Zhou Tong's breakthrough had drawn the attention of countless people across the Crimson Dragon Mountain Range, but before long, it became nothing more than a topic of conversation among the many powerful cultivators. After all, in a world where cultivation was possible, nearly everyone's mind was set on improving their cultivation and living freely in the world thereafter.
After his breakthrough, he successfully reported back to the Yinglong Guard. His year-long leave had ended, and all that remained was to wait for his superiors to assign him missions.
"Primordial Spirit Realm, the thirteenth level of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram... My cultivation speed has indeed slowed considerably. If I devote myself entirely to cultivation, it will take at least a year to break through to the sixteenth level and reach the Void Return stage. If Yinglong Guard missions are included, it may take even longer!"
After dealing with a few miscellaneous matters, Zhou Tong quietly cultivated within his small building.
The Primordial Spirit Realm was an entirely new realm, and Zhou Tong needed to properly comprehend its mysteries. At the same time, he needed to cultivate many of his divine abilities anew during this period.
Many divine abilities were simple to cultivate, but after reaching a higher realm, they required further advancement. For instance, Zhou Tong's Star-Plucking Hand had only reached the second transformation, and he needed to find sufficient materials before cultivating it to the third transformation.
There was also the divine ability Chaos Divine Arrow, which required time to accumulate more and stronger arrows.
Not only that, there was the matter of magic treasures. After advancing, he needed entirely new magic treasures; the Earth-rank ones he had used before were no longer quite suitable. However, there was no need to pay too much attention to magic treasures