Word is Law, As You Wish
Whoosh!
Ye Xingchen emerged from the Time-Space Secret Realm, the aura around him far stronger than before.
That was right.
He had already broken through to the third revolution.
It had taken four months.
From the perspective of normal cultivation, that was not slow at all. On the contrary, it was extraordinarily fast.
However, spending tens of millions of True Stones just to rise one level was a price no ordinary martial artist could bear.
There would be no problem if they relied on resources to pile it up. After all, Jun Changxiao still had plenty, and using them all to support Ye Xingchen would not be an issue.
But—
As one's realm grew higher and higher, breakthroughs could no longer be achieved merely by absorbing resources. One also had to calm one's heart and seek enlightenment.
For instance, Ye Xingchen had already reached the peak of the Qi Transformation stage. One more step would take him into the Spirit Transformation stage. At this point, resources could no longer raise his cultivation; he had to rely on his own comprehension.
To put it bluntly—
The three stages of Nine Revolutions could be raised by consuming resources, but at every critical threshold, one could only rely on genuine ability.
Old Man Taixuan was the most typical example.
His realm was the same as Ye Xingchen's, also at the third revolution, yet breaking into the fourth remained a distant prospect.
Why?
Because this was a hurdle that had to be carefully comprehended.
Old Man Taixuan's heart was not in the Martial Dao, but wholly in Mysterious Gates and Eight Trigrams. In the past, he could break through to the third revolution while researching and cultivating at the same time, but to go any higher, he had