Inside the training room.
Li Ping sensed that the ocean of magical power within his dantian had expanded by another vast stretch. This was precisely the level of magical power possessed by a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator.
After his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment late stage, the magical power of his Longevity Art brimmed with even greater vitality and could hold more primordial aura. Its healing effects would presumably improve considerably as well.
Feeling the powerful pressure radiating from his body, Li Ping's eyes filled with emotion.
He had been forty when he successfully reached Foundation Establishment. After thirty years of painstaking cultivation, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment middle stage at seventy.
Originally, he had expected the breakthrough from the Foundation Establishment middle stage to the late stage to take him around forty years.
Although Li Ping's progress still fell short of Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivators like Xiao Yunzhi, it far surpassed that of dual spirit root cultivators and could rival variant spiritual root cultivators.
After all, he cultivated the Marsh Water Life-Nourishing Art and was untroubled by minor bottlenecks.
Dual spirit root and variant spiritual root cultivators might cultivate faster than Li Ping on a daily basis, but they faced bottlenecks when advancing between stages. They usually needed considerable time and large quantities of resources to break through smoothly.
As a result, their actual cultivation speed ended up falling behind Li Ping's.
Li Ping had been very satisfied with the prospect of reaching the Foundation Establishment late stage in forty years.
But along the way, he had offended Hua Wuji, a Core Formation late stage cultivator, and had been forced to hide in a cave abode within a secret realm. There, he unexpectedly obtained a piece of Spirit-Eye Jade.
The Spirit-Eye Jade gave Li Ping cultivation