Chapter 172
When a cultivator enters enlightenment, their perception of time differs from the external world.
To those in the cave realm, only half a quarter-hour had passed since Yang Lingrui first touched the Enlightenment Stone.
But for Yang Lingrui within the yellow earth road, he’d spent an entire month refining the Treasure Pearl of Yellow Wind.
The melon-sized pearl had shrunk to thumbnail dimensions through his efforts.
Three more days saw him fully absorb the diminished pearl.
His cultivation level now stood at peak Ninth Level.
This sudden enlightenment propelled him to match the trio from the selection ceremony’s top ranks – Zi He, Chu Hao, and Xia Lihang.
Beyond cultivation progress, refining the pearl helped him assimilate the Yellow Wind Taoist tradition’s Inheritance from his sea of consciousness.
This Inheritance contained three elements: