Chapter 4136 — Foundation Establishment Perfection!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Having just reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, the true qi that had just erupted within his body was still unstable, still at its most active and sharpest. Striking at the Golden Core at this moment, borrowing that momentum, the probability of shattering the barrier in one go was far higher than proceeding step by step.
Because once the true qi within his body fully stabilized, once the sharpness was spent, though it would be easier to control with absolute certainty, the driving momentum would be lost along with it.
By then, with the Foundation Establishment Perfection realm thoroughly stabilized, the true qi within his body would no longer be an aid to striking at the Golden Core—instead, through the inertia and complacency of settling into the status quo, it would become a very real obstacle to breakthrough.
When Wei Zhao first heard Di Xingdao's theory of leaping levels, he found it bizarre beyond belief. Yet on careful reflection, it did seem to hold genuine reason. So long as one's foundation was deep enough and one's talent and potential strong enough, striking while the iron was hot to leap levels did indeed seem easier than proceeding step by step.
Geniuses walk untrodden paths—that was likely the principle. Of course, if one recklessly charged ahead without any theoretical basis and ended up with a bloody nose or even a cracked skull, then that was not a genius but a thorough fool.
The moment he swallowed the Golden Core Golden Pill, Wei Zhao's eyes flew wide open. The true qi throughout the meridians of his body had suddenly surged by more than double, and was even still increasing. The terrifying pressure generated in that instant violently battered his meridians while rampaging everywhere, penetrating every crevice.
Wei Zhao felt as though he were a balloon filled to bursting with air—and still being inflated even now, liable to explode at any moment.
This was no illusion, but a very real instinctive warning from the depths of his body upon encountering extreme danger!
The Golden Core Golden Pill and the Foundation Establishment Golden Core, though medicines of the same lineage, were one of the fifth grade and one of the fourth—and the gap between them was immense. Especially for a Foundation Establishment-level expert, what the two represented was as different as heaven and earth.
Both were top-grade medicines, yet the Foundation Establishment Golden Core might increase the intensity of their true qi by twenty percent, while the Golden Core Golden Pill could make the intensity of their true qi surge by two full times, or even more!
A twenty-percent increase was progress within controllable bounds, but a twofold surge was simply outrageous—mishandle it, and people truly died.
Especially since the Creation Battle Mantra Wei Zhao cultivated was an extremely fierce and unyielding mental cultivation method; the impact force and lethality of its true qi were already far more ferocious than ordinary people's. Add to that the fact that this was a level-leaping breakthrough, where the true qi was already at its sharpest—at such a time, it was naturally all the more deadly.
Striking at the Golden Core carried the very real risk of shattering every meridian in his body. Di Xingdao's words had not been idle talk.
And this was still the Creation Battle Mantra after Wei Zhao had modified it with the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. Had it been the original version, with even poorer stability, the consequences were simply unimaginable.
No wonder even a legendary figure like Di Xingdao felt lingering fear over this—and ultimately stumbled when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. It was truly no injustice at all.
Braving the risk that his meridians might explode at any moment, veins bulging on his forehead, Wei Zhao relied purely on his powerful willpower and control to begin channeling the mighty true qi rampaging through his meridians into his dantian.