"My mental strength isn't quite enough."
After a period of tempering, Medivh's bones were still Extreme Blue, but many pale purple spots had appeared.
His skeleton had only been half-strengthened to Purple Bone. During the tempering process, he sensed that his mental strength wasn't enough, so he paused his advancement.
His mental strength was only slightly lacking. He expected that after reaching Third Rank Advanced Mage, he would be able to strengthen his bones to Low-Grade Purple Bone.
His flesh was strong enough. His Half-Dragon Body was more than capable of supporting Purple Bone.
After gaining his Half-Dragon Body, Medivh made rapid progress along the Way of the Knight. He was equivalent to half a Dragon, and his vast Origin Qi and blood let him refine blood into qi at an incredible speed.
His progress along the Way of the Knight had overtaken that of the Way of the Mage, and he had broken through to Third Rank Advanced before his mage path.
His Lava Battle Qi was currently at its limit, in other words, at the peak of Third Rank. He could advance to Fourth Rank Knight at any moment.
That was the cultivation advantage of a Half-Dragon Knight, who stood a step above a Dragonblood Knight. When the Lava Dragon had replaced Medivh's blood, it hadn't simply strengthened him with Dragon blood.
While Medivh made rapid progress in his cultivation, the Lava Dragon Oriana was growing happily in the underground Dragon Nest.
Thanks to Medivh's lavish feeding, the Origin Dragon Blood she'd severely depleted had long since recovered. Her Dragon body was considerably larger than when she'd first met Medivh, and she was in the rapid growth phase between a young Dragon and an adolescent Dragon.
After he stopped tempering his bones, Medivh cast Cleanse on himself, then