The void was vast and boundless, its ripples undulating like curtains of water.
Outside the Armament Treasury lay the outer ring of Void Piercing Island, stretching ten thousand li.
On the island's northern side, Donghuang Xuan and Bian Qingqin sat cross-legged not far apart, each comprehending the void.
As they sat there, several centuries seemed to pass in a blur. Their auras first swelled rapidly from the mid-stage of One-Body Immortal, then slowed as they neared the late stage.
Relying on the benefits they had gained from Medicine Immortal Spring and the Dao Jade Book, both of them ultimately advanced to the late stage of One-Body Immortal within a mere four hundred years.
For nearly eighty years now, both had been comprehending the Dao.
"Nearly five hundred years already. Brother Liu has actually cultivated inside for four hundred and eighty years!" Donghuang Xuan temporarily set aside his cultivation, astonished and envious.
Beside him, Bian Qingqin opened her beautiful eyes and gazed over the countless tiny spaces in the void, each resembling a bubble. Without an opportunity like the Dao Jade Book, she would not have comprehended the Dao of Void any faster than the other Dao Children.
She understood what Donghuang Xuan meant. He was marveling at the abundance of spiritual treasures Liu Feng had used in exchange, treasures that had very likely all come from the level of a cult leader.
Medicine Immortal Spring required spiritual treasures to be added as medicine, while the Dao Jade Book required Dao to be exchanged for Dao. It was no easy matter to produce spiritual treasures and insights into the Great Dao capable of moving the Armament Treasury's artifact spirit.
They could not afford even a single year of cultivation inside, yet Liu Feng had been in seclusion for nearly five hundred