From Celestial Official to Great Celestial Venerable

Chapter 93 Foundation Building Power
[The furnace master has consumed 1000 mana points and has mastered the basics of the Human Body Yin-Yang Severing Array!]

As the words "Tian Yunlu" flowed down like water onto my heart, I felt a sense of dripping.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath.

Immediately feel the Yin-Yang dividing array carved inside the human body.

This formation, as a foundational method, is divided into four stages: entry, minor success, major success, and perfection.

Having gained some experience from the very beginning of its refinement, and now having spent 1000 units of Dharma essence to deduce its basics, Qin Chuan has finally come to realize the difference of this method.

As he silently activated the Yin-Yang Severing Array within his body, it became immediately apparent that the five-colored light emanating from his five internal organs, and the Five Elements True Qi at its peak of cultivation, were also being divided...

For example, the Burning Wood Separation Fire Technique, which was originally a blazing and domineering yang fire, was actually separated into tiny sparks. Don't be fooled by the faint flickering of those sparks; they contained a terrifyingly cold and yin power.

The flames had surprisingly acquired a cold and chilling quality.

This is precisely how fire is divided into two natures: yin and yang. Bing is yang fire, while Ding is yin fire. One is like the sun shining brightly over all the heavens, while the other is like phosphorescent fire born from the bones. They are the opposite of life, capable of devouring all vitality, and are born after death.

While the Yin-Yang division and transformation occur in the Burning Wood Separation Technique, Jia Yang Wood is born from Yi Yin Wood, and Xu Yin Earth is transformed from Wu Yang Earth…

It's not just that the five elements of true energy are undergoing a dramatic transformation, giving rise to a sense of yin and yang being divided.

Qin Chuan's internal organs were also simultaneously divided into Yin and Yang energies: heart Yin and heart Yang, kidney Yin and kidney Yang, flesh and blood as Yin, spirit as Yang...

Strands of Yin and Yang Qi were continuously extracted from various parts of his body, from his spirit and flesh particles.

These true energies are interconnected and will be arranged into a great array within the body. The array's core is concentrated in the dantian, where a Dao foundation is being outlined. This is the symbol of foundation building, the manifestation of a great Dao foundation.

However, as Qin Chuan continued refining, suddenly...

As he felt the Yin and Yang energies within his body being refined more and more, his control over the entire array became increasingly difficult. He opened his eyes and exhaled:

"Continue, add some Yin-Yang cutting array diagrams!"

Click-clack!
With a sound like shattered crystal falling to the ground, he mastered an even higher level of skill in the Yin-Yang cutting array.

[The furnace master consumed 5000 mana essence, upgrading the Yin-Yang Cutting Array to the minor completion level!]

In an instant, Qin Chuan sensed that if he were to establish his foundation now, his chances of success would be as high as 40%.

This is why the Yin-Yang Cutting Array Diagram increases the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

This Foundation Establishment Array Diagram originated from the handiwork of a Holy Lord of a Dao State in the Perfect World. It is a true Foundation Establishment method from the past of a Nascent Soul cultivator. If one can master this array diagram to the "perfect level," then there is almost a 100% probability that one will be able to establish a foundation.

This was not Qin Chuan's own idea, but rather the general outline of the techniques imprinted within the array diagram.

Qin Chuan felt his current success rate of Foundation Establishment, which was 40%. He took out two Foundation Establishment Pills and said, "The Heavenly Court's Daoist books say that during Foundation Establishment, the probability of success varies depending on one's physique and aptitude. Without the aid of pills or external forces, true geniuses have a 50% to 70% success rate on their first attempt, average people only have a 20% success rate, and those with the lowest aptitude don't even have a 10% success rate."

However, with the aid of elixirs, a single Foundation Establishment Pill can increase the success rate by 30%. Essentially, a true genius, if given a suitable Foundation Establishment method and a Foundation Establishment Pill, can succeed in establishing their foundation in one go.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath. Since he began cultivating, he knew he needed to cultivate a genius persona for himself, but his actual talent wasn't that of a genius, so...

He gazed at the precious Foundation Establishment Pill and pondered for a long time.

Although he had two Foundation Establishment Pills, if he failed the first time, the effect would be reduced by half if he took them again for the second Foundation Establishment attempt.

There are such people in the Heavenly Court and the Celestial Offices.

Having obtained Foundation Establishment Pills several times but failing to establish a foundation each time, such a person, despite holding a high-ranking position, is practically a disgrace to the Foundation Establishment stage. They will likely be transferred out of their jobs or sent to a sinecure department to retire within a decade or two.

After all, in some special and important departments, without the corresponding level of cultivation, it is impossible to carry out work or establish authority.

"Putting aside my unknown aptitude, the Yin-Yang Cutting Array Diagram and a Foundation Establishment Pill alone give me a 70% chance of breaking through. That's enough for many people to try once. Should I take the gamble?"

Qin Chuan was thinking.

After much deliberation, I decided to try again.

Because there is still the Yin-Yang Cutting Array as a backup, even if it fails this time, as long as we accumulate enough Dharma essence to upgrade the Yin-Yang Cutting Array to the Great Perfection stage, there will be a 70% success rate. After taking the second Foundation Establishment Pill, the combined probability will still be over 70%.

After making up your mind.

