Soul Breakthrough

Xiao Yan would need roughly half a year to absorb the Three Thousand Burning Flame. During those six months, Xiao Heng could not be bothered to run around everywhere. After all, that guy was the real calamity star. Without him around, there would be fewer troubles.

Thanks to the Ancient Dragon Essence Blood, Xiao Heng had now broken through to a three-star Dou Zun. However, he still had the Life Devouring Liquid, which should help him take another step forward. There was also the Earthcore, which he needed to find time to refine. Once he turned all the resources in his hands into strength, it would be time to set out again and search for new resources.

He would treat these next few months as a period of secluded cultivation. The spiritual energy here was abundant, the area was sparsely populated, and there was a natural barrier overhead. Cultivating here meant he would not have to worry about being disturbed. Being able to cultivate in peace was truly a wonderful thing.

Of the four, everyone except Zi Yan agreed. Even Zi Yan became reasonable after Xiao Heng sweet-talked her.

"Look, if I go out, won't there be more things to deal with? If there are more things to deal with, I'll have less time. And if I have less time, won't I have no time to refine pills for you?"

"But if I stay here, I'll have nothing to do and plenty of time. Then I can refine pills for you whenever you want, right?"

"And if I go out and have no time to refine pills for you, then all the things you left with me—you won't get to eat them, right? Wouldn't that be a loss...?"

"A loss!" Zi Yan thought about it seriously, then nodded.

"So...!" Xiao