Foundation Establishment

Foundation Establishment as the name says is the level when you form your foundation. Forming your foundation increase your lifespan by 200 years. There are three levels of foundation establishment which are:

## Stages

**Beginner Stage(Aura Sea Level.):** Which is the stage where you  forged you Tao roots, and your mana is as vast as the boundless seas.

**Intermediate Stage(Spiritual Altar Level.)**: Which is the stage where you build a Spiritual Altar upon the Aura Sea. A spiritual altar with just one layer was being regarded as the most inferior, followed by the one with two layers, so on and so forth. A spiritual altar with nine layers was regarded as the most superior.

**Advanced Stage(Core Furnace Level.)**: Which is the stage where you compress your mana to form the exterior of the core furnace and then emplace it above the Spiritual Altar.

## Grade

### Spiritual Altar/Core Furnace

Grade 9 - grade 1

Sovereign Grade

### Pill Grade

Xxxx -> grade 9

Yellow Pill -> grade 8 - grade 7

Green Pill -> grade 6 - grade 5

Red Pill -> grade 4 - grade 3

Purple Pill -> grade 2 - grade 1

Golden Pill -> sovereign grade

## Note

The Foundation Establishment stage might only be split into three realms, but there was still a difference of strength between cultivators of the same level. This was because spiritual altars were split into 9 grades, grade 1 being the best and grade 9 the worst of them all.

By extension, one could obtain a core furnace from grade 1 to grade 9. There was a great difference between each grade and an even greater difference is displayed in the future after forming the Aurous Core. There would also be a difference in the quality of the Aurous Core. The core furnace directly determined a cultivator’s cultivation potential in the future.

Refining a grade 9 core furnace above a grade 9 spiritual altar, would demand an unimaginable amount of luck to form an aurous core. As for the quality of the aurous core and advancing further stages in the future, don’t even think about it.

As for refining a grade 1 core furnace above a grade 1 apiritual altar, after the cultivator had advanced to the Aurous Core stage, they would definitely have a promising future.

Why did Xiao Budian suffer a disaster in the past? It was because he was born with an aurous sea and above the aurous sea stood a sovereign spiritual altar that was above and beyond a grade 1 spiritual altar!

Erecting a sovereign core furnace above the sovereign spiritual altar would mean that the aurous core formed would inevitably be the very best. Don’t mention Aurous Core stage, nascent soul and even primordial spirit were all within sight.

A core furnace of the lowest grade (Grade 9) would have near zero chance if even cultivating the aurous core needed to attain the Aurous Core Stage.

A Grade 7 or 8 core furnace would have a low probability and the pill would be a Yellow Pill.

A Grade 5 or 6 core furnace could at best cultivate a Green Pill, which was the third best aurous core.

A Grade 3 or 4 core furnace would give a Red Pill and lastly, only a Grade 1 or 2 crucible could stand a chance to cultivate a Purple Pill.

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