Shrouding the Heavens: Those Years as the Female Emperor's Strictest Master

On the spot, Tan Lin shook his head and closed his eyes as well.

He had long since lost count of how many times he had brewed and drunk this tea during his seclusion beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree in the World Within World. It was nothing novel to him anymore.

To him now, it was merely better than nothing.

Besides, it was worth mentioning that—

In such a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land, all three of their cultivations had improved.

Tan Lin's cultivation had now reached the ninth minor stage of the Saint King realm. He was only a single step away from perfecting this realm, nearly catching up to Shao Hanyun, who had reached this stage more than ten years ago.

Seeing how quickly he advanced, Shao Hanyun grew anxious.

If she had not insisted on reaching the Divine Forbidden Domain before entering the Great Saint Realm, she might have broken through two years ago.

Unfortunately, she was simply too ambitious, utterly determined not to break through until she reached the Divine Forbidden Domain.

Seeing her like this, Tan Lin sighed inwardly.

Although achieving the Divine Forbidden Domain carried certain chain-reaction benefits for future Dao Attainment, it was not absolute. Entering the Divine Forbidden Domain after becoming a Great Saint was not impossible either.

If she truly fixated on it, she would only be needlessly trapping herself.

He had once advised her indirectly on this matter, but seeing how determined she was, he did not press the issue again.

That said, he had also deliberately slowed his cultivation progress over the past two years.

One reason was that he had been using the Sacred Body Lineage's secret methods to temper the stages of cultivation he had already crossed, again and again.

Each time consumed far more effort, resources, and time