CHAPTER 160: CHAPTER 159: SUPREME FOUNDATION ESTABLISHMENT

As the clear words emerged, Lu Yan’s will seemed to blend into this world, allowing him to perceive every change occurring within it with clarity.

Originally, the urban version had only one Spirit Vein in Beimang Mountain, which was an Artificial Spiritual Vein personally planted by Lu Yan.

However, with the launch of the 1.0 Spiritual Energy Revival version, a faint wisp of mist emerged from the depths of the mountains, slowly clinging to the ancient mountainside. This mist was not like ordinary water vapor; instead, it carried a slight tinge of blue, flickering under the moonlight.

In the deep terrestrial veins of famous mountains and rivers such as Kunlun and Mount Tai, the terrestrial veins dormant for millennia were awakening in an almost gentle manner, like a hibernating giant dragon slowly unfolding its body, transforming towards a Spirit Vein.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi in the world began to increase at an almost imperceptible pace, akin to the gradually intensifying fragrance of flowers in spring.

In the depths of forgotten ancient tombs, spirits that should have perished centuries ago reappeared, slowly gathering form in the newborn Spiritual Qi.

In dust-laden ancient texts, the words eroded by time began to emit a very faint radiance. The Visualization Heart Sutra recorded within the texts followed the changes of the world, beginning to nurture the spells of a new era.

All these changes proceeded in silence, as if the entire world were holding its breath, waiting for the arrival of a crucial moment.

Ordinary people might only notice the exceptionally clear sky, the unusually bright sunlight, and the increasingly lush vegetation, but they would be unaware of what this implied. Only those with sensitive minds could vaguely sense that some subtle yet profound changes were occurring in the world.

Immersed in these changes of the world, Lu Yan’s expression gradually softened.

He gazed at the indistinct will above the sky, softly murmuring:

"It’s time to establish the Foundation."

With those words, Lu Yan took a step, as if merging himself into the world.

From the beginning of guiding the Spiritual Energy Revival, Lu Yan had already set the Supreme Dao Foundation method, which was to substitute himself for the heavens during the change of great trends, undergoing the baptism of the Celestial Dao’s changing momentum.

If Lu Yan had not been the one orchestrating the Spiritual Energy Revival, he would have been assimilated by the infinite Power of Heaven and Earth the moment he merged himself into the world.

But since the source of this world’s Spiritual Energy Revival was Lu Yan himself, naturally, he had no need to fear the danger of assimilation by the world.

Lu Yan’s body began to transform, with every inch of his flesh resonating with the world, and the meridians within his body suspended like a reverse star river, radiating dazzling brilliance.

The thin Spiritual Qi in the world transformed into countless streams of light, cascading down like silver waterfalls. This time, the Spiritual Qi did not simply gather but was restructured and condensed under Lu Yan’s guidance, transforming into vast Magical Power and merging into Lu Yan’s body.

In Lu Yan’s Dantian, an illusory Dao Foundation was gradually taking shape.

Usually, a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Cultivation could establish a Foundation, but could only achieve the lowest first layer of a Dao Foundation.

If one could break through to the eleventh level of Qi Cultivation, they could establish a second layer of the Dao Foundation, stepping into the Human Dao Foundation Establishment. Though the twelfth level of Qi Cultivation advanced further, reaching a third layer of the Dao Foundation, it still remained within the scope of Human Dao Foundation Establishment.

Only upon comprehending the Mental Realm after the twelfth level of Qi Cultivation could one establish the fourth layer of the Dao Foundation, known as the Earth Dao Foundation Establishment.

Among the Earth Dao Foundation Establishments, there are also differences in superiority, with variations in the realms comprehended through mundane martial arts and Divine Power Techniques. However, the highest level of the Earth Dao Foundation is undoubtedly the entry into the Dao, capable of forging a six-layer Dao Foundation.

Beyond that is the divinely enlightened Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

The Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment is favored by the Celestial Dao, with a limit of nine layers of the Dao Foundation, the utmost perfection in the world, the end of all things under the Celestial Dao.

But the path that Lu Yan walks at this moment is to transcend the limit of the Heavenly Dao using humanity!

In Lu Yan’s body, neither the Magical Power Foundation Establishment nor the Mental Realm Foundation Establishment nor the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment is applicable. His body merges with the world, and the Dao Foundation produced is also this world.

The first three layers gather the power of the terrestrial veins, like a miniature of the Nine Provinces Land, with mountains and rivers flowing upon it.

The middle three layers gather the aura of the sky, with phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars floating within.

The last three layers reflect all beings and entities, with all things in the world entering the Dao Foundation.

When the tenth layer of the Dao Foundation began to condense, the entire world seemed to fall into silence.

The burgeoning Heavenly Dao of Spiritual Energy Revival and Lu Yan’s will began to resonate, and at this moment, Lu Yan’s will temporarily replaced the Heavenly Dao of this world.

In the midst of the unknown, Lu Yan sensed the existence of "self."

The Celestial Dao was originally the manifestation of Dao Rules, although it had the will of the Celestial Dao, it had no life in the literal sense.

But with Lu Yan temporarily replacing the soon-to-be-born Heavenly Dao of Spiritual Energy, this world’s Celestial Dao was endowed with the concept of life, and things started to change.

A majestic spectral figure condensed between heaven and earth.

It was an ancient and dignified Emperor, standing above the three thousand worlds, his crown’s jewels shedding and evolving into the Stars of the Celestial Sphere, as if woven by infinite Dao Principles, embodying the most essential manifestation of the great Dao.

The mortals of the world felt an unprecedented pressure at this moment.

The steel jungle in the cities seemed so small under the Emperor’s gaze, skyscrapers trembled with fear under this aura. The earth quaked, rivers wept, and even time seemed to become viscous under this power.

Every mortal could feel their soul trembling, an instinctive awe of the supreme existence.

"Who is He?"

Across lands spanning several provinces and spanning a thousand miles, the same thought flashed in the minds of all beings who could see the Emperor’s shadow, yet the awe and tremor in their hearts nearly robbed them of the ability to think.

This unknown Emperor hadn’t even displayed any techniques, merely revealing the Emperor’s dignity, causing everything in heaven and earth to fall silent, his methods surpassing the two ghost gods who appeared in the boundaries of Beimang Mountain.

Only those forces who had once come into contact with the Blood God suddenly had a name flash through their minds.

Lord of the Underworld!

The supreme existence who, according to the Blood God, once altered the world’s perception!

Outside Beimang Mountain, Mu Chunqiu, who escaped from the grand tomb, witnessed the scene before him with He Dongsheng.

Under the Emperor’s dignity, He Dongsheng had already been frightened, kneeling on the ground trembling, only Mu Chunqiu could still stand upright.

He had personally experienced the battle between the two ghost gods, witnessing their means of shifting mountains and filling seas, yet for some reason, he did not feel any fear towards those scenes, but rather an indifference stemming from the soul’s instinct.

But only this Emperor’s spectral figure before him made him feel a real, palpable terror.

The instincts of his body and soul drove him to kneel and worship, yet in the depths of his soul, an undying glow of True Spirit was reminding him.

Do not kneel! Do not kneel!

While Mu Chunqiu was immersed in this struggle and pain, the Emperor’s spectral figure high above the sky seemed to sense something.

He slowly turned his head, casting a glance towards a corner under Beimang Mountain.

In an instant, Mu Chunqiu felt as if endless Dao had descended, and under the mighty celestial force, even True Spirit was obliterated, causing his knees to crash to the ground!