For any Cultivator, Qi Condensation Level 6 is a transitional phase of connecting the preceding and following stages, unlike the utter weakness of anything below Qi Condensation Level 3. Countless individuals with inferior spiritual roots spend their entire lives unable to cross the threshold of Qi Condensation Level 3. Yet once one breaks through to level 6, reaching levels 7, 8, and 9 is generally a foregone conclusion. Of course, whether one can achieve Foundation Establishment after level 9 remains unknown.
Li Qiu was at Qi Condensation Level 6, a fact that the monk Jiushou saw very clearly. He was confident that he could conjure up a giant tree like the one before them himself. However, wouldn't a spell dissipate the moment one stopped channeling spiritual power? How did Li Qiu manage to keep it maintained for so long without it dispersing? As someone at Qi Condensation Level 8, not only was he utterly incapable of doing this himself, but he couldn't even wrap his head around how it was done.
With a mixture of astonishment and suspicion, Jiushou watched Li Qiu tuck into his meal with gusto. He realized that ever since the Dharma Battle Tournament, he understood Li Qiu less and less. Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped dwelling on it and picked up a plump, oversized bird to send it off on its final journey.
Chapter 96