In the courtyard.
The eastern sky was turning pale as a fish's belly.
Fine snowflakes drifted down.
Jiang Ning knew nothing of the changes outside.
For now, he was immersed in his own joy.
His successive breakthroughs had strengthened his True Spirit, deepened his foundation, and bolstered his spirit. They had also stirred the three flowers of essence, energy, and spirit, bringing him closer to the first-grade Primordial Unity Realm.
And he had gained a second golden trait.
A long while later.
He steadied himself and calmed the excitement in his heart, then closed his eyes and resumed cultivating.
He wanted to test whether this trait's transformation would help him cultivate the Spiritual Altar Illumination of the True Self Method.
If it did, and the effect was strong enough, he could decide where to focus his cultivation next.
The more he advanced in this method, the more extraordinary he found it.
It concerned more than mere talent or the strengthening of spirit.
It touched on past lives and the present one, on the very origins of living beings.
His intuition told him that strengthening his True Spirit mattered more than a simple increase in talent or comprehension.
Jiang Ning drew in his thoughts. Putting aside all matters beyond himself, he sank his full attention into his Spirit Platform.
As his will turned, the scene within it changed again.
Gone was the vast, intricate vision of heaven and earth opening and the Four Seasons Cycle. In its place was something exceptionally pure and concentrated.
A bright moon hung high above his Spirit Platform, pouring down cool, clear silver light that illuminated every corner.
Beneath the moon sat his soul, now as solid as if cast from red gold, with a brilliant spiritual light shining between its brows.
In his current state,