Why was his current cultivation a problem too?
It all came down to the injury to his arm, much like what had happened back then. Since spell power could not circulate through the meridians in his arm, he could not complete a full circulation cycle. Although he had recovered seventy percent of his spell power and cultivation, he could not return to his prime until that injury was healed.
He had to admit that the battle with the Chaos King had drained him tremendously, even though his gains had been astonishingly rich.
Leaving everything else aside, advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm in the Tower of Hell alone had been an unprecedented windfall.
His master, the Seventh Elder, had spent a hundred years in seclusion attempting to break through before he finally reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
And that success had required an unknown number of treasures and Heavenly Treasures, along with the resources of the Azure Profound Sect.
In fact, he was not the only one who had expended so much. Saint As and Teacher Lan Qing were hardly better off than he was...
Even the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race, who had seemed to contribute little and merely take advantage of opportunities, had actually exhausted himself considerably. In particular, that final move of his, Shifted Form Illusory Shadow, had required him to burn his lifespan and cultivation.
Precisely because of this, Ye Han felt that although Saint As and the member of the Immortal-Thief Outsider Race were of the Non-Self Race, they were still people worth forging close friendships with.
Teacher Lan Qing went without saying. The man had a powerful sense of racial identity. Perhaps he wanted to nurture Ye Han into a so-called pillar of the Ancient Human Race?
Although Ye Han scoffed at that