Xiao Long refused to believe that if he devoured this Saint's true spirit—or refined it into a Saint avatar—he would still fear Palm Emotion Immortal Emperor.
This time, he hurried back to his cave abode, set up the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and began tempering Xue Si's true spirit.
A Saint was indeed worthy of being called a Saint. Merely tempering a Saint's true spirit took Xiao Long a full two years.
Two years later, Xiao Long found himself facing a choice.
Xue Si had already been completely refined by him.
In other words, Xiao Long now had an extra Saint avatar.
So the question was—
Should he devour this Saint avatar, or keep it?
If he devoured it, it might not necessarily allow Xiao Long to become a Saint.
But if he did not devour it, Xiao Long's strength would not improve.
That was rather awkward.
After thinking it over, Xiao Long ultimately devoured the Saint's true spirit.
As the saying went, only what belonged to him was real!
An avatar was ultimately just an avatar. Something unexpected might happen.
After devouring Xue Si's true spirit, Xiao Long's cultivation naturally improved.
He directly reached the third stage of the Quasi-Saint realm!
And it continued soaring upward.
But after reaching a certain point, that power seemed to sink into the sea like a stone, unable to stir up even the slightest ripple.
"Looks like this is the difficulty of proving the Dao through strength."
After giving it some thought, Xiao Long immediately understood the reason.
Now, Xiao Long could make a decision.
Becoming a Merit Saint was basically out of the question. Aside from Xiao Long being somewhat disdainful of it, someone like him dreaming of becoming a Merit Saint was simply ridiculous...
As for proving the Dao through strength,