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However, as a cultivator approaches the later stages, breakthroughs in cultivation become increasingly difficult.
Especially during the process of assaulting the Earth Immortal Stage from the Unity Realm Stage, the challenge is unimaginably tough.
Many cultivators expend their lifetimes only to be stuck at the Unity Realm Stage, never able to step into the Earth Immortal Stage.
This is also why I only made one realm breakthrough, while that woman achieved four.
A few minutes passed.
"Hu..."
Julia Stewart exhaled a breath of turbid qi and slowly opened her eyes.
Lionel Yeager grinned and said, "Qing Mei, congratulations!
I didn't expect you to consecutively break through four realms, advancing from the Late Foundation Establishment Stage to the Departing Mortality Late Stage, impressive indeed!"
Joy was evident in Julia Stewart's eyes as she responded, "Just now, I only felt that the true qi in my belly was exceedingly abundant, and its circulation was very smooth!
