Chapter 188: Ten Years of Foundation Establishment

When Lin Jing’s cultivation Realm reached the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer, he hadn’t even had time to be pleasantly surprised before he suddenly felt as if his whole body was about to explode, as if his entire Physique was about to expand.

“Perform Foundation Establishment.”

Discovering Lin Jing’s abnormality, Divine Pine immediately said: “It seems your current Physique cannot withstand the power of the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer at all. Quickly compress your True Qi and perform Foundation Establishment.”

“You do not possess a special Physique capable of bearing massive True Qi. Although the Ice Soul Gu has improved your body to a certain extent, bearing the power of the Qi Training Stage Twelfth Layer was already your limit.”

“Although you used Time Dao methods to push your Realm to the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer at the limit, you cannot stay in this Realm for too long. However, the goal has been achieved, so just proceed with Foundation Establishment now!”

“Understood.” Upon hearing this, Lin Jing didn’t even have time to congratulate the Dragon Carp and immediately sat cross-legged to begin Foundation Establishment. Performing Foundation Establishment at the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer required no Foundation Establishment Medicinal Pill or Heaven And Earth Treasure. This unparalleled foundation was more helpful to his Foundation Establishment than anything else.

Those were just external forces, while the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer was his own foundation! Of course, in his current situation, it seemed he couldn’t accumulate any more foundation; he had reached the limit.

At this moment, Lin Jing, sitting cross-legged, was like the center of a black hole. The True Qi vortex of the thirteenth layer swirled crazily around him, and massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi poured into his body, causing Lin Jing’s expression to twist.

“The three of you.”

Divine Pine was worried sick and shouted at the Pine Leaf Squirrel, the successfully transformed Dragon Carp, and the Ice Soul Gu: “Protect him. Through the power of the Contract, input your True Essence into him to help him compress his True Qi. At the same time, once he succeeds in Foundation Establishment, you can also continue to Breakthrough.”

“The cultivation you can gain from the resources absorbed during your Qi Training Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage far exceeds your current Realm. Once his Contract restriction is gone, your cultivation Realms will advance by leaps and bounds!”

The Pine Leaf Squirrel had absorbed a massive amount of life essence from Advanced vegetation; the Ice Soul Gu had absorbed the power of an entire Extremely Cold Land; and the Dragon Carp had absorbed massive amounts of Potential Dragon Luck and the power of the Dragon Emperor’s Bloodline. The current Foundation Establishment Initial Stage was far from their limit.

With Lin Jing’s Breakthrough, their cultivation Realms would also usher in a second explosive surge.

“Roar!!!” The Dragon Carp, no, the Fire Scale Dragon, now easily controlled its body size by relying on the Dragon Emperor Bloodline. It quickly shrank to the thickness of an arm and landed beside Lin Jing.

The Ice Soul Gu also crawled out. After glancing at the Fire Scale Dragon, it silently acted as a Protector for Lin Jing, not disturbing his Foundation Establishment from within his body.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel also sat cross-legged beside Lin Jing. The three Pet Beasts guarded Lin Jing in the center and collectively entered a “seclusion” state, digesting the foundation they had accumulated since they began Cultivating.

“This kid is still too greedy.”

Seeing Lin Jing’s state, Divine Pine muttered to himself: “Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer — in his situation, it seems very difficult to control. Originally, he could have easily performed Foundation Establishment at the Qi Training Stage Twelfth Layer, but now, with the burden of the Longevity Physique, it will probably take a long time in seclusion to successfully stabilize the Foundation Establishment Realm.”

“But once successful, the benefits brought will be unimaginable. I just don’t know to what extent it will improve his three major Physiques.”

“Regardless, this old man has been working hard for so long, I can finally have a good sleep.”

Time passed in a hurry, years flew by.

Hidden Dragon City, Hidden Dragon Academy.

Ten years had passed since the Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect and academy student Lin Jing won the Heavenly Pride Battle and topped the heavens pride ranking.

Since the Heavenly Pride Battle, Lin Jing returned to the academy for seclusion and seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth. There had been no news of him for ten years. Many people speculated that Lin Jing was hiding in the academy to avoid the Gu God Sect’s demonic Cultivators.

People guessed half right, because even if he was hiding in the academy, he wouldn’t be completely unseen. The teachers and students within the academy hadn’t seen Lin Jing for ten years either. For these ten years, Lin Jing had been in a state of seclusion.

The barrier outside the Immortal Cave and the protecting Divine Pine blocked everyone who wanted to visit Lin Jing.

“In seclusion for Foundation Establishment Breakthrough.”

This was the response Divine Pine gave to visitors.

This left some of Lin Jing’s old friends a bit bewildered. They had heard of people going into seclusion for ten years to Breakthrough from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, or from Golden Core to Nascent Soul, but they had never heard of someone taking so long to Breakthrough from Qi Training to Foundation Establishment. What kind of Foundation Establishment was this?

“City Lord Xu.”

“Senior Xu.”

In the academy, at the Dragon Palace Organization stronghold, Xu Zhizhi, who had now successfully formed a Golden Core, had graduated many years ago and served as a City Lord in a city in the Ancient Domain. However, although he became a City Lord, he would occasionally return to the academy to check on the development of the Dragon Palace Organization and build connections.

