Courtyard Houses: From Bronze Compasses to Global Reach

Chapter 86 Immaculate Foundation Building, Initial Establishment of Heaven and Earth

Inside the spatial alchemy room, the hazy glow of the sunset gradually faded, leaving only a refreshing and intoxicating fragrance. The fire in the central bronze alchemy furnace had gone out, and the lid quietly opened. Nine brilliant, seven-colored alchemical energies, as if imbued with spirit, carried nine perfectly round, flawless pills, each the size of a longan, with mysterious cloud patterns flowing across their surfaces. They rose slowly, like nine miniature stars, illuminating the entire alchemy room with a radiant glow.

Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills! And it's a full batch of nine pills, all of them top-grade!

Lin Yan let out a long breath of turbid air tinged with the fragrance of medicine, his face showing undisguised exhaustion, but deep in his eyes was immense satisfaction and gratification. For half a month straight, without sleep or rest, he had refined and purified the pill, mastered the yin and yang fire, and condensed the pill-collecting seal, pushing his mind, spiritual energy, and divine sense to their limits. Even with his Qi Refining 13th level Great Perfection cultivation and his far superior divine sense compared to others at the same level, refining this peak second-tier pill was extremely difficult, especially in pursuit of its flawless, ultimate quality.

He didn't immediately proceed to the next step, but slowly walked out of the alchemy room and into the courtyard, where he lay down on the familiar bamboo couch and fell asleep. His body and mind completely relaxed, allowing the rich spiritual energy of the space to nourish his overexhausted soul and body. He slept for three days. Only when his spirit was fully restored, and his essence, energy, and spirit had returned to an unprecedented peak, did he naturally awaken.

Between the opening and closing of his eyes, a divine light shines forth, clear as a spring; his mind is serene and transparent, without joy or sorrow, without fear or hindrance.

He rose and strolled to the private meditation room beside the spirit spring. This place was the hub of spatial spiritual energy. He took out eighty-one top-grade spirit stones and precisely embedded them one by one into the core node of the array.

"Buzz—!"

The array was instantly activated, emitting a deep hum, and streams of spiritual light flowed along the array patterns, forming a perfect cycle. The concentration of spiritual energy in the quiet room suddenly soared, almost turning into a milky white fog visible to the naked eye, and even showing a faint tendency to liquefy.

Lin Yan sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, holding his breath and closing his eyes. In his sea of ​​consciousness, every word, every diagram of energy cultivation in the Qi Refining chapter of the "Qiankun Creation Technique," and every detail of the ancestor's instructions on the Immaculate Foundation Building of the Eight Spiritual Roots, flowed, deduced, and verified at lightning speed, ensuring that nothing was wrong.

"The time has come."

He silently recited the mantra, his will as strong as steel. Without the slightest hesitation, he fully activated the Foundation Building Secret Technique of the "Heaven and Earth Creation Manual"!

Boom—!

Once the technique was activated, it was as if a colossal boulder had been thrown into a calm ocean, or as if a gate to the spirit world had been opened! The dense, mist-like spiritual energy that had gathered in the meditation room was the first to be torn apart and absorbed into his body. Immediately afterwards, the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth accumulated throughout the entire space was drawn in by an invisible force, surging wildly towards this small meditation room! A huge vortex of spiritual energy, tens of meters in diameter and almost solidified, formed around him, roaring and spinning with earth-shattering force!

In that instant when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was frantically pouring in, Lin Yan's movements were as fast as lightning, yet carried a mysterious rhythm. What he took out first was not the nine top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, but eight Marrow Cleansing Pills that had also reached the top-grade level!

As soon as the pill was produced, a pure fragrance that penetrated the heart and cleansed all impurities instantly spread out, and its extraordinary phenomenon even temporarily overwhelmed the surrounding violent vortex of spiritual energy.

Without hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed these top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills one by one!

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, unleashing a vast yet exceptionally gentle and mellow medicinal power. Unlike before, it didn't merely cleanse his meridians and flesh; instead, it acted like a purifying light imbued with sentience, precisely penetrating every inch of his body, even the very essence of his soul, conducting the final, most thorough, and profound cleansing! Indescribable sensations of soreness, numbness, swelling, pain, and itching erupted simultaneously, a hundred times more intense than any previous body tempering. Lin Yan's body trembled slightly, veins bulging on his forehead, yet he maintained a clear mind, enduring this extreme torment before his rebirth with immense willpower.

Immediately afterwards, with lightning speed, a jade bottle appeared in his hand. The bottle was tilted—as if summoned, eight top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, each radiating a myriad of rays of light and auspicious energy, flew out one after another and were swallowed by him in one gulp!

If any outside cultivators were here, they would be terrified, thinking this was suicidal! The medicinal power of a single top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill is enough for an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator to carefully refine for several months. Eight pills taken at once? That immense and violent medicinal power would be enough to cause any Qi Refining cultivator to explode and die instantly!

But Lin Yan is different! He possesses eight spiritual roots, a rare find! The astonishing secret technique created by the Lin family patriarch is precisely about seeking victory through peril and rebuilding from the ashes! By using the terrifying medicinal power of these eight top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills and Foundation Building Pills, each with different attributes and unstoppable force, he guides them into his eight spiritual roots with different attributes to carry out the final tempering!

"boom--!"

Eight terrifying torrents of medicinal power, each with distinct attributes (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and ice) yet equally violent and incomparably powerful, erupted within his body. Like eight enraged ancient dragons, they charged wildly, threatening to tear his physical body, meridians, dantian, and even his soul to shreds!

