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Su Xin's mission in Shengjing City had been completed. Lin Zongyue had yet to return, and it looked like he wouldn't be back anytime soon, so Su Xin took his Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Dew and went into seclusion again.
Actually, if circumstances had allowed it, Su Xin would still have preferred to cultivate in the Underworld. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth there was far denser than in Shengjing City.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't have been appropriate to leave so soon after returning to Shengjing City.
After all, this was a sensitive time. Ji Haodian was busy with his grand plan for immortality, and the Human Emperor had all but gone mad. If Su Xin were absent from Shengjing City for too long now, he would arouse Ji Haodian's suspicions.
Besides, everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty, along with the people of the Martial Arts World, was keeping a close eye on Ji Haodian. They wanted to know whether he could become the first Human Emperor in ten thousand years to attain immortality.
This time, Su Xin spent another month in seclusion. After taking the Nine-Colored Immortal Spirit Dew, he had nearly purged every impurity from his body. His body was now almost perfectly attuned to heaven and earth, and with the True Martial Dharma Image Fragment, his comprehension of the Yang Spirit Realm was nearly complete.
In other words, Su Xin had already reached the Half-Step Yang Spirit Realm. All he lacked was an opportunity to ascend to the summit and become a grandmaster of the Yang Spirit Realm.
But that opportunity wasn't something he could obtain by simply staying in seclusion. Once he felt he had reached the limit, Su Xin emerged.
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