"Phew..."
Inside the cultivation chamber, Song Qingxi let out a long breath, expelling all the turbid qi that had accumulated in her lungs during this period. After more than three years in seclusion, she had finally completed the last preparatory step before breaking through to the Golden Core Stage.
Although she had taken full responsibility for the family's various affairs over the years, because she had been willing to delegate authority, her cultivation had not been delayed much. Every step of her journey had been exceptionally steady.
Now, at just over two hundred years old, she had already refined the five elements within her body to completion. Only a Heavenly Lightning Tribulation remained before she could break through to the Golden Core Stage. If all went smoothly, she could fully achieve her breakthrough before the age of three hundred.
For someone who had absorbed [Law Essence], this progress was already considered fairly secure.
In the blink of an eye, sixty years have slipped by. Husband should be back by now, shouldn't he? Song Qingxi thought to herself. Looking at the tightly shut door of the cultivation chamber, her heart carried a trace of unease.
Judging by the time, if everything had gone smoothly, Song Qingxing should already have safely returned to the clan.
She hoped that the instant she opened this door, she would see him standing outside.
Yet in this world, nothing was more feared than having one's hopes fall empty.
What if she opened the door and that person was not waiting outside?
What had to be faced would eventually have to be faced. Relying on the trust she held at the bottom of her heart for Song Qingxing, she slowly pushed open the cultivation chamber's door. Several withered leaves drifted past on the wind. Beyond the door