Shen Che let out a long breath of scorching air, feeling the unprecedented power within his body.
But at that moment, he sensed that something was wrong.
He turned his awareness inward.
The fire-attributed qi born from the transformation of the Earth Fire Golden Bell Shield was incomparably tyrannical, constantly suppressing and devouring the qi of the Dragon's Roar Iron Shirt.
The balance of hardness and softness that had once complemented each other had been utterly shattered.
Shen Che frowned.
If this continued, then when he forcibly broke through to the Innate Realm and the two kinds of qi fused, the qi of the Iron Shirt would likely be completely devoured by the Earth Fire qi.
When that happened, the Dragon's Roar Iron Shirt, a supreme body-tempering art, would be ruined outright.
That was not the outcome he wanted.
There was only one way to break the deadlock.
He had to find a heavenly spirit object of extreme yin and extreme cold, allowing the Dragon's Roar Iron Shirt to undergo its own transformation until it could stand toe-to-toe with the Earth Fire Golden Bell Shield.
The balance of yin and yang was the Great Dao.
His attempt to break through to the Innate Realm had to be postponed.
Shen Che sat down cross-legged, sinking his mind into his dantian.
His top priority was to convert all of his cultivation into purer physical strength.
He poured his formidable, peak Primordial Qi Realm cultivation entirely into cultivating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
[Consumed 33,000 Time Value points. Modified Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill cultivation time.]
He closed his eyes.
The palace fell utterly silent.
One month later.
A terrifying plume of blood and qi shot into the sky from above Shen Che's head, nearly blowing the roof off the palace.
He