Bai Feiyu and the dachshund gazed into each other's eyes for a long time, as tenderly as lovers reunited after a long separation.
A voice both familiar and unfamiliar rang in Bai Feiyu's ears, threads of Great Dao resonance falling into his ears along with it.
The instant he heard that voice, Bai Feiyu, usually as calm as still water, froze in place.
He knew this voice all too well-or rather, Li Taibai from his previous life had known it all too well.
The owner of that blue-green robe, the one regret from his previous life he could never make amends for!
Ouyezi!
And those threads of Great Dao resonance secretly accorded with the Laws Bai Feiyu now cultivated. The perfect Sword Heart he had spent nearly ten years honing began to beat in time with the Dao resonance.
The abstruse, unfathomable Great Dao resonance sent Bai Feiyu's understanding of his own Dao advancing by leaps and bounds.
Though his realm did not rise, his understanding of the Laws of his own Dao grew more profound!
Soul Departure cultivators, whose Divine Souls could leave their bodies, could already be called great cultivators.
And each of the nine realms of cultivation brought a hallmark advancement.
For example:
Qi Refining allowed one to cultivate True Qi, and this was also the beginning of cultivation.
Foundation Establishment condensed True Qi into True Essence.
Core Formation condensed True Essence into a Golden Core.
These three realms were the simplest early stages for cultivators, and also the ones most dependent on Root Bone and aptitude.
With enough cultivation resources and enough time, even a dog could be piled up to the Core Formation Realm.
Nascent Soul Formation, however, transformed the Golden Core into a Nascent Soul, and this step was a cultivator's first tiger barring