Three days later, Li Qing emerged from Old Man Jian's cave abode. Just like that, thirteen thousand Merit Points had vanished in the blink of an eye.
He now had eighteen spirit pills the size of date pits on him. These were Dust Settling Pills, capable of washing away the aura of the lower realm from Li Qing's body.
"The pill success rate is quite high. Spirit Realm alchemists truly are extraordinary."
"Take one each day, and after fifteen days, the lower realm aura will be cleansed away, allowing one to fully blend into the Spirit Realm."
"Necessary expenses, all of them!"
Saying this, Li Qing returned to his own cave abode and devoted himself to quiet cultivation.
Before restoring his mana, he had no intention of going anywhere.
Life in the city remained fairly peaceful. In the blink of an eye, another fifteen days passed.
Boom!
Inside Li Qing's cave abode, a powerful aura surged forth. His cultivation and mana had been completely restored, and he had even climbed a hundred-foot pole and advanced another step!
His mana had become considerably more profound, and he was much closer to the middle Spirit Transformation stage.
By now, Li Qing had finished taking fifteen Dust Settling Pills. The lower realm aura on his body had been thoroughly cleansed away. No one would be able to tell that he was an ascender now.
But what followed was a heavenly tribulation!
After his cultivation recovered, Li Qing soon felt a sudden impulse of the heart. He flew out of Xuangu City and watched the dark clouds gathering overhead.
The minor heavenly tribulation had arrived!
Spirit Transformation cultivators underwent one every three hundred years. This was the first minor heavenly tribulation Li Qing had faced since ascending. He observed it for a while before