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These ten years of struggle were worth what would have normally taken twenty, or even thirty years. No cultivator would waste such a fine opportunity.
Except for Chu Ning.
In the cave dwelling.
Just as always, Chu Ning was knocking back the elixirs his master had given him, aiming for a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage.
If judged by overall combat power, Chu Ning had long surpassed the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage, be it the amount of Spiritual Liquid or the reach of his Divine Sense, average cultivators at this stage couldn't compare to him.
However, to the outside world, his realm still appeared to be at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. It wasn't that Chu Ning was concealing his realm, but rather his Dantian had not yet opened a second Spiritual Spring.
