Tang Yi indeed hadn't expected that in his efforts to save Li Zhiling, he would coincidentally also make a breakthrough in his state of mind, taking a small step closer to the Golden Core Realm he had been aiming for.
Among the ten major realms, the Houtian Realm and Innate Realm are only the basics; only by breaking through the Innate Realm to reach the Golden Core Realm can one truly enter the domain of cultivators.
Body Refinement in the Houtian and Qi Cultivation in the Innate, these are the simplest yet most critical realms; they are akin to laying the foundation. The more solid the foundation, the further one will progress in the future. However, within these two great realms, a cultivator's strength does not improve much. Only by breaking through to the Golden Core Realm can one wield some of the true methods of cultivators.
For example, Divine Sense, Divine Skills, and Divine Skills—these methods require at least the power of the Golden Core Realm to use them.
