"Whew... Breaking through during a fight is still far too reckless, after all."
Xiao Rui let out a long breath of turbid air and pulled his mind back from the meditative state.
The past few days since the tournament ended, he had been constantly consolidating his cultivation.
Because he had just broken through to the early stage of the Profound Heaven Realm, and that breakthrough had happened right in the middle of a battle, his spiritual power fluctuations had been somewhat unstable these past two days.
By using medicinal pills to aid his cultivation, it took him a full three days before he could truly be considered to have stepped into the Profound Heaven Realm.
"If you had cultivated at your original speed, it would have been difficult for you to break through to the Profound Heaven Realm within a month."
"With the stimulation of that match, I didn't expect you to really break through smoothly."
"And now your spiritual power fluctuations are very stable. Kid, you could say this was a blessing in disguise."
Xiao Rui stood up and nodded, saying:
"That's right, Elder Sword. Thanks to your warning beforehand, you made me prepare quite a few medicinal pills."
"It's just that after this whole ordeal, I'll have to head down the mountain again to purchase spiritual herbs and materials."
Just at that moment, a pale-blue sword light flew across the azure sky.
Xiao Rui raised his head to look and saw an peerless beauty standing upon the blade, her ink-black hair fluttering with the wind, her cloud-like hair bun towering high, her slender eyebrows gracefully arched.
The newcomer was none other than Xia Wantang.
After landing, Xia Wantang first glanced around at the surrounding environment before speaking leisurely:
"Junior Brother Xiao, you should have been promoted to an