That whole night, Fang Che never managed to fall asleep.
He sat in his tent, listening to the myriad sounds outside.
At the same time, he quietly recalled how he had felt when he broke through to Saint Venerable in the Three Realms.
Back then, somehow... once he reached the Saint Venerable Ninth Grade, he simply broke through. It had happened naturally, like water flowing into its proper channel.
But why had he broken through? Why had his strength felt as though it had undergone a world-shaking transformation afterward? He had never thought about that at the time. He had merely assumed that his strength would naturally increase after the breakthrough. Yet he still could not figure out the reason behind that qualitative change.
Moreover, the spiritual energy in the Three Realms had been several times denser than that of the current continent.
Now that he thought back on it, it still felt... profound and mysterious.
"Do I really need to understand it?"
Fang Che had an exceptionally good memory.
Even now, he still clearly remembered every detail of the process before and after his breakthrough to Saint Venerable in the Three Realms.
He remembered climbing up from Bi Yunyan's bed that day... Well... before climbing up...
No, this wouldn't do.
He had eaten a little too much Soul-Stabilizing Yin-Yang Root.
Fang Che desperately tried to keep his thoughts from drifting into messy places...
He thought it over carefully once more. It had also involved spiritual energy surging, and the sensation of a passage about to open. Then he had exerted himself... and gone into seclusion for a few days...
And then...
Fang Che smacked his lips.
Forget it. Thinking it over and over yielded nothing useful.
So he picked up the Communication Jade and sent Yan Beihan a message: