Entering the River (5K)

"1%?"

Jiang Chen frowned slightly at the progress of the Fourth Layer of the Golden Garment Art on the Myriad Dao Chart.

He had expected the pace to drop sharply without the foundation laid by the Divine Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.

But he had not expected it to fall this far.

An hour and a half had raised it by only 1%.

Would a full two-hour period bring him barely more than 5%?

This was more than a sharp drop. The pace had been cut in half, then cut in half again!

"At this rate, it'll take nearly three months to cultivate the Fourth Layer of the Golden Garment Art to completion."

Jiang Chen calculated his progress.

Compared with the Third Layer, which he had completed in just over half a month, this was slower by several times over.

With martial cultivation, he could at least draw on external aids such as Innate Treasure Medicine and the Devouring Heaven Demon Seed.

But in Body Tempering, there truly were no shortcuts.

The only thing that could help was the Divine Phoenix Nirvana Sutra.

Yet the Sutra itself was like a clay bodhisattva crossing a river, barely able to save itself. Its cultivation advanced at a tortoise's crawl, so it could no longer help the Golden Garment Art.

I hope I can reach Grandmaster Realm before everything falls apart.

Jiang Chen murmured to himself.

Though he did not know what was happening inside the sect, its plans made it clear that something serious had occurred.

The first stage of the Fifteen-Prefecture Selection had lasted only two months, and the second stage had only two months as well.

The Hidden Dragon Plan and Core Successor Contest that followed probably would not last long either.

Such a relentless schedule was not meant to nurture newcomers.