dé le lǐ fán de zhǒng zhǒng jiàn yì ， jiāo xiū yuǎn rú huò zhì bǎo 。
得了李凡的种种建议，焦修远如获至宝。
Gaining Li Fan's various suggestions, Jiao Xiuyan felt as if he had found a treasure.
lián máng xìng gāo cǎi liè de gào cí ， qù zuò ān pái le 。
连忙兴高采烈的告辞，去做安排了。
He quickly bid farewell with great enthusiasm and went to make the necessary arrangements.
“ hāi hāi ……” fēn shēn ké sòu le yī shēng ， yòu tǔ chū yī kǒu xiān xuè 。
“咳咳……”分身咳嗽了一声，又吐出一口鲜血。
"Ahem... Ahem..." The clone coughed and spat out some blood.
“ nán guài rú jīn zhǐ shèng xià lǐ lùn yán jiū ， méi yǒu rén zhēn zhèng jiàn xíng zhè rén tǐ mì cáng zhī shù le 。”
“难怪如今只剩下理论研究，没有人真正践行这人体密藏之术了。”
"No wonder there are only theoretical studies now; no one actually practices this body-secreting technique."
“ yǔ xīn fǎ mǎn zú tiáo jiàn jiù néng bǎi fēn bǎi jìn jiē xiāng bǐ ， kāi fā rén tǐ mì cáng jìn dù màn bù shuō 。”
“与新法满足条件就能百分百进阶相比，开发人体密藏进度慢不说。”
"Compared to new methods where you can advance by meeting certain conditions, developing the body-secreting technique is slow."
“ quán kào zì jǐ mō suǒ ， shāo yǒu bù shèn ， jiù huì nòng dé qì xuè liǎng kuī 、 yuán qì dà shāng 。”
“全靠自己摸索，稍有不慎，就会弄得气血两亏、元气大伤。”
"It relies entirely on your own exploration. A small mistake could lead to a severe depletion of qi and blood, and even serious damage to your essence energy."
“ hǎo zài zhǐ shì yī jù fēn shēn ， bù yòng dān xīn shén me hòu yí zhèng 。 zhǐ yào néng jī lěi xiū xíng jīng yàn ， jiù shì zhuàn de 。”
“好在只是一具分身，不用担心什么后遗症。只要能积累修行经验，就是赚的。”
"Luckily, it's just a clone, so there's no need to worry about any aftereffects. As long as I can accumulate cultivation experience, that’s a win."
gòu mǎi le yī kē bǔ chōng qì xuè de lóng hǔ dān ， lǐ fán jiāng qí tūn xià 。
购买了一颗补充气血的龙虎丹，李凡将其吞下。
Li Fan bought a Dragon Tiger Pill to replenish his qi and blood and swallowed it.
miàn sè hěn kuài biàn dé hóng rùn qǐ lái ， fēn shēn zài cì jìn rù le mō suǒ shì yàn zhī zhōng 。
面色很快变得红润起来，分身再次进入了摸索试验之中。
His complexion soon turned rosy, and the clone resumed its exploration.
máo dìng shí wǔ nián shèng xià de shí jiān ， jiù zhè me cōng cōng ér guò 。
锚定十五年剩下的时间，就这么匆匆而过。
The remaining fifteen years passed quickly.
máo dìng shí liù nián ， zài tǐ nèi tū rán yǒng xiàn chū de liǎng gǔ fǎn kuì xiū wèi de zhù lì xià 。
锚定十六年，在体内突然涌现出的两股反馈修为的助力下。
In the sixteenth year, with two feedbacks of cultivation strength suddenly surging within him, Li Fan was shaken awake from his seclusion.
lǐ fán hún shēn yī zhèn ， cóng bì guān zhōng sū xǐng 。
李凡浑身一震，从闭关中苏醒。
With nothing more to cultivate, he could make no further progress.
xiū wú kě xiū ， bù néng cùn jìn 。
修无可修，不能寸进。
Li Fan knew that he had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
lǐ fán zhī dào ， zì jǐ zhè shì yǐ jīng zhù jī yuán mǎn 。
李凡知道，自己这是已经筑基圆满。
He just needed to break through the bottleneck and then begin condensing the Golden Core.
zhǐ děng tū pò píng jǐng ， jiù kě zhe shǒu jié dān le 。
只等突破瓶颈，就可着手结丹了。
The two significant feedbacks of cultivation strength came from Ye Feipeng and Xiao Heng.
