After everyone left Dragon God Island, Qi Ling's surroundings became quiet. There wasn't even a breeze, and Qi Ling could only hear her own heartbeat.
Ordinary people would not be able to remain calm in such an environment, but this was exactly the kind of environment Qi Ling needed. He closed his eyes and began to relax his mind, because the more relaxed he was, the more focused he became.
For a full hour, Qi Ling did nothing but adjust her mental state, focusing her Spiritual Power to its highest level.
Then, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the needle in front of him, and began to slowly imagine a thin thread, exhausting his imagination to make the thread as thin as possible.
However, this approach quickly reaches its limit because human imagination also has its limits; it's not something you can simply set up and then realize.
The thread at this point has made significant progress compared to before, reaching eighty strands, but it is clearly still far from enough.
As for the rest, imagination alone is not enough. If Qi Ling wants to make this thread even thinner, she can only use her Spiritual Power to put pressure on it, making it thinner under the pressure of her Spiritual Power.
This feeling is like forging iron; one's Spiritual Power is the blacksmith's hammer, and through countless forgings, the wire becomes thinner and thinner.
Once the thread becomes thinner, since it already exists, it becomes a tangible reality for Qi Ling. The next time Qi Ling imagines it, she can directly create such a thin thread.
For an entire day, Qi Ling used her Spiritual Power to continuously refine the thread. Such a high-intensity Spiritual Power operation was something even Qi Ling couldn't withstand; in the past, she would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
But miraculously, on Dragon God Island, whenever Qi Ling felt she had reached her limit, as long as she persevered a little longer, a new power would be activated from her body, invigorating her spirit and allowing her to continue.
Each time Qi Ling reached the limit of her Spiritual Power, she would further improve herself and gain even stronger Spiritual Power. After a whole day, Qi Ling was able to draw 110 fine threads.
Just then, the teleportation array trembled, and Yu Tianyi emerged first. Seeing Qi Ling, she was overjoyed and wanted to rush over to him, but fearing she might disturb Qi Ling, she asked, "Master, did I disturb you?"
Qi Ling smiled, stood up from the ground, and said, "No, I was just about to rest too."
After Qi Ling stood up, Yu Tianyi felt that although Qi Ling was no different from that morning, the feeling she gave off was different. She seemed to have become more composed and dignified.
Yu Tianyi didn't know why, but she understood that Qi Ling must have made progress in some aspect and gained even greater power. She couldn't help but smile and say, "Master, you've become even stronger! You're amazing!"
"It's nothing, you did great too. You must have trained very hard today, right?" Qi Ling patted Yu Tianyi's head and said with a smile, "You did very well, but don't push yourself too hard."
After that, everyone returned from the Divine Dragon Continent one after another. Upon seeing Qi Ling, everyone had that strange feeling. Qi Ling hadn't changed at all, but she just gave off a different vibe.
When the Dragon Maiden finally returned and saw Qi Ling's transformation, she was astonished and exclaimed, "Master, how could you have changed so much? It's unbelievable! How fine can you make threads now?"
"Hmm, probably more than a hundred," Qi Ling said.
"More than a hundred? You've already reached more than a hundred in just one day?" the Dragon Maiden exclaimed in surprise. "Master, I'm starting to think that this test might be a little too easy for you."
"No, I think it's still very difficult," Qi Ling said with a yawn. "Someone once told me that I could probably do everything except give birth and needlework. Now it seems that soon the only thing I won't be able to do is give birth."
After that, Qi Ling made steady progress, improving by a hundred sticks a day, moving towards her goal of ten thousand sticks. If this continued, Qi Ling would probably reach her goal in less than half a year.
As the Dragon Maiden watched Qi Ling's progress every day, she couldn't help but say, "Master, the Dragon God set a goal for you to reach this level within a year, and you actually achieved it in just a third of the time. It seems that the Dragon God is not omniscient and omnipotent after all."
Qi Ling laughed and said, "Of course! Didn't he say he was me? Then of course I have to surpass myself, at least do better than he predicted!"
During this time, everyone went through their own trials. Qi Ling felt that everyone's strength was steadily improving, and each of their characteristics was becoming more and more obvious. Presumably, these trainings were designed to develop their respective strengths.
Three months later, Qi Ling had met the requirements to pass the test, but he was not satisfied with that. Since there was still time, he did not choose to rush it, but continued to hone his Spiritual Power.
Three more months passed, and Qi Ling could already imagine that it was enough to thread through 20,000 thin threads, which would astonish even the Dragon Maiden.
"Wow, that's amazing, Master! Congratulations! You've exceeded the mission requirements!" the Dragon Maiden laughed. "Ah, but unfortunately, even if you exceeded the requirements, there won't be any extra rewards."
"I know that, but being able to train one's Spiritual Power is already the greatest reward," Qi Ling said. "By the way, Dragon Maiden, I've actually wanted to ask for a while now, if you were to do it, what's the maximum number of thin threads you could achieve?"
The Dragon Maiden thought for a moment and said, "Master, you've actually heard what the Dragon God said, right? My true form isn't actually here! My current limit is probably around 200,000 strands, but if it were my true form, it could probably reach... around 200 billion strands."
"Two hundred billion..." Qi Ling's face immediately fell with worry. "My God, how much is that? It's unimaginable."
As such imagination progresses, it will undoubtedly become increasingly difficult, much like blacksmithing, which becomes more challenging the further one goes. The gap between the Dragon Maiden and himself was so vast that Qi Ling could not even comprehend it.
"Then, what about the Dragon God?" Qi Ling asked, "What level can he achieve?"
" Dragon God? There's no limit, Master," the Dragon Maiden laughed. "Infinite, that's how powerful the Dragon God is."