Over these ten years of contemplation, Xu Changxing had broken down the stars filling the sky into countless meridians and reflected them within his Immortal Body.
Strengthened by astral power, his flesh realm had reached the peak of True Immortal, only one step away from a breakthrough.
However, his understanding of the Way of the Stars remained shallow, and he still could not fully align his meridians with the All-Heaven Star Dipper.
To make that crucial breakthrough, he still needed a little outside help.
Over the next few months, Xu Changxing took large quantities of heavenly materials and earthly treasures from Seven Star Island's storehouse and set up a Star-Attracting Grand Array on the mountain behind it.
With the Star-Attracting Grand Array, he drew vast amounts of astral power into his body.
Several years later, Xu Changxing's flesh realm broke through as he had hoped.
His only slight regret was that his flesh realm breakthrough had not drawn down a Heavenly Tribulation.
Had there been a Heavenly Tribulation to temper his body, it would have saved him a hundred years of tempering.
Still, this was no great matter.
He could easily make up for this small regret through repeated simulations.
Over the next few years, Xu Changxing entered seclusion again to condense upper-grade immortal essence stones.
Several years later, he had condensed enough upper-grade immortal essence stones.
After depositing these immortal essence stones into the system, he started another special simulation.
``` [Month one, you arrived at the Tianyan Sect's plaza.
Rather than going to Daoist Tianyi's cultivation grounds as before, you went straight to the Immortal Marketplace and accepted pill refining assignments.]
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[Year eighteen, you successfully completed your current pill refining assignments and earned the praise of the Pill Workshop elder.
He felt that, with your talent, you