This time, Chen Changan's secluded cultivation had taken roughly as long as before, and breaking through two cultivation levels was no small achievement.
The problem was that Chen Changan had used even more resources this time.
"Hehehe, big brother, I've caught up to you."
"I'm a sixth-rank primordial saint too."
Just then, Da Huang emerged from seclusion as well, looking at Chen Changan with a smug expression.
Chen Changan gave Da Huang a calm glance, then said, "Well done."
Seeing how calm Chen Changan was, Da Huang asked in confusion, "Big brother, did something happen? You don't seem very cheerful."
"Your big brother is probably still thinking about the Qingcang Clan."
Mu Yunyao finished her cultivation and stepped out just then. She too had broken through to become a sixth-rank primordial saint.
In the same amount of time, they had advanced a full cultivation level more than Chen Changan, catching up to him.
It wasn't that they cultivated faster than Chen Changan, but that the same amount of resources yielded different gains for them.
"Seriously? It's been so long, and you're still hung up on that?"
"Big brother, that's not like you."
"You've got to perk up!" Da Huang looked at Chen Changan in astonishment.
"Enough with the useless chatter."
"I haven't been dwelling on the Qingcang Clan this whole time. I just feel that the closer I get to Ultimate Heaven, the farther I seem to be from the truth."
"There's far, far too much they're hiding from me."
"So much that, by now, all my judgment has become useless when it comes to them," Chen Changan said with a frown.
"But... Ultimate Heaven is the end of the road, isn't it?"
"Whatever the truth is, once we reach Ultimate Heaven, the waters will recede and the truth will