Three Transformations of the Grand Void (4,000 words; bonus chapter for 24,000 monthly votes; please vote before month's end)

It had taken a year and two months.

At last, [Beginner Martial Arts Knowledge] had reached Perfection.

Of all the skills Li Xiuwen had practiced, this had been the hardest, but its effects were the most remarkable. It had done more for his Martial Way potential than any other.

Above the Incense Burner,

the incense belonging to [Beginner Martial Arts Knowledge] burned out completely. It became a handful of yellow ash scattered inside the burner. A cloud shimmering with seven shifting colors hovered overhead, then rushed into Li Xiuwen's mind at a thought. That faint, boundless voice rang out.

[Evolution of the Grand Void Illusory Realm in progress...]

"Go ahead and update. I'm going to sleep."

Li Xiuwen was dead tired. He hurried to catch up on sleep.

At the Learning Society, cultivation was highly flexible. There were no classes he had to attend; he arranged all his training himself.

Meanwhile,

in Little Loudspeaker's dormitory,

her brows were tightly knit and her eyes shut fast, as though she were having a nightmare. In the dream, she had turned into an ugly cicada nymph, the kind of muddy little thing that lived underground.

She dug at the earth with all her might...

But those mere three inches of soil pressed down on her like a seal, keeping her from the blue sky and the light of day.

She wanted freedom!

She wanted to break through the earth!

In a fit of fury, she... got furious.

In the end, she still failed to emerge from the soil.

When she woke, she discovered a figure standing there. She had no idea when he had arrived. Blue training clothes, a large nose—it was Mr. Long.

Mr. Long watched her calmly, light glimmering in his eyes.

"Well done. You succeeded at Gate Initiation in