For all intents and purposes, Fang Hao was ready to make a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Stage. He was at the 10th layer of Qi Condensation and very close to leveling up; he had acquired a very good Cultivation Manual which agreed well with his spirit roots; he had even acquired more than enough foundation establishment pills for a breakthrough. He was at a dilemma now, whether to strictly follow the Primal Thunder Scripture or try to modify it as he made his breakthrough into the foundation Establishment stage.

'Who am I kidding? I definitely want to try and cultivate Primal Thunder Enhanced Edition with Mods. Even if the mod turns out shit, I can always revert to the vanilla Primal Thunder Scripture for future level-ups. Even if my Qi Cultivation is irreversibly crippled which forced level-ups via xp can't solve..I have my Body Cultivation technique. Though it would mean revealing that I have reached Foundation Establishment in pure Body Cultivation to get attention and support, I would have a very good chance of progressing as a pure Body Cultivator by depending on external resources as long as I stay alive after the experiment.' thought Fang Hao.

'On the other hand, success with this venture would open new doors for my future cultivation and my cultivation technique would belong to me alone, making it harder for others to predict my arsenal of spells and the characteristics of my Cultivation. Yes, lets go ahead with this.' resolved Fang Hao.

'I choose the Primal Thunder Scripture for the possible synergy with my acquired spirit roots of life and lightning which are most probably due to my practice of the Divine Vajra Body Scripture. I am daring to take this risk of modifying the cultivation manual also because I have my body refining scripture to fall back on. Even if I do lose my access to Qi, I can depend on external resources and murdering for xp to cultivate and level-up as a pure Body Refiner. Even my prowess at the Qi Condensation level is because of the synergy of the Aura Fist manual with my enhanced physique due to Body Refining. So lets do this and go for broke. All my chips rest on body refining. Lets roll the dice! ' Fang Hao determined with a maniac mindset.

He spent the next few months meticulously deciding the enhancement of the Primal Thunder Scripture. He decided on the Aura Fist Manual and the Divine Vajra Body Scripture as the best candidates for so. He had already reached the equivalent of Foundation Establishment as a Body Refiner with the Divine Vajra Body scripture and the acquired spirit roots of Life and Lightning strongly agreed with the Primal Thunder Scripture. The Aura Fist Manual had the interesting concept of synergy between QI and body Cultivation along with the (+) insight he had incorporated while practicing it. Fang Hao was hopeful of integrating these characteristics into his enhanced modification of the primal Thunder Scripture.

These few months he had reviewed the various steps/ensembles of the Divine Vajra Body Scripture along with the somatic components of the Aura Fist Manual. He did lot of mini-practices with various somatic components along with the contemplation image of the Primal Thunder Scripture and finally decided on a clear plan for modifying the Primal Thunder Scripture. While he was immersed in his plan to modify the Primal Thunder Scripture, he had completed 11 years at the Jade Pagoda Sect.

In his obsession, he had even instructed his clique that he was going into closed door cultivation and also missed the annual competition between disciples which usually provided a nice dollop towards his level-ups. It wasn't uncommon for disciples who were about to make a major breakthrough to different realms to behave like obsessed shut-ins, so his behavior wasn't eye catching or out of the norm.

One evening, a few hours after dusk and Fang Hao was ready to proceed with his bold plan. He had activated the privacy feature of the formation protecting his dwelling so that others couldn't see what he was doing in his yard with a casual glance, changed the indicator Flag at his residence to Red to indicate his unavailability, before he took a relaxing simulated shower (by splashing mugs of water over his head) and came to his yard fully naked with a couple of jugs of spirit wine and his storage pouch.

He arranged the jugs of spirit wine nearby and withdrew the palm size jade boxes of Foundation Establishment pills he had purchased along with the couple of loose pills the Great Elder Shi had given him. He also arranged around a hundred low grade spirit stones nearby, each the size of a baby's fist and a couple of meters away from each other. Fang Hao then crushed one loose foundation establishment pills into each of the jugs of spirit wine. He then further opened two of the palm sized jade boxes and crushed one of the reddish foundation establishment pills into each of the jugs of spirit wine.

He had now dissolved four foundation establishment pills in two jugs of spirit wine and had a further of eight foundation establishment pills. The one disadvantage of body refining was that he quickly built up a tolerance to various pills and resources which were cultivation aids. While this helped him to hold his liquor and better resist various toxins, it also drastically increased the amount of resources he would require to boost his Qi Cultivation.

Hence, while two-three foundation establishment pills were enough for a regular breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, he had prepared a dozen of those along with a couple of jugs of spirit wine which were potent enough for Foundation Establishment Disciples. Fang Hao then opened the remaining eight palm sized jade boxes and piled the foundation establishment pills into the lid of one of the jade boxes. Of course he had to bleed almost all of his contribution points for all these, but he didn't want the lack of resources to mess up his breakthrough attempt.