After looking into it more deeply, he learned that Saint-level techniques could only be used to their full potential by those who had reached the Saint realm. In other words, with his current mid-Taiyi cultivation, he could only perform the first seven palms. The final three could only be used once he reached the Quasi-Saint and Saint realms!
Sigh! As expected... nothing in this world was perfect! But as long as he was in the River God Domain, wouldn't he have the cultivation of a Saint? Heh heh... Thinking of this, Chen Tong grinned shamelessly.
"Mm!"
He stretched his arms and gathered his thoughts. Looking at the rosy glow faintly spreading across the horizon, he felt a little more hopeful about the road ahead. Then he picked some wild fruit nearby and returned to the island. By then, the sky had grown bright.
The morning dew hung in crystal-clear droplets from every piece of seaweed and flowering tree. A fresh, tranquil scent mingled with a faint floral fragrance, filling the surroundings.
In the emerald embrace of the flowers, grass, and trees sat a woman in a white dress, her hair silken and her beauty pure as ice and jade. Before her brow, a golden core gleamed with brilliant light and immense power, spinning ceaselessly as if trying to break free of its cage and escape.
Mm... It looked like this girl still hadn't managed to refine the Nine-Revolving Golden Core! That made sense. The Nine-Revolving Golden Core was a treasure that defied the natural order; how could it be so easy to refine? It seemed he'd been too impatient.
Chen Tong realized he'd been able to refine it with ease and had mistakenly assumed everyone else could do the same. "Sigh, I'm such a bastard."
But now that the golden