Xue Wei felt all the air surrounding him turn into an energy-filled storm. The heaven-and-earth-essence rushed into his body at a speed unlike any he had ever experienced before.

Despite the rush of energy, his body felt comfortable; the energy cascaded through his meridians, and into every pore of his body. He felt the bottleneck he had been fighting since before he even arrived on Yan Dalu finally loosening up, and the Qi within his dantian rushed to improve his cultivation base.

After breaking through the bottleneck, there was nothing stopping his explosive advancement. It was like an endless stream that flowed into his body, and soon he felt another breakthrough rapidly approaching.

While cultivating, Xue Wei completely forgot about everything else; the outside world was but a fleeting dream to him, and all he could focus on was his body and the energy that was constantly being refined in it.

Another five hours went by as he cultivated, churning and refining more Qi than he had ever had to before, before Xue Wei finally finished his cultivation. At this point, hed had multiple breakthroughs, bursting through into the Earth Knight rank and then even another two layers after that. His Qi level had now settled on the third layer of the Earth Knight ranka tremendous increase, especially considering how he had completely neglected his Qi cultivation after arriving in Yan Dalu.

Now his cultivation base was more-or-less equal in both spiritual energy and Qi, and he was capable of fighting with much more proficiency than before.

Xue Wei stretched his body as he felt that the wanton absorption and refinement of the heaven-and-earth essence had finally slowed down to a more regular rate, and he left the room, only to find that the rest of the house was silent.

Looking out the window, he saw that the sun had already set and the moon had risen in the sky, blanketing the entire courtyard in a silvery light. Stars were also shining brightly, illuminating the otherwise dark night.

Taking a moment to explore the house and spread out his spiritual energy, he could sense that everyone had returned to their own rooms, with Luoluo having already fallen into a deep sleep while the others were immersed in their cultivation.

Xue Wei felt rejuvenated after his explosive cultivation with the aid of the Rainbow Pill. His body felt lighter than ever before, he could feel strength pulsating in every muscle of his body, and he pondered on what to do next.

Should he head to the training grounds and hope that there was someone to spar against, or should he return to cultivating on his own in the room?

Having reached a conclusion, Xue Wei wrote a message that he slipped under the door into Lin Xiaos room before he made his way to Hei Gous room.

Arriving, he knocked on the door, Hey, Gou, he called out. After a short while, a rather disgruntled looking Hei Gou opened the door. Being interrupted when one was cultivating was not very comfortable, but he understood that Xue Wei would not interrupt him without purpose.

What is it? he asked while leaning against the door frame. His posture made his entire being ooze arrogance, making the corner of Xue Weis lips twitch as he tried hard not to laugh at the handsome young dogs pretentiousnessespecially since he needed his assistance now.

I just had a few breakthroughs, Xue Wei explained. I need someone to spar with, so I can get used to my new strength, but here, it is quite difficult to find someone who is capable of withstanding my attacks. So, I thought of you. Are you interested in a sparring match with me?

Although Hei Gou had been cultivating, a better way to get results with ones cultivation was to spar with a worthy opponent. Not only would it improve the speed with which one would absorb the heaven-and-earth essence, but it also helped one improve their combat abilitynot to mention a better comprehension of their abilities.

Hei Gou had been eager for someone to spar with, as after his blood awakening on the way to Yan Dalu, he had not had any other choice other than to spar with Lin Xiao. And by now, the two of them knew each other so well that they no longer benefitted from sparring with one another.

It was different to spar with Xue Wei. Xue Wei was half a Sovereign Beast. He could use martial art techniques that were made for humans, but he could also use powerful innate abilities that belonged to the Azure Dragons.

He has become quite good at switching between his Qi and spiritual energy attacks with one another so that the opponent never knew what was coming for himit could be anything, making it all the more difficult to counter.

This excitement made Xue Wei an interesting opponent, and even after having known him for as long as Hei Gou had, he still had not grasped a full scope of Xue Weis battle form. Throughout their travels Xue Weis mental state had changed, his personality was also heavily affected by his transformation from a trash human into a revered Sovereign Beast.

Xue Wei could easily guess what Hei Gou was thinking when he saw the excitement shining within the handsome dogs eyes.

Shaking his head in amusement, Xue Wei just turned around and began walking out of the house. Lets go then, he laughed.

The note that Xue Wei had left to Lin Xiao stated that he had gone to the training grounds with Hei Gou to spar and that if they were not back before the time that Luoluo woke up, then he should bring her to them so that they could get breakfas