The semester passed quickly.
After breaking through to Dou Wang, Dongfang Chen resumed cultivating both Dou Qi and magic.
After a semester of cultivation, Dongfang Chen had reached Three Stars Dou King in Dou Qi, and his magic had also made considerable progress.
By now, Dongfang Chen had cultivated every one of his Magic Elements to Intermediate Level 2.
His primary Space Element and Shadow Element had even reached Intermediate Level 3, just one step away from High Level Mage.
Every rank of a mage was a threshold, and the higher the rank, the more difficult it became to cross that threshold—increasing exponentially. To get past it, one needed either talent or resources.
Any magic apprentice with enough patience could slowly make their way to Beginner Mage.
But without talent or resources, someone trying to advance from Beginner Mage to Intermediate Level might remain stuck for their entire life.
In a place like Bocheng, for instance, Beginner Mages formed the backbone of the local mage community. An Intermediate Level Mage was already considered top-tier combat power there.
Advancing from Intermediate Level to High Level Mage was even harder.
It required not only the necessary talent, but also substantial resources.
Take Dongfang Chen, for example. The Magic Star Clouds corresponding to his Space Element and Shadow Element had already grown incredibly dense.
As long as he could break through the Magic Star Clouds inside him and turn them into Magic Star Rivers, he would officially become a High Level Mage.
Yet that single step had stumped countless Intermediate Level Mages.
Breaking through a star cloud and turning it into a Magic Star River was extremely difficult.
With Dongfang Chen's talent, he could succeed without outside help by slowly using his own magic energy to break through.
But that would waste an