Insufficient balance

  Hong Zhen and Zhong Ying are still on Earth, although they are relatively far away. Tang Hao can't communicate with them through divine sense, but it's still possible to summon them over. After all, according to Yun Xi and Ning Yan, breaking through the Great Boundary is a threshold that will cause heavenly phenomena, which will inevitably attract the attention of other cultivators. Having a few more people guarding the way is better.

  After careful consideration, Tang Hao decided to build his foundation on Earth. There were three reasons for this: Firstly, although Earth was small, it had started late and the overall level of cultivators was relatively low, so even if he was discovered, the danger would be relatively smaller. Secondly, after experiencing thousands of years of spiritual energy drought, Earth had once again flourished with a second spring, with a higher density of spiritual energy than Kunlun Mountains or Penglai Island, and the effect of building his foundation here would be stronger than in those places. Thirdly, although the mysterious cultivator was unknown to be friend or foe, as far as divine sense went, only he could discover Tang Hao's presence, and according to Ai Ke, the mysterious cultivator wasn't always on Earth, but had placed his focus domestically, and even so, he still entrusted everything to the Spiritual Cultivation Bureau, only appearing when they encountered something they couldn't solve. Therefore, Tang Hao decided to build his foundation on Earth.

  As for the location, Tang Hao chose the vast Pacific Ocean. He originally wanted to choose Antarctica, which was rarely visited by humans, but Antarctica was filled with many legends. What if there were some formidable existences hiding there? Wouldn't Tang Hao be walking into a trap?

  Zhong Ying and Hong Xi had already arrived at the airport. Zhong Ying was wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt today, with a white lace camisole faintly visible underneath. She still wore her usual short skirt, paired with a pair of canvas shoes, but no longer wore those seductive silk stockings, as if she had really transformed back into the innocent girl she once was.

  Hong Zhen was wearing a red dress, looking at Tang Huang with a devout expression.

  "What about Song Ningwei and Qing Shiqi?" Tang Hao asked.

  Zhong Ying replied, "Eldest Sister has returned to the Mu Yu Sect, but judging from her state, she seems to be in a terrible condition. After some time, she will probably become someone else's concubine." Zhong Ying looked at Tang Huang with an expectant gaze, seemingly hoping that he could help Song Ningwei out.

  Tang Hao nodded silently, not knowing what to say either. The path was hers to choose, so she should be the one to bear the consequences.

  Hong Zhen continued, "Later on, we encountered the demon's attack. Several of our brothers who had switched bodies were hit by the demon's move. However, when the demon used that move on Zhen Er, not only did it have no effect, but the demon itself suffered heavy damage. Zhen Er and Qing Shi Qi took advantage of the opportunity to escape. From then on, Qing Shi Qi trusted Zhen Er exceptionally. Now she has entered the Kunlun Star Domain, probably going back to the Menpai Sect. I made up an excuse and slipped away."

  As expected by Tang Hao, his divine breed suppressed the lustful demon breed's lustful kind. However, Tang Hao still had apprehensions about him, after all, compared to Tang Hao, he was more like a desperate fugitive who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. At that time, Tang Hao wouldn't be able to devour everyone, would he? The yellow-grade spirit root was manageable, and he could still spit it out, but the mysterious-grade spirit root was beyond his control now. This would greatly affect his cultivation speed, even if he used his shadow clone, Tang Hao didn't have that many divine thoughts to manipulate.

  Zhong Ying had already booked her ticket, with Hawaii as her destination. However, Tang Huan was not going there for tourism. Although Tang Huan's speed was fast, it would take him a long time to fly to the center of the Pacific Ocean, so he decided to make Hawaii his transit point.

  Arriving in Hawaii, Tang Hao took the five girls and flew towards the center of the Pacific Ocean. Although flying was prohibited in public areas on Earth, there were fewer concerns over this vast ocean.

  "Master, why don't you just devour all the yellow-grade spiritual root female cultivators in the world? It won't affect your cultivation speed anyway." Hong Yan suddenly asked.

  Tang Hao hadn't thought of this question, because he felt it was too absurd. Of course, if things continued like this, by the time he became Emperor, half of the world would be under his absolute control.

  Tang Hao smiled, "Because I'm not a lustful demon, and I don't have such ambition. Besides, would that really be interesting?"

