Over half a month of dedicated cultivation.
He had completed the step from Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation to Spirit Refining to Void Transformation.
He had officially become an advanced cultivator like Kikyo, Tōko, and Black Miko Tsubaki's master.
Although he had only just crossed this threshold, and his magical power was not yet as strong as those three's, his overall strength was beyond their comparison. Moreover, after the refinement and transformation his soul had undergone during this time, he could even send his Primordial Spirit roaming between heaven and earth, much like a certain Kage's "Soul Transformation Technique."
However, he could only sustain it for a very short time.
At this stage, his Primordial Spirit was merely a [yin spirit], not yet a [yang spirit] of "pure yang without yin."
A yang spirit could enter and leave through the human body's "Heavenly Gate," escape the confines of the flesh, endure outside the body, and gain abilities beyond life and death.
Master Hakushin already had one foot in this realm.
Even though his human body had long since died and become a mummy, his yang spirit remained to this day.
And back then, if Master Hakushin had taken that final half step and opened up his own "Way," he would have truly possessed great supernatural powers. Unfortunately, at that moment, his lingering attachment to life and death had made him hesitate in fear, preventing him from attaining "Buddhahood" in one leap.
Strictly speaking, the Dog General, who had always been constrained by his physical body, had never reached the yang spirit stage during his lifetime.
Otherwise, he would not have died in his prime.
Why had that legendary Great Demon King been so immensely powerful? To a great extent, he had relied on his own demon bloodline.
In strength, he