"How are you doing?"
He Pingsheng looked at Ming Riyue and asked, "Have you learned that divine ability?"
Ming Riyue pursed her lips. "Who are you looking down on, big brother? I learned it ages ago, all right? Haven't you noticed? I've broken through two cultivation layers too!"
He Pingsheng was surprised. "Really?"
His cultivation was only at the Profound Immortal level, so he could not see through Ming Riyue's cultivation.
Ming Riyue had indeed broken through. She had now reached the fifth layer of Supreme Unity Golden Immortal.
"Of course!" As they spoke, the two descended from the void and took a seat beneath an enormous ancient tree in front of the Daoist Grounds.
Beneath the ancient tree stood a small, elegant pavilion.
Perhaps because no one had visited for far too long, however, a sparse layer of fallen leaves covered the pavilion's floor.
They walked over the fallen leaves and sat on the benches in front of the curved railings.
Facing each other!
Ming Riyue said, "Actually, I was already on the verge of reaching the fourth layer of Supreme Unity Golden Immortal. Not long after I went into seclusion, I broke through naturally!"
"Then, after comprehending the Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Ability you gave me, I broke through another demonic obstacle. And with that, didn't I break through another layer and reach the fifth layer of Supreme Unity Golden Immortal?"
The Mystic Sect called it a Dao obstacle!
The Demonic Path called it a demonic obstacle!
In truth, however, they were the same thing.
After reaching Golden Immortal, breaking through to a new realm first required a breakthrough in one's Great Dao Art. Only then could one attempt to break through the body's flesh barrier.
It was similar to how things had been in the Spirit Realm.
"Here, take