After reaching the Xiantian Realm, merely raising one's cultivation technique realm could no longer rapidly improve one's cultivation. More importantly, a martial artist had to continuously refine and strengthen their spiritual power, then take the initiative to strike at the Heavenly Meridians again and again.
Chen Mo held a tremendous advantage in this regard. His foundation during the Qi and Blood Realm had been exceptionally solid, and the strength of his spiritual power was utterly astonishing. He had long since reached the Xiantian Earth Flower level.
After opening five Heavenly Meridians in succession, it was as though he had changed containers. His spiritual power, which had already reached its limit and could not improve even a fraction further, now had room to continue growing and strengthening.
Relying on the True Martial Spirit Refining Art, Chen Mo could speed up the process of filling this "new container."
In truth, with the strength of his spiritual power, after breaking through to the Xiantian Realm and waiting for his spiritual power to recover to its peak, his chances of successfully opening Heavenly Meridians were extremely high. At the very least, he could raise his realm to match the level of his current spiritual power.
But Chen Mo did not choose to do that. It would be draining his potential, with little benefit to his combat strength. He planned to raise both his body and spirit to the limit of their current level before continuing to open Heavenly Meridians and advance his realm.
He had plenty of time and plenty of energy. There was no need to "shortchange" himself over temporary strength or weakness.
If he was going to do it, he would do it to the utmost—to become the strongest.
True strength lay in combat power. Raising one's realm without much change in