Not long afterward, Li Yan went to see Feng Hongyue again. After briefly discussing a few matters, he gave him a substantial quantity of spirit stones and pills as well.
Only after finishing all this did Li Yan return to his cultivation chamber.
From then on, Li Yan immersed himself in cultivation. However, he did not cultivate the Sacred Soul Transformation, but began practicing the Qiongqi Purgatory Art instead.
Three years later, thunderous rumbling erupted from the fascia and bones within Li Yan's body. Along with the sound, a fairly distinct dark silhouette appeared above his head.
It was a monstrous beast resembling both a tiger and an ox, with bristling hair like spikes and a pair of wings. Its fur was red, its eyes golden, and its appearance savage and hideous.
The instant the dark silhouette appeared, its ferocity was laid bare as it threw back its head and unleashed a silent roar.
The many layers of formations and restrictions in Li Yan's cultivation chamber seemed to be struck by an invisible ripple, twisting into indistinct distortions.
This was none other than the peerless savage beast, Qiongqi!
The Qiongqi Purgatory Art had finally crossed from the mortal into Spirit Transformation, breaking through to the seventh level. Li Yan had now achieved Spirit Transformation in both his magical and bodily cultivation.
If his soul cultivation, a special branch of magical cultivation, was included, he was already a threefold Spirit Transformation cultivator.
The rumbling within Li Yan's body continued for a full hundred breaths before slowly subsiding.
Without pausing, Li Yan then began formally cultivating the seventh level...
Another two years passed before he finally stabilized his Qiongqi Purgatory Art at the seventh level!
The seventh level also contained a technique called Prison Breaker. It was an ultimate method of shattering