Night closed in from all sides, and the mountains stood like gods.
In Tingfeng Courtyard, Chen Fei sat cross-legged beneath the moonlight. His body shifted slightly, and the vital energy in all directions had already begun to tremble faintly.
Buzz!
A ripple spread outward from Chen Fei at its center. Wherever it passed, the surroundings seemed to have been sealed inside amber. A falling leaf stopped directly in midair, utterly motionless.
Chen Fei slowly opened his eyes. The night wind brushed past, and the leaf slowly drifted down to the ground. Everything just now seemed like an illusion.
He had broken through to the Second Rotation Joint Aperture Realm without the slightest stir. Compared to the World Vital Energy churned up during his previous First Rotation Joint Aperture Realm breakthrough, this advancement in cultivation felt more like water naturally flowing into a channel.
Normally, neither the first nor second turn of the Joint Aperture Realm caused much of a disturbance.
Chen Fei's previous first turn had been different because he had used a secret technique to forcibly expand his joint aperture once. The vital energy within had been slightly lacking, which was why he needed to absorb so much World Vital Energy to fill it.
But for this second turn, the vital energy inside his joint aperture had long since been filled by the various pills he consumed every day. The advancement process was more like a slight breaking of limits.
If he could break through, then he could break through. The difficulty was not even as great as when Chen Fei had forcibly made his first turn.
Yet for many whose comprehension of their cultivation techniques was insufficient, this step was extraordinarily difficult. They could remain stuck for years, even more than a decade.
At such times, they either