"Fellow Daoist, aren't you being a little too indulgent?"
The Great Dao was fraught with hardships, like walking on thin ice. One misstep could send one plunging into an abyss ten thousand fathoms deep, leaving not even bones behind.
Only by holding a devout heart and constantly tempering one's Dao Heart could one walk far along the path. Things gained too easily were often not cherished.
Take too many shortcuts, and it would become difficult to return to the Great Dao overgrown with thorns.
Xu Miaoyin had originally been at a rather delicate juncture. Foundation Establishment was precisely the stage for solidifying a cultivator's foundation. Only after breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm could one glimpse a trace of this world's mysteries.
The existence of the Minor Inner Demon Tribulation was a comprehensive test of a cultivator's Dao Heart. The capable rose, while the mediocre fell.
In terms of foundation alone, Xu Miaoyin indeed possessed several of the essential conditions for breaking through to the Purple Palace Stage. However, that was only by the standards of an ordinary cultivator.
Her mudball palace had opened, and her powerful Mental Energy would not only impose an immense burden upon her body; when crossing the tribulation, Inner Demons would directly erode her True Spirit.
Success would be one thing, but if she failed, there would not even be room to turn things around.
Thus, Song Changsheng had never expected Xu Miaoyin's cultivation to progress quickly. On the contrary, he hoped she would slow down, temper her body step by step, consolidate her foundation, and proceed steadily.
Faced with his questioning, Xia Qingxue remained exceptionally calm. She said lightly, "Perhaps you do not know, Fellow Daoist, but when I broke through to the Purple Palace Stage, I did not undergo the Inner Demon