Soon, the Qi Refiners arranged themselves around the [Heaven-Presenting Hall]. Mingyou took the lead, standing with his hands behind his back before the [Gate-Origin Golden Lock].
"Well?"
Chen Yuanfu spoke softly, yet subtly hung half a step back. His gaze toward Mingyou held complicated feelings, along with a deep wariness.
His cultivation has advanced again...
In terms of cultivation alone, Mingyou had not actually been particularly advanced before. He had refined only two strands of heaven-and-earth qi, nowhere near perfection at the third level of qi refinement.
But high cultivation did not necessarily mean powerful combat strength. Back when both were at the third level of qi refinement, Mingyou and Ming De had fought fiercely over an opportunity. Ming De, a mighty Fire Qi Dao Son whose divine abilities, qi aspects, Dao foundation, and merit deeds were theoretically all fully equipped, had nevertheless suffered a crushing defeat at Mingyou's hands.
He took a crooked path.
Ancient cultivators had limitless lifespans and often studied combat in their spare time, so their fighting prowess was extremely high. Most Qi Refiners during the Great Rebellion era were also well versed in it.
Nowadays, however, Qi Refiners lived no longer than ten thousand years. They barely had enough time to cultivate, let alone study combat, so their fighting prowess often left much to be desired.
Someone like Ming De would probably only have the strength to break through the Fifth Heaven under the ancient cultivators' Nine Heavens classification during the Great Rebellion era. Yet Mingyou could already break through the Seventh Heaven back then. Now that he has cultivated a third strand of heaven-and-earth qi, the Eighth Heaven is probably only a snap of his fingers away.
At that thought, Chen Yuanfu grew even more cautious.
With a gap of three heavens, if they