Ray then sat on the bed, activated the silence array to block out external noise, and placed some spirit stones in the grove near the formation core, which would last for at least ten days.
He then activated the spirit-gathering array he had placed in the room by dumping a large number of spirit stones beside the bed. The array eventually used these stones to gather the spirit energy from them.
As the spirit energy gathered, a dense fog formed in the room, making it cooler. Every breath Ray took was filled with spiritual energy.
Ray then entered his ideal state to mediate closed his eyes and started meditating.
Maybe because the clone's body is made with heavenly treasure, the spirit energy upon entering the body is easily refined, converted into his energy, and stored within him.
Ray opened his eyes in doubt, observed his body through soul consciousness, and found no problems after completing one cycle of exercise. He decided to dump more spirit stones on the spirit-gathering array and went back to meditate.
With increased excitement, Ray started performing his exercise without stopping. The spiritual energy in the room was sucked into his body and refined with a 1:1 ratio, increasing the amount of spiritual energy in his body. Soon, Ray felt the barrier for the middle stage foundation realm, broke through it in one go, and reached the middle stage of the foundation realm.
Then Ray took daybreak to consolidate the realm he had just reached by roaming in the garden and spending his day normally in the villa.
Ray instructed Jessica to place a sign at the villa gate, which stopped various people from visiting and restored the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere that existed before.
After consolidating his realm, Ray entered closed-door cultivation again to further advance his realm and reach the late stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.
With his previous experience of easily breaking through the barrier of the foundation realm minor stages, Ray sat cross-legged, activated all the arrays, placed the spirit stones to gather spirit energy, and began his meditation.
First, he slowly began absorbing the spirit energy in the room. Then, the absorption of spirit energy gradually increased, forming a vortex that drew in all the room's spirit energy as it was generated by the spirit-gathering array.
At a time, the absorption crossed the threshold of spirit energy gathering in the room by the spirit-gathering array, and the entire room array started making sounds due to the stress they were experiencing.
Ray, noticing this, stopped meditating and added more spirit stones to the array. He crushed some spirit stones in the room to directly extract the spirit energy, filling the room with energy once again.
Then Ray closed his eyes and slowly started absorbing the spirit energy at the ideal state which was generated and converted into his energy.
Ray wasn't happy about this because it would extend his meditation time to reach the late stage of the foundation realm.
If anyone from the outside world heard his thoughts, they might die from a heart attack upon witnessing such monstrous cultivation and still not being satisfied by it.
Fortunately, only Ray was here now. Let's hope there won't be a situation where someone witnesses his ability and their Dao's heart breaks because their fellow cultivators feel too jealous and die.
Ray stayed in the room for three continuous days, and on the early morning of the fourth day, he felt the barrier for the late stage of the foundation realm. He easily broke through the barrier that was stopping him and became a late foundation realm expert.
Ray happily felt the changes in his body, left the room, and saw Lily sitting outside, looking worried.
He then asked her and found he stayed in the room for three days and didn't come down the hall, so she stayed there and started guarding the room on the second day.
Ray apologized for leaving her alone these past few days and asked if she wanted anything. When she said she wanted to go to the restaurant for breakfast, he took her there.
Ray then had a good breakfast and took Lily shopping for supplies in the villa and returned by the afternoon.
He then spent that day and the following day leisurely, without doing any work, and consolidated his realm to achieve his goal of reaching the peak of the foundation realm.
Ray then visited the city lord's mansion during this period and asked Misha to visit his villa and take Lily with her to play as she would get bored easily alone in the villa while he was in closed-door cultivation.
Misha was happy to have a valid reason to skip her father's classes since she now had to take care of Lily.
Morgan, who learned about the situation, agreed after hearing that it was Ray's request and allowed Misha to miss the classes.
Ray was grateful for the family duo and thanked them.
After taking a two-day break, Ray told Lily he might go back to his closed-door training for a few more days and then went into the room, leaving Lily watching reluctantly.
Upon entering the room, Ray cleaned up all the dust that had accumulated from the exhaustion of spirit stones, which had turned into dust and piled in the corners of the room.
Ray then started his third meditation session in the month as he was determined to reach the peak stage of the foundation realm in this session before he started his journey to the broader world.
Ray stayed in the room for a continuous seven days meditating deeply without realizing the flow of time and on the eighth day morning, he felt he had reached the peak of his current realm and happily left the room.
Upon entering the hall Ray saw Misha seated there playing some board games with Lily happily and Lily was also enjoying her company.
Ray was thrilled to see this and felt excited that Lily had finally made some friends she could play games with and explore the city without his guidance.