Proving the Dao in the Heart (Part 1)

After returning, no one wasted any more time. They plunged headlong into cultivation.

After Ning Ye brought Jiang Xiao Fan back, he only let Jiang Xiao Fan cultivate for three days before he began refining the Primordial Spirits of those Cang Xiang Realm demons into Jiang Xiao Fan's body, setting him upon the path of soul battles.

This was probably the weakest level of soul battle ever seen since cultivators first existed, yet for Jiang Xiao Fan, it was also the most perilous.

At this point, he had absolutely no experience—though he had been possessed many times, he had never once resisted. This was the first time in his life that he had to fight back.

It was like a prostitute suddenly deciding to guard her chastity. The feeling was utterly unfamiliar.

In just one bout, he lost seven or eight times—each time, Ning Ye pulled him back from the brink in time.

But cultivation was precisely about growing through unceasing struggle.

With each round of cultivation and devouring, Jiang Xiao Fan's experience in soul battles grew richer and richer. He also discovered that this truly was the best way to improve himself—every devouring sent his cultivation soaring forward.

He was not a cultivation genius. Under normal circumstances, even reaching the Cang Xiang Realm would take him three years.

Yet following Ning Ye's method, he reached its peak in just three months. And just as Ning Ye had said, there was no obstacle at all when breaking through; he directly achieved the Hualun Realm.

This delighted Jiang Xiao Fan beyond measure.

As for Ye Gu, just as Ning Ye had predicted, he cultivated the Illusion Dao with ever greater diligence. His swindles were no longer focused solely on resources and treasures as they had been before, but increasingly targeted the