Gathering Yuan Fourth Level, Receiving the Teachings Again!

Gathering Yuan Third Stage: 9999/10000

Zhao Xing sat cross-legged beneath the Heaven Yuan Pear Tree.

Yuan energy flowed through his body. Within his dantian, a nebula-like vortex spun faster and faster.

His yuan energy had now reached the limit of the Gathering Yuan Third Stage, lacking only that final trace.

Yet that final trace was not merely a matter of quantity; it was the key to triggering a qualitative transformation.

Seeing this, Chen Shijie was about to turn and head inside. When Gathering Yuan entered the body and broke through a level, it took quite some time, as every inch of flesh and blood had to adapt to the yuan energy of the new level.

Even this final step would take one or two hours.

His right foot had stepped into the study, but before he could lift his left, Zhao Xing opened his eyes and rose from beneath the Heaven Yuan Pear Tree.

"Hmm? Did he fail?" Chen Shijie sensed the movement, turned around, and frowned.

Yet Zhao Xing's blood and qi were full, his vital essence vigorous. He did not look as though he had failed.

So Chen Shijie cast the Five Elements Observation spell and examined Zhao Xing.

"The five elements are balanced, yin and yang in harmony. He has risen another level from before. The breakthrough is complete. At such speed, this boy's innate physique is extraordinary." Chen Shijie was pleasantly surprised.

He had originally thought Zhao Xing possessed considerable talent for spells but only average innate physique. It now appeared that judgment had been wrong.

"Looking across Nanyang County, his innate physique would still rank above average."

"As long as his luck is not too poor, reaching the proper eighth rank within five years will not be a problem."

"If his luck is truly poor,