The Undying Immortal System

When the decision to separate from the rest of the group was made, I was Grandmaster 7 and LiTing was Grandmaster 4, but before leaving Mortal City, we both needed to reach Peak Grandmaster.

We could have tried to rush through Yellow City as quickly as possible in an attempt to evade Lord Hao, but doing so would have been reckless. If we did that and found ourselves in a dangerous position, it would be hard to survive.

Instead, I wanted us to advance as quickly as we could while still maintaining firm foundations. We were safe in Mortal City, and as long as we stayed within the sect, our strongest opponents would only be Peak Grandmasters until we reached Yellow City. With LiTing’s weapons, my formations and pills, and a bit of extra training, we should be able to handle any group at our level that tried coming after us.

No matter how well we prepared, if we had to face down someone with an overpowering martial blessing, we would be in trouble. I just wasn’t too worried about this happening. We wouldn’t be facing the sect’s elites. We would be facing people who had decided to become Hao’s lackeys.

To balance cultivating quickly with cultivating a strong foundation, I gave us two years to prepare before departing the city. For me, this was far more than I needed, but it would be barely enough time for LiTing.

With an overcharged Rank 3 Qi Gathering Formation and sufficient pills, LiTing would have no trouble cultivating quickly enough to meet our deadline, but I was worried about stagnant qi clogging her meridians if she advanced too fast. Before each breakthrough, I met with her and did a full examination of her energy body to ensure that there were no lingering issues. She was a skilled cultivator and could have handled this on her own, but her internal qi vision wasn’t nearly as good as my energy vision, and it was best to be as safe as possible.

During her downtime between advancements, LiTing focused mainly on cultivating her soul. She had wanted to practice refining, but since we were going to be using the Path of Soul on our way to Profound City, she needed to work on soul cultivation now so that she would be ready in time.

As for myself, I smoothly increased my cultivation level once every six months. This gave the qi in my meridians more than enough time to normalize between each advancement.

I didn’t need to spend much time on qi cultivation, so like LiTing, I used most of my free time to further improve my soul. I also completed a large number of formation missions to build up points to enter the Earth Peak Trial. As an inner sect disciple, I could enter twice a year, so that gave me four opportunities to harvest essence before heading up Dragon Peak. I wanted to do my best to maximize the gains from each attempt.