The Thunder Pool was vast, with Zhi Zhen and Gao Xian separated by dozens of miles.
Cultivation was a deeply personal matter. Though Zhi Zhen and Gao Xian were the closest of friends, they still preferred solitude while cultivating.
Gao Xian naturally knew how to observe the proper boundaries and took care to keep his distance from Zhi Zhen.
Not only Zhi Zhen—even Qingqing was the same.
Though Qingqing was still somewhat innocent by nature, she was ultimately an expert at the God Transmutation level. In terms of cultivation, she did not need much interference from him.
Refining one's body and spirit was even more private than bathing, so he needed to keep his distance as well.
However, the aura of Zhi Zhen's Primordial Spirit was extremely unstable. Though Gao Xian was not deliberately spying on her, he could sense her Primordial Spirit continually surging and roiling, changing with exceptional violence.
When tempering body and spirit in the Thunder Pool, the most important thing was maintaining stability. Any instability could cause the lightning to run out of control. If things went badly, both body and spirit might be destroyed by the thunderlight.
Noticing that something was wrong with Zhi Zhen, Gao Xian could no longer worry about privacy. Before life and death, what the hell did privacy matter...
As her friend, Gao Xian naturally had to watch over Zhi Zhen as best he could.
At first, he still had some reservations. But when he saw the situation worsening, he directly used the Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling True Eye to observe Zhi Zhen.
Under the Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling True Eye, Zhi Zhen's three Primordial Spirits were clearly distinct. In particular, two damaged Primordial Spirits had been forcibly embedded into Zhi Zhen's most vital root Primordial Spirit. This unstable method of fusion had