ér zhī qián nà liǎng gǔ bù shǎo de fǎn kuì xiū wèi ， fēn bié lái zì yè fēi péng hé xiāo héng 。
而之前那两股不少的反馈修为，分别来自叶飞鹏和萧恒。
Thinking about it, Li Fan checked the blue crystal records in his mindsea for what happened to these two during this period.
xīn zhōng yī dòng ， chá kàn qǐ shí hǎi zhōng lán sè jīng tǐ jì lù de ， zhè duàn shí jiān liǎng rén shēn shàng fā shēng de shì qíng 。
心中一动，查看起识海中蓝色晶体记录的，这段时间两人身上发生的事情。
Since consuming True Intention of Green Breeze, Ye Feipeng's cultivation speed had significantly increased.
yè fēi péng zì cóng tūn fú le qīng fēng zhēn yì hòu ， xiū xíng sù dù yě biàn dé bǐ zhī qián kuài le xǔ duō 。
叶飞鹏自从吞服了青风真意后，修行速度也变得比之前快了许多。
He soon reached Qi Refining Great Perfection without any apparent bottleneck. In just a few months, he followed Zhang Haobo’s example and used the Green Breeze Sword Intent to establish his Dao Foundation.
hěn kuài jiù dá dào le liàn qì yuán mǎn 。
很快就达到了炼气圆满。
Upon successfully establishing his foundation, Ye Feipeng returned to the wilderness island, boasting to everyone about it with an air of superiority.
fǎng fú bù cún zài píng jǐng yì bān ， jǐn jǐn shì guò le xiǎo bàn nián shí jiān 。 tā jiù xiào fǎng jì yì zhōng de zhāng hào bō ， yǐ 【 qīng fēng jiàn yì 】， zhù jiù le dào jī 。
仿佛不存在瓶颈一般，仅仅是过了小半年时间。他就效仿记忆中的张浩波，以【青风剑意】，筑就了道基。
He lectured Xiao Heng and others in a senior tone, which spurred Xiao Heng to train even harder.
zhù jī chéng gōng de yè fēi péng fǎn huí huāng dǎo ， dé yì zhì jí de duì zhòng rén yī zhèn xuàn yào 。
筑基成功的叶飞鹏返回荒岛，得意至极的对众人一阵炫耀。
After a month, reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection, Xiao Heng obtained a High-grade Human Treasure called Burial Sea Bone Sword through the altar in the White Bones Pioneering Realm. He successfully entered Foundation Establishment Realm.
bìng qiě zuò zú le zī tài ， yǐ “ qián bèi ” de kǒu wěn yǔ qì ， jiào xùn qǐ xiāo héng děng rén lái 。
并且做足了姿态，以“前辈”的口吻语气，教训起萧恒等人来。
This Foundation Establishment treasure was prepared by Li Fan for him.
shòu cǐ cì jī ， xiāo héng yù fā wàng wǒ de xiū liàn 。
受此刺激，萧恒愈发忘我的修炼。
After establishing his foundation, Xiao Heng’s first action was to seek out Ye Feipeng for further sparring.
yí gè yuè hòu ， zài dá dào liàn qì yuán mǎn hòu ， xiāo héng yú bái gǔ xiān qiǎn jìng zhōng ， tōng guò jì tán ， dé dào le shàng pǐn rén zhī qí 【 zàng hǎi gǔ jiàn 】。
一个月后，在达到炼气圆满后，萧恒于白骨先遣境中，通过祭坛，得到了上品人之奇【葬海骨剑】。
Both were just beginning their journey and couldn’t precisely control their power yet.
chéng gōng jìn rù le zhù jī jìng 。
成功进入了筑基境。
They fought for a long time but could not determine a winner.
zhè zhù jī qí wù ， zì rán shì lǐ fán wèi tā zhǔn bèi de 。
这筑基奇物，自然是李凡为他准备的。
They settled on a draw.
zhù jī zhī hòu ， xiāo héng suǒ zuò de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì zài cì xún zhǎo yè fēi péng jìn xíng qiē cuō 。
筑基之后，萧恒所做的第一件事就是再次寻找叶飞鹏进行切磋。
Xiao Heng sighed; the excitement that had risen in his heart vanished instantly.
