37 - breakthrough

Months passed in the blink of an eye, and the mood among the sect's outer disciples was festive.

Even some inner disciples had descended from their pavilions on the mountain to watch the inner disciples selection.

The outer disciple arena slowly filled up as the elders made preparations, adjusting the spirit arrays and ensuring that nothing would go wrong in the duels that would begin in a few hours.

Qingyi was oblivious to all of this.

His eyes were tightly closed as he circulated his Qi, already ready for the Foundation Establishment realm.

Unlike breakthroughs within the same realm, breakthroughs between realms were much more difficult.

The Foundation Realm itself was one of the most challenging bottlenecks for a cultivator to break through.