The next day, the east blushed white with dawn.
Xu Xiaoshou rose from the wooden plank bed with bared teeth, his waist aching and back sore, as if someone had given him a savage beating in his dreams.
It was not that he did not want to sleep. At this hour, he would normally still be deep in cultivation.
But this wooden plank bed was truly uncomfortable to sleep on today.
Xu Xiaoshou regretted it.
He should have accepted Gold-Rich Trading Company's goodwill. When he had the time later, he would have Xin Gugu move over all the furniture they were supposed to have.
"I'm about to break through..."
His mind wandered as he finished a night's sleep. Out of habit, Xu Xiaoshou sent spiritual sense into his Sea of Qi and let out a sound of surprise.
By his calculations, it had already been more than half a month since he had entered the Upper Spirit Realm.
During this half month, he had scarcely used any medicine.
Yet relying solely on the uninterrupted passive cultivation of the Breathing Method, even though Xu Xiaoshou's Sea of Qi foundation was vastly greater than an ordinary person's, his cultivation had still advanced by leaps and bounds with each passing day.
"Middle stage, or late stage?"
His previous breakthroughs had come too quickly. Once Xu Xiaoshou realized this, he had deliberately slowed himself down.
But in terms of foundations, while the Three-Day Frost Calamity had indeed raised his cultivation considerably, the Emberglow Primordial Seed had also tempered that foundation until it was incomparably solid.
There was no bottleneck at all in breaking through.
So much so that Xu Xiaoshou had no idea whether he was currently at the middle or late stage of the Upper Spirit Realm.
The only thing he could be