liǎng rén dōu gāng gāng jìn jí bù jiǔ ， shàng hái bù néng jīng zhǔn de kòng zhì zì shēn lì liàng 。
两人都刚刚晋级不久，尚还不能精准的控制自身力量。
Ye Feipeng, who was originally smug with pride, now felt a renewed sense of crisis.
zhàn dòu le xǔ jiǔ ， dōu méi néng fēn chū shèng fù 。
战斗了许久，都没能分出胜负。
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zhǐ hǎo yǐ píng jú shōu chǎng 。
只好以平局收场。
No longer staying on the wilderness island, he went out to cultivate while seeking opportunities based on his memories from his previous life.
xiāo héng tàn le kǒu qì ， xīn zhōng gāng shēng qǐ de què yuè zhī qíng dùn shí xiāo shī wú zōng 。
萧恒叹了口气，心中刚升起的雀跃之情顿时消失无踪。
Li Fan checked on the others' progress. Among them, Su Xiaomei had made the most significant advancement and highest cultivation level.
ér yuán běn yáng yáng zì dé de yè fēi péng xīn zhōng ， yě chóng xīn yǒng qǐ le wēi jī gǎn 。
而原本洋洋自得的叶飞鹏心中，也重新涌起了危机感。
Though still just a child, she spent most of her time playing and lacked the initiative for rigorous cultivation.
bù zài dāi zài huāng dǎo shàng ， ér shì wài chū ， yī biān xiū xíng ， yī biān gēn jù shàng yī shì de jì yì ， xún zhǎo jī yuán 。
不再呆在荒岛上，而是外出，一边修行，一边根据上一世的记忆，寻找机缘。
But due to her exceptional talent, she was already at late Qi Refining stage, close to breaking through to Foundation Establishment Realm.
lǐ fán yòu chá kàn qǐ le qí yú jǐ rén qíng kuàng 。
李凡又查看起了其余几人情况。
Next was Zhang Haobo, who had reached middle Qi Refining stage. Su Changyu and the Yin sisters had washed away their pestilence and officially embarked on the path of immortality.
zhè qí zhōng yǐ sū xiǎo mèi jìn bù zuì kuài ， xiū wèi zuì gāo 。
这其中以苏小妹进步最快，修为最高。
Feeling the feedbacks of cultivation strength that occasionally surged within him, Li Fan felt like a diligent farmer seeing green shoots sprout vigorously from the ground or golden wheat fields ripe for harvest in autumn.
suī rán hái zhǐ shì yī míng zhì tóng ， měi tiān dà bù fèn shí jiān dōu yòng lái wán shuǎ ， méi yǒu shén me kè kǔ xiū xíng de zhǔ guān néng dòng 。
虽然还只是一名稚童，每天大部分时间都用来玩耍，没有什么刻苦修行的主观能动。
The joy of reaping was evident. Overjoyed, he suddenly had an epiphany and let out a sigh of relief.
dàn nài bú zhù tā de tiān fù shí zài hǎo ， yǐ jīng shì liàn qì hòu qī xiū wèi ， xiāng xìn lí tū pò zhì zhù jī qī ， yě yǐ jīng bù yuǎn le 。
但耐不住她的天赋实在好，已经是炼气后期修为，相信离突破至筑基期，也已经不远了。
That troublesome bottleneck seemed to dissolve on its own.
qí cì jiù shì zhāng hào bō le ， liàn qì zhōng qī xiū wèi 。
其次就是张浩波了，炼气中期修为。
Before him lay a clear path.
sū zhǎng yù hé yīn jiā jiě mèi ， dōu yǐ jīng xǐ qù le yī shēn zhàng qì ， zhèng shì tà shàng le xiān tú 。
苏长玉和殷家姐妹，都已经洗去了一身瘴气，正式踏上了仙途。
With "perceiving the laws of heaven and earth," he could condense his Golden Core effortlessly.
gǎn shòu zhe tǐ nèi bù shí yǒng xiàn 、 huò duō huò shǎo de ， duì yìng zhòng rén de fǎn kuì xiū wèi 。
感受着体内不时涌现、或多或少的，对应众人的反馈修为。
He hadn't expected this process to be so smooth, giving Li Fan a sense that fortune was favoring him.
lǐ fán fǎng fú yí gè xīn qín de lǎo nóng 。
李凡仿佛一个辛勤的老农。
However, he remainedclear-minded.
