However, taking this step into the Late Joint Aperture Realm would be far more difficult than reaching the Fourth or Fifth Rotation. Just as there were quite a few at the First and Second Turn of the Early Joint Aperture Realm, yet very few who could break through into the Mid Joint Aperture Realm.
Even within the Mid Joint Aperture Realm, many ultimately became stuck at the Fifth Rotation, unable to advance another inch.
There were many reasons why these people could not break through, but at the root of it all, there were only two fundamental causes: cultivation arts and resources.
The issue of resources was self-evident, much like the difference between Xianyun City and the Endless Sea.
And if the level of one's primary cultivation art was insufficient, then even if one comprehended it to its utmost peak, it would still be incapable of driving one's cultivation higher.
The Azure Firmament Art Chen Fei had obtained after killing his first opponent of the same realm when he first broke through to the Joint Aperture Realm belonged to this type of cultivation art.
It was relatively easy to comprehend and had a low threshold for cultivation, making it the first choice of many Joint Aperture Realm martial artists. Even when stronger cultivation arts lay before them, some Joint Aperture Realm martial artists would still choose the Azure Firmament Art.
After breaking through to the Joint Aperture Realm and enjoying a period of high spirits, many martial artists discovered that their potential seemed to have been exhausted. The days when they had advanced by leaps and bounds in the Body Refining Realm and Aperture Refining Realm were gone, never to return.
Every bit of progress in the Joint Aperture Realm became incomparably difficult. In the end, these martial artists understood