Water Pool and Fire Marsh Refine Essence and Spirit, Burning True Lead to Strike the Heavenly Gate

Two days passed in a flash.

The muffled winter thunder that had rumbled for days had quietly ceased at some unknown moment.

The dark clouds shrouding Three Harmonies Ward gradually dispersed, and the heavy snow cleared.

Warm sunlight spilled down, dissolving the chill into beads of water that dripped from the eaves.

Inside Knowing Truth Garden, Jiang Yi gently pushed open the window, revealing a youthful face that still held a trace of boyishness.

Today, he wore a loose, spotless white robe. With his refined features, he resembled a young master of a local clan's direct line.

"A heart like still water, free of stray thoughts, steady as a placid lake-that should improve my chances by another twenty percent."

Jiang Yi sat quietly, waiting for the auspicious hour.

Over the past two days, he had neither meditated to cultivate nor practiced breathing exercises to circulate his power.

Apart from Supplicating the Heavenly Book to deepen his understanding of his master's legacy and fortuitous encounter, he had simply eaten and slept well, bringing his essence and spirit into harmony.

"Now, I should have a ninety-seven percent chance."

The sun climbed to the middle of the sky, and Yang Qi reached its peak.

Jiang Yi said softly:

"As the saying goes, all creatures lie down to sleep, but the horse alone stands. At noon, the sun is directly overhead, the sky clear and cloudless, and the signs flourish. Ninety-nine percent!"

He slowly rose and headed for the Earth Character Number Seven meditation chamber.

Grandpa Yang Xun had been waiting there since early on. Cultivators regarded breakthroughs as matters of utmost importance, and he feared disturbing Jiang Yi and ruining everything at the final hurdle.

Thus, he offered only a few simple instructions:

"The Water Pool and Fire Marsh was originally a ninth-grade