Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 146 Breakthrough to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage Through Secluded Cultivation
Although the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan successfully conceived over a hundred first-tier Fire-Slaying Earth Spiders this time using the Spirit-Nurturing Method, it will still take a long time before they truly mature.

Zhu Yue is the second second-tier cultivator of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan, and Zhu Yan naturally hopes that Zhu Yue can recover as soon as possible.

Lu Cheng'an didn't ask too many questions about the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan. After handing the pills to Zhu Yan, he went to cultivate by the fire spring.

Previously, he had devoted all his time to cultivating magic within his family, but upon returning to Green Crocodile Island, he was going to change his previous plans.

Cultivation is the most important thing. Some time has passed since he broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and he will continue to prioritize improving his cultivation.

Of course, he would not give up on cultivating second-tier spells.

After fighting him, Shi Ningyu told him something: although his strength was not weak, his attack and defense methods were too simplistic.

If facing rogue cultivators or cultivators of lower birth, it would be better; relying on this single yet powerful technique, one would definitely be able to gain the upper hand.

However, if one encounters a Foundation Establishment cultivator trained by a Golden Core sect or a Nascent Soul sect, this single method will become a fatal weakness.

Because it would be easy for cultivators of that background to find weaknesses, which could lead to being killed in one blow.

Lu Cheng'an has now reached a relatively deep level of understanding of the cultivation technique, Earth Flame True Scripture, and has already made more than halfway to its completion.

Now, he only needs four hours to complete one cycle of his cultivation technique. He now uses eight hours a day to improve his cultivation, three hours to practice magic, and the last hour to meditate and regulate his breathing, while also summarizing the day's gains.

Once ordinary people become cultivators, they basically no longer need to sleep or rest. The speed at which they can recover their energy through meditation and breath regulation is much faster than the speed at which they can recover through sleep.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. He only needs to meditate and regulate his breathing for half an hour each day to recover his depleted energy.

This way, he can spend more time on cultivation.

Lu Cheng'an did not find this kind of life boring. After a day of intense cultivation, he would feel very happy when he checked the improvement in his strength displayed on the panel.

Time flies when you're cultivating; more than half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Lu Cheng'an did not leave the fire spring for a single moment, devoting all his time to cultivation.

His long period of secluded cultivation allowed him to improve his strength at an extremely rapid pace. He had mastered the six second-tier spells that Shi Ningyu had taught him, as well as the stealth technique and starfire escape technique that he had not yet perfected.

However, they are all at the initial stage of perfection. If these eight techniques are to be cultivated to complete perfection, it will take at least another year.

Because the further one progresses in the cultivation of a technique, the more difficult it becomes to improve.

This is also the main reason why many Foundation Establishment cultivators can only master second-tier spells to a high level, but cannot reach perfection.

With the help of the panel, Lu Cheng'an was confident that he could master all these second-tier spells to perfection, but it would take more time.

In the past six months, Lu Cheng'an only devoted a small portion of his time to cultivating magic, spending most of his time improving his cultivation level.

In the past six months, Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has improved extremely rapidly, and he is not far from breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

The reason for this was not only because his understanding of the Earth Flame True Scripture had deepened, but also because he had taken the Jade Spirit Pill given to him by Shi Ningyu.

This kind of pill is specially made by the Divine Jade Sect for its mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators, and only Nascent Soul disciples like Shi Ningyu can take it, so its value is self-evident.

Lu Cheng'an has taken a total of four Jade Spirit Pills in the past six months. He has used half of them and has four left.

Lu Cheng'an roughly estimated that he only needed to take two more Jade Spirit Pills to successfully break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Name: Lu Cheng'an

【Lifespan: 26/310】

[Constitution: Fire Spirit Body (affinity with fire, fearless of being burned by fire) can be improved]

Cultivation Level: Mid-Foundation Establishment (71/100)

[Cultivation Technique: Earth Flame True Scripture (Mastery 89/100)]

Skill: Earthwalking (Perfect 12/100)

Cave Fire Finger (Perfect 100/100)

Fire Dragon Seal (Perfect 100/100)

Cloud Shadow Sword Technique (Perfect 100/100)

Stealth (Perfect 15/100)

Golden Crow Seal (Perfect 9/100)

Fiery Incineration Palm (Perfect 6/100)
True Yang Sword Technique (Perfect 13/100)

Nine Phoenixes Soaring Through the Sky Technique (Perfect 11/100)

Spirit Ignition (Perfect 2/100)

Purple Flame Resurrection Technique (Perfect 13/100)

Weapon Forging (Early Stage 2, 100/100)

Talent Skill: Crimson Flame

After glancing at the changes in his status on the panel, Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly.

