The Immortal Qi around the entire courtyard was drawn in, crazily pouring into Xu Chunniang's body like an inverted torrent, with her at its center.
Sensing the fluctuations in the surrounding Immortal Qi, her brow suddenly twitched. She broke free from that strange state and inwardly cried that things were bad.
She had only recently made a breakthrough in her cultivation, which had already drawn enough attention. She absolutely could not break through again at such a critical moment—especially not through enlightenment!
With a thought, Xu Chunniang vanished from the courtyard and appeared within the small world.
Once she entered the small world, the vital currents of heaven and earth changed. The threads of laws before her eyes vanished completely, and the Dao Fruit within her gradually quieted down as well.
Her enlightenment was forcibly interrupted. Xu Chunniang felt somewhat regretful, but she did not regret her choice.
When breaking through from the Human Immortal initial stage to the Human Immortal mid-stage, she could still claim that she had already been close to a breakthrough. But if she made another breakthrough so soon afterward and caused such a huge commotion, she feared that for a long time to come, she would live beneath certain people's watchful eyes, with no peace to be found.
Her battle with Shi Lin two days later might also encounter unforeseen complications because of her breakthrough in cultivation.
Although this enlightenment had failed to advance her cultivation, it was not without benefit to Xu Chunniang.
The shackles on her realm had been shattered. All that remained was the accumulation of cultivation; when she wished to make another breakthrough in the future, it would be merely a matter of time.
She remained in the small world for a while. Once the Dao Fruit had fully settled, Xu