Half a year ago, not long after Song Qingming emerged from seclusion, he had already learned from Li Xuanyi about Xu Ziyan's failed attempt at forming Nascent Soul.
He had merely been busy exploring the Qinghe Cave Mansion and had never found the time to visit her.
Now that Bai Yuxian had come, Song Qingming suddenly recalled the matter and asked about it.
Hearing this, Bai Yuxian fell silent for a moment before giving a slight nod.
"Rest assured, Junior Brother Song. Ziyan's injuries have improved, and she emerged from seclusion some days ago.
"But her dantian was injured. I fear it will take more than a decade for her to fully recover, and her path of cultivation will likely be unable to advance any further in this lifetime."
Xu Ziyan was a cultivator of roughly the same generation as Song Qingming, and her lifespan had already exceeded five hundred years.
Now that she had failed to form Nascent Soul, and would need another decade or more to recuperate from her injuries,
by the time she fully recovered, she would likely be nearing the point where her lifespan waned and her blood and qi declined. Her hopes of reaching Nascent Soul would also be greatly diminished.
Just as Bai Yuxian had said, unless something unexpected happened, Xu Ziyan's path of cultivation would likely end here in this life. It would be very difficult for her to take another step forward.
Over the past hundred years or so, old-generation Golden Core Cultivators of the Carefree Sect, such as Chen Xuanxin, Chu Fengping, and Zhang Tieyang, had gradually withered away.
Among the Golden Core Elders of Song Qingming's generation in the sect, only Xu Ziyan remained.
Song Qingming and Xu Ziyan had known each other since the Qi Refining Stage. They had