Everything was ready.
With all his preparations complete, Chen Lin left his fiefdom for good and stopped concerning himself with outside affairs, focusing entirely on waiting in Tianxiang City for the Cage Array cycle.
Xu Wuye had never responded. He probably would not be getting the broken saber back.
But he did not mind.
All three of his inner stars had condensed star cores, and his celestial fire had risen considerably in level. Even without the broken saber, his power would not suffer much.
Taking everything into account since he first met Xu Wuye, he owed her more than she owed him.
He could consider the broken saber compensation for her.
Friends needed to give as well as take. Besides, she had not deliberately abandoned him in battle; Xue Yinping had stirred her up. In those circumstances, he would have made the same choice.
The fluctuations from the Cage Array grew stronger and stronger. Afraid that cultivating would draw the Grand Formation's attention, Chen Lin began collecting soul secret arts instead.
His battle with Xue Yinping had given him a new understanding of his own soul.
In terms of level, it should be roughly on par with Death Gaze. Moreover, it was particularly effective against bizarre energy, so he had to make its development a priority.
The more soul secret arts he learned, the better.
Time flowed like water. Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
The fluctuations from the Cage Array had reached their peak. Even low-level cultivators could sense them clearly.
For the Vanguards, these fluctuations were a summons to death.
But for other cultivators, especially those at lower levels, they were a grand feast.
True energy from the Outer Realms seeped in and merged with this world, making the energy between heaven and earth richer