All the Black Obstruction had been completely washed away, without a trace remaining. His entire body felt incomparably at ease. Shi Tiexin could clearly sense his innate meridians, every one of them visible from the main trunk to the branching veins. It could be said that as long as his total sharp qi reached the mark, he could advance without hindrance straight to the peak of Sharp Qi.
Taking his Extreme Hardness a step further would be as easy as turning over his hand.
Black Venerable's record had been broken, yet the eighth cycle itself had consumed no more than one-tenth of his reserves.
Even if he had not used the primordial essence bottles for replenishment from the very beginning, he would still have had three-tenths left over.
His preparations had simply been too thorough, his accumulation too profound, and his manifestation body too absurdly overpowered.
After diverting a tiny bit more energy to restore his transcendent aura to its peak, Shi Tiexin was brimming with confidence, ready to strike while the iron was hot and ring the ninth Heavenly Bell as well.
At this rate, Nine Heavenly Bell Rings would be no trouble at all. And as long as he succeeded here, with the Main Worldline already familiar ground, Nine Heavenly Bell Rings would be as easy as pie.
But something unexpected happened.
After the eighth ring, Shi Tiexin felt his mind return to the starting point. Yet just as he was about to set out again, he discovered that he had arrived somewhere utterly unfamiliar.
To put it another way, the map was still the same map, but there were neither bosses nor lesser monsters.
All the Black Obstruction had already been cleared away at the eighth ring.
But that did not mean he could ring the ninth