kàn dào le lǜ yóu yóu de jiǔ cài zhēng xiān kǒng hòu de cóng dì lǐ zuān le chū lái ， zhǎng shì xǐ rén 。
看到了绿油油的韭菜争先恐后的从地里钻了出来，长势喜人。
His prolonged stay at late Foundation Establishment stage was more about accumulating strength for a breakthrough rather than anything else.
yòu hǎo xiàng kàn dào le qiū tiān dà huò fēng shōu de jīn sè mài tián ， chén diàn diàn de mài suì yā wān le mài gǎn 。
又好像看到了秋天大获丰收的金色麦田，沉甸甸的麦穗压弯了麦秆。
Besides, breaking through the bottleneck didn’t mean he could immediately condense his Golden Core; there was still some distance to go.
shōu huò de xǐ yuè zhī qíng ， yì yú yán biǎo 。
收获的喜悦之情，溢于言表。
"Perceiving the laws of heaven and earth..."
xīn xǐ zhī xià ， hū de ruò yǒu suǒ wù ， xīn zhōng yī sōng 。
欣喜之下，忽的若有所悟，心中一松。
Recalling the various resources from the Heavenly Mysteries Mirror and Zhang Haobo’s use of Water Wind Sword Technique to form a false core in his previous life, Li Fan thought: "With my accumulated experience, condensing the Golden Core is an easy task."
nà kùn è de píng jǐng ， bù gōng zì pò 。
那困厄的瓶颈，不攻自破。
"The water method corresponding to Congyunhai, the sword methods for the twenty-eight swords of Congyun, or even the wind methods shared by Zhang Haobo and Ye Feipeng..."
qián fāng zài wú guān ài ， ér shì yī piàn tǎn tú 。
前方再无关隘，而是一片坦途。
"Choose any one, study it a bit more, and I should be able to form my Golden Core in no time."
zhǐ yào “ kuī dé tiān dì zhī fǎ ”， jiù kě shùn shì níng jié jīn dān le 。
只要“窥得天地之法”，就可顺势凝结金丹了。
"But such a Golden Core would fall far short of matching my True Original Dao Foundation."
méi xiǎng dào cǐ fān jū rán rú cǐ shùn lì ， ràng lǐ fán bù yóu de chǎn shēng le yī zhǒng shí lái yùn zhuǎn de gǎn jué 。
没想到此番居然如此顺利，让李凡不由的产生了一种时来运转的感觉。
"Creating something from nothing, the false becoming real."
bù guò hǎo zài lǐ fán hái shì shí fēn qīng xǐng de 。
不过好在李凡还是十分清醒的。
This was the foundation upon which he had built his True Original Dao.
zì jǐ zài zhù jī hòu qī tíng liú le zhè me jiǔ ， gèng duō de shì yī zhǒng hòu jī bó fā ér yǐ 。
自己在筑基后期停留了这么久，更多的是一种厚积薄发而已。
He could transform True Original into any absorbed heavenly treasure.
kuàng qiě ， xiàn zài zhǐ shì tū pò le píng jǐng ， lí zhēn zhèng de níng jié jīn dān ， hái yǒu yī duàn jù lí ne 。
况且，现在只是突破了瓶颈，离真正的凝结金丹，还有一段距离呢。
"All treasures belong to me."
“ kuī tiān dì zhī fǎ ……”
“窥天地之法……”
Applying this concept to the formation of a Golden Core...
huí xiǎng zhe cǐ qián zài tiān xuán jìng zhōng ， suǒ yuè dú de zhǒng zhǒng zī liào 。
回想着此前在天玄镜中，所阅读的种种资料。
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yǐ jí shàng yī shì zhāng hào bō yǐ 【 shuǐ fēng jiàn fǎ 】 níng jié jiǎ dān shí de chǎng jǐng 。
以及上一世张浩波以【水风剑法】凝结假丹时的场景。
Li Fan's thoughts paused.
lǐ fán xīn zhōng àn zì sī cǔn ：“ yǐ wǒ de yuè lì jī lěi ， xiǎng yào níng jié jīn dān ， zhǐ shì yì shì 。”
李凡心中暗自思忖：“以我的阅历积累，想要凝结金丹，只是易事。”
"The laws of heaven are my laws."
