Three months later.
Within the meditation chamber at Tingtao Manor on Changhe Island, spiritual energy surged and roiled.
Wang Chen sat cross-legged atop a meditation cushion. Spiritual Light surfaced between his brows, and his dharma robe stirred despite the absence of wind.
An indescribable aura filled the room.
A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, a faint flash of purple glinting in his pupils.
Innate Five Elements Technique · Experience +1 Innate Five Elements Technique (sixth layer): 0/600
After three months of secluded, painstaking cultivation, Wang Chen successfully broke through the bounds of the Purple Mansion fifth layer and entered the sixth layer.
Only one layer now separated him from the high-level Purple Mansion!
This time, too, he had not used a single point of Heavenly Merit. He had broken through entirely through his own strength.
In truth, after the bone-cleansing, marrow-washing improvement to his Spiritual Root, Wang Chen's future path of cultivation had become a broad and level road. Forming a core and birthing a nascent soul would no longer pose any bottleneck of talent.
Thus, this breakthrough in a minor Purple Mansion realm went exceptionally smoothly, achieved in a single stroke.
Yet before Wang Chen could recover his breath, regulate his qi, and consolidate his realm, an intense palpitation suddenly seized his heart.
Somewhere in the unseen, an utterly cold and merciless gaze descended upon him. When it fell on Wang Chen, chills ran through his entire body!
Though that gaze lasted for less than a breath, Wang Chen felt as if he had passed through countless cycles of life and death.
He had nearly suffered a cultivation deviation!
Fortunately, the Innate Five Elements Technique was pure and gentle, balancing all five elements in perfect harmony. That was why Wang Chen had escaped this calamity.