"Mm!"
"Not bad. The results of this period of arduous cultivation are fairly gratifying!"
Cheng Buzheng looked at the cultivation value behind his realm, feeling quite satisfied.
After all.
Gaining a year and a half of cultivation through arduous practice was no easy feat.
Especially the higher one's realm, the closer one came to completion...
The harder it became to make further progress.
This also showed that Cheng Buzheng had absolutely not slackened during this time.
Immediately afterward.
Cheng Buzheng's gaze fell upon the final line, the Deduction Value entry.
One hundred and twenty-one points of Deduction Value seemed like a great deal, but compared to the more than one thousand points he had possessed before, it was like a witch before a giant—utterly incomparable.
Therefore.
After giving it a glance, Cheng Buzheng withdrew his gaze.
Then.
The figure seated cross-legged on the Cloud Bed once again began arduous cultivation, using the Nascent Soul Breathing Technique in tandem with the Celestial Cycle Cultivation Diagram.
In an instant, mysterious ripples spread outward.
The nearly liquefied Spirit Energy within the secret chamber surged wildly toward Cheng Buzheng on the Cloud Bed.
Very quickly.
The figure on the Cloud Bed was enveloped by incomparably pure spiritual mist, and Cheng Buzheng's form could no longer be seen.
Inside the secret chamber, everything returned once more to its usual state.
Just as Cheng Buzheng's true body sank into arduous cultivation...
Elsewhere.
In the depths of the Forbidden Sea.
Within the boundless blood mist lay hidden an immensely vast continent.
Its area was no smaller than the inland territory occupied by the human race.
That was right.
This continent was Purgatory Continent.
It was also the headquarters of the Purgatory Race.
At this moment.
At the summit of Blood Sacred Mountain, within a magnificent grand hall