Chapter 311: Chapter 145: Foundation Establishment, Yin Yang Five Elements Dao Foundation!_2 Although Lu Changsheng’s divine sense only extended three feet, it was still divine sense nonetheless. Therefore, this challenge did not exist for him. “Next, is the transformation of the lake of mana into the True Lake, the coalescing of the Dao Foundation!” Having spent so much time with Xiao Xiyue, Lu Changsheng was exceedingly familiar with the process of Foundation Establishment. He knew that after passing the three challenges of Foundation Establishment, the most crucial step awaited. He would use his divine sense to precisely control his physical body and mana, transforming all the mist-like spiritual energy within his Qi Ocean Core into liquid mana. This would then turn the lake of mana into the True Lake and lift up the platform of the Dao, shedding his mortal shell. This step demanded not only the cultivator’s Spiritual Root aptitude but also the external environment. If the Spiritual Root’s aptitude was too poor, absorbing and transforming spiritual energy too slowly, there would be insufficient transformed liquid mana, preventing the coalescing of the Dao platform and leading to a failed Foundation Establishment. This is why most cultivators needed to rely on Foundation Establishment Elixirs to build their foundation. Apart from the Earth Spirit Root and Heavenly Spiritual Root, even a superior grade Spiritual Root could fail the Foundation Establishment if one was not careful with absorbing and transforming spiritual energy. Lu Changsheng’s current Fifth Grade Spiritual Root wasn’t exceptional, but it wasn’t so bad as to hold him back. Moreover, he also possessed half of a Gengjin Body Constitution. Furthermore, he was not only assisted by a Foundation Establishment Elixir, but he also had the Great Sun Essence of the Golden Crow Elixir and Xiao Xiyue’s Supreme Yin Moonlight. “Boom! Boom! Boom!” Raging spiritual energy surged toward Lu Changsheng in a vast and mighty vortex that spanned dozens of feet. Inside his body, it was as if mountains crumbled and seas tsunamied with unceasing roars. Gaseous spiritual power continuously misted then liquified into droplets of multicolored, crystalline mana. Each droplet of mana contained a power far greater than his river-like spiritual power. This was a qualitative difference! Like the difference between crude iron and steel refined a hundred times over! As the gaseous mana lake gradually transformed into a liquid mana lake, the mana within surged and rolled, and a Seven-Colored Jade Disc slowly took shape. It was the Yin Yang Foundation Base of the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture! However, just at this moment, suddenly, out of nowhere, Lu Changsheng saw a wisp of spirit-nurturing energy abruptly rush into his lake of mana. It allowed the Great Sun Essence and Supreme Yin Moonlight, akin to twin fishes of yin and yang, to blend perfectly and rush together into the Seven-Colored Jade Disc. ….. “Someone is undergoing Foundation Establishment!” “Hiss, such a terrifying spiritual vortex; this is no ordinary person’s Foundation Establishment effort!” “It must be a prodigy of the Qingyun Sect.” “By the looks of it, they’ve reached the crucial moment of Foundation Establishment!” The anomaly in nature’s spiritual energy caused by Lu Changsheng’s Foundation Establishment attracted the attention of many within and outside Core Peak. They realized someone was undergoing Foundation Establishment. And from the size and fluctuations of the spiritual vortex, they deduced that this person was far from ordinary. “Tsk, tsk, such a rare sight, this spiritual vortex.” “Is this Fairy Xi Yue attempting Foundation Establishment, or one of her friends?” The steward Han immediately guessed that it was something related to Xiao Xiyue’s dwelling when he saw the location of the spiritual vortex. While people in the Qingyun Market did undergo Foundation Establishment from time to time, it was not a very large number. Moreover, a spiritual vortex of such magnificent grandeur was clearly a sign of a genius at work. “Hmm? Is it Sister Xi Yue who is undergoing Foundation Establishment? It seems I should go and offer my congratulations.” Halfway up the mountain, within a ‘Yi’ character cave dwelling, a spirited and vigorous young man opened his eyes, walked out of the cave dwelling, and muttered to himself upon seeing the spiritual vortex. Inside the dwelling, Fairy Xiao Xiyue, with her pure and radiant jade-like body, shone like the bright moon, adorned by a sacred glow of moonlight, her beauty beyond compare. She watched Lu Changsheng, who was attempting Foundation Establishment, and softly chanted, “The world abounds with troubling affections, yet the bright moon shines upon the true heart.” “In the Supreme Forgetful Love Technique’s dreamy voyage, only the Great Dao remains in the heart.” A complexity briefly crossed her holy countenance. Then her expression settled into calm and detached tranquility, as if she had found liberation or acceptance. The Supreme Forgetful Love Technique, intangible and invisible, the restraint that troubled her for so long at her realm’s bottleneck, dissipated like ice and snow at that moment with her acceptance. This change in her aura promptly gathered the surrounding spiritual vortex, and she began her attempt at Foundation Establishment. Just as Xiao Xiyue began her Foundation Establishment, “Hmm, what’s going on here?” Lu Changsheng looked at the yin-yang fishes that had entered his Seven Luminaries Foundation Base. He could clearly sense that the originally misaligned Great Sun Essence and Supreme Yin Moonlight had achieved a perfect balance under the influence of the spirit-nurturing energy, and there was an addition of an abstruse and profound force. Together, these three forces merged into a Taiji yin-yang fish that swam within the Seven Luminaries Foundation Base. As if within the Seven-Colored Jade Disc of the Dao Foundation, the powers of the solar and lunar luminaries were being absorbed and devoured by the Taiji yin-yang fish, causing Lu Changsheng’s Seven Luminaries Dao Foundation to vibrate and resonate, starting to coalesce anew. “Could this wisp of energy actually enhance the quality of the Dao Foundation just like the Great Sun Essence and Supreme Yin Moonlight?” Lu Changsheng looked at the changes in his Dao Foundation with a mix of amazement and doubt. He wasn’t surprised by the inclusion of the Great Sun Essence or the Supreme Yin Moonlight into the platform of the Dao, since Xiao Xiyue had previously told him that the Great Sun Essence was a rare treasure of heaven and earth. It could solidify his foundation at a deeper level, and even take his Seven Luminaries Dao Foundation to the next level. The same was true of her Supreme Yin Moonlight. However, he had not anticipated that the wisp of spirit-nurturing energy, which a Nascent Soul Female Cultivator had once left within him and that he had nearly forgotten, would also surge forth at this moment. Initially, the wisp of spirit-nurturing energy had a warming effect on the body, but later on, there was no significant effect. He had spent some time researching it, consulting numerous texts to see what this energy was, but after a long search without finding any relevant information, he remained unclear about the nature of the energy. Seeing that it did not affect him negatively and with no way to handle it, he had let it be, slowly forgetting about it.