None of the speculation outside affected Lu Hao as he worked on his breakthrough. After a full day, he successfully finished connecting his bridge of heaven and earth.
What appeared before him was a golden ring. Once he drew it into his body, he could connect his five major organs and break through to Rank 5.
Naturally, though, Lu Hao would not break through yet. He still needed to solidify his bridge of heaven and earth. If he drew it into his body and broke through now,
his Slaughter Points would be compressed tenfold, leaving him without enough to temper the bridge.
So this was the perfect time. Lu Hao manifested one Slaughter Point and guided it toward the bridge of heaven and earth, testing whether the bridge could absorb it for tempering.
Upon touching the Slaughter Point, the bridge of heaven and earth absorbed it and began undergoing tempering.
Lu Hao continued manifesting Slaughter Points to cultivate. After all, this was only an idea he was testing, and he had no idea whether it would work.
In the original novel, Fang Ping had used life essence, whereas he was using Slaughter Points. If it failed, he would just have to settle for breaking through normally.
As it turned out, it worked. Lu Hao's idea had been right. These energy points were essentially a form of high-grade energy and could be used to temper the bridge of heaven and earth.
Lu Hao could not help feeling pleased. Since they could temper the bridge of heaven and earth, they should also help him seal his gates. He could use Slaughter Points to temper his golden body and even widen his origin path.
That meant the road ahead would be smooth. All he needed to do was keep following the path of