He has cultivated both the Spirit Burning Technique and the Purple Flame Rebirth Technique to perfection. These two techniques complement each other and can achieve the best effect when used together.

Especially the Spirit Burning Technique. Lu Cheng'an's current cultivation level is very close to the late Foundation Establishment stage. If he were to use the perfected Spirit Burning Technique now, the power he would unleash would not be weaker than that of a cultivator at the perfect Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, these Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm cultivators are not ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm cultivators, but Foundation Establishment cultivators like Shi Ningyu who possess formidable strength.

"The Spirit Burning Technique requires strong physical strength as support. My physical strength is not weak among cultivators of the same level, but it is definitely not strong either."

"The flesh and blood of the Phoenix-beaked Blackfish can indeed enhance my physical strength, but I only obtained a Phoenix-beaked Blackfish at the early stage of the second tier, so its flesh and blood have limited effect on improving my physical strength."

Lu Cheng'an's mind raced. After glancing at the cultivation level on the panel, he quickly made a decision.

Once his cultivation reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, he inquired with Zhu Yan whether there were any treasures in the Burning Flame Mountains that could enhance physical strength.

The physical bodies of demonic beasts and spirit race cultivators are far stronger than those of human cultivators. This is not only due to their naturally strong physiques, but also to their cultivation methods and the food they eat.

Human cultivators also have body cultivators who learn from demon beasts and spirit races to temper their physical bodies, but this is only considered low-level in the cultivation world.

Because the achievements of body cultivation are limited, at most reaching the Golden Core realm is the peak, and there is basically no possibility of further advancement after that.

There are no body cultivators in the cultivation world where the Ancient Desolate Sect is located, and there are no body cultivation methods passed down.

If Lu Cheng'an wants to improve his physical strength, he has no choice but to find a way himself.

After a moment, Lu Cheng'an suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and returned to his previous state of cultivation. Three more months passed, and Lu Cheng'an refined two more Jade Spirit Pills. As expected, his cultivation level successfully broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Late stage of foundation building!"

Lu Cheng'an silently sensed the changes after his cultivation breakthrough, the first of which was his magical power.

The amount of mana accumulated in his dantian is twice as much as it was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and the quality of the mana has also been greatly improved.

"This breakthrough in cultivation has brought about a significant change in my magical power!"

Lu Cheng'an extended his fingertip, and a surge of magical power, tinged with black and red, emerged.

This black and red magical power is the magical power that Lu Cheng'an has cultivated, and the fire evil poison contained within it is several times greater than before.

"Perhaps I can no longer stay on Green Crocodile Island for my next cultivation journey, but will have to go to a place where the fire element and spiritual energy are more abundant!"

Lu Cheng'an sensed the changes in his magical power; now, his magical power contained a potent fire poison.

The Fire Fiend Poison will spread when he makes a move. Even if his attack does not cause much damage to his opponent, the Fire Fiend Poison will slowly kill him as it accumulates.

Lu Cheng'an had previously used this method to kill powerful opponents, and now that the fire poison contained in his magic power has increased again, it will be even easier to do so again.

Besides the change in magical power, Lu Cheng'an's spiritual power has also been greatly enhanced.

Cultivators need the support of divine sense to cast spells and activate magical artifacts. The stronger the divine sense, the faster they can cast spells and control more magical artifacts at the same time.

Lu Cheng'an's spiritual power has always been very strong, which is an advantage he was born with.

And this advantage continued to grow after he began cultivating.

"My lifespan has increased by 60 years, and now my total lifespan has reached 370 years!"

After seeing the changes in lifespan displayed on the panel, Lu Cheng'an was still excited, but his reaction was not as strong as when he broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Because it hasn't been long since he broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, and he has already adapted to this change somewhat.

"My comprehension of the Earth Flame True Scripture has reached perfection, but the progress is only fifteen points!"

Lu Cheng'an was quite satisfied after seeing the progress of the Earth Flame Scripture displayed on the panel.

He has now broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage. With his deepening understanding of the Earth Flame True Scripture, he can further shorten the time it takes to circulate his cultivation technique through the Great Heavenly Cycle, thus increasing the speed of his cultivation advancement once again.

