Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses

Chapter 508: Chapter 485: Perfect Dao Foundation and Forming the Spirit Platform

Corpse-Driving Sect, Treasure Storage Peak.

The Cultivation Hall is built against the mountain, with green tiles and blue stones, flying eaves and decorative brackets, majestic in appearance. Inner and Outer Disciples are constantly going in and out of the main entrance, making it quite lively.

Lou Yi enters the door, walks through the corridor, and quickly arrives at the redwood counter inside the hall.

Sitting there is still the same old man in black, who seems never fully awake.

Lou Yi habitually throws a probing skill at him.

[Name: Qin Feng]

[Age: 223/?]

[Realm: Late Foundation Establishment]

[Cultivation Technique: Taiyin Refined Foundation True Art]

[Magic: Ghost Shoulder Slap, Nine Nether Finger, Taiyin Devouring Heart Hand…]

[Attribute: Upper Grade Yin Element Spirit Root, Mid-grade Fire Element Spirit Root]

The Cultivation Hall is one of the most important areas of the Corpse-Driving Sect; it’s only fitting to have a Late Foundation Establishment elder stationed here.

“Elder, I would like to borrow some books on the Perfect Dao Foundation and subsequent advancement to the Golden Core.”

Lou Yi bows slightly to the old man, expressing his request.

The saying goes, “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.”

In a world where the Golden Core does not act lightly, there are still masters who can threaten my life.

Lou Yi definitely has to understand their situation thoroughly so he can respond more calmly to unexpected events in the future.

The black-robed elder slightly opens his eyes and glances at Lou Yi in surprise.

He doesn’t utter any reproach like “Don’t aim too high,” but instead straightforwardly takes out a three-foot-long blue rectangular jade board.

The left side of the jade board has a small groove for disciples to place their tokens, while the right side is a large blank area.

When Lou Yi places his token in the groove,

a large number of book titles appear in the blank area on the right, continuously scrolling up and down:

“Miscellaneous Discussions on the Golden Core,” “Spirit Void Son’s Core Formation Chronicles,” “Records of Central Continent,” “A Millennium of Tales on Wendao Peak,” “Random Notes by Wu Xia Ke,” “Miscellaneous Research on Cultivation Essays”…

There’s no such profound cultivation secret manual, as Lou Yi, being openly at the Qi Cultivation Fifth Level, has no qualifications to access them.

Most are popular science books about anecdotes and tales.

But these are exactly the types of books Lou Yi needs to read right now.

By clicking the name of each book, he can see the introductory content of the first two pages to judge whether it’s useful to him.

“’Miscellaneous Discussions on the Golden Core,’ ’The Ten Obstacles to Achieving a Perfect Dao Foundation’… and also this ’Sitting Idle Talking About the Golden Core,’ please copy these for me, thank you, Elder.”

In the end, Lou Yi decisively borrowed more than a dozen related books.

Upon returning to the sect, he handed in many unused magical artifacts and elixirs to exchange for a large amount of contribution points.

He has now achieved contribution point freedom during the Qi Cultivation Stage.

The borrowed tomes all have sect arrays embedded; they will automatically destroy themselves once the borrowing period expires.

Of course, it only guards against gentlemen, not against petty thieves; copying them is still quite simple.

However, it’s fine to look at them privately, but if you spread them or sell them outside, being caught could lead to anything from confinement to expulsion from the sect.

After borrowing the books, Lou Yi quickly returns to his cave mansion and starts reading them in detail.

The cultivator’s ability to collect, compile, and integrate information far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Soon, he gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation system of this world.

’Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul – the four main cultivation realms in this world.

Qi Cultivation Disciples make up more than ninety-nine percent of the population and are the main component; Foundation Establishment Cultivators are called Great Cultivators, can establish cultivation families, and can ensure the family does not collapse for three hundred years;

Golden Core Masters have boundless mana, and without exception, they are either sect leaders or Supreme Elders, invincible in a nation;

Nascent Soul True Monarchs truly stand at the pinnacle of the world’s pyramid.

In the Northern Domain of the Central Continent, no historical figure has attained this realm.

Only the top-tier sects in the heart of the Central Continent possess such a foundation, though even there it seems to break at times;

As for the stage beyond Nascent Soul, it is said to be the realm of ascension, only existing in storybooks and folklore…’

’For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to advance to the Golden Core, they must first refine their Spiritual Essence, Divine Sense, and Dao Foundation to a state of perfection, known as a Perfect Dao Foundation, also referred to as Extreme Foundation Establishment.

