Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 420: Chapter 420: The Mysteries of Foundation Establishment

His gaze was like lightning, fixed on the three Golden Core Dharma Aspects outside Xuankong Mountain that reached from heaven to earth.

True Monarch Qing Yuan, Pure Yang True Monarch, Miaodi Bodhisattva...

These three great powers could never have imagined that the Xuankong Mountain Blessed Land they fought over would ultimately benefit a mere Qi Cultivation Junior Cultivator.

A corner of Xu Yunfan’s mouth tilted up, revealing a cold smile.

"Time to go."

Xu Yunfan strode across the flesh-strewn floor toward the main hall, his eyes fixed on the Mountain Seal within.

Without a moment’s hesitation, he snatched it up, turned, and left, streaking through the air like a meteor toward True Monarch Qing Yuan.

The instant Xu Yunfan broke out of Xuankong Mountain’s domain, his aura began to climb infinitely, and the entire sky suddenly collapsed into a vortex.

The three vast auras froze simultaneously.

Pure Yang True Monarch’s Nine-Round Golden Sun contracted abruptly, and a dragon-like hum vibrated between heaven and earth.

The supreme leader of the Wansheng Sword Sect watched as the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect of a coiled turtle and snake rose around Xu Yunfan, a strange glint flashing in his eyes.

’Interesting...’

Miaodi Bodhisattva lowered her gaze to Xu Yunfan, who was in the process of forging his Dao Foundation. The Eight-Treasure Glazed Tower in her hand rotated slightly, and the eighty-four thousand Demons suppressed within howled in unison.

Then, a wave of pure Buddhist chanting swept out, subtly moving toward Xu Yunfan.

Just then, True Monarch Qing Yuan’s Immortal Palace Pure Qi suddenly condensed into a radiant barrier tens of thousands of feet high, positioning itself between the Buddha Light and Xu Yunfan.

Myriad phantoms of Daoists manifesting from the Pure Qi formed hand seals in unison, forcibly halting the trajectory of the Eight-Treasure Glazed Tower by three inches.

"Fellow Daoist Miaodi."

True Monarch Qing Yuan’s wry voice echoed from the depths of the Immortal Palace. "It is rare for my Primordial Sect to have a disciple achieve the Martial Dao and become a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master. Are you in such a hurry to plant a Buddha seed? Poaching a disciple right in front of my face... Do you think I’m not here?"

The howls of the Demons inside the Glazed Tower ceased abruptly.

Miaodi Bodhisattva’s Golden Body tilted slightly. Amidst the seven layers of Buddha Light, thousands of Wan symbols suddenly reversed, and the [Reverse Derivation: Burning Scripture Spell] was already in motion.

However, the Sword Box of Pure Yang True Monarch, who stood to the side, suddenly opened by half an inch. A wisp of Sword Qi shot out, annihilating the dispersing, reversed Buddha’s Curse.

Miaodi abruptly stopped.

Dealing with True Monarch Qing Yuan alone was one thing, but with the Pure Yang Sword Immortal from the Wansheng Sword Sect nearby, she might create an opportunity for someone else to exploit if she acted.

This particular Pure Yang True Monarch was known to greatly disapprove of the Buddhist Sect’s conversion techniques.

"Qingyuan!"

The Buddha Wheel behind Miaodi Bodhisattva’s head vibrated, yet her voice remained gentle. "This child bears the fate of the Black Tortoise. He has an affinity with my Buddhist Sect..."

"What a load of crap!" True Monarch Qing Yuan sneered.

"Why don’t you just say this entire Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm has an affinity with you and ask us all to move out?"

’I wish I could!’

Miaodi Bodhisattva couldn’t help but sigh internally. This Great Realm had so many Fruit Positions. If only the Puchen Pure Land existed here, wouldn’t there be several more Buddhas and dozens more Bodhisattvas?

Miaodi Bodhisattva sighed softly, and the Glazed Tower finally returned to its original position.

Seeing this, True Monarch Qing Yuan sneered. The Wind Chimes on the eaves of his Immortal Palace tinkled, carrying an undisguised taunt: "Shameless!"

Miaodi’s expression remained unchanged. She simply recited a Buddha’s Name under her breath and said no more.

Meanwhile, enveloped within the True Martial Dharma Aspect, Xu Yunfan’s perception was forcibly elevated to an incredible height.

The fighting cultivators below became specks of firefly light, Xuankong Mountain shrank into a black piece on a game board, and even the once-blurry Dharma Aspects of the three Golden Core True Monarchs now revealed some of their details.

