Meanwhile, his second Primordial Spirit, which had been contemplating spatial law before the mirror, stirred as though waking from a dream. The two Primordial Spirits shared their knowledge, leaving Lin Xiaosu dumbfounded.
For the first time in his life, he felt the difference in the flow of time.
The Primordial Spirit he had sent into the Celestial Fox Secret Realm felt as though it had spent many years there, yet in reality, barely an hour had passed.
Hu Ji slowly opened her eyes.
Lin Xiaosu froze.
Fufu had entered the Celestial Fox Secret Realm at the same time as him that day. She had chosen the Cultivation Path and was still in seclusion even now, which meant her consciousness had yet to return.
Hu Ji, however, had woken up straightaway.
"Did you gain anything?" Lin Xiaosu asked.
"The Celestial Fox Ancestor left me a drop of ancestral blood," Hu Ji said.
"Ancestral blood? What will happen if you absorb it?"
"Once I've fully absorbed and refined it, I should be able to reach Second Mastery."
Lin Xiaosu was astonished. "Second Mastery! Then... wouldn't you be able to contend with someone at Third Mastery who entered the Dao through rules?"
"Just barely, perhaps. I'll try to truly break through to Second Mastery as soon as possible. Then, if anyone dares make an enemy of my husband, I'll help you beat him to death..."
Lin Xiaosu sighed in wonder. "Good heavens. Third Mastery already makes someone a Heaven-Pillar of this world. Did I accidentally sleep with a Heaven-Pillar of cultivation?"
"Huh? You call that an accident? You played for hours and tried every trick in the book..." After another bout of tussling, Hu Ji asked, "Husband, what about you? Did you gain anything?"
"I chose Sword Dao this time. My Sword Dao