Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

After failing his initial Foundation Establishment, Zhou Chun rested for almost ten days.

The main purpose was to smooth out the impact on his Qihai Acupoint and to sum up the lessons learned.

Failure is the mother of success; only after experiencing failure can one better understand how to find success.

Zhou Chun concluded that his failure was mainly due to spending too much time breaking through the illusion during his first attempt, which consumed a lot of the Foundation Establishment Pill's efficacy.

Otherwise, the impact of his energy cyclone's dispersal might not have been enough to break through the protective film formed by the pill's power on the first try.

Another part of the reason was certainly issues with control during the last step of reversing the Mana vortex, without maintaining a proper rhythm.

Continuing with his next attempt at Foundation Establishment, these two points remained the difficulties he needed to overcome.

However, with the experience of his first failure and knowing that there would be no further waste of the pill's power in expelling "impurities" from his body the second time, Zhou Chun still had great confidence in succeeding at Foundation Establishment.

So, once his body had recovered, he consumed the second Foundation Establishment Pill and embarked on his second attempt at Foundation Establishment.

Indeed, after taking the pill this time, there were hardly any impurities visible on Zhou Chun's body.

And he quickly began to challenge the Foundation Establishment Stage once more.

Unlike last time, the illusion he faced this time was the disdain and rejection from Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde after failing with both Foundation Establishment Pills.

He always held doubts and worries about not being close to Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde in his heart.

These doubts and worries were infinitely amplified in the illusion.

In the illusion, upon his failure and emerging, Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde, ignoring the Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi's pleas, vetoed the suggestion to give him a third chance with a third Foundation Establishment Pill, and even demanded he give up all his possessions to compensate for the loss of the two pills.

When other Clan Members found out he had failed to establish his foundation with two pills, they too became insanely jealous of his treatment and supported Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde's decision.

Those Clan Members who had been on good terms with him now looked at him with disappointment and aversion.

Compared to the previous illusion, this one was even more vivid, perfectly illustrating the evil of human nature.

However, Zhou Chun did not linger in the illusion for long this time and quickly saw through the illusion, regaining his consciousness.

He was not a proponent of the "innate evil" concept and always believed in reciprocating sincerity with sincerity.

The contributions he had made to the Zhou Family were significant, not just two Foundation Establishment Pills, but even three or five would have been enough.

Moreover, his management and combat abilities were among the top of the Zhou Family's younger generation.

Plus, both Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi and the Third Elder Zhou Daoquan had benefited from the "Soul Heart Fruit" he had offered them.

So he was absolutely unconvinced that he would be cruelly abandoned just because of a failed Foundation Establishment!

Even when Zhou Jiacheng failed to establish his foundation after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi never blamed him.

How could Zhou Chun possibly be abandoned!

With this sincere belief, Zhou Chun easily saw through the illusion and regained consciousness.

After regaining consciousness, he found that only less than 20 percent of the pill's power had been used.

This made him feel relieved and even more confident.

Then, when he began to condense the Mana vortex again, he succeeded after only two attempts, thanks to his previous failure experience.

When he started reversing the Mana vortex, Zhou Chun steadied his mind and began to try slowly.

Although he still failed once, the pill's power supported him, and the protective layer easily withstood the Mana impact caused by the failure.

By the time he started his third attempt, Zhou Chun finally smoothly pushed the Mana vortex and completed the reversal.

Drip!

Suddenly, a crisp sound of a water droplet resonated from within Zhou Chun's body.

A droplet of Power Essence, radiating golden, cyan, and azure spiritual light, just like the dew of early spring, fell down and into the originally empty Qihai area below.

Then, droplet by droplet, the Power Essence fell continuously, just like water dripping from a tap, accumulating in Zhou Chun's Qihai and forming a small pond.

When the final droplet of Power Essence also fell, Zhou Chun's Qihai had no trace of foggy Mana left, only a pool of Power Essence gleaming with tri-color spiritual light.

Success!

Zhou Chun looked at the Power Essence pool that had appeared in his Qihai and finally felt his heart settle back down.

He then began to circulate his cultivation technique, directing the Power Essence out of his Qihai and guiding it through his other meridians and acupoints.

This direction revealed that the Five Qi Chaoyang Scripture he had been cultivating was far less effective at guiding the Power Essence than it had been with the foggy Mana.

The time it took to complete one circuit was several times longer than before!

Such a significant difference, no wonder the first thing Cultivators do after establishing their foundation is to urgently switch their cultivation technique.

As the Power Essence flowed through the meridians and acupoints, nourishing nearby flesh and bones, Zhou Chun quickly realized his body was gradually undergoing changes.

He knew this was the Power Essence beginning to temper and nourish his body, gradually elevating his physical form beyond the ordinary.

This process is slow and extended; it usually takes more than half a year to complete the tempering.