Desolate Region.
The Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital was magnificent and imposing. Its towering walls stretched like a long mountain range, vast and majestic.
Inside the city, people came and went, and carriages and horses streamed through the streets. Countless beings passed in and out. It was as bustling and prosperous as ever, no different from Lin Fan's last visit.
The only difference was that this time he had come alone, without a guardian accompanying him. Yue Chan's Secondary Body was absent as well, having stayed behind in the sect.
Yue Chan had suffered a blow to her confidence. After just three years apart, Lin Fan's cultivation had already reached the late Inscription Realm, while she was still at the perfection of Spirit Transformation.
The gap was far from small. He had pulled an entire major realm ahead, leaving Yue Chan, who was already older than Lin Fan, so disheartened that she withdrew into herself.
So she went into seclusion, vowing not to emerge until she reached the Inscription Realm.
In truth, however, her cultivation speed was already more than fast enough. Even Shi Hao had possessed only this level of cultivation at her age.
He had even relied on accelerated time in the divine mansion of the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land to achieve that much and catch up with Shi Yi, who was three or four years older.
Lin Fan was simply a freak. He had excellent innate foundations, and his physique and Immortal Bone were extraordinary. Cultivating came as easily as eating and drinking; he could not have slowed down even if he wanted to.
Of course, his cultivation environment played a part as well. The Upper Realm was rich in the essence of heaven and earth, with divine mountains, vast lands, pure lands, and blessed grounds. It was