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Ch. 75 - Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment!

"Oh, little Golden Pill, you look like you want to be eaten. So small, so short, so white and tender."

Ye Chuan looked at the white pill in his hand with a lecherous expression. "Let me touch your little Golden Pill."

This was a Heaven-Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Heaven-Grade

Ye Chuan hadn't expected to get it on his first try. It seemed upgrading the pill furnace for a hundred thousand yuan was well worth it.

He glanced at the requirements for Foundation Establishment—

[Heaven-Grade Foundation Establishment: Requirements met, can proceed with Foundation Establishment.]

Establish!

But just as Ye Chuan was about to click, he hesitated. If he remembered correctly, his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment should trigger a Heavenly Tribulation.

It wouldn't destroy his house, would it?

Ye Chuan thought for a moment and decided to postpone the breakthrough. 

He needed to find a suitable location, at least not in the urban area. But was there a suitable place…

"It seems there is." Ye Chuan suddenly thought of a suitable location.

He quickly packed up and left the house.

…

Half an hour later, Ye Chuan was in the outskirts of the city.

There was no one here.

And certainly no ghosts like Lan XiaoKe. Ye Chuan looked around. It was dark, and only a few trees rustled in the night breeze.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Chuan's gaze fell on a high-voltage power tower not far away.

As everyone knew, high-voltage power towers had lightning rods, or rather, lightning conductors, usually installed at the top and running along the power lines.

Their effect was the same as lightning rods: they absorbed lightning and conducted it into the ground.

Ye Chuan walked over to the power tower. After confirming there were no surveillance cameras or similar devices, he took out his phone, opened the app, and pressed the "Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment" button.

[Breaking through to Foundation Establishment—]

[Due to your special constitution, please survive the Heavenly Tribulation.]

Two scarlet notifications popped up.

Ye Chuan looked up. The dark sky was calm, with only a few scattered stars, no sign of thunder at all.

"Could it be that because I'm breaking through here, there won't be a Heavenly Tribulation?"

Just as he thought this, he looked up again and saw dark clouds gathering, crackling with lightning.

Ye Chuan: "..."

Seriously, such a quick change?

Ye Chuan hadn't expected the clouds to gather so quickly. He glanced at the power tower beside him, then at the dark clouds.

"Come on, strike here, let me show you human technology."

As if sensing Ye Chuan's provocation, the clouds rumbled, and in the next second, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck down!

The lightning flashed incredibly fast, and Ye Chuan immediately activated his Chaotic Indestructible Body.

But the lightning didn't strike him; it was attracted to the power tower, sparks flying, but otherwise, it seemed unaffected.

"Huh? That's it?" Ye Chuan had expected the lightning to strike him. Seeing this, he twitched his lips.

That's all you got?

"Harder, okay?" Ye Chuan made a provocative gesture.

 "Just a little bit, not enough." 

"Rumble—" The thunder grew louder, and the golden lightning arcs began to turn red!

"Boom!"

This time, the lightning struck with incredible ferocity!

It exploded!

Ye Chuan remained unharmed.

"Still nothing." Ye Chuan shook his head. It seemed the power tower's lightning protection system was more impressive than he had imagined. 

After all, it was a product of engineering wisdom; a mere Heavenly Tribulation couldn't handle it.

Ye Chuan casually sat down and started playing on his phone, letting the lightning strike down, only to be dispersed by the power tower.

After a series of explosions, the sound gradually subsided.

Ye Chuan looked up and saw that the dark clouds were no longer as dense. "Weak."

The clouds, even after being provoked by Ye Chuan, couldn't muster any more strength.

They slowly dissipated under Ye Chuan's gaze.

Ye Chuan's phone vibrated—

[You have entered the Early Foundation Establishment realm.]

[Status: Idle cultivation in progress, 25 days until Mid Foundation Establishment (Cultivation efficiency is affected by manual, spiritual root, constitution, etc.)]

Foundation Establishment!

A Foundation Establishment master!

Ye Chuan immediately felt the change in his strength. His physical strength and meridian strength had increased significantly. He waved his hand. "Sword, come!"

The Green Peak Sword appeared from his spatial backpack and hovered beside him!

He gripped the Green Peak Sword and casually slashed. A crescent-shaped sword aura shot out, carving a ten-meter-long gash in the ground, as easily as cutting tofu!

"Perfect," Ye Chuan said, shaking his head, then controlled the Green Peak Sword to lie flat and stepped onto it.

"Rise!"

The Green Peak Sword shot forward like lightning, leaving a bewildered Ye Chuan falling to the ground.

Huh?

Wait, my sword!

Seeing his flying sword disappear like a meteor, Ye Chuan felt a stampede of a thousand Lan XiaoKe’s in his heart. 

"Damn it, I haven't even gotten on yet!"

He quickly chased after the Green Peak Sword—

…

Several kilometers away from the power tower.

A black car was driving on the highway.

Inside, three men were grinning. 

"The young lady of the Tianhai Group. After this job, we can live comfortably for the rest of our lives."

In the back seat, a woman was tied up securely. 

She was wearing a company uniform, her long, slender legs in a pencil skirt, staring intently at the men. 

"..."

But she didn't say anything. She knew these men were hired by someone else to kidnap her, and their motive was simple: to bring down the Tianhai Group.

Seeing the scenery outside the window grow darker, with fewer and fewer streetlights, Qiao Xin felt a chill in her heart, uncertain of her future.

If only someone could save her.

Qiao Xin's eyes gradually dimmed.

"Huh? Brother, what's that light over there?" Just then, the man in the passenger seat suddenly said.

"What light?" The leader, driving the car, glanced out the window and froze—a streak of light flew towards them like a meteor, landing squarely on the car, specifically on the tire!

Suddenly, the car, which had been driving smoothly, spun out of control!

"Holy shit!"

With a loud crash, the car hit the guardrail and finally came to a stop!

"Damn it! What the hell was that? It blew out my tire?!" The leader was stunned. 

What was that thing? A meteor?

He quickly got out of the car to check. After turning on his phone's flashlight, he saw a sword stuck in the tire.

"A sword…?"