Rain after a long drought.
That was exactly how Ji Yuan felt.
The instant his Divine Sense broke through again, he felt so good he could almost ascend.
It was as though the top of his skull might fly right off.
The heavens seemed clear, the earth bright.
His Divine Sense spread outward without limit.
But just as it reached the edge of Dream Demon Island, Ji Yuan forced himself to calm down.
He hurriedly drew it back and devoted himself to meditation, nurturing his Divine Sense for the breakthrough.
With his current Divine Sense, he could roam the world unchecked as long as he did not run into some old Nascent Soul monster.
Unfortunately, Dream Demon Island had exactly those monsters—and more than one.
His Divine Sense could spy on someone at the Golden Core Peak Stage, but certainly not on a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
Ji Yuan had no doubt that if his Divine Sense swept across Dream Demon Island, he would be discovered at once.
Then his only way out would probably be the Nine-Nether Lifeburn Brew.
Even after withdrawing his Divine Sense, a chill still ran down his back.
Fortunately, nothing unusual happened as he waited.
Only then did he relax and return to his meditation.
At the same time, he kept watch over his body's condition.
If his magical power were forming a Nascent Soul, the resulting Nascent Soul Phenomenon would be noticed not just by the Bone Demon Sect, but probably by the Soul-Refining Hall as well.
A breakthrough of the Divine Soul, however, happened without a sound.
Magical power sought outward; the Divine Soul sought inward.
When Ji Yuan looked within, he found that the surface of his Sea of Consciousness, normally still as an ancient well, had risen into towering waves.
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