“ wú lùn shì cóng yún hǎi duì yìng de shuǐ zhī fǎ ， hái shì cóng yún èr shí bā jiàn duì yìng de jiàn zhī fǎ ， yì huò shì zhāng hào bō 、 yè fēi péng dōu yǒu shè jí de fēng zhī fǎ ……”
“无论是丛云海对应的水之法，还是丛云二十八剑对应的剑之法，亦或是张浩波、叶飞鹏都有涉及的风之法……”
"Ordinary cultivators would only form one or several pure laws, but I need to form..."
“ rèn xuǎn qí yī ， shāo jiā zuān yán ， xiǎng bì yòng bù liǎo duō zhǎng shí jiān ， jiù kě jié dān 。”
“任选其一，稍加钻研，想必用不了多长时间，就可结丹。”
"A Ten Thousand Laws Golden Core."
“ dàn ， rú cǐ yī lái xíng chéng de jīn dān ， què shì yuǎn yuǎn pèi bù shàng wǒ de 【 hái zhēn 】 dào jī le 。”
“但，如此一来形成的金丹，却是远远配不上我的【还真】道基了。”
Taking a deep breath, Li Fan suppressed his sudden excitement.
“ wú zhōng shēng yǒu 、 jiǎ yì zhēn 。”
“无中生有、假亦真。”
"For other cultivators, no matter how talented they might be, it would take their entire lives to achieve this."
“ cǐ nǎi wǒ yǐ huán zhēn zhù jī de gēn píng 。”
“此乃我以还真筑基的根凭。”
"But for me, with True Original, as long as I can ensure repeated successful cycles, it’s just a matter of time."
“ wǒ yě yīn cǐ néng gòu jiāng hái zhēn biàn huàn chéng rèn yì xī shōu guò de tiān dì qí wù 。”
“我也因此能够将还真变幻成任意吸收过的天地奇物。”
"However, the process will undoubtedly be extremely lengthy. I could first select an appropriate method and break through to Golden Core Realm before proceeding."
“ tiān dì qí wù ， jiē wèi wǒ yòng 。”
“天地奇物，皆为我用。”
"Maximizing combat effectiveness is ideal."
“ duì yìng dào jīn dān zhī fǎ shàng ， zé shì ……”
“对应到金丹之法上，则是……”
Of all the things he had experienced in his journey into the cultivation world, the most terrifying were Heavenly Saber Sword and Black Ink Slayer.
lǐ fán de sī xù dùn le dùn 。
李凡的思绪顿了顿。
"Black Ink Slayer is a pure destructive force that annihilates everything."
“ tiān dào zhī fǎ ， jiē shì wǒ fǎ 。”
“天道之法，皆是我法。”
The blue crystal in his mindsea slowly emitted light, replaying the scene of Black Ink Slayer's destruction.
“ ruò shì yì bān xiū shì jié dān ， zhǐ níng jù yī dào huò zhě jǐ dào chún cuì de fǎ zé zhī lì 。”
“若是一般修士结丹，只凝聚一道或者几道纯粹的法则之力。”
"At the time, it was only a Qi Refining clone witnessing this apocalyptic sight. My comprehension wasn't sufficient to support me using this method to form my Golden Core."
“ nà me ， wǒ yào zuò de ， jiù shì níng jié chū yī kē ……”
“那么，我要做的，就是凝结出一颗……”
"However, when Black Ink Slayer descends again in this life, it will be an excellent opportunity for correction and re-examination."
“ wàn fǎ jīn dān 。”
“万法金丹。”
"As for Heavenly Saber Sword..."
lǐ fán shēn xī yì kǒu qì ， jiāng xīn zhōng hū rán chū xiàn de jì dòng yā xià 。
李凡深吸一口气，将心中忽然出现的悸动压下。
Thinking of the scene, Li Fan's brow furrowed slightly.
“ cǐ shì duì yú bié de xiū shì lái shuō ， wú lùn zài zěn me tiān cái ， nǎ pà qióng jí yī shēng zhī lì ， yě wú fǎ zuò dào 。”
“此事对于别的修士来说，无论再怎么天才，哪怕穷极一生之力，也无法做到。”
The sword was filled with slaughter, chaos, madness, and brutality. Its origin was unknown.
“ dàn duì yú yōng yǒu 【 hái zhēn 】 de wǒ lái shuō ， zhǐ yào néng bǎo zhèng yī cì cì de chéng gōng lún huí ， bù guò shì bǎn shàng dìng dīng de shì 。”
“但对于拥有【还真】的我来说，只要能保证一次次的成功轮回，不过是板上定钉的事。”
But even its broken hilt could withstand the challenge posed by a Dao Realm Green Breeze.
