Receiving various suggestions from Li Fan, Jiao Xiuyuan felt like he had gained a treasure.
He promptly took his leave, elated, to make arrangements.
"Cough..." The clone coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"No wonder nowadays there is only theoretical research, and no one truly practices the technique of unlocking the human body's hidden potential."
"Compared to the new method where advancement is guaranteed as long as the conditions are met, the progress in developing the human body's hidden potential is not only slower but also depends entirely on personal exploration. One slight mistake could lead to blood and energy depletion and severe damage to the vitality."
"Fortunately, it's just a clone, and there's no need to worry about any sequelae. As long as I can accumulate cultivation experience, it's a gain."
After purchasing a Dragon Tiger Pill to replenish blood and swallowing it, Li Fan's complexion quickly became rosy, and the clone once again entered into the experimental phase.
The remaining time in the fifteenth year quickly passed by.
In the sixteenth year, two feedbacks of cultivation assistance suddenly emerged within the body.
Li Fan shook all over, awakening from seclusion due to the assistance in breaking through.
With nothing more to cultivate, progress had come to a standstill.
Li Fan knew that he had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Now, he just needed to break through the bottleneck to start pill concoction.
The two feedbacks of cultivation assistance came from Ye Feipeng and Xiao Heng.
Intrigued, Li Fan checked the records of the blue crystal in his sea of consciousness, detailing the events that occurred in the two men during this time.
After swallowing the True Wind Essence, Ye Feipeng's cultivation speed had increased significantly, quickly reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in just half a year, seemingly without encountering any bottlenecks. He emulated Zhang Haobo's memory and established the Dao Foundation using the Green Wind Sword Intent.
Feeling stimulated, Xiao Heng returned to the deserted island, arrogantly flaunting his success to everyone. He even lectured Xiao Heng and others with an air of a "senior."
Stimulated by this, Xiao Heng devoted himself even more to cultivation. One month later, having reached the Foundation Establishment stage in the White Bone Forerunner realm, he obtained the high-grade Dao Artifact, the "Burial Sea Bone Sword," through the altar.
He successfully entered the Foundation Establishment stage.
This Foundation Establishment treasure was naturally prepared by Li Fan for him.
After establishing the Foundation, the first thing Xiao Heng did was to seek out Ye Feipeng for a sparring session. Both had recently advanced, and they were unable to control their strength precisely.
After a prolonged battle, they were unable to determine a winner and had to settle for a draw.
Xiao Heng sighed, and the excitement that had just risen in his heart vanished instantly.
As for Ye Feipeng, who had been complacent, a sense of crisis emerged once again.
Rather than staying on the deserted island, he went out, practicing and searching for opportunities based on the memories of his past life.
Li Fan then checked the conditions of the remaining individuals.
Among them, Su Xiaomei progressed the fastest and had the highest cultivation level.
Although she was still a child, spending most of her time playing every day and lacking the subjective initiative for diligent cultivation, her natural talent was outstanding. She had already reached the later stage of Foundation Establishment, and Li Fan believed she was not far from breaking through to the Core Formation stage.
Next was Zhang Haobo, who was at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
Su Changyu and the Yin sisters had already cleansed themselves of the miasma and officially embarked on the path of immortality.
Feeling the occasional emergence of varying degrees of corresponding feedback cultivation in their bodies, Li Fan seemed like a diligent farmer.
Seeing the lush green chives eager to emerge from the ground, growing vigorously.
It was as if he was observing a golden wheat field that had yielded a bountiful harvest in the autumn, with the heavy wheat ears bending the wheat stalks.
The joy of the harvest overflowed.
Under this joyful moment, Li Fan suddenly seemed to have a realization.
The seemingly intractable bottleneck was effortlessly broken.
There were no more obstacles ahead; only a smooth road lay ahead.
As long as he "peered into the laws of heaven and earth," he could effortlessly condense the Golden Core.
Li Fan hadn't expected things to go so smoothly, giving him a sense of everything falling into place.
Fortunately, Li Fan remained quite clear-headed.
Having lingered in the late Foundation Establishment stage for so long, it was more of an accumulation awaiting eruption.
Moreover, the current state was just a breakthrough, still a distance away from truly condensing the Golden Core.
"The method of peering into the ways of heaven and earth..."
Recalling the various information read in the Tianxuan Mirror and the scene of Zhang Haobo condensing the False Dan with the Water Wind Sword Technique in the previous life, Li Fan silently contemplated, "With my accumulated experience, condensing the Golden Core is an easy task. Whether it's the water technique corresponding to the Sea of Clouds or the sword technique corresponding to the Twenty-Eight Swords of the Clouds, or even the wind technique involved by Zhang Haobo and Ye Feipeng... I can choose any of them, delve into it a bit, and I should be able to condense the core in no time."
"However, the resulting Golden Core would be far inferior to the foundation of my Still True Dao Base."
"Creating something out of nothing, making the false appear true."
"This is the foundation of my Still True Establishment."
"This allows me to transform the Still True into any absorbed extraordinary natural object."
"All extraordinary natural objects are at my disposal."
In terms of the method for condensing the Golden Core...
Li Fan's thoughts paused.
"The ways of the heavenly path, all belong to my methods."
"If an ordinary cultivator is condensing the core, they would only gather the power of one or a few pure principles."
"So, what I need to do is to condense a..."
"A myriad principles Golden Core."
Li Fan took a deep breath, suppressing the sudden palpitations in his heart.
"For other cultivators, no matter how talented, even if they exhaust their entire lives, they cannot achieve this."
"But for me, with the Still True, as long as I can ensure repeated successful reincarnations, it's just a matter of nailing it to the board."
"However, this process will undoubtedly be extremely lengthy. Perhaps I can first choose a suitable method, break through to the Golden Core realm, and then see."
"It would be best to maximize my combat power."
In terms of destructive power, Li Fan, since entering the cultivation world, has experienced various sights and sounds.
Especially with the Heavenly Scourge Sword and the Ink Kill, which were the most terrifying.
"Ink Kill is the pure destructive power to annihilate everything."
The blue crystal in the sea of consciousness slowly radiated light, vividly replaying the scene of the Ink Kill annihilating everything.
"At that time, the one witnessing this end-of-the-world scene was just a Qi Refining clone. The insights were not enough to support me condensing the Golden Core with this method."
"But when the Ink Kill comes again in this life, it is an excellent opportunity for remedy. I can observe it again."
"As for the Heavenly Scourge Sword..."
Thinking of this, Li Fan's brows slightly furrowed.
This sword was filled with the intent of killing, chaos, madness, and cruelty.
Its origin was unknown.
But even with just the broken hilt, it could contend with the Qingfeng in the Harmonization Stage.
The original complete strength of this sword was unimaginable.
"To condense the core with the method of the Heavenly Scourge Sword, the previous accumulation is not enough."
Li Fan's gaze flickered as he thought of the scene he had seen before, the image of the Master breaking into the Cloud-Water Heavenly Palace.
A blue ox pulling a cart, the Master forcing out the transformation of the Heavenly Doctor.
Then, all the strange things inside the Heavenly Palace erupted simultaneously.
Among them, the one deeply embedded in the body of the turtle-snake monster.
Was the Heavenly Scourge Sword.
(End of this chapter)