Qin Chuan then took a Foundation Establishment Pill. After taking it, he immediately felt a powerful force of the laws of heaven gradually becoming clear before his eyes.

It turns out that the Foundation Establishment Pill not only provides spiritual energy for cultivation, but also contains strands of insights into the Dao of Heaven, which are somehow refined within it.

This is a unique feature of the Eastern Heavenly Court. In places like the Perfect World, only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or higher can comprehend the various laws of Heaven, including the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Heart, and the Heavenly Principles. However, the Eastern Heavenly Court can inject different levels of these laws into an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator through Heavenly Registers. Countless insights into the Heavenly Dao that had been converging in his mind erupted from the Foundation Establishment Pill, even causing Qin Chuan's understanding of the Yin-Yang Cutting Array Diagram to rapidly increase without any magical essence.

It can be said that this Foundation Building Pill is a kind of elixir that can both increase one's spiritual power and allow one to enter the state of 'enlightenment'.

In this peculiar moment of enlightenment, Qin Chuan began to draw upon the vast spiritual veins beneath this magnificent cave dwelling, refining them into Yin-Yang True Qi within his body.

Such graceful movements.

This naturally attracted the attention of many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the cave area.

"Is this... someone attempting to break through a cultivation level?"

"This level of spiritual energy requirement doesn't seem like someone breaking through from the early to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. It's more like someone breaking through from the peak of Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. Who is it? Is there a newly appointed sect master in this cave area?"

"In Jiuchuan County, who has recently become the abbot?"

"Is it...that young man?"

After thinking about it, many people immediately thought of the young man who had become famous recently.

"You've only just been ordained, and you're already eager to break through? Aren't you going to do any preparation at all? So confident?"

Some people were pondering to themselves.

After all, most of these abbot-level Taoists went through several attempts to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage; there simply aren't that many geniuses in the world.

The night passed just like that.

It was March, and the spring chill was still in the air.

There are festivals in this world too, but back then, Qin Chuan was still far away and could not experience the atmosphere of the New Year in January.

The morning sun shines through the window lattice.

Suddenly, Qin Chuan opened his eyes. Within his body, unseen by anyone, strands of array patterns were drawn into his flesh and internal organs, connecting like a star map, each point emitting light, making his body resemble a miniature universe. These rotating and connecting "lines" eventually converged at the dantian, the location of the golden ratio in the human body...

A seven-colored platform was visible, exuding an incredibly ancient aura. It displayed a seven-colored interwoven pattern, causing Qin Chuan to emanate a terrifying aura from within, which was more than ten times that of someone in the Qi Refining Realm, and was also a difference in quality.

In particular, his divine sense, which was already six times greater than others, increased exponentially, allowing him to explore hundreds of miles away!
But this is clearly a symbol of a successful breakthrough.

Qin Chuan stared at the Dao Platform within his body, muttering to himself, "What's going on with this Dao Platform?"

He sensed that his current cultivation level had indeed broken through the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Realm and entered a new realm.

However, the seven-colored platform in the dantian, which symbolizes the foundation of the Great Dao, is now an illusion.

This does not conform to the Foundation Establishment realm recorded in Taoist books. Foundation Establishment is a real foundation. After breaking through, the foundation is solidified, which is the basis for condensing the Golden Elixir from the Taoist platform in the future.

But it wouldn't be such a colorful, illusory display.

"Could it be due to the Yin-Yang cutting array diagram he cultivated?"

Qin Chuan searched for answers within the Yin-Yang Cutting Array Diagram. After a moment, he seemed to have discovered something. It turned out that the Foundation Establishment Pill he had taken during his breakthrough had greatly improved his mastery of the Yin-Yang Cutting Array Diagram. He would probably need another 10,000 units of Dharma Essence to achieve mastery.

It was precisely because he discovered this that he finally understood the reason:
"I haven't completely succeeded in breaking through; at least my Dao Foundation isn't fully solidified. However, my strength has surged. It seems that I've set up a human array within my body, causing me to form a kind of domain. This allows me to grasp the Qi of the Foundation Establishment Realm through the illusory Dao Foundation, and thus stabilize this combat power using the array..."

Thinking about it this way, he felt even more admiration for the Holy Lord of Leizhou who created this formation.

Because he has now essentially failed to break through, but even if he fails, he still possesses the combat power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In the cruel world of cultivation like Perfect World, this is simply defying the heavens. Without having reached the Foundation Establishment stage, one possesses the combat power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. If one were to truly achieve complete Foundation Establishment, would one possess the combat power to fight enemies across borders?

Indeed, only in a world where the strong prey on the weak can such a pseudo-breakthrough and method of enhancing combat power be created.

Qin Chuan's feelings were complicated at this moment.

As expected, the breakthrough failed, which means that his aptitude might not be that good. Otherwise, how could he have failed with a 70% success rate? Fortunately, although the breakthrough failed, he gained the combat power of the Foundation Establishment Realm ahead of schedule.

In this way, even if it is the first time taking office, there is no fear of lacking authority.

I looked at the sky outside; it was already early morning.

Qin Chuan changed into a dark red Taoist robe from the Zhuoxiantai lineage. Before leaving, he thought for a moment and decided to leave a small space teleportation array talisman at home. This way, even if he encountered any situation outside in the future, as long as his spiritual power was sufficient, he could teleport home immediately.

(End of this chapter)