Lu Xiaotian's brows drew together. Ever since he had taken half of City Lord Ye's Sky-Piercing Sword Embryo, he had been doing his utmost to absorb it and strengthen his own Misty Sword Embryo. He was now close to reaching the bottleneck of the late stage of the Divine Void Realm. City Lord Ye had already been a powerful cultivator in the Integrated Body Middle Stage; even half of his Sword Embryo was enough to ensure Lu Xiaotian a smooth path of cultivation all the way to the Integrated Body Early Stage. The main reason Lu Xiaotian hadn't resisted was the threat posed by Wu Changlian, an Integrated Body Great Talent. Only by reaching the Body Integration Realm himself would he have any chance of fighting Wu Changlian. Otherwise, if that old monster caught up to him, he would be left with nothing but death to await.
With the Misty Sword Embryo suppressed for now, finding another way to advance to the Body Integration Realm would naturally be better. Lu Xiaotian hesitated, but in the end, he dismissed the idea.
Although his progress in cultivating the Taihao Battle Body and the Mahavairocana Buddha-Dharani Sutra was no slower than absorbing the Sky-Piercing Sword Embryo, breaking through the shackles of the Body Integration Realm was no easy feat. Without heavenly treasures suited to a breakthrough, relying on his own efforts, Lu Xiaotian had no idea when he might pierce that layer of paper. It could take ten years, a hundred, several thousand—or he might never manage it in his lifetime.
Wu Changlian, or any other cultivator with a Sword Embryo, obviously wouldn't give him that much time.
Lu Xiaotian gritted his teeth and continued refining the Sky-Piercing Sword Embryo. He had a feeling that, at this rate, he would break through within