Joe Di had been summoned out by Miles Phantom. In his mind, having already reached the peak of the Transforming True Stage's fourth layer, it should be a natural progression to break through to the sixth layer after two or three more years of secluded cultivation. So, before closing himself off, Joe Di was quite relaxed. First, he spent two or three months refining pills, allowing himself to advance to the rank of Ninth Grade Alchemy King. At the same time, he turned that single Ice Loro into twelve True Loro Pills.
He devoted time to pill refinement partly because he had just cultivated in the Fivefold Dao Tower and reached the peak of the Transforming True Stage's fourth layer, so he needed to consolidate his progress. Another reason was that, before heading to the True Domain, he wanted to help Geng Ji by refining Ice Loro Pills for him.
The Ice Loro Pills were successfully refined, but unfortunately, nearly three years had passed. When Miles Phantom called him out of seclusion, he was still only at the fifth layer of the Transforming True Stage.
Having reached the Transforming True Stage, every step forward proved to be fraught with difficulty.
“Senior Phantom, have you broken through to the Domain Stage?” At a glance, Joe Di could tell Miles Phantom had advanced to the Domain Stage. Not only that, but Miles Phantom looked much younger than before. Although the Rainbow Immortal Peach hadn’t made him young again, his vitality was clearly rejuvenated, and his aura had grown much stronger. This was undoubtedly a good thing.
Miles Phantom laughed heartily. “Haha, you really can see through my cultivation! I thought you wouldn’t be able to tell.”
Joe Di curled his lips, thinking, 'Even the Heavenly Gold Domain Lord’s cultivation is transparent before me. You’ve only just reached the first layer of the Domain Stage, yet you think I wouldn’t see through you? That’s a bit too confident.'
“How is your cultivation progress?” Miles Phantom genuinely couldn’t discern Joe Di’s current strength.
Joe Di shook his head. “Not much progress.”
For most cultivators, nearly three years to advance from the peak of the Transforming True Stage’s fourth layer to the fifth layer would be considered a tremendous achievement. But for Joe Di, such progress seemed rather insignificant.