At this critical moment, the medicinal power of the eight top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pills taken earlier played a crucial role, like a stabilizing force. It didn't forcibly suppress the attack, but rather transformed into countless rays of the purest purifying divine light, acting as the most skillful guide, precisely merging into the eight destructive torrents of medicinal power. With its supreme "purifying" Daoist essence, it carried these eight world-destroying forces, fiercely and without reservation, spurring them towards the deepest, most fundamental part of the eight spiritual roots!

"Ugh—!"

Even with Lin Yan's willpower, he couldn't help but let out a suppressed, painful growl. Fine beads of blood instantly seeped from his body, but were instantly evaporated by the powerful spiritual energy.

The pain! Words cannot describe even a fraction of the excruciating pain!

It was as if every spiritual root was being scraped, pierced, and ground by billions of invisible knives at the same time, in order to completely remove, disintegrate, and purify that last bit of innate, almost inseparable, stubborn impurity that was deeply rooted in the source of the spiritual root!

Outside the cultivation room, the entire Qiankun Space trembled violently. The spiritual spring surged like boiling water, all the crops on the plain swayed wildly, and countless spiritual herbs emitted a dazzling light. Little Seven was startled awake from its sleep, sensing the terrifying aura emanating from its brother, as if he were struggling on the edge of destruction and rebirth. It paced anxiously back and forth outside the cultivation room, emitting low whimpers, yet dared not approach even a fraction of a second.

Time seemed to stretch endlessly at that moment. Lin Yan's body became a terrifying battlefield, with eight-colored spiritual light flashing, clashing, and merging violently across his surface, sometimes illuminating him like glass, and at other times seeming to tear him apart completely. Tiny strands of grayish-black, viscous substance, exuding a putrid aura, were forcibly expelled from his pores. This was the last innate impurity expelled from the deepest part of his spiritual root, the final barrier obstructing his path to enlightenment.

After an unknown amount of time, the eight torrents of violent medicinal power, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, finally gradually exhausted their destructive force under the resilient and wise guidance of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, becoming docile and peaceful. And his eight spiritual roots, which had endured excruciating pain, were now completely renewed!

They became crystal clear, pure and flawless, like eight pipes cast from the most perfect divine crystals of various colors, with no obstructions within. Their sensitivity, attraction, and affinity to the corresponding spiritual energy in the world reached an unprecedented and unparalleled level of keenness! With the slightest thought, the corresponding spiritual energy would rush in with joy!

Top-grade eight spiritual roots, achieved!

At the very moment when his eight spiritual roots were completely immaculate and perfected, a profound innate balance and perfection was naturally achieved within his body due to the perfection of his spiritual roots. After this ultimate and most thorough baptism, all his meridians, internal organs, flesh, bones, and even his soul became pure and flawless, as clear as jade, bright inside and out, and resonated in perfect harmony with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The Immaculate Body is complete!

An unprecedented feeling of ease, clarity, freedom, and unparalleled closeness to the universe welled up within me. It was as if an immense burden had been lifted, layers of shackles had been broken free, and my life had leaped to a completely new level.

At this moment, although the medicinal power of the eight Foundation Establishment Pills in his body had subsided, it was still immense. Only then did he calmly and unhurriedly take out the ninth top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and slowly put it into his mouth.

This time, the medicinal power of the elixir was gentle yet vast, flowing smoothly like a hundred rivers converging into the sea, circulating seamlessly through the eight flawless, crystal-clear spiritual roots in a grand cycle, without the slightest obstruction. The once impenetrable barrier that had separated Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment was now, before this natural and perfect power, melting away silently like thin ice under the warm sun.

His dantian began to churn and expand violently, and the original gaseous spiritual energy was compressed and purified at a visible speed...

boom!

A completely new sense of perception erupted! The instant he was forged with the top-grade eight spiritual roots, the speed and efficiency with which he drew in external spiritual energy was like the difference between a super vacuum pump and a trickle of water! The already dense vortex of spiritual energy around him became even more violent, even emitting a howling sound, and frantically surged into his body. Through the efficient transformation of the immaculate spiritual roots, it turned into incomparably pure liquid true essence and flowed into his dantian.

The dantian wall was expanded to an unprecedented breadth and resilience by the surging power. Within the dantian, the vast spiritual power began to undergo a qualitative transformation. One drop, two drops, three drops... the liquid true essence, as brilliant as gold and mercury, continuously condensed and dripped, quickly gathering into streams, and then transforming into a shimmering lake of liquid true essence!

Finally, when everything calmed down, all the gaseous spiritual energy in his dantian had been transformed into pure liquid true essence, occupying about one-third of the space in his dantian, like a miniature sea of ​​spiritual liquid, slowly rippling, containing a vast power.

At the same time, his divine sense also surged, as if breaking free from another invisible shackle, and its coverage suddenly expanded to an astonishing radius of 2,400 meters! His perception became clearer and more subtle, and all things in the world presented more mysterious details in his divine sense.

During the foundation-building phase, success will come naturally!

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with a deep, luminous light, as profound as the starry sea. A spark seemed to dance between his eyes as they opened and closed, then vanished without a trace, returning to calm. A powerful feeling of perfect control over his own strength welled up within him.

He has passed the test set by his ancestor. Relying on the legacy and resources left by his ancestor, and even more so on his own efforts, understanding, and immense perseverance, he has truly taken his first solid step.

The creation of heaven and earth was thus established. A broader path of cultivation had already unfolded beneath his feet.