Middle Stage Half-step Great Saint

Yes, he had gone into seclusion. This incident had made him deeply understand his own powerlessness. Being able to contend against a Great Saint and slay an Early Stage Great Saint was already astonishing in the eyes of many, but so what if it was truly astonishing? Before absolute, overwhelming strength, he still had no power to fight back.

Strength—only strength could give him the means to protect himself in these increasingly chaotic times. Without sufficiently overwhelming strength, every goal was but floating clouds, impossible to achieve.

Thus, once he had recovered more or less with the Phoenix Rebirth Art, he immediately entered seclusion. Hidden Star Peak was currently the safest place Ye Xiwen could think of. With experts such as Bai Jiansong protecting him, what could be unsafe? Moreover, his second senior sister, Liu Yanlan, was also in seclusion somewhere in secret. Though he normally did not see her, she undeniably existed.

There was no place more suitable for seclusion than this.

His accumulation was already sufficient. On the road to becoming a Great Saint, he had completed the transformation of his soul. In other words, he had already completed the qualitative transformation that was most difficult for others. All that remained was accumulation. As long as he accumulated enough, breaking through would be only natural.

He had already reached the peak of the Early Stage Half-step Great Saint realm. After absorbing the spiritual energy left behind over countless years upon that dragon vein, his body had become like a well suddenly filled with innumerable springs, reaching saturation in an instant.

Now, he had to take another step forward. Only by raising his realm and increasing his capacity could he continue advancing in cultivation.

This was also why Ye Xiwen, despite having completed the qualitative transformation, could not step