Cultivators in the Spirit Stream Realm could only use Artifact Flight. Only upon reaching the Cloud River Realm could they achieve Airborne Flight.
The two were different concepts. One involved controlling a flying artifact and letting it carry oneself; the other meant flying directly with one's physical body.
Although Lu Ye was currently relying on the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern, it still barely counted as experiencing the benefits of Airborne Flight ahead of time.
Of course, this did not mean that cultivators no longer needed Flying Artifacts after reaching the Cloud River Realm. They still did, because Artifact Flight consumed less. Moreover, some Flying Artifacts could be fitted with consumables such as Spirit Stones to replace the cultivator's own Spiritual Power.
This was especially true of large Flying Artifacts, which were generally powered by the might of Spirit Stones and Formations. It was difficult to control them using only the Spiritual Power within a cultivator's body.
Having obtained the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern, Lu Ye was in excellent spirits. Coupled with the rather intense battles of the past few days, he decided to rest for a day.
The Spirit Stream Battlefield was unusually peaceful for a day. There were no major changes on the Spirit Stream Rankings, nor were there many disturbances across the battlefield.
Who would have thought that such a vast battlefield could become calm simply because one person went quiet? The Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators sorrowfully discovered that as long as that Gate-Destroying Leaf did not come out to stir up trouble, the entire battlefield remained quite peaceful.
Yet this peace was shattered after only one day.
A day later, Lu Ye began climbing the rankings.
On the Spirit Stream Rankings, his rank rose by several places almost every few breaths. Without exception, every Myriad Demon Ridge