Li Mu was completely dumbfounded. He had previously trained desperately and tried countless methods, only to be forced in the end to seek another path and attempt a breakthrough through alchemy. Yet all his efforts had ended in failure.
"This... is too absurd, isn't it? I broke through just by sleeping?"
After waking up, Li Mu sat there blankly for a long while, his eyes somewhat vacant, as though something had shocked him senseless. Nie Xiaoyu grew worried. Could there still be lingering aftereffects?
"Brother Mu, what's wrong? Does somewhere still hurt?"
The girl's question beside him dragged Li Mu out of his shock over breaking through in the Dreamscape. Just as he was about to share this unexpected delight with Nie Xiaoyu, he noticed that the usually carefree girl was blushing. She kept turning her face away, avoiding his gaze.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong? Could it be... could it be that my face was ruined? Don't tell me that—I'm quite satisfied with this face of mine."
Li Mu's words immediately made Nie Xiaoyu laugh. She hurriedly stood, said she was going to fetch water, then dashed out of the cave in a puff of smoke.
"Simulation System activated. Upgrade commencing..."
A long-missed electronic voice rang out in Li Mu's mind. He had finally advanced into the Core Formation Realm. Although the process had been somewhat beyond all expectation, the path of cultivation could never proceed entirely step by step. Sufficient effort and accumulation, coupled with fortunate coincidence, were the true road to setting foot upon the summit.
"I've finally formed a Core. All the systems should be upgrading now. I've waited too long for this day. I hope my strength can take a great leap forward. I can't keep being the most pathetic cheat-equipped transmigrator in history."
Ever since transmigrating,