They all thought the same thing. One by one, they left the great hall to find places to cultivate.
Ren had the same idea: cultivate while keeping an eye on how the battle unfolded.
Before long, Ren was the only one left in the vast Ziwei Palace.
Within the Mystic Light Mirror, the Quasi-Saints continued fighting. They had yet to show their full strength, but the battle raged on.
Ren ignored them and began to cultivate.
He had barely started when a wisp of divine sense emerged from within him, absorbed Spiritual Qi, and formed Ruthless's figure.
Ren was startled to see Ruthless appear so suddenly, but soon calmed down. "You left a wisp of divine sense inside me?"
Ruthless's expression did not change. She replied as if it were only natural, "Is there a problem with that?"
Her words were calm, yet carried an air of dominance.
Ren's mouth twitched. He hurriedly said, "No problem. Absolutely no problem! But why have you appeared?"
A strange light flickered deep in Ruthless's eyes. "Nothing much. Observing that Chaos Water Phoenix has given me some ideas. Of course, with your current strength, you can hardly get involved in this. Focus on growing stronger. The Nuwa Inheritance you just obtained is quite good. You should try cultivating it."
Ren considered her words, then said, "I was just about to cultivate it! But the Mending Heaven Scripture seems rather unusual. It absorbs the origins of Innate Objects to perfect the body—even the origin of an Innate Spiritual Treasure will do. If I absorbed the origins of many Innate Spiritual Treasures and fused them into my body, that would count as a body-tempering art!"
Ruthless seemed to mull it over before saying, "True... Absorb the origins of Spirit Treasures and temper your body as