The main characteristic of Extreme Foundation Establishment is the ability to integrate Divine Sense into magic, greatly enhancing its power, also known as Divine Skills of Magic…’

Suddenly, Lou Yi recalls that the flying snake magic released by that green-robed cultivator seemed to have considerable intelligence like a demon beast.

Even when it exceeded the master’s control range, it could act independently to a certain extent.

Moreover, each flying snake’s power far surpassed ordinary late Foundation Establishment magic.

’Perfect Dao Foundation, Divine Skills of Magic.’ Lou Yi can almost be certain that the Green-robed People should be in this realm.

Strictly speaking, this realm still belongs to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

But compared to ordinary late-stage cultivators, the increase in combat strength is indescribable.

However, when Lou Yi continues to browse the books, his expression changes.

He discovers that the Perfect Dao Foundation is not even the endpoint of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

’A Perfect Dao Foundation only satisfies the minimum requirement for advancing to the Golden Core.

To truly impact this supreme realm, one needs to construct a Spiritual Platform on top of the perfect Dao Foundation.

Like building a tall building, only when the level reaches a certain height does one have the chance to reach that moon in the sky…’

’In ancient times, everyone was born with the Innate Body, possessing strong bloodlines capable of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi independently, allowing them to develop mysterious and unpredictable divine skills…

In the medieval era, various cultivation paths such as Martial Arts, Gu Dao, Incense Dao, Soul Dao, Qi Cultivation, etc., emerged like a boom, with various Dao lineages fighting incessantly and wars occurring year after year…

By the recent ancient era, the Qi Cultivators stood out, becoming the mainstream of the cultivation realm.

In the recent ancient era, some budding talents could construct a nine-layer Spiritual Platform, condensing a Golden Core was as easy as reaching into a sack.

But with the passage of time, dramatic changes occurred, the seas turned into mulberry fields, and various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures almost went extinct, making the construction of the Spiritual Platform increasingly difficult…’

’Recorded history among the Human Race reveals that in nearly ten thousand years, the highest record for a constructed Spiritual Platform is eight layers, achieved by only a few people.

The miracle of the nine-layer Spiritual Platform no longer appeared.

Since the higher the number of layers of the Spiritual Platform, the greater the possibility of breaking through to the Golden Core.

Those with a Perfect Dao Foundation will venture to the Abyss or Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion to seek opportunities, but it remains challenging. Constructing each layer of the Spiritual Platform requires tremendous effort…’

’Constructing more than three layers of the Spiritual Platform allows one to attempt breaking through to the Golden Core, but the probability is low, often resulting in destruction under lightning tribulation.

A Spiritual Platform of more than five layers is considered a relatively safe level.

The most outrageous record in the history of the cultivation realm is a two-layer Spiritual Platform successfully breaking through to the Golden Core, but there’s only one example, and it dates back to the medieval era…’

Lou Yi spent an entire day going through all the books.

He finally understood some of the barriers from Foundation Establishment to the Golden Core.

Late Foundation Establishment, Perfect Dao Foundation, constructing a Spiritual Platform, only then does one have a chance to advance to the Golden Core.

This shows the difficulty of breaking through to the Golden Core.

The phrase “Swallow a Golden Core, and my fate is controlled by me, not the heavens” can now be slightly glimpsed.

Of course, more detailed specifics and methods for breaking barriers are not passed down publicly and aren’t recorded in the books.

’The Green-robed People chasing me, their cultivation is at least at the Perfect Dao Foundation level. Maybe they’ve even constructed a Spiritual Platform, who knows.’

’With my current strength, annihilating ordinary late Foundation Establishment or High-tier Demon Generals poses no difficulty.

But contending with a Perfect Dao Foundation cultivator is somewhat overreaching.’

’I still need to continue enhancing my strength; if the Perfect Dao Foundation is already this strong, those who construct a Spiritual Platform, and those lofty Golden Core Masters…

I am still in the spotlight now, so I should avoid going out and taking risks in the short term.’

Having made up his mind, Lou Yi decides to first sort out his cultivation direction.

But before that, there’s an important gain yet to be acquired.

He looks at the Attribute Panel:

’Discovered objects available for pickup, choose one of the following three:

Energy: 391 points

Slight enhancement in Water Element Affinity

Talent: Clone

Would you like to choose?

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