Boom!
Inside the thatched cottage, thunder seemed to rumble within Xuanming's body. A vortex of Spirit Mechanism enveloped him, forming a cocoon of light. His golden core swelled several times over before its growth began to slow.
When the phenomenon faded and the cocoon of light broke open, he had already broken through, condensing a Sacred Embryo and entering the fourth realm of Qi Refining.
After more than a month in seclusion, Xuanming stepped out of the cottage. Looking at the radiant spring sunlight, he narrowed his eyes slightly, a captivating smile curving his lips.
From this day onward, he was invincible beneath Spirit Refining. He could sweep aside all opposition, gaze down upon the eight directions, and roar proudly at the heavens. There was not the slightest exaggeration in that.
Even those who had glimpsed the threshold of Spirit Refining could be killed in an instant, as easily as slicing melons and chopping vegetables. He would no longer need to spend so much time and thought as he had when dealing with Dream Granny or the Fire Rat King.
Drawn by the phenomenon, Xuanxu and the others gathered on Dao-Treasuring Peak to guard Xuanming. They were all thrilled, for once their senior brother Xuanming broke through, Truth-Seeking Abbey would have a True Person of the Saint Embryo Realm.
Across Fengyang Commandery, great cultivators of this caliber were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. Those publicly known numbered no more than ten, and even the Purple Dawn Sect had only one. Moreover, their senior brother Xuanming had entered the Dao with a superior Dao Foundation. From now on, Truth-Seeking Abbey's standing would soar, second only to the Rising Sun Sect and Water Moon Abbey.
One day, it might well stand shoulder to shoulder with those two sects whose