It had been five days since Lin Yun left Flamefeather City. He spent each day cultivating ten divine astral pellets. With the divine astral pellets, his cultivation was a lot faster than normal.

If he continued cultivating in this manner, he would probably face his tribulation in ten days. Aside from the rapid increase in cultivation, the divine astral pellets also strengthened Lin Yun’s foundation. The stronger his foundation was, the stronger he would be.

Ordinary geniuses could only refine a few hundred thousand astral pellets in their tribulation at best. However, those from the higher realms could refine as much as a few million astral pellets. At the same time, the geniuses who refined more astral pellets in their tribulation would be a lot stronger than those who refined a little. It was the reason why the higher realms stood above everyone else.

Strength depended on the grade of one’s cultivation technique,...