The power of the stars within him no longer increased, no matter how he cultivated. It had also changed from its original dark gray to an earthy yellow.
Xu Qingtong knew he had cultivated the first star in the Taiyi Heart Method to the first stage. It was time to cultivate the next star.
The second star was the Year Star. Following the Taiyi Heart Method's instructions, Xu Qingtong began communing with the star and sensing its power.
After a night passed, a second cloud of dark gray mist appeared in Xu Qingtong's Star Sea. It was the power of the Year Star he had communed with and sensed.
After nearly another half year of cultivation, a green cloud of mist appeared in Xu Qingtong's Star Sea-the energy cloud formed from the Year Star's power.
To prevent his incarnation from developing a consciousness of its own, Xu Qingtong's original body communicated with it from time to time, each sharing what the other lacked.
Xu Qingtong's incarnation had spent two full years cultivating in seclusion atop Cloudsky Peak.
Over those two years, his original body had led a rather comfortable life. Aside from meditating and cultivating, he occasionally visited his maternal uncle's home, chatted with Du Siwen and Chen Ruoling, or guided his two disciples in their cultivation.
Li Yingjie had broken through to the fifth layer of Qi Refining. After receiving Xu Qingtong's approval, he had followed Lei Wei to the Demon Baleful Forest.
Fu Xingzhi's cultivation progressed with steady slowness. In two years, he had barely reached the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining and could advance no further.
After her tendons were transformed, Chen Ruoling cultivated no more slowly than Li Yingjie. She had reached the fifth layer of Qi Refining a year earlier. However, rather