Time flowed on. A year later.
As Lu Ye successfully inscribed another Dao Pattern within his Inner Realm, the sixth level of this Secret Technique finally reached completion.
Though he had long suspected that the sixth level would bring a qualitative transformation and vastly enhance him, when the result truly emerged, Lu Ye was still dazed.
There were now fully 2,800 Dao Patterns within his Inner Realm!
At the fifth level, there had only been 1,500. This was nearly double the increase—how terrifying was that?
However, having cultivated this Secret Technique to this point, further improvement would not be so easy. The main issue was upgrading the quality of the Uniting Dao Pearl. Yuan Xi City's leap from Desolate-tier to Flood-tier back then had also gone through many twists and turns. Its subsequent successful promotion to Cosmos-tier was only because it inherited Black Blood City's legacy.
Had it not been for the battle on the Starry Sky Chessboard, even with Lu Ye's methods to assist it, Yuan Xi City would have needed an enormous amount of time to advance to Cosmos-tier.
Back then, everyone in Yuan Xi City had worked together with one heart. Now Lu Ye stood alone, so raising the quality of the Uniting Dao Pearl would undoubtedly be extremely difficult.
Of course, if he were willing to shatter Yuan Xi City's Uniting Dao Pearl and use it for himself, none of these problems would exist.
But Yuan Xi City had been left behind by Yuan Xi, and it was also where You Die and the others dwelled. How could Lu Ye do such a thing?
The joy of his increased strength was swiftly replaced by heartache. Lu Ye looked ahead and saw that the Starry Sky Barrier was now clearly visible before him.
When he had arrived