Hearing Song Qingyu's nervous question beside him, Song Qingming immediately nodded. His expression calm, he replied softly,
"I just checked. There hasn't been much change in the spiritual energy within the cave abode. She likely hasn't begun attempting to form Nascent Soul yet."
Core Heart Gathering Spirit, Vital Energy Tempering Core, Fetal Nascent Soul Transformation, lightning tribulation to attain the Dao!
Cultivators entering seclusion to form Nascent Soul had to first pass through those three stages before they could draw down the final heavenly Dao lightning tribulation.
Whether they succeeded or failed, it generally took several years before the outcome became clear.
Li Xuanyi had only entered seclusion half a year ago. When Song Qingming had just probed with his divine sense, he had also found no major fluctuations of spiritual power within the cave abode.
Clearly, she was still preparing through Core Heart Gathering Spirit and had yet to take the first step toward forming Nascent Soul.
Neither Song Qingming nor Song Qingyu beside him found this conclusion particularly surprising.
Several years ago, when their master Daoist Lingxu had come to find Song Qingming, he had asked him to pass several spiritual items on to Senior Sister Li Xuanyi.
Besides her cultivation technique, Daoist Lingxu, who knew full well that his disciple had reached the threshold of forming Nascent Soul, had also prepared a spiritual item to assist her in doing so.
Over the past few years, Li Xuanyi had remained on Crimson Cloud Mountain, preparing for the matter of forming Nascent Soul.
Song Qingming had originally intended to wait until he emerged from seclusion after advancing his cultivation, then offer her some guidance on the matters requiring attention when breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm before letting her enter seclusion to form Nascent Soul.
Yet he had