Over the past nine hundred years, Lin Fei had spent most of his time cultivating within the sect and staying with his family, only occasionally venturing out for trial by combat.
Although the spiritual energy here was highly beneficial for practicing the Ancient Vastness Technique, the technique itself was notoriously difficult to master, and the efficiency of achieving breakthroughs was remarkably low. Lin Fei had reached the seventh level of the Guangyuan Realm; while his cultivation level and soul power had certainly progressed, he had not achieved a breakthrough to the next major tier. After all, Lin Fei was already at the early stage of the peak Zhiyuan Realm, and at this ultimate level, the difficulty of advancement was far greater than it had ever been. Without encountering a monumental stroke of fortune, a breakthrough in rank within a thousand years was virtually impossible.
Of course, Lin Fei could have forced some of his powerful Soul Puppets—such as the five ancestors of the Qisheng Sect—to attack him, allowing him to use his Devouring Attack ability to absorb their power. However, those five had only recently been drained of their cultivation, and it would take a long time for them to return to their peak states. Furthermore, they were his own assets; unless he was in dire need of an immediate boost in strength, there was no reason to degrade his puppets to bolster his own power. Thus, while the Devouring Attack ability was heaven-defying, it could not be used …
Chapter 2358