Within the dream, the years flowed by.
Cultivation without pills to assist him was purer than he had imagined.
He could not summon his flying sword within the dream, so naturally he could not set up the Spirit-Gathering Sword Formation. To his surprise, however, he could summon his sword spirit.
Xianxian perched idly on his shoulder, breathing in and out Spiritual Qi alongside him, making his cultivation advance a little faster.
In the dream world, only half a year passed before Song Yan pushed his cultivation to the limit of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
Without the help of a Breakthrough Pill, however, the bottleneck delayed Song Yan for quite some time.
That day, clouds and mist swept through the valley.
Song Yan's robes slowly billowed in the wind.
The Spiritual Power that filled him at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer flowed ceaselessly through his meridians, following the circulation route of the Qi Condensation Chapter.
Strands of Sword Qi sprang vigorously into being within the Sword Mansion of the Dao-Subduing, but the mansion was now brimming with Sword Qi, and his cultivation no longer grew.
It was as though he had encountered a formless, intangible barrier that confined his cultivation within this little pool.
Yet day after day, repeated assaults finally left a few cracks in that barrier.
The Spiritual Power and Sword Qi within him were like two flowing rivers, constantly battering the barrier.
They lacked the mighty explosive force of medicinal power, but dripping water could still wear through stone.
At a certain instant.
"Boom!"
A soundless rumble rang out. The bottleneck finally broke!
The ninth layer of Qi Refining!
The agony of his Dantian's Qi Sea and Sword Mansion of the Dao-Subduing breaking through together nearly made him crush his teeth.
Amid the agony, inspiration struck. He