Chapter 152: The Golden Ocean and Breaking Through to the Peak Stage Foundation Establishment Realm

Another peaceful week swept past Heaven’s Table like a gentle mountain breeze.

Yu Liang spent most of his days side by side with Mei Hua, helping her oversee operations. Between reviewing daily reports, discussing the further expansion of the inner courtyard gardens, and enjoying afternoons sipping tea on the second floor balcony, the days felt very peaceful.

Meanwhile, in the private yard of the Yu Liang, Lin Xuehan practiced her sword techniques from morning till night. Sharp, silver sword intent continuously spread through the air as she refined her blade movements, taking full advantage of the rich, dense spiritual aura enveloping his courtyard.

Out in the restaurant, Xiaoxiao had quickly become a favorite among both the staff and regular people. The small girl seems have thrown herself into work with tireless enthusiasm, helping Auntie Mei manage the floor, wiping down tables, and carrying trays with a bright, earnest smile.

Her presence brought a refreshing, and somewhat innocent warmth to the restaurant, and even the roughest rogue cultivators couldn’t help but speak softly and gently around her.

After watching everything and making sure everything’s perfect, Yu Liang knew it was time to address his own cultivation. Sitting on the balcony as the sun began to set, he stretched lazily and turned to Mei Hua.

"I’m going to enter seclusion for a short while," Yu Liang said with a light smile while stretching his arms. "It’s about time I should make some progress."

Mei Hua chuckled softly, adjusting his robes gently. "Go ahead, it’s not like I can stop you. Everything here is running smoothly. So, Take all the time you need."

Yu Liang smiled at her before getting up. He had been meaning to check on his cultivation for a while, and now that everything outside was taken care of, he could finally focus on it.

He made his way to his private cultivation room and closed the door behind him. The room was protected by several defensive arrays, keeping out both unwanted visitors and outside disturbances.

He walked over to the jade platform, sat down cross legged and began preparing for his seclusion.

Yu Liang closed his eyes, plunging his consciousness into his what now has became an internal sea made up of dense spiritual energy.

Currently, his cultivation is at the Early Foundation Establishment Realm. While the sheer combat power was enough to fight Late Stage Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator with the help of physical body, still his cultivation realm had remained stagnant for quite some time.

"System, show me resources," Yu Liang called out inwardly.

With a simple thought, same options appeared in front of him , then he selected herbs and pill options and instantly remaining resources appeared on the screen, he then repeated same process, selected various options and took out all the necessary materials needed.

Among the resources were the last remaining High Tier Spiritual Herbs, Spirit Refining fruits, and some pure energy crystals from the batch he had originally purchased from Mei Hua’s store back in the early days.

Beside them were several translucent bottles containing Tier 5 Divine Liquid and dense stacks of Spiritual Stone essence cores.

Spiritual Stones and Spiritual Stone Essence Cores might share the same origin, but their value and applications are very different.

Ordinary Spiritual Stones contain spiritual energy that cultivators absorb for cultivation, use in transactions, or use it to activate formations and artifacts.

On the other hand, Essence Cores are the concentrated essence extracted from Spiritual Stones, containing a far denser and purer form of spiritual energy.

While ordinary cultivators can advance their cultivation with sufficient quantities of Spiritual Stones but Essence Cores are far more efficient, particularly for high level cultivators who require enormous amounts of energy to break through bottlenecks or replenish their depleted reserves.

Due to the difficulty of refining them and their scarcity, Essence Cores are rarely used in transactions and are generally reserved for powerful cultivators, high tier formations, and other applications where ordinary Spiritual Stones simply cannot provide sufficient energy.

Looking at the mountain of heavenly treasures floating before him, Yu Liang didn’t bother with the traditional, painstaking process of carefully refining one herb at a time. Instead, he reached out, grabbed a handful of three thousand year old Spirit Refining Fruits, and popped them into his mouth like a handful of sweet candied berries.

Crunch! Crunch!

If any elder from a sect had been present here to witness this scene, they would have fainted on the spot from heartbreak and terror. These were priceless herbs capable of helping Late Stage tage Foundation Establishment cultivators push through dangerous bottlenecks! Eating them like casual snacks was nothing short of an insult to the material itself.

The moment the fruits hit Yu Liang’s stomach, they melted into a roaring, violent tsunami of piritual energy. The surging tide of essence exploded outward, rushing through his meridians like an unstoppable dragon.

BOOM!

Yu Liang’s entire body radiated a blinding, golden light. His meridians expanded effortlessly, absorbing the terrifying wave of energy without a single sign of strain or pain.

Without pausing, Yu Liang grabbed a bottle of Tier 5 Liquid, uncapped it, and chugged the entire bottle down in one go. He followed it up by crushing five spiritual stone essence cores directly in his palms, allowing the liquid pure spiritual energy to pour through his pores and flood his dantian.

Normal cultivators had to carefully digest energy bit by bit, fearing that a sudden surge would burst their fragile meridians or even shatter their foundation. But Yu Liang’s body was like a bottomless, ancient abyss. No matter how much energy he swallowed, his foundation devoured it all greedily, refining it into pure, refined spiritual fluid that gathered into his dantian.

Crack!

The barrier inside his body shattered effortlessly.

Mid Stage Foundation Establishment Realm... Achieved.

The energy wave started to dissipate, but Yu Liang wasn’t finished. He reached out, grabbed another handful of fruits and tossed them down his throat alongside another bottle of liquid.

BOOM! BOOM!

The spiritual energy inside the room condensed into visible, glowing golden mist. Yu Liang’s dantian expanded again and again, the liquid spiritual essence within turned thicker, denser, and endlessly more potent, shining like melted gold.

Crack!

Another barrier collapsed without resistance.

Late Stage Foundation Establishment Realm... Achieved.

But the energy was far too much and he wasn’t going to waste it, Yu Liang opened his mouth and inhaled sharply, sucking the thick, golden mist hovering in the room back into his lungs. He channeled the remaining energy waves using his technique, driving the surging tide toward the limit of the realm.

A sound of something breaking echoed through his soul as his internal sea settled into a vast, calm, and glowing golden ocean. Every single meridian in his body filled with pure, unyielding power.

Peak Stage Foundation Establishment Realm.

Slowly opening his eyes. Yu Liang let out a long, hot breath of white mist, feeling the terrifying power.

He looked down at his hands, then glanced at the empty bottles and wiped clean spiritual essence floor in front of him.

"Unbelievable..." Yu Liang muttered to himself. Even he was shocked just how smooth his breakthrough went.

Leaving aside fact that he sheer amount of herbs, Tier 5 liquids, and Spiritual Essence he had consumed could have made an ordinary genius from Foundation Establishment Realm straight to the Mid or even Late Core Formation Realm.

Yet, because Yu Liang’s foundation was made with absolute perfection and unfathomably deep, flawless, by devouring mountain of resources had only managed to push him to the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

His foundation wasn’t a simple one like other cultivators; it was far stronger and more profound, placing him on an entirely different level from those of the same realm.

Yu Liang stood up, brushing off his robes with a smile. "Well... Peak Stage Foundation Establishment Realm will do for now."