This time, Li Su came to a complete stop.
Realizing that his current strength was insufficient to deal with the threat before him, he signaled the escort ship to retreat several hundred light-years. After putting more than a thousand light-years between himself and the South Heaven Gate, he found a small galaxy cluster and shut himself away there to cultivate.
Although extraordinary power was scarce in the South Heaven Star Region, all kinds of energy radiation were abundant.
With nearly ten million innate Dao patterns, his absorption speed was in fact no less efficient than directly absorbing extraordinary radiation.
Moreover, there was the river within the World Fragment inside his body, which likewise provided him with an endless stream of energy, though in somewhat smaller quantities.
Although he slowed the rate at which he absorbed energy to avoid causing too great a disturbance, he was still dissatisfied.
In just one year, he broke through again from the Three Hundred Million Dao Realm and advanced into the Four Hundred Million Dao Realm.
Of course, this was partly due to the accumulation of more than half a year on the Central Planet, but his rate of progress was still remarkably striking.
After all, once other Great Luo beings reached the Hundred-Million Dao Realm, further advancement became exceedingly slow. One realm usually required several hundred years of effort, or even several thousand.
Li Su was different. He possessed too many innate Dao patterns, enough to support his constant splitting, while the foundation of his Great Dao was incomparably stable.
During this time, he lived in undeniable peace.
The several extreme Great Luo beings who had taken more than five thousand living beings to the South Heaven Gate, however, had it rather rough.
By the third month, they had retreated in extreme disarray. Not