Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

When a Qi Refinement Realm twelfth level cultivator begins to assault the Foundation Establishment, many illusions arise in their mind, confusing the consciousness of the cultivator. If the cultivator cannot break through these illusions and detach their consciousness from them, they will ultimately exhaust their spirit amidst the endless phantasms and waste away.

The stronger a person's mental fortitude and will, the quicker they break through the illusions, and the less spiritual energy they will waste from the consumed Foundation Establishment Pill.

As for the state of the physical body, as long as the cultivator's age is not advanced into the seventies or eighties, with their vitality starting to wane and their meridians beginning to atrophy, or if they have suffered some difficult-to-heal internal injuries, it actually does not have a significant impact.

Zhou Chun's Spirit Root Aptitude was of medium grade, not very good, but not very bad either.

After he consumed the Foundation Establishment Pill, it wasn't long before he felt the Pill's influence on his body.

A tingling sensation seemed to emerge from his bones, making him feel extremely uncomfortable all over.

As this situation was well recorded in the experiences of predecessors' Foundation Establishment, he was not panicked at all but silently operated his Cultivation Technique, absorbing the cool chill emanating from the Cold Jade Bed beneath him.

With the help of that cool chill, the tingling sensation was suppressed to a more bearable intensity.

And at this time, on the skin of Zhou Chun, who had already stripped off all his clothes, a kind of grayish-white substance could faintly be seen secreting and overflowing.

This substance was the "impurity" within the body of a cultivator, something that hinders the cultivator's longevity and ascension.

The classics did not describe this substance in much detail, only mentioning that it is a kind of filthy impurity formed innately within the human body.

This process of expelling "impurities" was extremely slow, taking a full seven days and nights before no more of such impurities overflowed from Zhou Chun's body.

This did not mean that the impurities in his body had been completely expelled, but rather that the power of the Foundation Establishment Pill could only cleanse up to this point.

Generally speaking, when the power of the Foundation Establishment Pill no longer expelled impurities from the body of a cultivator, it also meant that the cultivator was ready for Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, Zhou Chun quickly calmed his mind and spirit and entered the next phase.

That is, the actual Foundation Establishment stage.

Boom!

As if he had touched upon some taboo, consciousness in Zhou Chun's mind went dark, and when he woke again, he found himself completely naked, bound to a post, while another "himself" coldly held a spiked iron whip, looking at him.

"Outsider, you wouldn't have imagined that after parading around the Cultivation World for more than a decade under my identity, you would fall into my hands again today, would you!"

"How should I deal with you to extinguish the hatred in my heart?"

A voice filled with hatred emanated from that "himself," and the iron whip in his hand mercilessly struck Zhou Chun's body.

Ah!!

The intense pain made Zhou Chun unable to hold back his screams, feeling pain like he had never endured before.

"Does it hurt? That's right! Feel this pain! Hahahaha..."

The maniacal laughter and Zhou Chun's anguished screams echoed together.

Under the extreme pain, Zhou Chun felt as if his consciousness was nearly torn apart.

His heart was also extremely panicked, not understanding how that "himself" who was whipping him had "come back to life."

"Could it be that his residual soul never dissipated and has been hiding inside my sea of consciousness?"

Zhou Chun thought with horror in his heart, and then suffered another lashing from the whip, the pain causing him to let out another piercing scream.

As this thought arose, he couldn't help but continue along that line of thinking, and the fear in his heart grew deeper and deeper.

At the same time, the pain from the lashings became increasingly intense, making it difficult for Zhou Chun to think any further. Chapter Find:

"Wait a minute, can you stop and listen to my explanation?"

He struggled, shouting out loud, hoping to stop the other person.

But what greeted him was the rapidly enlarging iron whip heading straight for his face.

No explanation needed, it seemed he just wanted to vent the hatred in his heart. No matter how loudly Zhou Chun yelled, the whipping never stopped.

After an unknown amount of time, he realized something was wrong.

Why, after being hit for so long, did he only feel pain and weakness, without his soul sustaining any significant damage?

"I understand now! You are not some undying remnant soul; you're just an illusory malign thought!"

A cry of surprise came from Zhou Chun's mouth. Then, without any fear, he faced the iron whip directly, no longer reacting to it with any terror.

In an instant, it was like a breeze brushing against his face, and the iron whip and darkness before him quickly dispersed. Zhou Chun's consciousness returned to the closed chamber where he was in seclusion.

"Damn it! A lot of the mana from the Foundation Establishment Pill has dissipated!"

As his consciousness cleared, Zhou Chun introspected and immediately felt a sinking sensation—he sensed trouble.

The power of the Foundation Establishment Pill, originally meant to purge "impurities" from his body, had already been consumed significantly.

And in that illusion, he didn't know how much time he had been trapped for. The constant spiritual deficit had been supplemented solely by the power of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Now the remaining power of the pill was almost gone.

Even so, Zhou Chun had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue.

He saw his Divine Sense controlling strands of foggy mana flowing into the Dantian Qi Sea Acupoint, forcibly merging them into a larger strand of mana, and then trying to form a vortex with it.

Even after consuming the Soul Heart Fruit, which greatly strengthened his Divine Sense beyond that of a typical cultivator at the twelfth layer of the Qi Refinement Realm, accomplishing this was still no easy task.

And each time the attempt to form a vortex failed, the forcibly merged mana would scatter and crash about within the Qihai Acupoint, causing considerable impact to the acupoint.

It was only because the Foundation Establishment Pill's effect had formed a protective layer inside the acupoint that he could keep trying.

By the time Zhou Chun had actually formed the vortex and used its rotation to attract the mana from his body's meridians and other acupoints, the vortex grew larger and larger.

At that moment, something magical happened.

The Qihai Acupoint, which seemed very small in his perception, began to open up as the vortex spun, as if something was being blown away.

It's about time!

After sensing this, Zhou Chun realized it was time for the last step—the most dangerous one.

He focused his Divine Sense within the vortex inside the Qihai Acupoint, suddenly forming an invisible column, stirring in the opposite direction, trying to reverse the vortex's spin.

As a result, the vortex started shaking violently under his stirring, showing signs of instability, frightening him into slowing down the stirring.

Then, once the rotation of the vortex stabilized, he continued to stir in the opposite direction again.

However, after a dozen attempts, due to a single mistake, the vortex abruptly burst open with a "bang," turning into countless mists of energy rushing in all directions.

In an instant, a sharp pain exploded from Zhou Chun's abdomen, so intense he almost fainted on the spot.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

After the pain subsided, he was dismayed to find that his first attempt at Foundation Establishment had completely failed!

For the protective layer created by the mana of the Foundation Establishment Pill within him had shattered completely during the chaotic energy impact just now.

It was fortunate he had that protective layer; otherwise, his Qihai would have likely shattered, and his Cultivation Level would have been utterly ruined!