An intuition from the unseen told him that the best opportunity to attempt a breakthrough to the third tier of body cultivation was today!
Thoughts flickered like myriad stars in his mind. Liu Yu quickly made his decision, abandoning the idea of emerging from seclusion straightaway.
He sat back down on the meditation cushion and quietly sensed the restless qi and blood within him.
Closing his eyes and sweeping his divine sense through his body, Liu Yu could clearly see his deep-red qi-blood power surging restlessly.
Like towering waves on a mighty river, it churned and roared!
It seemed to be anticipating something, preparing for its final sublimation!
At this sight, Liu Yu no longer hesitated. With a thought, he began circulating the Astral True Form.
Riiip!
His clothes burst apart. The instant he circulated the technique, he naturally entered his "true form," and his body began swelling.
His bronze muscles, filled with the beauty of strength and seemingly cast from copper and iron, were once again fully exposed to the air!
Ten feet, eleven feet, twelve feet...
Liu Yu rapidly expanded to roughly sixteen feet tall before slowly stopping. From a distance, he looked like a giant.
Immediately afterward, the nine major acupoints developed during the Myriad Stars Stage began lighting up.
They linked together, forming a circular pattern that completed a perfect closed loop.
Silver above and blue below, silver-white and azure spiritual light shone from the circular pattern, complementing each other as they spread across his entire body.
From afar, the two colors gleamed over Liu Yu's powerful, imposing frame, making him look like-a giant of light!
Thump, thump, thump.
Shortly after he began circulating the Astral True Form, faint sounds arose in the artifact-refining chamber, like muted drumbeats.
Listening closely, one would discover that the sounds