Chapter 2799

When a cultivator breaks through from the Spirit Severing stage to the Void Return stage, they must typically command their primordial spirit to ascend to the Azure Vault and absorb the purest "Mystic Truth Qi" of heaven and earth to temper their spirit and surge toward the Void Return stage. Since Chen Xuan had consumed the Enlightenment Fruit and broken through to the Void Return stage directly, he had skipped the step of ascending to the Azure Vault while at the peak of the Spirit Severing stage. This did not, however, mean that his primordial spirit had no need for Mystic Truth Qi; he had simply deferred the step until after entering the Void Return stage. The order made no real difference. In fact, it was arguably safer for a primordial spirit at the Void Return stage to ascend to the Azure Vault than one at the peak of the Spirit Severing stage. Chen Xuan’s mana, primordial spirit, martial soul, and physical strength had all been significantly enhanced. He would certainly no longer be as easily suppressed as he had been by Fang Xiuyang at Qingshakou. Earlier that day, Fang Xiuyang had suppressed his own cultivation to the peak of the Spirit Severing stage to spar with Chen Sizhun, yet he had destroyed Chen Sizhun’s core sword weapon by relying on Void Return stage sword intent. Much like Fang Xiuyang’s previous defeat of Chen Xuan at Qingshakou, this was a case of someone appearing to lower their cultivation level while actually retaining a massive advantage. If Chen …