The demon-extermination mission in the Stone Mountain Secret Realm, which had stirred all of Jintai Prefecture, had concluded. Yang Jing no longer needed to concern himself with it.
From now on, all his focus and energy would return to cultivation on the Martial Path.
From his first arrival at the Profound Truth Sect to claiming the summit of the Jintai Grand Tournament, then slaying a half-step Core Realm opponent in the secret realm, he had risen at every turn. Yet he knew that he still could not be counted among the truly supreme experts.
The true qi realm had its limits. Only by entering the core realm could he truly join the highest ranks of Jintai Prefecture's martial world and possess absolute strength.
After his desperate battle to the death with Ma Biao, a half-step Core Realm expert, his yearning for the core realm had grown ever fiercer and more urgent.
In that battle in the secret realm, he had witnessed the terrifying might of the half-step Core Realm. Had he not advanced his Three True Arts to the true qi realm and fused his three streams of true qi to a high degree, he would likely have died at Ma Biao's hands.
Now hot blood surged within him, his fighting spirit blazing. His heart held nothing but an obsession with cultivation and a longing for the core realm.
He wanted to immerse himself in secluded cultivation, reach the true qi peak as quickly as possible, and comprehend that Supreme Scripture. With supreme martial learning to solidify the road ahead, he would shatter the limits of the true qi realm at the greatest possible speed, step into the core realm, and truly stand at the pinnacle of Jintai Prefecture!
Time flowed slowly onward. Day followed night, morning followed evening,