"Although the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief was indeed wondrous, its ability to break restrictions ultimately had certain limits..."
Li Yan thought to himself.
As his cultivation realm continued to rise, the dangers and various difficulties he encountered had now grown increasingly formidable.
Problems that had once seemed difficult to him, utterly impossible to solve, could now, in most cases, be handled by Li Yan with a mere wave of his hand, without needing to use any magical treasures at all.
Thus, he used many of his magical treasures far less often than before.
Yet whenever Li Yan encountered a problem he could not solve and once again needed to use a magical treasure, its abilities remained what they had always been, making it seem somewhat unable to keep up.
Although he had failed to make further progress, Li Yan did not withdraw the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief. He continued controlling it, keeping it firmly draped over that spot...
Two hours later, Li Yan, who had remained completely focused all along, suddenly raised a brow. The Heaven-Stealing Kerchief, transformed into a tiny dot, shot away in that instant.
At the place it had previously covered, a small hole had appeared. Yet after the Heaven-Stealing Kerchief left, that tiny hole immediately began to shrink.
Without hesitation, Li Yan sent a strand of Divine Sense probing inside. Once it entered, it swiftly swept through the interior, and delight appeared on his face.
In less than three breaths, Li Yan's Divine Sense withdrew.
The hole formed by that pale white speck also instantly sealed shut and vanished completely, while a pale white speck reappeared at that location.
Li Yan glanced at the square brocade kerchief floating beside him, which had already returned to its original size, and a smile appeared on his face.
Then, after a faint sigh,