  Hong Zhen smiled and said: "That's good, I was just afraid that Master would devour a few more and compete with us for favor!"

  Huang Yi suddenly pointed at a small island in front of them, "Master, look! What's with that island?"

  Tang Hao and the five girls landed on the island, finding it to be quite nice. Tang Hao used his 250th-level spiritual sense to scan the island, discovering no other cultivators, only some seagulls nesting on the island. In the center of the island was a mountain, with a valley in the middle that could be used for hiding.

  Tang Hao entered the valley and said to the five girls: "You all break through first, and after you've recovered, you can take turns protecting me."

  Long ago in the space of Nüwa, the spiritual power of the five girls had already reached saturation. Upon hearing Tang Huo's words, each of them ate a foundation-establishing pill and immediately released the seal within their bodies. They sat cross-legged in the five directions and began to meditate.

  Unlike Qi-gong practitioners, the spiritual energy inside the lower abdomen of a Jindan practitioner is no longer in a gaseous state but has transformed into a liquid state. This also means that the spiritual energy stored in the lower abdomen of a Jindan practitioner will undergo qualitative changes. Of course, the practitioner's consciousness will also be correspondingly enhanced, but the growth rate is much slower than that of the spiritual energy.

  For ordinary Jushi, the peak of Qi Gong to Ji Di, the spiritual power will become ten times that of the original, but for Shen Shi, the peak of Qi Gong has 100 meters, even if it reaches Ji Di, it is only 200 meters, although it doubles, but compared with Ling Li, it is much worse.

  The spiritual energy of the five girls slowly became viscous and began to transform from a gaseous state to a liquid state. At first, everything was as expected, but later it turned out to be completely different from what was recorded in the book.

  According to the book, building a foundation is only an internal change in the body and will not have any obvious external characteristics. However, when the five girls merged with the divine soul, they suddenly began to emit different colored lights, and their spiritual energy condensed at an accelerated rate under the illumination of these lights.

  The spiritual energy inside the five girls is no longer in a pure liquid state as recorded in the book, but instead contains countless small crystals. These small crystals are what top foundation-building cultivators dream of, as they can use them as crystal nuclei to condense their primordial dan and improve its quality, just like metal tempering. If a top foundation-building cultivator has even one small crystal in their body, it's considered a blessing accumulated over eight lifetimes. Now, the five girls have dozens of these crystals inside them, which would make many cultivators who are preparing to break through to the Congealing Dan stage feel ashamed if word gets out.

  This is not the end, the five women's spiritual light at this time actually echoed each other, and the exercises in their bodies also started to operate automatically. The spiritual energy within a few hundred feet surged towards the island like a tide, fortunately there were no cultivators around, otherwise they would definitely be alarmed.

  Tang Hao was relieved that he had brought the five girls together to break through, and it seemed that after they successfully built their foundation, even if they didn't stay together, they would all be able to challenge higher levels. However, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel a bit more worried - if these five girls' breakthroughs were causing such a big commotion, then when he himself broke through, wouldn't it be like the heavens and earth turning upside down, attracting every cultivator in the Pacific Ocean?

  Building the foundation generally takes one or two days, and Tang Hao stood guard beside it to prevent anyone from disturbing him. What Tang Hao didn't expect was that he ended up standing guard for five whole days. Although Tang Hao hadn't built his foundation yet, he had already learned how to go without food, but his stomach still growled with hunger. Even someone as highly cultivated as Yun Xi would salivate at the sight of delicious food. Fortunately, Tang Hao had some instant noodles on him; otherwise, he would have surely starved to death.

  Five days later, the circle formed by the five women had turned into a rapidly rotating vortex of five colors. Suddenly, the light dissipated, and their spiritual energy returned to their bodies. The five women also opened their eyes, and their breathing underwent an extreme change.

  "Thank you, Master, for helping us to build our foundation!" The five women knelt down in front of Tang Hao. Originally, the five women were people with mediocre talent, and their hopes of building a foundation weren't very high. Now that they had successfully built their foundation, and their base was even stronger than most people's, and they also saw hope for forming a dan (elixir), they couldn't help but feel joyful in their hearts.

  Tang Hao nodded and said: "You all tidy up your spiritual power, quickly adapt to the new cultivation, I'll set up the formation now, wait for you to escort me later."

  Tang Hao sighed, and the first hurdle of his cultivation was about to arrive.