Ye Han sat cross-legged on the Ice-Silk Five Elements Jade Cushion, rings of Dark Gold Runes revolving around him. Dark Gold scale runes covered his body, making him look utterly imposing...
Crack, crack, crack! A series of muffled sounds suddenly came from his bones, like metal grinding against metal, and his body swelled several times over in an instant...
He resembled a steel god of war, Dark Gold Golden Runes covering his entire body as a savage, terrifying aura erupted from him...
But it lasted only three or four breaths before Ye Han's body and aura returned to normal. The Dark-Golden Runes on him reverted in an instant, and the scales swiftly vanished.
Ye Han opened his eyes. Rings of Dark-Golden Runes were actually revolving within his pupils...
Delight spread across his face as he said, "I've successfully advanced to the second layer!"
Indeed, after more than five months of cultivation and contemplation, Ye Han had successfully mastered the second layer of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art.
One reason he had progressed so quickly was that his physical body was strong enough. He had cultivated the Blood Refining Art to its utmost limit, giving him an exceptionally solid foundation.
Another was that he had comprehended the Heavenly Dragon Demon Race's foundational cultivation art from that stone stele, resolving many aspects of the Heavenly Dragon Tyrant Body Art that had previously puzzled him.
Finally, it had to do with his dual cultivation with Fairy Ningyu.
Although Fairy Ningyu had gained far more than Ye Han, she had the highest cultivation among all the female cultivators who had practiced dual cultivation with him, as well as the best innate talents and cultivation arts. Added to that was the assistance of the White Jade Furnace and this formation.
In fact, it was