Upon seeing the familiar Ancient Saint Mountain Range again, Xiao Jin could not help but sigh.
"Why does it feel like a lifetime has passed?"
Xun Er covered her mouth and chuckled. "All told, we stayed in the Heavenly Tomb for more than ten years. Calling it a lifetime ago would not be an exaggeration."
During their time in the Heavenly Tomb, none of them had devoted all their energy solely to cultivation.
Every few days, they would hold a picnic or go on an outing, which greatly eased everyone's state of mind.
As the master of the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Jin possessed the ability to alter its environment.
Though he could not directly transform the Heavenly Tomb into a land of scenic beauty, it was worlds apart from before, when energy storms would erupt from time to time and the environment and climate were extremely harsh.
Naturally, with the accumulation of time, all of them had made considerable progress in their realms.
Xiao Jin had already advanced to the Late Eight-Star Dou Sheng stage, just one step away from Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
Once he finished soaking in the Blood Pool, he could attempt to refine the Origin Emperor Qi and try to break through to Dou Emperor.
Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin had also broken through to the mid-stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng realm. Yun Yun was slightly behind, only at the early stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
Their situation differed somewhat from Xiao Jin's. The Origin Emperor Qi had long since fused into their bodies, and they drew energy from it at every moment during cultivation.
If Xiao Jin needed to refine the Origin Emperor Qi after reaching Nine-Star Dou Sheng in order to break through to Dou Emperor, then the women merely had to meet