Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1608: Chapter 991: Foundation Establishment Grand Ceremony

Time flies, and another eight years have passed.

Spirit Origin Year 102, Spring.

After spending a month in indulgence with Yu Qingyi, Yang Zhenshan turned to the towering peak in the north of Spirit Source Land.

The peak was cloud-topped, with ethereal mist shrouding the entire mountain.

Yet on the platform at the summit, there was a very simple stone house, surrounded by tightly packed array patterns and flags.

Sitting inside the stone house, Yang Zhenshan calmly took out pieces of prepared spiritual objects.

Three bottles of Vitality Spring.

Two top-grade Demon Essence Pills.

One bottle of Spirit Pine Mushroom.

One Heart Burning Fruit.

Three Tongming Pills.

Six Nine-striped Bodhi Seeds.

Additionally, there was a large tray of Taoist Intent Sacred Lotus seeds, totaling several hundred.

Yang Zhenshan scanned over each item, “No Thunder Tribulation Pill, but I have the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword and Qinghua Thunder Pearl, both can help absorb Tribulation Thunder, so no need for the pill.”

“Calculating my age, I am already one hundred sixty-one years old!”

He counted on his fingers, time passed so quickly, it had been over a hundred and twenty years since he came to this world.

With a serene heart, he focused internally on his Qi Sea and Dantian, where his mana whirlpool was rotating at an exceedingly slow pace, almost unable to move.

This was because his mana had condensed to a very solid state, and was gradually solidifying.

“The solidification of mana has reached thirty percent, reaching a point where it cannot advance further!”

“Next is Core Formation!”

Yang Zhenshan felt the boundless power within, his heart spirit swayed.

At this time, his cultivation had reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment, although his accumulation was slightly shallow, it was about at the limit.

Actually, he could wait until his accumulation was deeper, until Jian Changhe completed Core Formation, as he initially said he would observe Jian Changhe’s tribulation, but he couldn’t wait any longer.

He felt sufficiently prepared, no need to continue waiting.

He exhaled deeply, then began to meditate quietly, adjusting his state.

Before breaking through, a cultivator must first calm their mind, adjust their Essence Qi to the peak state.

Yang Zhenshan had actually been adjusting his mental state all this time, apart from alchemy and drawing symbols, he spent a month living as husband and wife with Yu Qingyi.

Quelling the chaotic thoughts in his heart, finding his original intent, allowing himself to begin the Core Formation smoothly.

There are many ways to form cores; the most common is refining the essence into core, purifying the impurities, condensing the core like crystal, attracting nature’s spiritual energy into the body, compressing the liquid mana inside the dantian repeatedly, then enveloping the mana with spiritual senses, like forging steel, removing impurities, finally using spiritual senses as a mold, forcibly compressing the liquid mana into a pigeon egg-sized round core, hardening the mana shell externally, forming a whirlpool-like internal rotational state, reaching a point of no leakage.

This core formation method is the most conventional and stable way for immortal cultivators, though it involves many dangers. Whether compressing or removing impurities, the internal mana might rampage, breaking the body.

Moreover, it demands high physical strength, spiritual soul, and spiritual sense control.

The second method is Heart Tribulation Core Formation, breaking obsessions, core shines wisdom, often seen in cultivators of mind and Zen techniques, focusing not on spiritual power, but mental state.

This method is mainly for Buddhist Practitioners, valuing spiritual soul and mental state.

The third is Bloodline Core Fusion, using beast blood as a guide, core causing anomalies, suited for demon beasts, requiring the attraction of bloodline power to fuse with spiritual power during core formation.

The fourth is Artifact Core Formation, using spiritual material as the womb, core and artifact co-exist, forming a Golden Core integrated with spiritual material, possessing innate artifact qualities.

This is the core formation method for Artifact Refiners; if Kou Ta formed a core, he’d choose this path.

The four core formation methods vary in focus—purity, mental state, external objects, or bloodline—and each requires overcoming challenges of physique, mana, and spiritual soul, and enduring the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation, ultimately reflecting the cultivator’s own path.

Yes, except for Fake Pills.

Fake Pills are not a regular core formation method, being shortcuts, thus Fake Pill Cultivators are weaker than Golden Core Cultivators, and their path is far inferior.

The four core formation methods are neither superior nor inferior; they are different paths to the Golden Core Path.

As a faithful immortal cultivator, Yang Zhenshan naturally follows the refining the essence into core method.

Calming his mind, adjusting his Essence Qi to the peak, Yang Zhenshan began the slow process of compressing mana and removing impurities; it required immense patience.

Yang Zhenshan wasn’t rushed and gradually immersed himself in cultivation at his own pace.

Day by day passed, Yang Zhenshan remained in seclusion, ignoring the outside world.

Meanwhile, the external world saw no change due to Yang Zhenshan’s seclusion.

The True Yang Immortal City on Sun Giant Mountain continued to prosper, while White Cloud Immortal City became more desolate with True Yang Immortal City’s development; as for Qingli Immortal City, it was not greatly affected.

The reason was simple: Qingli Immortal City was ten thousand miles from True Yang Immortal City, targeting the immortal cultivation forces and loose cultivators in the western and northwest regions of the Yunxiao Mountain Range; True Yang Immortal City could hardly affect Qingli Immortal City.

However, due to True Yang Immortal City’s existence, Qingli Immortal City’s future development potential was still impacted.