"Master!"
Fang Chen sprang to his feet and reached for True Person Liuli, but his hand passed straight through him.
"An illusion?"
Fang Chen froze. Looking at True Person Liuli, he asked, "Master, what happened to you?"
True Person Liuli looked at Fang Chen. He seemed weary, but a faint smile rested on his face. "What you see now is only a wisp of my Soul Phantom."
"A Soul Phantom?"
Fang Chen froze again. His eyes reddened at once. "Master, why did you do this? Hurry and take your power back. I don't want it!"
True Person Liuli shook his head gently, still smiling. "Silly disciple, my time is almost up. Consider this one last helping hand. Even if I didn't pass my power to you, it would dissipate when I died. Besides, if you want to complete Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, you'll need my help."
His expression turned grave. "Fang Chen, Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment isn't as simple as you imagine. To complete it, you must reach the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining, perhaps even higher. You've already reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. To break through to the Twelfth Layer, you'll need outside help!"
"Since the Primordial Era, the laws of heaven and earth have changed. In an ordinary environment, reaching the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining is impossible!"
"To reach a higher level of the Qi Refining Realm, you must enter a secret realm left behind from the Primordial Era. Those realms still hold a special kind of Spiritual Qi. Only in such an environment can you break through to higher levels of Qi Refining and complete Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment..."
Fang Chen looked at True Person Liuli, grief-stricken. He wanted desperately to complete Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and live hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of years