The heavens were indeed not on Jiang Yi's side!
The Poison Spirit looked around for twelve full Lower-Domain days. Still, he found nothing. Jiang Yi himself worked on the Thousand Illusory Hands for twelve days but only made a little progress. He was still a far cry from realizing it substantially or even perfecting it.
What's more… until then, he still did not know if the mystical ability could be used together with his Merged Flames. He had been thinking too much during this period. Still, he could not think of a solution.
Qi Qingchen had remained in seclusion the entire time, and she had the divine tree leaf with her. Jiang Yi was too embarrassed to ask her to return it so he decided to continue cultivating his Power of Heaven and Earth through gritted teeth. At the same time, he continued to work hard on the Thousand Illusory Hands.