I Tame Beasts by Feeding

A Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform was already an Earth Level platform. In fact, for most people, being able to condense a Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform was already quite impressive.

This meant their talent was good, and they even had a high probability of breaking through to the Core Formation realm.

And now, as the Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform finished forming, a realization dawned on Yu Changsheng. This was his limit. It seemed he could go no further.

’Are the bottom three layers of the Spirit Platform... my true, innate aptitude?’

’Of the rest, my three Spirit Beasts provided one layer, my Physical Strength as a Body Cultivator added another, and my Divine Sense, which far surpasses my Realm, also constructed a layer...’

’Without these methods that ordinary people could never possess, could I only have condensed a three-layer Spirit Platform with my talent alone?’

Yu Changsheng gave a bitter smile, his mind racing with a torrent of thoughts.

’In the end, the system only improved my Cultivation Technique and Beast Taming abilities. My own aptitude—my Three Spirit Roots—hadn’t changed. If I weren’t relying on my Golden Finger, my Cultivation speed could never have been this fast.’

’No, I... I should be able to condense one more layer!’

Yu Changsheng took a deep breath. His eyes were completely bloodshot as he let out a low, hoarse roar.

A Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform was already impressive for an ordinary person, but Yu Changsheng refused to accept it. If he could just construct one more layer, his entire Spirit Platform would be upgraded to the Celestial Level. The difference between the two was self-evident.

"CONDENSE!!!"

RUMBLE! The sound of muffled thunder exploded within Yu Changsheng’s body. The vortex in his Qi Sea began to spin once more. The Spirit Platform, which had seemed stagnant, suddenly erupted in brilliant light as a profound aura spread in all directions.

Gradually, above the Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform, the faint outline of a seventh layer slowly began to appear.

"Is that... the Seventh-Layer Spirit Platform?"

Standing guard nearby, Yu Taoran’s eyes narrowed as he cried out in shock. His gaze shone with excitement, and his fists clenched tightly.

For Yu Taoran, the fact that Yu Changsheng had managed to build a Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform was already cause for celebration. After all, it meant that with a bit of luck in the future, he had a high chance of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.

So, when it seemed Yu Changsheng had reached his limit after condensing the Sixth-Layer Spirit Platform, Yu Taoran, though slightly disappointed, was still content.

But now, Yu Changsheng seemed to have enough strength left to condense a seventh layer. To Yu Taoran, this was a delightful, unexpected surprise.

While seven and six layers were only separated by one, the difference was like that between heaven and earth. Every three layers marked a new threshold. If Yu Changsheng could successfully condense this seventh layer, the significance would be entirely different.

’Can he succeed?’

Yu Taoran silently clenched his fists, his eyes gleaming.

Meanwhile, Yu Changsheng’s face was drenched in sweat. Gritting his teeth, his body trembled. A mysterious power suddenly surged from the void, flowing from the distant heavens and earth and pouring into the seventh layer of the Spirit Platform he was constructing.

In an instant, empowered by this aura, the seventh layer, which had been on the verge of collapse, flared with golden light. A sacred and glorious energy brewed within, forming the platform’s foundation and stabilizing its construction.

’Is this... an external power? It seems Changsheng has other opportunities of his own.’

Yu Taoran raised an eyebrow in surprise. As if sensing something, he glanced toward the void, a faint smile touching his eyes.

Yu Changsheng’s tightly furrowed brow relaxed. The moment this aura arrived, his mind suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of ease.

’He knew it was impossible to condense the seventh layer on his own, yet a faint realization bloomed in his heart: six layers was not his true limit.’

Yu Changsheng closed his eyes, sensing the aura pouring in from all directions. His consciousness followed it back to its source, leaping across the distance.

’Is that... the direction of the Wanxiang Sect?’

Yu Changsheng was stunned and a little surprised. He fell into thought. He didn’t know what this formless aura was, but... he could vaguely sense its connection to the Wanxiang Sect.

’Is this the destiny that gathered on me when I climbed the eight thousand steps...?’

Yu Changsheng lowered his head, deep in thought.

At that very moment, on the Wanxiang Sect’s Beast Taming Peak, a dozing Elder Wei suddenly looked up. His gaze crossed mountains and rivers, seemingly traversing infinite space and time to peer in Yu Changsheng’s direction.

’Destiny has been stirred. Is that fellow Yu Changsheng finally at Foundation Establishment? I wonder how many layers his Spirit Platform will have...’

Elder Wei muttered to himself, a smile spreading across his face. After a moment, he shook his head.

’Ah, well. I should start preparing what I promised that kid...’

And aside from Elder Wei, a few others within the Wanxiang Sect also seemed to sense something...

***

’I never expected it to have this kind of effect. No wonder the Vice Sect Leader was so desperate to ascend the eight thousand steps, and why stopping at seven thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine would be a regret for a lifetime...’

’That Celestial Ladder... it’s clearly no simple thing...’

Yu Changsheng suddenly understood. He finally realized why his ascent of the eight thousand steps had caused such a stir in the sect. The higher-ups must have known something.

As for why they never explicitly stated that ascending the eight thousand steps would allow one to borrow the Wanxiang Sect’s destiny to add another layer to their Spirit Platform, Yu Changsheng understood. A Supreme Treasure that could conjure an entire platform layer out of thin air...

If word of it got out, it would likely attract the malicious attention of numerous Major Sects. It was best to keep such a thing a secret.

And that was indeed the case. The Celestial Ladder was a magnificent artifact, but even the sect’s highest-ranking members only knew that it had been brought to them by the founding patriarch, Wei Zhenggui.

What they didn’t know, however, was that Wei Zhenggui had discovered the Celestial Ladder in some ancient ruins, along with the Earth’s Lifespan technique. Its origins were mysterious; even Wei Zhenggui himself had never fully grasped its profound secrets.

Of course, the ability to borrow the sect’s destiny to add a layer to one’s Spirit Platform was not without its limits. There were other, specific requirements, but for now, none of that concerned Yu Changsheng.

All Yu Changsheng cared about was that, empowered by this force of destiny, his Seventh-Layer Spirit Platform was now completely constructed. It was magnificent and majestic, shimmering with golden light, and slightly different from the layers below it.

It was a solid golden color, appearing utterly sacred and glorious. Mysterious patterns were engraved upon its surface, and at its very center, one could faintly make out a miniaturized, yet vivid and lifelike, replica of the Wanxiang Sect.

When the seventh layer finished forming, it connected with the six layers below it, sending a powerful tremor through them all. In just a moment, they underwent another sublimation.

With that, Yu Changsheng’s Foundation Establishment was complete.

’Is this my limit? A Seventh-Layer Spirit Platform... that’s good enough.’

Yu Changsheng slowly exhaled, carefully sensing every minute change in his body. The spectral image of the Spirit Platform behind him gradually faded. Within his Qi Sea, all the once-scattered Spiritual Power now revolved around the condensed, seven-layered platform.

The Spirit Platform was tall and majestic. As it bobbed in his Qi Sea, even a fleeting glimpse of it was enough to shake one’s soul. Dao Rhyme coalesced within it.

Even though the top six layers were still just phantoms, not yet fully solidified like the first, the changes they brought to Yu Changsheng were nothing short of earth-shattering.