Silence blanketed Golden Ao Island.
The Jie Sect disciples sat cross-legged in dense ranks, stretching from the entrance of Gu Changqing's cave abode to the edges of Golden Ao Island. Even the reefs beyond the island were dotted with seated figures.
Some had their eyes closed in concentration, brows faintly furrowed, as though locked in a difficult struggle with some mysterious dao rhythm.
Some wore peaceful expressions and faint smiles, as though they had finally touched the bottlenecks that had eluded them for so long.
Some had auras that surged and ebbed, repeatedly testing the brink of a breakthrough.
Others had auspicious clouds churning above their heads, with three flowers gathered at the crown and five qi returning to the origin. Clearly, they had already entered a profound state of dao comprehension.
Every one of them was drawing upon the vast dao rhythm released by Gu Changqing's wine brewing to explore their own paths of cultivation.
And those who benefited most were undoubtedly the disciples whose cultivation had been trapped at a bottleneck for years, unable to advance.
An Outer Sect disciple sat cross-legged on a reef. His aura had originally been only at the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal level, utterly unremarkable.
Yet now, his aura was climbing at a visibly discernible speed.
Early Taiyi Golden Immortal... middle stage... late stage...
In just a few dozen breaths, he had broken straight through to the primordial unity golden immortal peak!
He was only a single step away from becoming a daluo golden immortal!
"Gasp..."
A disciple beside him sensed the change in his aura and could not help opening his eyes and sucking in a sharp breath.
"Junior Brother Zhang... is he about to break through to great luo?"
"He isn't the only one."
Another disciple answered quietly, sweeping his gaze