Inside the cave dwelling's cultivation chamber.
Aaron sat cross-legged and began to break through.
Of the three methods for overcoming a bottleneck, the one he favored most was naturally the first!
He could just slowly grind away at it. There was no need to fear spending time—perhaps one day, in some year, inspiration would strike, and he would break through!
As for how many years it might consume, did he care?
Besides... I don't think I've ever encountered a true bottleneck...
He circulated the mana of the Primal Unity Art, examined his body inwardly, and launched assaults against one barrier after another.
The bottleneck, already worn down to almost nothing, crumbled like earth and shattered tiles beneath this final push.
In an instant, he broke through into an entirely new realm!
At this moment, Aaron finally broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refinement, successfully entering the late stage of Qi Refinement!
Feeling the mana in his dantian qi sea surge by nearly thirty to forty percent, Aaron mused, "Late-stage Qi Refinement truly makes one an expert among ordinary cultivators... I could go straight to the East Gate Family and become a guest elder, with food, clothes, and shelter guaranteed for the rest of my days!"
He rose and went into the courtyard, taking out the low-grade magic artifact—the Blackwood Sword.
Under the command of his mana and will, the tiny pitch-black sword rapidly expanded... then darted continuously around the courtyard.
Pfft!
A streak of black light flashed, shearing off a corner of the stone table in the small courtyard.
"Good... after my mana increased, controlling a magic artifact has indeed become far more effortless. The two truly complement each other!"
"And I can keep the Iron Leaf Boat going for more than half an hour now... I finally