His Divine Sense range had risen from seven and a half li to nine li, a full increase of roughly one and a half li-no small leap.
When ordinary cultivators reached the peak of late Foundation Establishment, their Divine Sense generally extended ten li. Without some special opportunity, breaking through that limit was all but impossible.
Yet Liu Yu had only just advanced to middle Foundation Establishment, and his range already reached nine li, approaching the limit ordinary cultivators could attain in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
If I'd possessed Divine Sense of this caliber back in Moonwatch City, the cultivator surnamed Zhou wouldn't have discovered my Divine Sense mark, and the Purpleheart Barrier-Breaking Pill wouldn't have slipped through my fingers.
Feeling the tremendous surge in his Divine Sense after the breakthrough, Liu Yu thought this with some regret.
The Divine Sense mark he had left using a method from the Divine Preservation Art had been detected primarily because his own Divine Sense had not been strong enough. If he left a mark with his current Divine Sense, even an ordinary cultivator at peak Foundation Establishment would have difficulty detecting it.
His own Divine Sense had limited what the Divine Preservation Art could accomplish. Now that it had grown considerably stronger, he could better bring out the art's profound subtleties.
The power of its accompanying Divine Sense attack, the Spirit-Shocking Thorn, would likewise rise with the tide.
Before this improvement, the Spirit-Shocking Thorn had been of very limited effectiveness against late Foundation Establishment cultivators. Now, however, a single strike could leave one dazed for an instant, perhaps even longer.
In a battle at the Foundation Establishment level, an instant was enough to accomplish a great deal.
Against cultivators whose Divine Sense was clearly inferior to his own, the Spirit-Shocking Thorn would