Moonlight shone onto the surface of the water and the damaged dharmaboat. Xu Qing stood there, somewhat in a daze as he listened to the surrounding disciples offer their congratulations.

Although he had gone into this Sea and Mountain Incantation breakthrough intentionally, the process had been dangerous, and his heart was still pounding as a result. He thought back to how his body had collapsed over and over again. Reliving the feeling, he couldn’t help but inhale deeply. If he hadn’t been able to rely on the violet crystal to recover, then the spectral drought demon would never have appeared, and he would be dead. Of course, the boost that came from surviving that ordeal was quite spectacular.

That was especially true of the now-vanishing spectral drought demon, whose terrifying strength had Xu Qing full of anticipation.

After a moment, he walked out onto the main deck, where the moonlight illuminated his black hair and gray robe. He stood tall and straight, his facial features cold but delicately attractive. He had the unusual air of a breakthrough still on him.

Looking around calmly at all the nearby disciples, he clasped hands and bowed.

“Many thanks, fellow disciples.”

The disciples returned the bow. They could detect the cultivation fluctuations that continued to roll off Xu Qing, and from that, they could deduce that his nighttime session of cultivation wasn’t going to end with this breakth...