Not until the Spiritual Energy in his Dantian filled up and his entire body surged with power did Zhao Yi stop his cultivation. A brief check confirmed that everything was in order. Fortunately, no other fierce beasts or cultivators had wandered over in the meantime. Zhao Yi hurriedly packed up, checked his bearings, and swiftly left the area.
With night falling fast, Zhao Yi found a small cave halfway up a cliff. He chased out a low-tier bird-beast nesting inside, hastily concealed the entrance, and moved into the stone cave to use as a temporary shelter for the night.
Once settled, Zhao Yi could not help feeling elated. His life-or-death battle with the Cloud Leopard had tempered his tendons and muscles, successfully unlocked the nine acupoints of the fourth stage, and propelled his cultivation into Qi Condensation Layer 4.
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