2 more months passed during which period Alex improved his painting skills, and his body cultivation by a lot. His other improvements weren't as obvious, but they were there as well.
As he had expected, he was now at the peak of the Saint Core realm, just moments away from entering the Saint Soul realm. However, he didn't wish to enter just yet. He was going to go through the secret realm and then try his breakthrough.
His physical cultivation had reached halfway through the Saint Core realm as it was this and painting what he had focused most of his time on during the last few months.
He had also taken time to try and deal with the pill recipes that he had been wanting. He was getting close to none of them, but it was still good progress.