"That wasn't the reason?" Everyone froze in surprise. Dong Santong hurriedly asked, "Then what was the biggest reason?"
"...!" Li Xiaoya paused at the question, then fell silent for a moment. Sweeping a deliberately mysterious glance over the cultivators, he said gravely, "A feeling!"
"Uh!" Everyone exclaimed, feeling as though they had been made fools of. Qiong Nanqi, however, asked solemnly, "Could your cultivation have already reached the state of Heaven-and-Earth Attunement, Captain?"
"The state of Heaven-and-Earth Attunement?" Everyone cried out and turned toward Li Xiaoya in unison, their faces brimming with envy...
"Not quite!" Li Xiaoya replied mildly. "I simply sensed something all of a sudden!" Although he had not deliberately cultivated his state of mind over the years, he had felt entirely different ever since tempering his body with the Twin-Pole Netherflower. His mind had become clearer and his perceptions sharper, as though he had been reborn. Clearly, along with the explosive growth of his divine sense, divine abilities, and cultivation, his state of mind had improved considerably. It left him marveling at how miraculous the Twin-Pole Netherflower truly was...
In truth!
What Li Xiaoya did not know was that the credit did not belong entirely to the Twin-Pole Netherflower. Though its effects defied the heavens, it could not actually help cultivators cultivate their spiritual understanding to that extent. The real cause was the True Immortal Soul he had obtained in the Primordial Ruins of the Mystic Lake Star Realm-the insight contained in a lingering wisp of Great Immortal Haocang's divine sense. Great Immortal Haocang had been a True Immortal. Though certain circumstances had caused his death, a True Immortal was still a True Immortal. Even a wisp of his conscious insight was beyond anything an ordinary cultivator could match. That True Immortal Soul had remained hidden within