Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 114: Consolidating Cultivation
After entering the purple vein entrance, it quickly began to take effect.
Liu Yu's entire body started to surge and boil with blood and qi, a layer of medicinal power enveloping his meridians for protection, temporarily enhancing his physical strength.
At that moment, a torrent of spiritual energy surged in from outside the cave dwelling, entering Liu Yu's body and starting to cleanse and enhance him both inside and out.
For those cultivators who missed the best age for foundation establishment, this phase was the most perilous. Their blood and qi had deteriorated, and their bodies aged, making it very likely that they could not withstand a large influx of spiritual energy, akin to a balloon that had inflated to the extreme and burst.
As time passed, Liu Yu's skin gradually expelled some gray-black substances, emitting a strong foul odor. His skin, which was not originally dark, began to turn white, and his appearance became far from ordinary as the essence of life began to undergo transformation.
After seven days and nights, the surging spiritual energy gradually dissipated. Liu Yu had no time to experience his condition when a sudden wave of intense pain shot through his primordial spirit, causing him to black out and collapse onto the meditation cushion.
It was unclear how long it had been; perhaps it was an hour, or perhaps several days and nights.
When Liu Yu woke up, he was delighted to discover that he had completed his advancement during his unconscious state and entered the foundation establishment stage.
Leaping up from the ground, Liu Yu felt the changes that came with being in the foundation establishment stage.
First, his dantian was filled with liquid magical power. The essence of liquid magical power was far superior to that of gaseous magical power, being more than ten times the quality; one unit was equivalent to ten units of the previous magical power. Whether controlling magical artifacts or unleashing spells, their power far exceeded that of the qi refinement stage.
Above the Lake of Magical Power in his dantian, a faint red flame was slowly burning, which was the unique foundation establishment true fire of foundation establishment stage cultivators!
During his coma, his primordial spirit had also advanced. Liu Yu measured it and found that his spiritual consciousness had surged to a four-mile range, equivalent to that of an ordinary mid-foundation establishment cultivator, having increased by at least five times.
When his spiritual consciousness spread out, everything within the four-mile radius was clearly visible to him.
Of course, the greatest change was undoubtedly his lifespan, which had skyrocketed to two hundred and forty years, a full four cycles of sixty years. If he cultivated techniques to extend lifespan or had methods for longevity, living to over three hundred years old was not out of the question.
The lifespan limit for a qi refinement stage primordial spirit was one hundred and twenty years, while that for a foundation establishment stage primordial spirit was three hundred years, an increase of nearly three times.
The difference in strength and lifespan between the foundation establishment stage and the qi refinement stage was enormous. The lifespan limit of the qi refinement stage was not much different from that of ordinary mortals, both being one hundred and twenty years. A "immortal master," apart from being a bit stronger, had a lifespan comparable to that of some mortals, which was the most embarrassing aspect.
Thus, ancient cultivators regarded the foundation establishment stage as the starting point of the immortal path. Only upon stepping into the foundation establishment stage could one be considered to have truly entered the door, whereas the qi refinement stage could at most be considered an apprentice.
"Hahahaha~"
Liu Yu, feeling the various changes brought about by his elevation, couldn't help but fall onto the meditation cushion, laughing heartily, his laughter echoing throughout the cave dwelling and not stopping for a long time.