Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

Inside the tent.

Chu Lingguang carefully sensed the transformation of power within his Star System.

He already understood that when the Star System transformed into a Compass, it meant he had succeeded in Foundation Establishment. When the Compass became a Golden Core, it meant he had become a Golden Core Realm expert.

The biggest difference between the Foundation Establishment Realm and the Qi Refining Realm was the ability to resonate more easily with the Five Elements Power, even fuse different powers together, receive a response from heaven and earth, and successfully awaken various streams of power.

At this moment, the Star System inside Chu Lingguang’s body was converging from a ball of mist into the faint image of a Compass.

The faint image was slowly solidifying.

Chu Lingguang could see two clear Spiritual Patterns on the Compass-like image, which represented his Dual Spiritual Root.

One Spiritual Pattern was for his Metal Spirit Root, and the other was for his Fire Spirit Root.

This was all explained in detail in the Foundation Establishment Technique.

The higher the level of one’s Foundation Establishment Realm, the stronger the Five Elements Power it could fuse with, and the more one’s physical body could transform through that same power.

The Foundation Establishment Compass Chu Lingguang was trying to form this time was for the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, the strongest level within the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Chu Lingguang had waited a long time for this day and made all sorts of preparations. Whenever he had free time, he would review the contents of the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique.

Although the technique’s contents weren’t tangible, it had been recorded in his panel, so Chu Lingguang could still consult it again and again.

And according to the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique, Chu Lingguang understood why Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment was the strongest foundational power in the Foundation Establishment Realm. It was because this level allowed one to resonate with heaven and earth and draw power from the Five Elements.

Although Human Dao Foundation Establishment could also resonate with the Five Elements Power, it was severely limited. It was difficult for ordinary people to achieve and impossible to maintain a constant resonance with the Five Elements Power, let alone easily fuse them.

One could only guide the other powers within the Five Elements using the power of their own Spiritual Root, much like the Heavenly Mirror. The Spiritual Root would act as a vessel, using the other powers to form a completely new one.

But because the powers weren’t truly fused, the might of their Magical Techniques and Divine Abilities would be greatly reduced.

The same was true for Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment. Although stronger than Human Dao Foundation Establishment, it also had its limits and couldn’t easily fuse the Five Elements Spiritual Power. Countless people cultivated day and night, guided by their cultivation techniques and divine abilities, yet could never fuse the Five Elements Power in their entire lifetime.

Then there was Divine Dao Foundation Establishment.

Practitioners in the Foundation Establishment Realm who reached this level usually had a Dual or even a Tri-Element Spiritual Root, with a Spirit Root Level of three or higher.

They could rapidly absorb the Five Elements Power to form a new type of Spiritual Power, and could even completely fuse the Five Elements Power within twenty to thirty years.

Once the Five Elements Power was fused, it was equivalent to possessing a Five-Element Spiritual Root. The resulting power would be terrifying, something an ordinary Foundation Establishment Realm practitioner could not hope to face.

As for Earth Dao Foundation Establishment.

This was a Foundation Establishment base that could typically only be laid by those with a Tri-Element Spiritual Root or better.

Such practitioners could not only rapidly fuse and master the Five Elements Power within just a few years, but they could also absorb a power from the earth that was beyond the Five Elements, such as Source Power!

That was a power from within the earth, one that represented life.

It could imbue the Five Elements Power with vitality, causing every trace of Spiritual Power to transform. It was a power that practitioners dreamed of obtaining.

Unfortunately, not even Golden Core practitioners could necessarily master this power.

Some Golden Core experts, due to a poor Foundation Establishment base, could fuse with the Five Elements Power but were unable to resonate with Source Power because their foundational level was too low.

Even if they knew there was Source Power hidden within the earth, and could even perceive and see it, they could never grasp and utilize it.

Because of this, many Golden Core practitioners became obsessed with Source Power and succumbed to madness.

Such was the importance of Source Power.

But Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment not only allowed one to easily master and fuse with the Five Elements Power, but it also enabled them to absorb Source Power from the earth. They could even fuse Source Power with the Five Elements Power, allowing every trace of their Spiritual Power to resonate with it.

Furthermore, one could absorb potent Thunder Power from the heavens, truly resonating with heaven and earth and becoming one with nature.

This allowed every trace of Spiritual Power to align with heaven and earth as it circulated.

As a result, one could step into the Golden Core Realm with much greater ease.

And they could achieve an unparalleled power of the Remarkable Golden Core.

