The road to Cave True was simply too long.
The gap between Cave True Realm Great Powers, whom cultivators called "Immortals," and True Essence Realm cultivators could be easily imagined.
It was the difference between heaven and earth!
To advance from True Essence to Cave True, one not only had to raise one's True Essence cultivation to the perfect state of Unstoppable Progress, but also clearly understand one's own path and begin the Evolution Method. Afterward, one had to merge True Essence with the Dao, reach its end, and in one stroke bring True Essence and the Law Domain to their peak convergence, completing the transformative breakthrough!
Throughout this process, countless prodigies had fallen before this threshold.
The opportunities, luck, innate talent, and personal effort required were all but indispensable.
Zhang Qingyuan himself had little doubt that he could break through into Cave True.
Yet no matter how confident he was, he knew that the time required would, conservatively, take more than ten or twenty years. If he encountered any difficulties along the way, that time would be further prolonged.
He did not expect to break through and advance within a short time.
But raising his strength by a great margin was still possible.
Let alone the fact that,
the stronger one was before breaking through, and the deeper one's foundation, the greater the transformation and advancement in strength after the breakthrough.
Even among Cave True-level "Immortals,"
there were distinctions of high and low.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. A few breaths later, Zhang Qingyuan's aura recovered. His figure flickered, drifting lightly through the void before landing beside the two Blood Demon Sect Cultivators.
He took every valuable item on them, along with all their storage items.
After confirming that nothing had been missed,
he lit a fire and