In addition, Lu Cheng'an's physical strength has also improved considerably with the breakthrough in his cultivation, but it is still not enough to support him in using the Burning Spirit Technique.

After examining the changes following his breakthrough in cultivation, Lu Cheng'an began to consolidate his newly acquired power.

Three days later, Lu Cheng'an stood up from beside the fire spring and walked towards the direction where Zhu Yan was.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lu, on your breakthrough in cultivation! You now have a chance to achieve immortality!"

Upon seeing Lu Cheng'an, Zhu Yan immediately offered her congratulations.

Lu Cheng'an did not conceal the aura of his cultivation breakthrough, and since he broke through on Qing'e Island, the resulting fluctuations in spiritual energy were naturally noticed by Zhu Yan.

"Haha, it's just ascetic practice!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly and asked, "How have you and Fellow Daoist Zhu Yue been lately?"

He had been cultivating diligently on Green Crocodile Island for over a year, and after such a long time, he felt that Zhu Yan had basically recovered.

He had never seen Zhu Yue and did not know how Zhu Yue was doing.

When Zhu Yan heard Lu Cheng'an mention Zhu Yue, she couldn't help but sigh: "Zhu Yue's condition has improved somewhat, but he has still damaged his foundation and there is no possibility of him recovering. In the future, his strength may only be slightly stronger than a late-stage first-order cultivator, and his lifespan may be even shorter than that of a late-stage first-order cultivator in the clan!"

However, this is already considered a relatively good result. Among the ancestors who practiced the Spirit-Nourishing Technique recorded by the Fire-Repelling Earth Spider, not many male spiders were able to survive safely.

Zhu Yue has now given up cultivation and is now focusing all his efforts on teaching him and the spiderlings he has conceived.

These young spiders generally have good talent, and they have almost never stopped taking pills during their cultivation, so their cultivation level improves very quickly.

One or two of the exceptionally talented spiderlings will be able to break through to the mid-stage of the first rank after some time.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you going back to your family soon? The first-grade low-level pills you brought are almost used up. I would like to ask you to help me purchase another batch!" Zhu Yan said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an didn't bring back many low-grade first-tier pills, but that wasn't enough to satisfy the needs of so many early-stage first-tier spiderlings.

“That’s easy to say. I plan to return to my family today,” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an did indeed have such a plan, because he received a message from his uncle before his cultivation breakthrough.

Lu Wenhua had been preparing diligently for so long, and he was ready to take the final step. He planned to take a Foundation Establishment Pill to try and break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Lu Wenhua did not cultivate any of the arts of immortal cultivation, so he lacked the ability to earn cultivation resources.

Foundation Establishment Pill is the most effective and also the most expensive of all Foundation Establishment items.

Lu Wenhua's accumulated wealth alone is not enough to replace the Foundation Establishment Pill stored by the Lu family.

However, Lu Wenhua didn't need to worry about these things at all, as Lu Cheng'an had already replaced the only Foundation Establishment Pill for his uncle.

Lu Wenhua has not yet begun his breakthrough, and there are still three days left until the time he mentioned.

Lu Cheng'an returned to the family at this time because he wanted to meet with his uncle during his seclusion to break through to the next level and to boost his morale.

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lu. These are the materials I prepared to purchase the pills. Do you think this is enough?" Zhu Yan said with a smile.

The materials Zhu Yan brought out to purchase the pills were still second-tier minerals. She did not intend to buy second-tier pills this time, so she brought out low-grade second-tier minerals, and the quantity was not large.

Lu Cheng'an smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Those first-grade low-level spiritual herbs are not very valuable, so Fellow Daoist Zhu, please don't mention buying them anymore."

When I return from my clan this time, I'd like to ask Fellow Daoist Zhu for help again!

Lu Cheng'an's gaze fell on Zhu Yan, and he asked with a smile, "Does Fellow Daoist Zhu know of any treasures in the Burning Flame Mountains that can temper the physical body?"

His cultivation has now broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, which took him a little over a year. There are still nearly seven years left before the opening of the Divine Jade Sect ruins that Shi Ningyu mentioned.

He was absolutely confident that he could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage within seven years and reach the threshold of the Golden Core realm.

He will slow down his cultivation time and focus on tempering his physical body while improving his weapon-refining skills.

He hadn't crafted any magical artifacts in the past year, which is why his artifact crafting skills remained stuck at the lower second tier.

(End of this chapter)