After advancing to late-stage Return to the Void, Jiang Man continued cultivating.
He was still practicing a Void Refinement Method.
In other words, a cultivation method for raising his cultivation.
This time, he needed to switch to an upper grade method.
The Twelve Azure Lotus Void Refinement Method.
Teacher Ji had helped him choose the Twelve Azure Lotuses series.
Teacher Ji had also taught him to progress from the Simple Method to the Upper Grade Method.
He said the resulting Ascension Stage would be more brittle.
And he would be stronger than others at the same stage.
However, his advancement was forced, so whether he was stronger was hard to say. His body certainly could not withstand fighting at full strength.
For now, advancing was only a stopgap measure. After all, he needed late-stage Return to the Void after reaching the summit in the Secret Realm.
That was what the Lord of the Nine Provinces had said.
He believed it.
Even if it was false, it did not matter. No one else had made it up there yet anyway.
There was still plenty of time.
Then he began practicing the Void Refinement Method.
It was the same as before.
One run-through brought him to the beginner level.
Two run-throughs brought him to the second layer.
Three run-throughs brought him to the third layer.
Four run-throughs brought him to the fourth layer.
The Upper Grade Method was more difficult, and circulating it was not particularly fast.
But he felt that this Secret Realm was pushing him along.
Helping him move forward.
The next day, he reached the eighth layer.
Three days later, the tenth layer.
On the sixth day, the eleventh layer.
On the tenth day, the twelfth layer.
Only the final layer remained.
Jiang Man was filled with emotion.
Today,