Nineteen Years Old and at the Seventh Star of Foundation Establishment

Three years had passed since Baek Cheong entered the eastern cave abode at the main clan.

The stone gate of the cave abode had remained closed through three full cycles of spring blossoms blooming and falling.

The spiritual energy filling the secluded room swirled around the Spirit-Gathering Formation day after day, while the clear light of a top-grade Spirit Stone shone without interruption at the center of the cultivation chamber.

And today was the day her long seclusion would finally end.

‘Just a little longer.’

Baek Cheong sat cross-legged and pushed the pill’s medicinal power deep into her dantian.

The second-tier, single-pattern Barrier-Breaking Pill she had swallowed a moment earlier dissolved into five-colored medicinal power and burrowed between the six layers of true essence.

Space opened between the layers that had been packed tightly together, and the five-element spiritual power that had been about to fall out of alignment returned to its proper flow, guided by the pill’s power.

With each cycle of generation and restraint, newly gathered spiritual power gradually clung to the outside of the six-layered true essence.

The thin five-colored layer quickly grew denser as it absorbed spiritual energy from the Spirit-Gathering Formation...