In the various planes of the heavens, there exists a pill known as the "Mystic Gold Pill" for high-level Ascendant Celestials, which can directly raise one's cultivation by a full stage, though it is only effective the first time it is consumed.
For Great Principle Golden Celestials, there is the "Evolution Gold Pill," which also provides a one-stage breakthrough; for ordinary Golden Celestials, the "Gilded Gold Pill" serves the same purpose.
The reason Duan Lingtian had stepped out of the palace today was that his own cultivation had successfully broken through to the "Heaven-stage Ascendant Celestial" level yesterday. After spending the night stabilizing his cultivation, he had taken Liu Guanglin and left the palace early this morning to visit a tavern, where he had happened upon Huang Jialong.
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