In his bedchamber, Xiao Mo opened his eyes.
Whenever Xiao Mo's consciousness emerged from the Book of a Hundred Lives, his spiritual sense would become dazed for a while, and sometimes even his head would ache as though it were being torn apart.
But Xiao Mo had learned to be smarter lately.
Instead of using an eight-hundredfold time ratio as he had last time, he chose a flow of time that suited him.
Then, as his cultivation realm and adaptability improved, he gradually raised the time ratio little by little.
Within the Book of a Hundred Lives, Xiao Mo felt that his third life was nearing its final stage.
In another four or five years at most, he would be able to help Ruxue dispel her baleful energy, then coax her into undergoing her tribulation and dragon transformation, using his sage's heart to clear the way for her.
Aside from entering the Book of a Hundred Lives, Xiao Mo also spent a considerable amount of time cultivating each day.
Because the dragon thunder liquid had improved his constitution, his cultivation was indeed progressing somewhat faster than before.
Three months had now passed, and Xiao Mo had already reached qi cultivation level 5.
Once I reach qi cultivation level 8, I'll have to start thinking ahead about a Foundation Establishment Pill.
And I'll have to figure out how to sneak away to undergo my tribulation without Yan Shan'ao finding out.
Another thing giving Xiao Mo a headache was that, in just over a month, he would have to marry Yan Ruxue.
As Empress, Yan Ruxue would surely have to attend to him every day, and he would even have to work hard at night to produce an heir.
With her following him around all day, the time he had for cultivation