All the aura around Ye Xiwen suddenly changed, but only for a moment. The leaking aura was drawn back in, leaving no possibility of causing too great a stir.
Ye Xiwen opened his eyes. Three years—three whole years—and he had finally stepped into the Transcendent Realm Third Heaven!
Since entering the Ancient Barrens Continent, this was the longest he had ever spent on a breakthrough, and that was even with the aid of the Fire Spirit Essence.
Of course, this also had much to do with his deliberate suppression of his progress. Laying a solid foundation remained the most important thing for him now. In the True Martial Realm, his cultivation had already reached its end, but in the Ancient Barrens Continent, he could at most be considered a martial artist of the younger generation, still in the stage of building his foundation. The firmer that foundation was now, the greater the help it would provide for his future cultivation.
Still, those three years of seclusion had not been wasted. He had smoothly entered the Transcendent Realm Third Heaven. Over those three years, Ye Xiwen had not been the only one in seclusion; Ye Mo had been cultivating in seclusion as well. In that Immortal Cave Residence, the Heavenly Origin Mirror had swept away far too much flesh and blood essence. It was still digesting and absorbing it in seclusion. When it emerged again, it should already have evolved into an Advanced Human Rank artifact.
Ye Xiwen calculated the time again. It was now the date Yao Qian had mentioned for the gathering of young experts. He just did not know whether he had already missed it.
With that thought, Ye Xiwen rose directly into the air, flew out of the trench, and headed straight toward nearby Yangzhu Island.
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