In truth, although Ying Langtian was only a clone here, his eyes were remarkably sharp. The dragon essence in Lu Xiaotian's body surged, and the pale, sun-bright radiance from the dragon pearl spread outward, enveloping tens of thousands of li in every direction. It wasn't that Lu Xiaotian's Primordial Spirit couldn't reach farther; rather, his dragon essence could not yet extend any farther.
A gigantic sphere formed across tens of thousands of li, dragon shadows swimming within it. By now, Lu Xiaotian's mind was almost entirely immersed in the eruption and sublimation of his dragon essence. Yet he was still some distance from fully advancing to the level of a Heavenly Immortal dragon. Even Lu Xiaotian himself had no idea when he might cross that final barrier and reach an entirely new realm.
Too much of a good thing could be harmful. Perhaps because his dragon essence had been suppressed for too long, whenever Lu Xiaotian tried to break through this final impediment, some inexplicable restraint stopped him from reaching a higher realm.
Still, Lu Xiaotian wasn't in a hurry. At his level of cultivation, he was already among the rare few in the entire Immortal Realm. In an ordinary lower immortal domain, his current cultivation would make him a high-ranking figure; even in Nine Central City's domain, he would be considered part of the upper echelons. In the upper immortal domains, aside from a handful of Heavenly Immortal powerhouses, Profound Immortals still held sway. As for the middle and lower immortal domains, Lu Xiaotian's cultivation was enough to make him stand head and shoulders above the rest.
Places like the upper immortal domains, or regions comparable to Nine Central City, were ultimately few and far between in the Immortal Realm. The middle and lower immortal domains occupied far vaster