Over these years, Zi Kun and Qianji had handled all the low- and mid-tier Demon Beasts. Li Yan only lent a hand when the two encountered something they could not deal with.
Ever since his battle with that peak fourth-tier "Sea-Overturning Toad," Li Yan had gained a clear measure of the gap between himself and those at the nascent soul late stage.
He had to find every possible way to improve his strength in the shortest possible time.
Over these years, whenever Li Yan had a spare moment, he seized it to refine the Undying Underworld Phoenix's blood essence.
Since he could not truly devote himself to refining it, he had only managed to refine a single drop of the Undying Underworld Phoenix's blood essence after all these years.
Yet this had actually allowed Li Yan, who was already at the peak of the nascent soul early stage, to break through to the nascent soul middle stage.
The breakthrough had felt exactly as Ping Tu had once described: after reaching the nascent soul realm, breakthroughs in the Five Immortals Sect became much smoother instead.
After reaching the nascent soul middle stage, Li Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. If he encountered that Sea-Overturning Toad again, he still could not defeat it, but his chances of escaping had at least increased by twenty percent.
Aboard the Cloud-Piercing Willow, Li Yan gazed at the line where sea met sky ahead. Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly. ??
Most of the Demon Beasts here attacked without using magical power, yet every one possessed astonishing physical strength. He could no longer judge the situation by first sensing fluctuations in spiritual energy as he once had.
Moreover, the howling, chilling winds over the Northern Underworld Sea constantly disrupted their perception, keeping the two demons' nerves