Once Li Yun had completely taken the Flying Crane Stronghold and the Guiyang Stronghold, things settled down for the time being.
Li Yun stayed at the Guiyang Stronghold and set aside a quiet, secluded courtyard with a surrounding wall for himself.
Apart from matters that required his personal attention, he generally kept to himself.
Sometimes, he did not step outside for days on end.
There was no other reason.
He was cultivating.
The Purple Moon Continent's Dimensional Coefficient far exceeded Blue Star's, and its Spirit Qi was much more abundant. After steadily raising the Five Elements Creation Heavenly Art to the Perfection Realm, how could he bear to waste such a comfortable chance to cultivate?
Day after day passed.
In just half a month, he rose from the Fourteenth Layer of Body Tempering to the Fifteenth Layer of Body Tempering, and 320 Innate Apertures emerged within him.
Another month later, he reached the Sixteenth Layer of Body Tempering.
The number of Innate Apertures within him surged to 360.
At that moment, Li Yun made a wondrous discovery.
Li Yun was astonished to discover that his body seemed to have become a Starry Sky. The 360 apertures were like stars within it, resonating with one another and faintly forming a magnificent Star Chart.
Even when he did not actively refine his apertures, they drew Spirit Qi into themselves. It flowed through all 360 apertures, but instead of forming True Qi, it seeped deeper into the Innate Apertures as it passed.
It faintly strengthened the Innate Apertures themselves, along with the organs, flesh, blood, bones, and sinews throughout his body.
By then, he could clearly feel that his physique had grown almost inhumanly powerful. His strength seemed limitless; he could lift an ordinary boulder weighing three to five thousand pounds with one