Normally, minor breakthroughs in cultivation wouldn’t cause heaven-shaking, earth-toppling changes. Only major breakthroughs would.

Nie Tian made a minor breakthrough by advancing from the early Worldly realm to the middle Worldly realm.

His breakthrough happened incredibly smoothly.

Five soul crystals were drained of their soul power and crumbled. As the glittering powder slipped from his hand, his sea of awareness rapidly settled down.

His true soul and the nine star souls had finished a new round of refinement.

His nine star souls shone slightly brighter, and had grown a bit in size, but hadn’t gone through any substantial changes.

According to the records regarding star souls in the second fragmentary star mark, star souls would develop similar features as true souls after growing to a certain point.

Even if his true soul was eliminated, as long as one of his star souls still existed, he would be able to regather his soul and return to life.

However, the refinement of his star souls was far from reaching such a...