A faint, shadowy glow enveloped Li Yan's body, so dim it was nearly invisible to the naked eye. This differed from the flickering glow that appeared during his previous cultivation; the divine radiance was now far more restrained.
Within the sea of his dantian, the boundless sea of ink-black spiritual power had diminished by more than another tenth. This was the result of Li Yan cultivating the "Nine Cauldrons Gui Water."
Day after day, the Gui Water spiritual power sea was tempered, condensed, and compressed without cease. This made Li Yan's magical power increasingly pure. The force contained in a single drop of spiritual power was like the divine hammer of the Thunder Duke, capable of smashing an entire mountain into powder with ease.
Li Yan's magical power was now steadily advancing toward the late stage. However, to break through into the late Nascent Soul Realm, he estimated that under normal cultivation, he would still need at least around a hundred years.
Even though the Gui Water True Scripture encompassed the Great Dao of the Five Elements, granting him a more thorough understanding of the laws of heaven's workings and allowing him to easily merge the transformative powers of the Five Elements, the late Nascent Soul Realm remained a towering mountain that lower-realm cultivators could scarcely cross.
Even with a foundation like that of the Tianli Clan, only their Grand Elder had successfully broken through over the past thousand years. One needed not only the finest cultivation method in the world and peerless aptitude, but also a heaven-shaking stroke of fortune.
Li Yan felt that there was a high chance he could break through into the late Nascent Soul Realm in about a hundred years, but he still thought that pace was far too slow.
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