Lin Jing’s seclusion was too hurried; he hadn’t left behind many Rising Dragon Pills, nor had he managed to pass on the refining method for the Rising Dragon Pill. As a result, although many new students wanted to join the Dragon Palace after Lin Jing became the top of the heavenly pride ranking, the Dragon Palace had no choice but to take the elite route and no longer recruit on a large scale.

The Dragon Palace no longer became an organization to help new students Cultivate powerful Dragon Pets, but instead became a gathering place for Geniuses who wanted to befriend Lin Jing. The Dragon Pet was just a symbol of the identity of a Dragon Palace Cultivator.

“So it’s you two.” Xu Zhizhi saw the siblings in front of him and said: “Foundation Establishment Middle Stage — you are both at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and that guy Lin Jing still hasn’t succeeded in Foundation Establishment? I’m impressed.”

“Perhaps Senior is cultivating some special divine skill. How could we dare to compare ourselves with Senior.” The Jiang Twins said with a bitter smile.

The two people in front of him were none other than the Jiang Twins whom Lin Jing had brought back from the Sky Domain to raise the Ice Soul Sub-Gu. In ten years, they had followed Gao Sheng and both reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Furthermore, with Gao Sheng’s help, they had entered the Hidden Dragon Academy to study and managed the Dragon Palace on behalf of the first batch of veterans.

Ten years ago, after learning the truth about Lin Jing’s Contract with the Ice Soul Gu from Gao Sheng, the two became even more willing to follow Lin Jing.

It’s just… Lin Jing was too good at staying in seclusion.

“I hope so. Ten years, the top of the heavens pride ranking has changed three or four times already…” Xu Zhizhi shook his head and looked in the direction of Lin Jing’s Immortal Cave.

In ten years, perhaps it didn’t mean much to Cultivators above the Golden Core Stage, but for the ranking which focused on Foundation Establishment Prodigies under thirty, Lin Jing was already a legendary figure from long ago. Many new top Prodigies wanted to challenge this legendary figure, Lin Jing, but unfortunately, none had been able to see him.

Meanwhile, at the location of Lin Jing’s Immortal Cave.

Lin Jing himself didn’t even know that he had been Cultivating for ten years. In his Cultivation state, he had completely lost his perception of time.

He had successfully achieved Foundation Establishment some time ago, and now he was consolidating his cultivation Realm, letting the rolling True Essence Spiritual Sea calm down.

The process of compressing his True Qi was far more difficult than he had imagined. However, with each compression, Lin Jing also felt that he had obtained an unparalleled improvement in all aspects.

For instance, his Longevity Physique was no longer just at the initial Minor Achievement stage, but was approaching Major Achievement. His Lifespan was no longer just ten times that of Cultivators in the same Realm; just having achieved Foundation Establishment, his Lifespan had reached a terrifying five thousand years, comparable to a Void Profound Cultivator. This was the terrifying bonus of the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer Foundation Establishment on special Physiques.

Besides that, the Ice Soul Body and Beast Control Body that Lin Jing obtained because of the Ice Soul Gu had directly reached Major Achievement, allowing Lin Jing, in the Foundation Establishment Stage, to obtain Frost power comparable to the Golden Core Stage without borrowing the power of his Pet Beasts, as well as the ability to suppress beasts with Monster Cores through Aura.

The only thing Lin Jing regretted was that after Foundation Establishment, no new Blood of Contract was born. Perhaps he would have to wait until Core Formation to Contract the next Pet Beast.

“The Realm has finally stabilized, Foundation Establishment Middle Stage — as expected!” Lin Jing opened his eyes and found that his three Pet Beasts were also closing their eyes, Cultivating beside him.

Pine Leaf Squirrel, Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Ice Soul Gu, Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Fire Scale Dragon, Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

All three Pet Beasts had reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Lin Jing could perceive that these Pet Beasts had helped him a lot during his Breakthrough; otherwise, he might have needed even more time to compress his True Qi — this damn Longevity Physique, Breakthrough was so arduous. But the biggest reason was still that he had overestimated his True Qi carrying limit, causing him to spend a lot of effort compressing the surging True Qi.

Fortunately — the increase in power made Lin Jing very satisfied. The current cultivation of his Pet Beasts also made Lin Jing smile. Without his Contract restrictions, they indeed broke through faster, which also allowed him to reach the Middle Stage from the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage!

However, suddenly, his smile froze.

“Senior Divine Pine, how long has passed since I started my Breakthrough?”

“Hehe, ten years.” Divine Pine’s sleepy voice came from the Void Realm.

“You should let them consolidate their Realms a bit more, and you too — I’m going to sleep some more.”

Lin Jing fell silent, but then he shook his head. Ten years was nothing for his current five-thousand-year Lifespan.

“Then I’ll continue to consolidate for a while before coming out of seclusion. After all, it’s already been ten years, no need to rush.”

He took out two secret manuals, preparing to comprehend them next.

One was the “Heavenly Demon Body” from the Heavenly Devil Sect; by Cultivating this, he could utilize his Lifespan advantage. The other was the “Beast Transformation Treasure,” the second of the three major Beast Taming secret techniques of the Beast Taming Sect; by Cultivating this, he would have no need for refined Magic Treasure.