Chu Bai.
An indescribable stream of Clear Spirit Qi, mixed with the profound fragments of shattered Space Law, followed the Array’s nodes and poured unimpeded into Chu Bai’s Hundred Acupoints and Thousand Veins.
In that instant, Chu Bai’s qi, which was already at a tipping point, completely exploded.
At that very moment, a grand fluctuation that only Chu Bai could sense passed through the void and imprinted itself directly upon his Sea of Consciousness.
It was a confirmation from the rules of the Dayuan Prefecture’s Celestial Examination—a signal of Merit Perfection.
"The Celestial Ladder... has arrived."
A flash of understanding passed through Chu Bai’s mind. ’Under normal circumstances, all I’d have to do is heed this summons. The Guiding light of the golden avenue would allow me to calmly depart this Desolate Land. I could even return to Dayuan Prefecture in a blaze of glory as the champion of this Celestial Examination.’
But at this moment, he couldn’t move an inch.
The Spiritual Power in his body was no longer just boiling—it was burning.
The power fed back from the Divine Corpse was too immense—so immense that it directly shattered his last line of defense as a Qi Cultivation Cultivator.
’I can’t suppress it anymore...’
Chu Bai’s eyes were shut tight, his whole body trembling.
’Normally, breaking through from Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment requires a hundred days of seclusion. One must burn incense, bathe, adjust their state of mind, and use a Foundation Establishment Pill. You also have to find a Blessed Land brimming with Spiritual Qi. Even then, there’s only a thirty percent chance of success.’
’But to do it hastily like this, inside a Divine Body, in the middle of a battle while on the run... throughout history, this would be seen as nothing short of courting death.’
But in the next instant, Chu Bai snapped his eyes open. A golden light swirled in their depths. There wasn’t the slightest hint of fear.
"But I... am different!"
[Fate Chart: Non-stop Rushing, Unceasing Labor]
This Acquired Fate Chart, an iron law that had accompanied his rise from humble beginnings, now revealed its most domineering aspect: Heaven rewards the diligent—ignore all bottlenecks!
As long as his accumulation was sufficient, breakthroughs were as natural as eating and drinking—an inevitable outcome!
Heart Demon Tribulations, Spiritual Power Barriers—faced with the accumulation from his daily, arduous cultivation, they were all nonexistent.
’Since it has come to this, then... I’ll go for broke!’
Chu Bai no longer suppressed it. Instead, he released the restraints on his Spiritual Power, allowing the berserk energy to scour his Dantian Qi Sea.
Foundation Establishment is the forging of one’s Dao Foundation.
This step marks the line between mortal and immortal. More importantly, it is the decisive moment that determines the breadth of one’s future path.
For cultivators of the Five Elements lineage, the forged Dao Foundation is also divided into different grades.
Those with a shallow foundation who barely manage to break through will have impure and mixed Spiritual Power. They can only forge a Low-Grade [Impermanence Root]. Reaching the Purple Mansion realm in this lifetime becomes a hopeless dream, their Dao Foundation as unstable as rootless duckweed.
Those with decent talent and balanced Five Elements can forge a Middle Grade [Five Virtues Vehicle]. Like a transport carriage, it is exceedingly stable but lacks dynamic flexibility, and its potential is capped.
But only the true, peerless prodigies—those who have cultivated the Five Elements to Perfection and whose foundations are as deep as the sea—have a sliver of a chance to touch the legendary Upper Grade Dao Foundation—
[Circulation Wheel]!
The Five Elements Circulate, generating Endless Life, forming a Small Circulation, and evolving into a Great World!
And what of Chu Bai’s foundation?
During his years in Anping County, he had not slacked off for a single day.
Not to mention his Micro Level Cultivation Technique, something considered unattainable at the Qi Cultivation realm.
Such a terrifying accumulation, such a profound foundation—it was a level that even the Daoists from Major Sects with their own deep inheritances would find difficult to reach.
’With a foundation like this, why should I settle for second best?!’
’Today, amidst the siege of these Divine Spirits, in this crumbling world, I will forge my... Circulation Dao Foundation!!’
Inside the Underground Palace, a phenomenon suddenly occurred.
Xia Xing and the others discovered in horror that the White Jade Altar beneath Chu Bai could not withstand the pressure overflowing from his body and began to crack, inch by inch.
Five pillars of light—each a different color, yet all pure to the extreme—shot up from Chu Bai’s body. They pierced directly through the dome of the Underground Palace, projecting onto the hundred-zhang shell of the Mountain God outside.
The sharpness of Gold, the vitality of Wood, the inclusiveness of Water, the ferocity of Fire, and the steadfastness of Earth.
The Five Qi Chaoyuan gathered upon the Three Flowers above his crown.
Deep within Chu Bai’s Dantian Qi Sea, the once-liquefied vortex of Magical Power began to rapidly collapse and solidify.
The massive, illusory silhouette of a wheel, shimmering with five-colored Divine Light and etched with countless natural Dao patterns, slowly emerged between the realms of reality and illusion.
It turned slowly, and with each rotation, it seemed to pull the surrounding space into a rhythmic pulse.
It was the flawless... embryonic form of the [Circulation Wheel]!
The Night Patrol God’s Iron Mace, wreathed in pitch-black Evil Qi, once again smashed down heavily on the Lingma Mountain God’s back.
This time, there was no dull thud. Instead, a clear, resonant chime rang out, like a great temple bell being struck.
The Wandering God’s movements paused slightly. Within its rigid, overlapping pupils—eyes that only knew how to execute Purification commands—a surprisingly human-like flash of astonishment appeared.
It could feel that the rebound from the Iron Mace had changed. It was no longer the dead, unyielding sensation of rock, but a terrifying Resilience that was spinning madly, endlessly self-sustaining.
The [Prison-Suppressing Evil Flood Dragon], circling high in the sky, had an even more intense reaction.
"The balance... has completely collapsed!"
The Evil Flood Dragon’s enormous body writhed restlessly in the void. It discovered in terror that the Laws of the Five Elements in this part of the world were being forcibly twisted by that running stone giant.
All the Spiritual Qi of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth no longer followed the natural circulation of the Celestial Dao. Instead, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, it was all being frantically plundered by a single point inside the giant’s body.
"Is that... the aura of a Dao Foundation?!"
The Evil Flood Dragon let out a roar of disbelief. "A mere insect dares to steal the Heaven and Earth Origin to forge a Dao Foundation while under our siege?! This is the greatest blasphemy against the Divine Spirits!"

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