Chapter 716: Chapter 565: Foundation Establishment_3 Mo Hua asked, “When one builds a good Taoist foundation, will there be any extraordinary phenomena?” The concept of the Foundation Building Phenomenon was something Mo Hua had heard from others. They said that noble clans and sects spoke of once-in-a-millennium geniuses, who, during their foundation establishment, would be accompanied by phenomena between heaven and earth, with auspicious radiance filling the sky and the ringing of dragons and phoenixes that serve as proof of the Great Dao… “It’s not that exaggerated…” True Man Situ said helplessly, “These statements are concocted by noble clans to pretentiously inflate their value with grandiose fabrications, mostly to elevate the status of their own disciples—it’s all a lot of opaque mystification…” “The Foundation Building Phenomenon isn’t that obvious, but it does indeed exist.” “Generally speaking, as long as the foundation is solid and the Taoist foundation is complete, there will indeed be some special phenomena…” “You just focus on building your foundation properly, don’t worry about these unnecessary distractions…” True Man Situ instructed. “Hmm, I understand,” Mo Hua nodded. Afterward, Mo Hua began to sit in meditation for foundation building in his cave dwelling. He leveled his mind, collected his energy, followed the procedures methodically, step by step… First, he took some pills to nourish and limber up his meridians and loosen his skeleton. Then he burned incense, calmed his mind, and, when his body and heart were unified and his thoughts undispersed, he began to refine spirit stones. The Foundation building began, and the Qi Sea surged wildly, like a gaping mouth incessantly devouring spiritual energy. One spirit stone after another was quickly refined. Streams of spiritual energy flowed into the Dantian Qi Sea. Tens of thousands of spiritual stones were consumed like water. Mo Hua’s spiritual power also grew stronger with each circulation, and the Qi Sea gradually became more substantial… Thanks to True Man Situ’s guidance and Mo Hua’s detailed preparations, this process went quite smoothly. After an indeterminate amount of time, the Qi Sea finally became stable and the spiritual power thickened and congealed like flowing mercury. Condensing spiritual energy, spiritual power like mercury! This is the Foundation Building spiritual power! Mo Hua opened his eyes and felt the spiritual power in his Qi Sea, cloudy like fog, circulating like water, thick like mercury, and he could not have been more delighted. He had finally built his foundation! He was now a Foundation Building Cultivator! But Mo Hua knew that this was not enough. For him, the real Foundation Building was just beginning… His path was that of “Divine Sense Proving the Dao,” and the enhancement of Divine Sense was the key. According to his master, when cultivators build their foundation, spiritual power undergoes a qualitative change, and Divine Sense doubles. His spiritual power had now changed qualitatively. Next, it was time for his Divine Sense to double! A Divine Sense at the Fourteen-Pattern Qi Foundation Middle Stage, after doubling, might break through the limit and advance by leaps and bounds to the Seventeen-Pattern Divine Sense of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage! This was the Taoist Foundation that Mo Hua truly aimed to build! Mo Hua felt anxious, but even more so, he was filled with anticipation. A moment later, the Sea of Consciousness trembled, and then Mo Hua felt his Fourteen-Pattern Divine Sense grow at a rapid pace! It was as if from the boundless Great Dao, endless Divine Sense was born, and as realizations dawned in Mo Hua’s mind, Divine Thoughts like springs flowed continuously into the Sea of Consciousness, augmenting Mo Hua’s Divine Sense! The Sea of Consciousness of Mo Hua also expanded little by little. Enhanced Divine Sense inevitably resulted in the expansion of the Sea of Consciousness. A vast Sea of Consciousness is necessary to accommodate more Divine Sense. Mo Hua had not deeply experienced this before because the enhancement of his Divine Sense had mostly been gradual and accumulative over days and months. But now, breaking through to Foundation Building and experiencing the doubling of Divine Sense, Mo Hua could clearly sense his Sea of Consciousness expanding rapidly… At the same time, more Divine Sense flowed into the Sea of Consciousness. Rivers flowing into the ocean… The realm of Mo Hua’s Divine Sense also climbed step by step… From Fourteen Patterns, it reached Fifteen. Then it reached Sixteen Patterns. Sixteen Patterns is the peak of Divine Sense in the Foundation Establishment Middle Phase… After this point, any further increase of Divine Sense would hit the bottleneck of the late phase of Foundation Establishment. This bottleneck was also deep like a chasm and not to be transgressed. But Mo Hua’s Divine Sense, with a very strong foundation, kept flowing into that chasm like a river after doubling, continuously pouring into and striking against the bottleneck. The Sea of Consciousness of Mo Hua also began to ache slightly. But he bore the pain, calmed his mind for meditation, discarded irrelevant thoughts, and steadfastly maintained his Taoist heart. He sought to Prove the Dao with his Divine Sense! Finally, after an indeterminable amount of time, Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness suddenly opened up. The bottleneck shattered, and the chasm was filled. The surging Divine Sense flowed into the Sea of Consciousness, and Mo Hua’s Divine Sense reached… Seventeen Patterns! Seventeen Patterns represent Divine Sense at the late phase of Foundation Establishment. And it did not stop there. Mo Hua’s Divine Sense continued to grow, climbing upward unceasingly, bit by bit, strand by strand, merging into rivers, gathering grains to build a high tower… Finally, it settled at Eighteen Patterns! Eighteen Patterns of Divine Sense at the late phase of Foundation Establishment! Mo Hua was shocked in his heart, then overjoyed, and he let out a long sigh of relief. His master was right. He could indeed… Prove the Dao with his Divine Sense… He had just entered Foundation Building and already had a full Eighteen Patterns of Divine Sense, just one step away from the complete Nineteen Patterns of Divine Sense of a perfect foundation! “I have finally lived up to my master’s expectations…” Mo Hua felt both joy and a tinge of melancholy. Eighteen Patterns were already very powerful! Mo Hua nodded to himself, and just as he was about to stop meditating and end the foundation building, his expression suddenly changed. He sensed that something was off. There was a dignified aura of the Great Dao spreading in his Sea of Consciousness, as if he had made some mistake, touched upon a “taboo” of the Great Dao… Back when he had broken the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation and executed Feng Xi, with the tribulation lightning overhead, he had felt this same sensation. What taboo? Was his Divine Sense too strong? Mo Hua was stunned and before he had the chance to think it through, he felt his Divine Sense touch some kind of barrier, like… the limits of the Heavenly Dao. The Great Dao seemed… to forbid him from having such strong Divine Sense…