A thousand miles from Rift Valley, cold mist curled through a hidden ice cavern deep inside Ice Peak. All was silent.
Li Yun sat cross-legged at the cavern's center. Several layers of concealing seals surrounded him, completely masking his presence. No matter how thoroughly anyone searched outside, they would detect nothing here.
Since quietly withdrawing from Rift Valley that day, he had found this perfect hiding place and cut off all contact with the outside world. He lay low, focused solely on cultivation, and paid no heed to the disputes on the Icefield.
The Four Great Hunting Groups searched everywhere, the captain of the City Lord's Mansion's guards watched from the shadows, and the Transmission Herald guarded the Forbidden Land. Each faction had its own plans, yet none found the slightest trace of Li Yun.
Time flew. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
During that time, fortune from Blue Star and the Purple Moon Continent flowed steadily into the Gate of Myriad Wonders. Li Yun also deliberately circulated his cultivation technique to absorb and transform World Spiritual Energy, sending his Myriad Wonders Points soaring at an astonishing rate.
When he ended his seclusion and used Inner Vision to examine the Gate of Myriad Wonders, the number on its panel had reached 570 million!
At the sight of that vast sum, Li Yun's eyes flashed. Without hesitation, he issued a command in his mind.
"Activate Hundredfold Cultivation Mode. Cultivate the Cold Mountain Art at full power!"
[Hundredfold Cultivation Mode confirmed. Myriad Wonders Points consumed: points/minute] [Cultivation begins!]
As the system prompt faded, the Ice Spirit Qi in the cavern turned turbulent. It became torrents of icy blue that surged wildly into Li Yun's body.
With cultivation proceeding a hundred times faster, the Cold Mountain Saint