This wasn’t looking down; it was a form of "observation" that transcended three dimensions.

He simultaneously saw the 129,600 talismanic seeds lying dormant within True Monarch Qing Yuan’s Immortal Palace Pure Qi, perceived the Karmic Force entanglements from nine lives of Reincarnation within Miaodi Bodhisattva’s Golden Body, and even caught a glimpse of the astonishing Sword Intent in Pure Yang True Monarch’s Sword Box—a wisp of power that could almost split the World Heaven.

These were the tiers of power that the three Golden Core True Monarchs displayed without any attempt at concealment.

In his eyes, the world shed its superficial appearance, revealing itself as a giant net woven from the threads of Rules.

’So, this is another way the world can be...’

A deep understanding settled in Xu Yunfan’s heart as the Martial Arts Celestial Eye between his brows throbbed continuously.

The Black Tortoise Demon Suppression Seal in his Dantian suddenly disintegrated, transforming into a Bronze Melting Furnace.

The Sword Intent, Buddha Power, and Demon Qi he had previously devoured churned inside the furnace, ground into chaos by a millstone formed from the coiled turtle and snake.

As Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi served as fuel, constantly stoking the flames, all impurities were refined into crystalline, jet-black droplets.

Magical Power!

Realization dawned in Xu Yunfan’s mind.

A qualitative transformation of True Essence. A medium of power more in tune with heaven and earth. Once wielded, it could truly leverage the Power of Heaven and Earth, unleashing infinite might.

This was true "True Martial Magical Power."

Each drop was as heavy as a mountain, yet as light as a speck of dust, containing the Innate Dao Rhyme of Subduing Demons and Evil.

The True Essence of the Qi Cultivation Stage was merely a crude processing of Spiritual Qi, but the Magical Power of Foundation Establishment was a creation that resonated with the Celestial Dao itself.

When the 360 drops of Magical Power condensed from his vast True Essence converged into a stream, he heard the crisp sound of shackles shattering in the void.

The moment his True Essence transformed into the aura of Magical Power and nourished his physical body, foul-smelling black blood seeped from Xu Yunfan’s skin.

His bones chimed like colliding jade, his marrow turned from gold to purple, and the scale pattern of a Black Tortoise appeared and then faded beneath his skin. His pores closed on their own, becoming like those of a newborn baby.

The most astonishing change occurred in his spine: the thirty-three vertebrae lit up one by one, as if connecting to some celestial hub.

This was the "Celestial Pillar Passes the Nether" Anomaly recorded in the *True Martial Demon Suppressing Scripture*. Forging the Dao Foundation meant his physical body had shed its Mortal Body and could now spontaneously absorb and release the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

When the Magical Power flowed through the spot between his eyebrows, Xu Yunfan "saw" his own mindscape.

His originally chaotic Sea of Consciousness was parted by the Clear and Muddy Qi. Floating above was a transparent figurine condensed from his Martial Dao Will—the embryonic form of his Divine Sense.

The Self God, long refined by the Linn Character Technique, now fully manifested.

In an instant, the emotions of all living beings within a ten-li radius flooded him like a tidal wave. The indifference of the three Golden Core True Monarchs, the terror of the surviving cultivators, and even the agitation of insects in the Earth Veins were all rendered in perfect detail.

This perception did not come through the five senses but by directly reading the flow of information branded onto the world. This was the "Spiritual Sense Reflection" unique to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

’So that’s how it is.’ This was the foundation of a Foundation Establishment Daoist Master’s ability to manipulate the causality of others and perform "Celestial Secret Calculations." Spiritual Sense Reflection was like turning the world into a bright mirror, where the trajectory of all things left an imprint.

Although a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could not truly alter the constants of the Celestial Dao, they could, like a chess spectator, glimpse three inches ahead. They could send a small ripple through the river of fate, intercept a fading wisp of Blessing, avoid a looming calamity, or even use another’s causality to reflect a magic spell back upon its caster.

It was just like the 129,600 talismanic seeds lying dormant in True Monarch Qing Yuan’s Immortal Palace Pure Qi—each one was an "interpretation" and "borrowing" of the world’s Rules.

As his Dantian thundered and trembled, the True Martial Magical Power inside Xu Yunfan abruptly collapsed into a vortex.

The Turtle and Snake Disc of the Black Tortoise Demon Suppression Seal completely disintegrated. Within his Dantian Qi Sea, the Three Treasures of Essence, Qi, and Spirit converged, reforging themselves into a three-headed, six-armed Black Tortoise Daoist Aspect.

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