If it had been any other cultivator, even Little Sniff, they might not have fully understood what Breaking the Firmament meant. But Ling Tian, who knew the Lord of the Universe best, understood at once. He looked up at the sky and murmured, "I hope so. Then I won't have to worry about it, and Chou'er and the others won't have to agonize over it either."
"Don't worry. You and Ling Chou shouldn't have to concern yourselves with this anymore," Breaking the Firmament said. Then he remembered something and changed the subject. "The most important thing for you now is to refine all the strange energies the Lord of the Universe gathered for you as quickly as possible. That will not only give you a chance to break through to a higher level, but, more importantly, let you find out whether the Lord of the Universe will give you another Phoenix Soul Fruit."
Ling Tian nodded and said no more. He continued devoting all his efforts to improving his cultivation. As he refined more and more of the strange energies—especially some that he had never refined before—his strength continued to grow, and his Small World became even more like a universe.
Time flowed on. In the blink of an eye, another hundred thousand years passed. During that time, Ling Chou, Chu Ying, and the others had made great progress in their cultivation and were on the verge of reaching the Saint God level. That meant they would soon return to Ling Tian. Once Ling Chou and the others reached the Great Perfection stage of the Saint God level, they would begin cultivating the Nine Reversals Heavenly Technique. They could not afford to be disturbed then, so it would be safest to return to Ling Tian.
Meanwhile, more and more of