A month later, realizing that his refining speed was not increasing as much as he initially assumed, Miao Yi was no longer as excited as he was before. Even though he never stopped absorbing the fire spiritual essences into his art source and made it more vibrant, the improvement was no longer as apparent as when he first started, when he could feel the change in the span of a few days.
At first, it had taken him a couple of weeks to shorten his refining time for a single Orb of Will from seven days to six. After that, it took him over a month to shorten his refining time down to five days.
That said, there was one irrefutable fact: so long as there were fire spiritual essences for him to absorb and make his art source even more radiant, his refining speed for the Orbs of Will would continue to increase.
A year later. The seven-petaled White Lotus mark on Miao Yi's forehead finally grew another beautiful petal and was brimming with vigor.