A Timely Move

Could it be because his soul had grown, and his Spiritual Power had risen by a notch?

Stronger Spiritual Power could extend cultivation time and increase cultivation efficiency.

That was true in the Qi Transformation Stage and the Intent Transformation Realm; it remained true even in the Nascent Soul Stage.

He could not be certain it was due to strengthened Spiritual Power, because his Spiritual Power had not increased by much.

Yet the improvement in efficiency was enormous.

That was somewhat abnormal.

He vaguely felt that the great increase in cultivation efficiency was related to the rise in Spiritual Power, but it could not be entirely attributed to it.

What other reason could there be?

He could not help thinking of his previous contact with the Heavenly Demon's memories.

Could it be related to that as well?

But he had not cultivated the Heavenly Demon's inheritance. He had merely experienced the Heavenly Demon's life once.

Could such a vast increase in cultivation efficiency be connected to that experience?

He could not help recalling that the Demon Lord did not cultivate through diligent study and bitter training, nor through burying himself in secluded cultivation.

Instead, it was through experience.

What, then, was the essence of experience?

He rose and paced with his hands behind his back.

Pushing open the door, he entered the small courtyard.

The brilliant sunlight shone upon him, warm and soothing.

He looked up at the sun, which was nearing the center of the sky, then looked toward Fu Zheng standing quietly in the courtyard.

Fu Zheng stood beside a cluster of green bamboo at the base of the wall.

Her well-proportioned, graceful figure swayed gently, blending perfectly with the lightly swaying bamboo.

For a moment, they were almost impossible to distinguish from one another.

Fu Zheng stepped