After the simulation ended, Xu Changxing watched the simulated scenes again.
Since he had already practiced the spell art Stars Reflecting the Body, he gained many more insights when he contemplated the Way of the Stars again.
Several years later, the stars within his body circulated ever more smoothly.
Only now had he truly set foot upon the Way of the Stars.
If he wished, he needed only to cultivate in seclusion for a few hundred years before attempting to push open the gates to the Golden Immortal realm through the Way of the Stars.
But Xu Changxing naturally would not do that.
Although the Way of the Stars was good, it was not one of the very highest Great Daos.
He studied the Way of the Stars only to build a stepping stone that would let him better study those supreme Great Daos.
Over the next six months and more, Xu Changxing once again condensed enough upper-grade immortal essence stones and began another special simulation.
This time, Xu Changxing made up his mind to enter the Abyssal Gate directly.
``` [Month one, you arrived at the Tianyan Sect's square.
After some thought, you once again visited Daoist Wuchen's cultivation grounds...]
[...]
[Year twenty-one, you earned High Person Sanshou's approval and were allowed to borrow his Alchemy Furnace to refine pills.]
[...]
[Year two hundred and eighty-eight, after over two hundred years in seclusion, you finally accumulated enough points and prepared to enter the Abyssal Gate.]
[Year three hundred and thirteen, you passed the assessment of the sect's Golden Immortal elder and successfully earned the right to enter the Abyssal Gate to seek enlightenment.]
[Year three hundred and sixteen, you pushed open the Abyssal Gate again and entered that world filled with slaughter and destruction.
With your previous experience, you