Therefore, Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment was the obsession of every Foundation Establishment practitioner.

Unfortunately, those who could reach this level were few and far between.

This wasn’t because the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique was lost, but because it was incredibly difficult to cultivate. Even if someone knew its contents, they could practice diligently their entire life and never even begin to master it.

The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique was hailed as a gift from the heavens.

Those who could cultivate this technique and achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment through it were exceedingly rare.

Fortunately, Chu Lingguang was an exception.

He was blessed with Favor Points. By using them, he could bring the value of his Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique to Perfection, thereby cultivating it to its absolute limit.

With the help of his Favor Points, he had successfully grasped this Cultivation Technique.

As for whether he could achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment through the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique, that would have to be seen from the Compass.

Only when the Compass solidified and the patterns for the Five Elements Power, Source Power, and Thunder Power appeared would it prove that Chu Lingguang had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

This was something an ordinary person wouldn’t even dare to imagine.

But a miracle was happening to Chu Lingguang.

As the value for his Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Technique reached Perfection, his Star System began to transform, and the faint image of the Compass had already appeared.

The patterns for his Metal Spirit Root and Fire Spirit Root also appeared on the Compass.

Slowly, the pattern for the Earth Spirit Root also appeared on the Compass.

Then came the pattern for the Wood Spirit Root.

And finally, the pattern for the Water Spirit Root.

This process continued for several days.

It required a long wait.

But Chu Lingguang was so immersed in this transformation that he seemed to lose all sense of time.

When the patterns for the Five-Element Spiritual Root appeared on the Compass, he knew his Foundation Establishment Realm had already surpassed the levels of Human Dao and Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment, reaching at least the level of Divine Dao Foundation Establishment.

Although he had only awakened a Dual Spiritual Root.

Fusing the Five Elements Power still required his Gold and Fire Spiritual Power as a guide, but with the patterns for the other three spiritual roots appearing on the Compass, fusing the Five Elements Power would become much easier.

At this point, even without the Heavenly Mirror, he could use any ordinary Flying Sword to gather the Five Elements Power and unleash immense destructive force, just as the Little Prince had done with the Heavenly Mirror.

Once the Five Elements Power was fused, the resulting force would be unparalleled, capable of even destroying the Heavenly Mirror itself.

SHHHH.

But the Compass had not yet solidified.

It was still undergoing a transformation.

Chu Lingguang saw magnificent mountains and rivers appear on the Compass, a vast and majestic landscape painting. This painting was the pattern for Source Power.

When this pattern overlaid the Compass, it meant that the foundation of Chu Lingguang’s Foundation Establishment Realm had reached the level of Earth Dao Foundation Establishment.

Human Dao, Immortal Dao, Divine Dao, Earth Dao, and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment were the five levels of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Human Dao was the weakest, and Heavenly Dao was the strongest.

Most Foundation Establishment practitioners only ever reached the level of Human Dao Foundation Establishment.

Immortal Dao Foundation Establishment was something only one in a hundred could achieve.

Divine Dao Foundation Establishment was one in a thousand. In any sect, such individuals would be specially cultivated, able to break through the Foundation Establishment Realm with relative ease and become Golden Core experts.

They were the top power of a sect.

Earth Dao Foundation Establishment was a one-in-ten-thousand existence, hailed as a peerless prodigy. They were not only the hope of their sect but also its successor. Whenever one appeared, the sect would pour all its resources into them, giving them the best cultivation materials to help them solidify their foundation and achieve a Remarkable Golden Core.

Above Foundation Establishment was the Core Formation Realm.

Core Formation had three stages: Purple Core, Solidifying Pill, and Golden Core.

The Golden Core itself also had three levels: Remarkable Golden Core, Extraordinary Golden Core, and Supreme Golden Core.

But because Core Formation practitioners were so rare, whenever anyone succeeded in forming a core, people would call them a Golden Core practitioner out of respect or flattery.

In reality, both Venerable Changxu and the white-robed elder were only at the first stage of Core Formation, the Purple Core Realm.

But since those who reached this stage were already one-in-ten-thousand talents, most practitioners took the initiative to address all Core Formation practitioners as Golden Core experts.

However, among those in Core Formation, the ones who truly became Golden Core experts—even reaching just the lowest level, the Remarkable Golden Core—were exceedingly few.

This was because it not only required an Earth Dao Foundation Establishment base but also substantial resources, which was something an ordinary person could never achieve.

Even Chu Lingguang might not be able to do it!