Hoo—!
He let out a long breath. Ten years had passed.
Ten minutes ago, Li Su had still been brimming with fervor and excitement. Now, he was wilted.
He had completed the fusion of the Nine Forms.
It had taken him a full three years to achieve it. Even for the Nine Forms, which had reached the transcendent and saintly realm, fusion was far from easy. Coupled with the enormous expenditure, the time he needed to rest had increased rather than decreased.
Using all nine forms in succession clearly consumed even more than the sum of using them separately.
The drop in frequency naturally slowed the rise in proficiency. It took him three years just to work out the optimal rhythm and unleash a strike beyond the prototype stage.
Normally, this should have been the end.
But Li Su had not stopped. Though he had yet to try it, he was certain that this level was not enough to open the door that had appeared deep within his body.
To ensure his breakthrough, he did not cease cultivating and instead continued.
After all, the fusion of the Nine Forms also had proficiency. At present, he had merely reached the point of handling it with ease; he could not even be considered practiced enough for skill to breed ingenuity.
With each individual form already at the transcendent and saintly realm, bringing the fusion of all nine forms to that same realm was faster than he had imagined. It had even taken less time than the individual forms. On the final day of the seventh year, he successfully broke through, pushing the fusion of the Nine Forms into the transcendent and saintly realm as well.
This time, he undoubtedly underwent another transformation.
In fact, he had already transformed once when he fused