However, after breaking through to the Transcendent Realm Ninth Heaven, that surge of aura merely flashed by before sinking back into silence, as though it had never appeared at all.
Ye Qianqian said nothing. She knew that Ye Xiwen must possess some extraordinary Breath Concealing Skill to rein in his aura so quickly, just as he had concealed it before.
But everyone had their own secrets. Besides, who was she? What right did she have to question Ye Xiwen?
Without dwelling on it, she immediately entered seclusion once more. Her seclusion was different from Ye Xiwen's. His was deep seclusion, undertaken to break into the Transcendent Realm Ninth Heaven, and he could not tolerate the slightest disturbance. Any interruption could cause all his efforts to go down the drain.
He needed to reach it in one burst of effort!
But she was merely cultivating normally and could stop at any time. Although her collarbones were locked, Ye Xiwen did not restrict her strength or drain away her true essence. Thus, little by little, she had recovered some of her cultivation.
That was already exceedingly precious to her. Moreover, she seemed to have discovered another path of cultivation. Even with her collarbones locked, she could still cultivate. Though her progress was not especially fast, as her cultivation continuously recovered, the chains' suppression over her would steadily weaken, and her advancement would become faster and faster. Before long, she would reach an entirely new realm once more.
If she then broke the chains upon her collarbones, her two streams of cultivation would merge, and her strength would soar in an instant to a terrifying level.
Of course, this was merely her conjecture. Whether this path was viable remained unknown.
Yet over these past days, her cultivation had already recovered to the True