The spiritual spring in the Star Spirit Cave still murmured softly. Han Li stood at the center of the cave, the blue mist that had wreathed his body now drawn back within him. Only a trace of profound azure remained between his brows, like moonlight reflected in the deep sea.
Three days had passed since his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage. Rather than rush outside, he stayed in this secret realm to familiarize himself with the changes in his cultivation and strengthen his foundation. Every step a Nascent Soul cultivator took had to be firm, especially when the need to "find Zi Ling" still hung in his heart like a ruler measuring his resolve.
Han Li sat cross-legged beside the Star Spirit Spring. Within his sea of consciousness, his mystic water nascent soul sat in the same posture as his physical body. This infant phantom, forged from mystic water spiritual power and star power, had opened its eyes-like blue stars-and was curiously studying the Purple Forbidden Enclosure Star Chart within his sea of consciousness.
"So the nascent soul is an extension of spiritual sense..." Han Li murmured. He could clearly feel every breath of his nascent soul synchronizing with his own. His spiritual sense spread like a tide, reaching across the entire Star Spirit Main Peak. The Star Spirit Flower Sea on the eastern peak, the Star Spirit Pool on the Western Peak, the star-pattern crystal wall on the Northern Peak, and even the sound of the Magnetic Essence Griffin's claws as the creature paced outside the cave were all as clear as the lines on his palm.
Even more wondrous was the circulation of spiritual power. During Core Formation, it had flowed like a stream; now it was like rivers converging into an ocean, surging ceaselessly through his