Although Ling Yuan always acted with great speed and strove for high efficiency, dealing with the various trivial matters involved in unifying Dragon Island still took more than a month.
When he and his mother returned to the Ling Clan, their first priority was to return to his residence and have his external avatar, who was cultivating outside, undergo Source Return.
His avatar had been silently cultivating in seclusion alone for all these years without the slightest bit of slack, and by now it had reached the three-star Dou Wang realm, accumulating a substantial amount of Dou Qi and cultivation insights.
Ling Yuan sat cross-legged, circulating his cultivation technique to begin guiding the avatar's Source Return, a process that lasted a full three days.
Three days later, the avatar successfully completed the Source Return, and Ling Yuan's own realm smoothly broke through, solidly reaching the four-star Dou Zong.
He opened his eyes, felt the surging Dou Qi within his body, and nodded in satisfaction before looking over at the avatar, whose realm had dropped back down to Dou Zhe.
Ling Yuan reached out and patted the avatar's shoulder.
Niu Ma, keep working hard. Once I finish receiving the Ling Clan's inheritance and elevate my soul realm, you can go hide and cultivate in some barren and remote place.
Accustomed to such PUA tactics, Ling Yuan did not even spare his own avatar.
According to his mother, inside the inheritance grounds, he would be able to elevate his soul realm by at least two levels.
Then, once he emerged, he could condense at least two avatars to help him cultivate.
With two extra avatars, he could send this current avatar away to find some secluded, out-of-the-way nook or cranny to lie low and cultivate, leaving himself a fallback option.
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