Xu Yang arrived at the Spirit Tower, where quite a few people were already waiting in line.
By now, all the second-tier geniuses in their cohort, apart from the injured Sun Tao, had reached fourth heavenly origin perfection and begun working toward the fifth heavenly origin realm.
Yet even Qi Ning was still grinding away at the bottleneck and had not broken through to fifth heavenly origin.
"Have you come for secluded cultivation too, Brother Xu? Are you aiming for fourth heavenly origin perfection this time?" Wu Xiuyuan asked with a smile.
At his words, many people turned to look at Xu Yang.
Xu Yang smiled and nodded. "You have eyes like blazing torches, Brother Wu. I'm impressed."
Once this session ended, he did indeed plan to publicly display fourth heavenly origin perfection, laying the groundwork for revealing fifth heavenly origin cultivation later. He would also challenge the Battle Tower again, raise his position on the Heavenly Strategy Wind and Cloud Rankings, and secure a greater share of its resources.
Everyone around him looked envious. Not only had Xu Yang's combat strength entered the ranks of the second-tier geniuses, but his cultivation speed seemed to have caught up as well. He was already about to reach fourth heavenly origin perfection.
"Leng Qiuyue's coming out."
Suddenly, someone called out in a low voice, and everyone looked toward the Spirit Tower.
Leng Qiuyue's pretty face was deathly pale, her aura somewhat disordered, and her spirit bone fluctuations alternated between strong and weak.
Everyone understood that Leng Qiuyue had failed to break through to fifth heavenly origin.
"To think even Spirit Bone Prodigies have such a hard time breaking through to fifth heavenly origin," Wu Xiuyuan sighed.
Of the nine heavenly origin stages, each was harder than the last. Many people spent more