“ zhǐ shì zhè ge guò chéng ， yòng shí bì dìng jí qí màn cháng ， wǒ huò xǔ kě yǐ xiān xuǎn qǔ hé shì zhī fǎ ， tū pò dào jīn dān jìng zài shuō 。”
“只是这个过程，用时必定极其漫长，我或许可以先选取合适之法，突破到金丹境再说。”
Its original power must have been unimaginable.
“ zuì hǎo néng zuì dà chéng dù tí gāo zhàn dòu lì 。”
“最好能最大程度提高战斗力。”
"To form my Golden Core using Heavenly Saber Sword techniques, I need more accumulation."
ruò lùn shā shāng lì zuì qiáng ， lǐ fán zì cóng tà rù xiū xiān jiè zhì jīn ， suǒ jīng lì de yī qiè jiàn wén zhōng 。
若论杀伤力最强，李凡自从踏入修仙界至今，所经历的一切见闻中。
Li Fan's eyes flashed as he recalled the scene where his teacher forcefully entered Cloud Water Sky Palace.
yóu qí yǐ tiān shā jiàn hé mò shā ， zuì wèi kě bù 。
尤其以天煞剑和墨杀，最为可怖。
The ox-drawn cart, forcing out the Celestial Physician avatar.
“ mò shā ， shì yān miè yī qiè de chún cuì pò huài lì liàng 。”
“墨杀，是湮灭一切的纯粹破坏力量。”
Inside the palace, chaos erupted among all the strange entities.
shí hǎi zhōng lán sè jīng tǐ huǎn huǎn zhàn fàng chū guāng máng ， jiāng dāng chū mò shā miè jué yī qiè de chǎng miàn chóng xīn zài nǎo hǎi zhōng qīng xī de huí fàng 。
识海中蓝色晶体缓缓绽放出光芒，将当初墨杀灭绝一切的场面重新在脑海中清晰的回放。
That was the Heavenly Saber Sword piercing deep into the monster’s body.
Gaining Li Fan's various suggestions, Jiao Xiuyan felt as if he had found a treasure.
He quickly bid farewell with great enthusiasm and went to make the necessary arrangements.
"Ahem... Ahem..." The clone coughed and spat out some blood.
"No wonder there are only theoretical studies now; no one actually practices this body-secreting technique."
"Compared to new methods where you can advance by meeting certain conditions, developing the body-secreting technique is slow."
"It relies entirely on your own exploration. A small mistake could lead to a severe depletion of qi and blood, and even serious damage to your essence energy."
"Luckily, it's just a clone, so there's no need to worry about any aftereffects. As long as I can accumulate cultivation experience, that’s a win."
Li Fan bought a Dragon Tiger Pill to replenish his qi and blood and swallowed it.
His complexion soon turned rosy, and the clone resumed its exploration.
The remaining fifteen years passed quickly.
In the sixteenth year, with two feedbacks of cultivation strength suddenly surging within him, Li Fan was shaken awake from his seclusion.
With nothing more to cultivate, he could make no further progress.
Li Fan knew that he had reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.
He just needed to break through the bottleneck and then begin condensing the Golden Core.
The two significant feedbacks of cultivation strength came from Ye Feipeng and Xiao Heng.
Thinking about it, Li Fan checked the blue crystal records in his mindsea for what happened to these two during this period.
Since consuming True Intention of Green Breeze, Ye Feipeng's cultivation speed had significantly increased.
He soon reached Qi Refining Great Perfection without any apparent bottleneck. In just a few months, he followed Zhang Haobo’s example and used the Green Breeze Sword Intent to establish his Dao Foundation.
Upon successfully establishing his foundation, Ye Feipeng returned to the wilderness island, boasting to everyone about it with an air of superiority.
He lectured Xiao Heng and others in a senior tone, which spurred Xiao Heng to train even harder.
After a month, reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection, Xiao Heng obtained a High-grade Human Treasure called Burial Sea Bone Sword through the altar in the White Bones Pioneering Realm. He successfully entered Foundation Establishment Realm.
This Foundation Establishment treasure was prepared by Li Fan for him.
After establishing his foundation, Xiao Heng’s first action was to seek out Ye Feipeng for further sparring.
Both were just beginning their journey and couldn’t precisely control their power yet.
