Chapter 249 Establishing The Foundational Pillars



When Duncan's bloodline awoke, Duncan was gifted with the original version of his cultivation technique from his bloodline.

This changed the landscape drastically.

Armed with an archaic cultivation technique that had the potential to be even more profound than the one his sect had, Duncan's path to establishing a higher-tier foundation was set.

Duncan also put in the right efforts after that to even fulfill the conditions required to establish the legendary foundation. After fulfilling the esoteric needs, Duncan had to still commit a massacre to obtain the required slaughter qi. None of this was an easy thing to accomplish for a normal Spirit Sea realm cultivator.

Duncan was now all set to establish his foundational pillars.

Taking a deep breath, inside the slaughter field he had created himself, Duncan sat down crosslegged and started revolving his cultivation technique. The cultivation technique acquired from the bloodline had a new qi route for the Violet Palace realm.

This time, the route the qi traveled through his body, moved with his dark heart as the center. The qi that entered his dark heart and the qi that came out of it were completely different in properties.

First Step: Converting Liquid Spirit Sea into Semi-Solid Spirit Qi!

The first step in breaking through to the Violet Palace realm was to condense the liquid Spirit Sea into a semi-solid state. Duncan first initiated this transformation as he cultivated inside the slaughter field.

As time progressed, the surrounding area near Duncan became turbulent as Duncan's body devoured the slaughter energy that was in the slaughter field at a crazy rate. The insides of the defensive formation he had set up began to become a red hazy mist in color.

Despite the red mist pervading the area, Duncan felt incredibly comfortable as if he was back in his mother's womb. The slaughter energy in the surroundings poured into his body, which in turn moved through his heart and came out completely changed. There were a lot of profound qualities in the semi-solid qi Duncan condensed.

After about half an hour, Duncan completely converted the liquid spirit qi in his dantain into a semi-solid qi that had a lot of profound qualities. The qi in question was deep scarlet in color that was akin to Duncan's blood.

This color was not like that of the state his spirit qi was in when he entered the Spirit Sea realm. This red-colored qi was devoid of impurities and had an innate profundity from Duncan's bloodline in it.

Duncan took a deep breath and opened his eyes. The first step was now complete. Duncan knew that the next part was the most important aspect of establishing a legendary foundation. He shook away distracting thoughts in his mind and focused completely on the next step.

Second Step: Refining Foundational Pillars

Duncan slowly gathered his thoughts and directed them towards his dantain. The semi-solid red qi that had been converted recently rested in the dantain peacefully. Duncan concentrated hard and began to refine them slowly into eight pillars.

Refining the spirit qi into the pillars was really hard work. It was exhausting and took a lot of time for Duncan to even form the shape. These pillars needed to be in a semi-solid state that was close to being a solid thing. So, Duncan had to condense the refined semi-solid spirit qi into an almost solid state further before building the foundational pillars.

Time passed and Duncan became immersed in refining the pillars slowly. He was not in a hurry. He completely forgot anything outside and solely concentrated on making the foundational pillars very firm.

After a long time, Duncan opened his eyes...

He was done with refining the foundational pillars. In his dantain lay eight almost solid pillars that were scarlet in color. Duncan looked at the scarlet-colored pillars with deep emotion in his heart.

Now, it was time for the next step...

Third Step: Raising The Foundational Pillars!

While the eight pillars had already been formed, it was now time to raise them. There is a particular order in which the pillars need to be raised. It depends on the cultivation technique one cultivated.

The locations of the eight pillars were relatively fixed. However, the order in which they are raised combined with the cultivation technique will have unique effects on a cultivator's foundation.

Duncan's cultivation technique was relatively titled towards Slaughter Dao. So the first two pillars he raised will have a profound effect on his future cultivation. Based on the dao a cultivation technique favors, the arrangement of the establishment would vary.

Duncan needed to raise the entry pillars first and foremost. Duncan's Violet Palace was going to be akin to a slaughterhouse. So, the pillars for the gates need to be established first. If for example, Duncan's cultivation technique was tilted towards Earth Dao, then he should have raised the stabilizing pillars first. Each cultivation technique had unique needs in establishing a unique Violet Palace for a cultivator.

Duncan slowly raised each and every pillar in the order that his cultivation technique required. Here he noted the difference between the cultivation technique that his sect provided and the one his bloodline provided. Duncan didn't even hesitate. He resolutely raised the pillars in the order specified by the one his bloodline provided.

Duncan had a hunch that this arrangement of his pillars would have profound effects on his future cultivation. He carefully raised the pillars with a lot of effort and started to construct the arrangement mentioned in his cultivation technique.

The process was easy to describe, but it took a long time for Duncan to raise the pillars in a specific arrangement. While Duncan raised the foundational pillars, there were intense changes in the surroundings. The qi in the surroundings started roiling like nothing before.

The red hazy mist that engulfed the surrounding region began to shift and change as if it was responding to the pillars being established. If Duncan's eyes were open, he would have been stunned by the changes in the surrounding area. If anyone had been watching, they would have opened their mouth in surprise as well. Unfortunately, no one was able to notice it.

As Duncan established the pillars in his dantain, the surrounding red hazy mist became corrosive in nature. The dead bodies that were littered in the slaughter field began to be eroded by the corrosive mist. They were like wood feeding fire to burn ever brighter. The more the dead bodies got corroded, the faster the decomposition became.

The surrounding area began to roil in a strange manner causing everything to become very intense. The bodies started decomposing at an alarming rate the closer Duncan came to establishing all his pillars.

However, strangely enough, the surrounding corrosive mist didn't have any effect on Duncan at all. He was relatively undisturbed compared to the gory events that were happening right beside him. Even his dress was relatively undamaged.

Duncan was completely unaware that the process of establishing his foundational pillars had caused the surrounding qi to become corrosive and decompose all the bodies of the cultivators he had killed.

When Duncan opened his eyes after establishing his pillars, he was stunned to see the entire region free of any corpses. There wasn't even a single bone left causing him to be incredibly surprised. Duncan was flabbergasted by these events completely.

As much as he wanted to desperately look into this phenomenon, Duncan didn't want to stop his advancement. So, he could only endure and start the final stage of breaking through to the Violet Palace realm.

Final Step: Ennobling The Pillars!

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While Duncan was in the process of establishing his foundational pillars, Envoy Ming reached the Dark Star City in a hurry. He had rushed all the way to enquire news about Duncan's fight with the Young Talents.

When he reached the city, he came to know that there were only two survivors who had returned to the city. Everyone else had been killed. This news was currently making everyone in the city talk vividly.

Envoy Ming's face became gloomy when he heard this news.

Even he didn't expect Duncan to be so domineering. He had thought that Duncan would at most kill a few and send the rest fleeing. This wanton massacre was really not in his calculation at all. This changed things drastically.

Envoy Ming knew full well how this might affect the situation. The sects in question will never be able to digest this. They would surely want Duncan's head on a platter. That meant he would need to quicken up his hunt.

Deciding to enquire the news directly from the horse's mouth, Envoy Ming directly set forth to meet with Jiang Chen and Gao Song. He was determined to obtain all the news they knew about Duncan.

Hunting this person, who committed such a slaughter without any fear of repercussions, without knowing everything will only be detrimental to him. He needed to know everything about Duncan and the person who was able to escape from him would be the right person to enquire such details.

With a determined heart, Envoy Ming changed direction and headed towards the residence of Jiang Chen.

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