer able to absorb any more spiritual energy.
It seemed an invisible barrier was blocking the way, preventing the spiritual energy from gathering beyond that puddle.
“Looks like this is the bottleneck!”
Liu Shunyi understood.
However, now that he was in the heavenly paradise of a cave, equipped with a foundation establishment technique, it was natural for him to cultivate to the max.
Suddenly, Liu Shunyi felt a sharp pain in his head.
“Boom~”
A deep, resounding boom exploded in his mind.
At that moment, Liu Shunyi noticed time around him had paused.
All things were frozen in place.
Of course, this was just an illusion.
At that moment, Liu Shunyi had opened his sea of consciousness.
This was the standard feature for foundation establishment practitioners.
They could directly project their spiritual sense outward.
Spiritual sense was a wondrous thing.
It was akin to having eyes on your hands.
When spiritual sense extended, everything within reach would be projected right into your mind—much like a live feed.
He could even zoom in on things he wanted to see, like the internal structure of herbs and their roots.
Spiritual sense could effortlessly penetrate through rock and dirt.
“This is honestly amazing!”
Liu Shunyi was in high spirits.
He began cultivating wholeheartedly.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
Spiritual energy was rapidly absorbed by Liu Shunyi.
He wanted to break through quickly, so he unleashed his Burning Blood Divine Fist for cultivation.
With the enhancement of the Burning Blood Divine Fist, he recklessly operated the Undying Mixed Yuan Scripture.
Liu Shunyi’s cultivation soared!
“Boom~”
Amidst this relentless fervor, the barrier within Liu Shunyi’s body shattered.
At that moment, the puddle in his dantian world began to expand once again.
In no time, it transformed into a lake.
“Mid Foundation Establishment!”
Liu Shunyi’s face turned red with excitement.
“Damn, I need to keep going! This paradise is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I might get to return someday, but who knows when that’ll be? I should seize the moment and cultivate as much as I can!”
With that mindset, Liu Shunyi dove back into his frantic cultivation.
——
In the realm of cultivation, time had no significance.
In the blink of an eye, another six months flew by.
In that time, Liu Shunyi had expanded the lake tenfold again.
“This must be late foundation establishment!”
After hitting late foundation establishment, Liu Shunyi halted his training.
Because the barrier in late foundation establishment was something he couldn’t break through at all.
Not even with top-tier Qi Gathering Pills could he shatter that barrier, no matter how much spiritual energy he absorbed.
After trying a few times to breach it, Liu Shunyi decided to stop.
He really lacked experience, and he feared that forcing it might lead to unforeseen issues.
He resolved to carefully check some materials after exiting the secret realm.
If it was really problematic, he’d consult Ji Suying or Chen Qiaoli.
Having thought of this, Liu Shunyi went on to gather herbs in the area.
He didn’t dare to take anything too outrageous.
But he definitely collected all the precious herbal medicines.
Of course, he first dumped out the junk herbs he had stashed in his storage bags, making room for the good stuff!
“Ding~”
Suddenly, a bell tolled through heaven and earth.
“It’s time for the secret realm to close!”
Liu Shunyi hurried to wrap up all his storage bags.
The situation looked rather chaotic by now.
Once Liu Shunyi got everything sorted, a beam of golden light descended upon him.
Immediately, he sensed a powerful pull.
His body shot straight into the air.
……
……
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
Outside the secret realm, disciples were being teleported out one after another.
Ji Suying watched those disciples appear, her expression cool as she assessed them.
Every disciple who survived within the secret realm had a chance.
Now, the ones being teleported out had all reached the Qi Refinement Late Stage.
Ji Suying nodded in approval.
“This batch of disciples isn’t half bad!”
But as she scanned for familiar faces, sighs of disappointment crossed her mind.
“Surely someone survived… hm?”
Suddenly, her gaze fell upon a disciple that looked like a beggar.
His face was caked in dirt, obscuring his features.
But Ji Suying recognized him at once.
That scoundrel was Liu Shunyi.
His eyes had that gleam of mischief she remembered.
Her lips curled into a smile, but she didn’t call him out.
“Boom…”
Without warning, an intense heat permeated the area.
Ji Suying side-eyed the source.
“That’s… Ye Yan!”
She vaguely remembered Ye Yan.
Though he had poor spiritual root aptitude, he was a top-tier talent among outer disciples.
Now, however, Ye Yan’s aura signified he had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Even more so, that flame he emanated!
“Not only has he reforged his roots, but he’s also obtained something remarkable for foundation establishment?”
Ji Suying felt her heart race.
She swiftly approached Ye Yan.
“Kid, would you be interested in becoming my disciple at Cangjian Peak? I can take you under my wing!”
As Ye Yan prepared to respond, Elder Qingteng zoomed in.
“Ye Yan, if you join me, I’ll exhaust all my resources to cultivate you, plus my disciple roster has plenty of female students!”
Ji Suying immediately countered, “I can’t promise you everything, but joining Cangjian Peak offers greater freedom, and whatever other peaks have, we have too. What others don’t have, we have also!”