Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone
Chapter 41 Achieving Foundation Establishment

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 Achieving Foundation Establishment

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Inside the Cave Mansion, Lu Xuanji was undergoing a life-and-death ordeal.

After True Qi transformed into True Essence, the True Essence became even more condensed and the destructive power more formidable, continuously tearing apart the Dantian and meridians, with the Dantian shattering and the meridians breaking.

Intense pain surged through, the body tearing apart continuously, the Dantian pierced as if by a sword, the heart ached, the body ached.

The whole body suffered as if undergoing torture.

In the midst of pain, Lu Xuanji operated his cultivation technique, absorbing the Spiritual Qi from the outside, converting it into True Essence, repairing the Dantian, and repairing the meridians.

At the same moment, the Dantian shattered once again, the meridians broke again.

Thus, while the physical body was continuously being shattered, it was also continually being repaired, endlessly cycling.

In this intense pain, a voice seemed to say that it was all a dream.

Let it go.

Let it go.

Why does life have so much suffering? It’s because we refuse to let it go.

Learn to let go, life will be much happier.

Lu Xuanji gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, took a deep breath, and continued to operate his cultivation technique. The violent True Essence impacted the meridians, the intense pain kept assaulting him, as if every muscle was tearing, like undergoing the ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty.

Bam.

At that moment, Lu Xuanji was forced by the pain to faint.

When one is subjected to intense pain, they may fall into unconsciousness, a self-protective state for humans.

In that moment of unconsciousness, even without Lu Xuanji’s control, the cultivation technique operated automatically, constantly absorbing the outside Spiritual Qi; the medicinal power of the thousand-year Netherworld Grass was digesting, continuously integrating into the body, nourishing the body, repairing the physical body, the Dantian, and the meridians.

In constant tearing and repairing, the Dantian expanded in size, the meridians broadened.

Time passed, and after an unknown period, Lu Xuanji regained consciousness, subconsciously opened his eyes.

But upon opening his eyes, he felt his entire body aching, weak as if paralyzed.

At this moment, the external Spiritual Qi continuously nourished the body, healing the injuries.

"I failed to establish my Foundation, overcoming only the first of the Three Calamities; I fell at the second. I thought I was Long Aotian, but who knew I was just an arrogant fool," Lu Xuanji smiled bitterly.

Before attempting Foundation Establishment, Lu Xuanji had a mysterious confidence, but really going through it showed him he was merely human.

"I failed to establish my Foundation, only next time..."

"Wait a minute, I didn’t take the Foundation Establishment Pill, failing Foundation Establishment should mean certain death. But I failed... then why am I still alive."

"Could it be... did I succeed in establishing my Foundation?"

Lu Xuanji was also unsure if he succeeded or failed.

He then pulled the rope beside the bed.

The rope pulled, the bell rang.

A moment later, the stone door of the Cave Mansion opened, Ye Feixue’s eyes flashed with sorrow; the Grand Elder was also solemn, eyes full of worry.

But upon seeing Lu Xuanji’s state, they laughed heartily: "Congratulations, without the Foundation Establishment Pill, yet you succeeded in Foundation Establishment."

"No, it’s not right. I fainted from the pain when facing the Physical Body Tribulation... doesn’t this count as failure in Foundation Establishment?"

Lu Xuanji said.

"No no, you succeeded."

The Grand Elder said, "Sometimes fainting from the pain is a good thing. Haven’t you wondered why no cultivator shares their experience of Foundation Establishment?"

Only then did Lu Xuanji notice something amiss.

He had read many books, covering various fields, but none described a cultivator’s Foundation Establishment process.

At the time he thought the books were incomplete, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case at all.

There was a great secret.

The Grand Elder said, "Impacting the Foundation Establishment Stage is too painful, no one wants to recall such pain. Moreover, sometimes ignorance is bliss, at least there’s courage to challenge the unknown; but knowing too much might instill fear, reluctance to challenge difficulties."

"In the books, there is only mention of the Foundation Establishment Three Calamities, without specific descriptions. But here, I can tell you..."

Chased Ye Feixue away.

Better not to speak too much about it in front of girls, they might get scared.

Waited for Ye Feixue to leave.

The Grand Elder recounted some secrets, "The Three Calamities of Foundation Establishment are the True Essence Calamity, the Physical Body Calamity, and the Divine Awareness Calamity. The first step in Foundation Establishment is to compress the True Qi, compressing nine Vortexes into True Essence, this step is extremely difficult, countless cultivators fell here. Failing to compress means True Qi explodes in the Dantian, the Dantian shatters, instant death."

"If you take the Foundation Establishment Pill, it can soften the True Qi, reduce hostility, make the compression moment relatively easier, increasing success rate by a layer."

"The second calamity is the Physical Body Calamity. As you compress into True Essence, the meridians and Dantian cannot withstand the True Essence’s pressure, they directly burst; yet at the same time, the True Essence repairs the meridians, repairs the Dantian. In this process of destruction and reconstruction, if one cannot hold on, the Dantian and meridians will completely burst, instant death. But if you endure, the Dantian will expand, meridians will become wider and tougher."

"If you take the Foundation Establishment Pill, the medicinal power reduces some physical pain, also increasing success rate by a layer."

"The third calamity is the Divine Awareness Calamity. Evolving into True Essence, the Dantian expanded but is not yet a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. You need further transformation, slight transformation of the Divine Soul is necessary, without consciously operating the cultivation technique, it will operate automatically, endlessly, converting Spiritual Qi into True Essence."

"If you take the Foundation Establishment Pill, the medicinal power enters the body, temporarily aligning it with Spiritual Qi, maintaining an endless state. If after the medicinal power dissipates, the cultivation technique still operates automatically, absorbing Spiritual Qi, you have stepped into the Foundation Establishment Stage; if the medicinal power dissipates and the cultivation technique stops, Foundation Establishment is considered a failure."

"The third step is also the hardest one."

"But I fell at the second step, during the Physical Body Calamity, fainted from the pain," Lu Xuanji admitted with shame.

"Not just you, out of a hundred cultivators, ninety-nine would faint from the pain," the Grand Elder sighed, "And one wouldn’t faint, but would die from the pain."

Lu Xuanji: "..."

The Grand Elder said, "You fainted from the pain, but during the fainting, your cultivation technique operated on its own, endlessly absorbing the external Spiritual Qi, converting it into True Essence. Therefore, you naturally passed the second calamity and the third calamity."

...

A moment later, the Grand Elder left.

Lu Xuanji was still in seclusion, comprehending the mysteries of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Operating the "Cyan Lotus Creation Technique," streams of Spiritual Qi like whirlpools entered the body, entered the meridians, some Spiritual Qi was refined, deposited into the Dantian, transformed into True Essence; while some True Qi was refined, nourishing the body, forming the foundation of eternal life.

The cultivation technique operated continuously, even if he paused, Spiritual Qi continued to converge into the body, continuously refined.

If he operated the cultivation technique, the cultivation speed was faster, the absorption speed of Spiritual Qi increased, ten times faster than during the Qi Cultivation Stage.

Too fast, this is the terrifying aspect of the Foundation Establishment Stage.