Liu Changxu looked into his son's eyes, filled with earnest pleading and anticipation, and could not help letting out a long, lingering sigh. He said slowly, "All right, all right. I can stay on Hundred Spirits Star for a few more years. But you two brothers really must put your backs into your cultivation! Three hundred years have passed since you advanced to void refinement, yet you are both still at the void refinement early stage. Tell me, how long must your father wait before he sees you advance to the integrated body realm?"
At their father's reproachful words, both brothers' faces instantly flushed as red as ripe apples.
Indeed, three whole centuries had passed since they advanced to void refinement, yet they had remained stalled on the road of cultivation, still lingering at the void refinement early stage. Whenever they thought of this, they felt utterly ashamed. As for how many more years they would need to reach integrated body, neither had the slightest idea.
There was even a huge question mark hanging over whether they could ever reach integrated body at all!
It was not that they had made no effort over these three hundred years. On the contrary, they had given it everything they had. They cultivated diligently every day, never daring to slack off in the slightest, yet no matter how hard they worked, their gains were negligible.
Sometimes, the brothers discussed this troubling problem in private, racking their brains and turning it over again and again, but in the end, they never reached any definite conclusion.
Though they were desperately unwilling to admit it, an ominous premonition stirred deep within both brothers: perhaps void refinement was already the end of their Dao Paths.
"Please rest assured, Father. I will redouble my efforts. If I truly