The soul-piercing agony was not enough to shake Gao Xian's consciousness, but it still took him quite a while to recover.
Gao Xian had thought that after his soul absorbed the Primordial Purple Qi, he could endure even the Undying Dragon Soul's damage to his soul. Absorbing and fusing with the heavenly dragon's divine consciousness should have been nothing.
The result far exceeded his expectations. The pain of fusing with that divine consciousness was far worse than the damage inflicted by the Undying Dragon Soul.
Seeing the slight curl of Sister Bai's lips, Gao Xian practically suspected that she had deliberately wanted him to suffer a little.
No matter how much he grumbled inwardly, he still had to respectfully thank Sister Bai on the surface.
He had suffered plenty, but he had gained something as well.
With Bai Yujing's help, the heavenly dragon's divine consciousness directly merged into the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling Divine Seal, raising this secret art to the Master level—Master level at its peak, no less.
The reason it had failed to advance to the Grandmaster realm was likely because this secret art had reached the pinnacle of the seventh rank, with nowhere further to go.
Secret methods, secret arts, Divine Artifacts, and the like were all constrained by various conditions. They could not be elevated without limit.
Gao Xian could not help feeling a little regretful. If it could have reached Grandmaster Perfection, this secret art alone would have been enough for him to contend against any seventh-rank Heavenly Lord.
The Master realm was powerful enough in sheer might, but it lagged far behind in terms of realm. The top seventh-rank experts could easily find ways to counter it.
Fortunately, this secret art was mainly meant to support him in battle, so it was more