"My cultivation has now climbed another rung..."
Chen Changming restrained his aura of the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and smiled faintly, his expression composed.
This breakthrough had brought him little joy.
After arriving in the Spirit Realm, he had seen quite a few Void Refinement Realm cultivators, and even mighty Fusion Realm experts. All of this had deepened Chen Changming's sense of urgency about increasing his strength.
Thus, breaking through a single minor realm was not enough to make him particularly happy.
Chen Changming knew full well that he was alone and powerless in the Spirit Realm, with no one to help him. The only things he could rely on were the caution and care he had always maintained.
His cultivation realm was a means of deceiving others; his body-refining cultivation was what kept him alive.
Therefore, Chen Changming decided that he would devote most of his future cultivation time to body refinement, with spiritual cultivation as a secondary pursuit.
The wider the gap between the two, the safer he would be in the Spirit Realm.
"Li Xing is here again?"
Chen Changming's expression shifted slightly. A sweep of his divine sense revealed Li Xing walking into the courtyard.
Chen Changming immediately rose and went out to greet him.
Li Xing had come once a few days earlier, but Chen Changming had been focused on breaking through and had not attended to him.
Seeing Chen Changming push open the door and emerge, Li Xing sensed his aura of the fifth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. He walked over with a radiant smile and cupped his hands. "Fellow Daoist Ning, to think your cultivation improved after just a few days in seclusion! Congratulations!"
"I was stuck at the fourth layer of Spirit Transformation for some time. With