They fought for a long time but could not determine a winner.
They settled on a draw.
Xiao Heng sighed; the excitement that had risen in his heart vanished instantly.
Ye Feipeng, who was originally smug with pride, now felt a renewed sense of crisis.
---
No longer staying on the wilderness island, he went out to cultivate while seeking opportunities based on his memories from his previous life.
Li Fan checked on the others' progress. Among them, Su Xiaomei had made the most significant advancement and highest cultivation level.
Though still just a child, she spent most of her time playing and lacked the initiative for rigorous cultivation.
But due to her exceptional talent, she was already at late Qi Refining stage, close to breaking through to Foundation Establishment Realm.
Next was Zhang Haobo, who had reached middle Qi Refining stage. Su Changyu and the Yin sisters had washed away their pestilence and officially embarked on the path of immortality.
Feeling the feedbacks of cultivation strength that occasionally surged within him, Li Fan felt like a diligent farmer seeing green shoots sprout vigorously from the ground or golden wheat fields ripe for harvest in autumn.
The joy of reaping was evident. Overjoyed, he suddenly had an epiphany and let out a sigh of relief.
That troublesome bottleneck seemed to dissolve on its own.
Before him lay a clear path.
With "perceiving the laws of heaven and earth," he could condense his Golden Core effortlessly.
He hadn't expected this process to be so smooth, giving Li Fan a sense that fortune was favoring him.
However, he remainedclear-minded.
His prolonged stay at late Foundation Establishment stage was more about accumulating strength for a breakthrough rather than anything else.
Besides, breaking through the bottleneck didn’t mean he could immediately condense his Golden Core; there was still some distance to go.
"Perceiving the laws of heaven and earth..."
Recalling the various resources from the Heavenly Mysteries Mirror and Zhang Haobo’s use of Water Wind Sword Technique to form a false core in his previous life, Li Fan thought: "With my accumulated experience, condensing the Golden Core is an easy task."
"The water method corresponding to Congyunhai, the sword methods for the twenty-eight swords of Congyun, or even the wind methods shared by Zhang Haobo and Ye Feipeng..."
"Choose any one, study it a bit more, and I should be able to form my Golden Core in no time."
"But such a Golden Core would fall far short of matching my True Original Dao Foundation."
"Creating something from nothing, the false becoming real."
This was the foundation upon which he had built his True Original Dao.
He could transform True Original into any absorbed heavenly treasure.
"All treasures belong to me."
Applying this concept to the formation of a Golden Core...
---
Li Fan's thoughts paused.
"The laws of heaven are my laws."
"Ordinary cultivators would only form one or several pure laws, but I need to form..."
"A Ten Thousand Laws Golden Core."
Taking a deep breath, Li Fan suppressed his sudden excitement.
"For other cultivators, no matter how talented they might be, it would take their entire lives to achieve this."
"But for me, with True Original, as long as I can ensure repeated successful cycles, it’s just a matter of time."
"However, the process will undoubtedly be extremely lengthy. I could first select an appropriate method and break through to Golden Core Realm before proceeding."
"Maximizing combat effectiveness is ideal."
Of all the things he had experienced in his journey into the cultivation world, the most terrifying were Heavenly Saber Sword and Black Ink Slayer.
"Black Ink Slayer is a pure destructive force that annihilates everything."
The blue crystal in his mindsea slowly emitted light, replaying the scene of Black Ink Slayer's destruction.
"At the time, it was only a Qi Refining clone witnessing this apocalyptic sight. My comprehension wasn't sufficient to support me using this method to form my Golden Core."
"However, when Black Ink Slayer descends again in this life, it will be an excellent opportunity for correction and re-examination."
"As for Heavenly Saber Sword..."
Thinking of the scene, Li Fan's brow furrowed slightly.
The sword was filled with slaughter, chaos, madness, and brutality. Its origin was unknown.
But even its broken hilt could withstand the challenge posed by a Dao Realm Green Breeze.
Its original power must have been unimaginable.
"To form my Golden Core using Heavenly Saber Sword techniques, I need more accumulation."
Li Fan's eyes flashed as he recalled the scene where his teacher forcefully entered Cloud Water Sky Palace.
The ox-drawn cart, forcing out the Celestial Physician avatar.
Inside the palace, chaos erupted among all the strange entities.
That was the Heavenly Saber Sword piercing deep into the monster’s body.