Chapter 510: Chapter 292: Cultivation Breakthrough, Overall Improvement

Lin Changheng had witnessed firsthand how Array Master Wang channeled the Earth Vein Qi and the Power of Water Element, how he laid hundreds of Array Bases along specific trajectories, and how he used his own pure Magical Power as a catalyst to sketch out Array Patterns that were incredibly complex, yet subtly conformed to some profound universal truth.

The way Array Master Wang handled the transitions between several critical Array nodes was particularly eye-opening. His effortless mastery, simplifying the complex with graceful ease, and his ingenious methods for perfectly fusing Array Patterns of different attributes made many previously obscure concepts suddenly click into place for Lin Changheng.

During that period, he would observe and learn by day, then return to his Seclusion Room at night to practice, imitate, and test what he had seen. While he couldn’t fully replicate the power of a Tier Two Upper Grade Array, he steadily assimilated the underlying principles and techniques.

This rare opportunity for observation and practice was the final push he needed. It was as if a veil had been lifted, allowing his vast, accumulated knowledge of the Array Dao to coalesce, and he naturally crossed the threshold to become a Tier Two Array Master.

’No wonder the Array Dao places such a high value on tutelage. This must be the core reason!’

Recalling it even now, Lin Changheng felt a surge of emotion. Progressing on the path of the Array Dao without a guide was incredibly difficult—many times harder, in fact.

He then made a preliminary plan for his future development in the Array Dao: he would find a master.

At the very least, a master could provide guidance during critical breakthroughs.

He wasn’t worried about Array Masters being old-fashioned or jealously guarding their secrets. In his experience, that only happened when the gifts offered weren’t valuable enough or tailored precisely to their needs.

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As for other key matters, two were particularly noteworthy.

First, Lin Changheng had spread the word that he intended to refine another batch of Foundation Establishment Pills. He was only missing the primary ingredient: Seven-Star Spirit Moon Grass.

The herb was likely difficult to find, as no one had yet come to his door with it.

All Lin Changheng could do was wait.

Second, Lin Changheng had received a letter from Bai Hengwan.

The Ten Thousand Swords Yun Family had already dispatched someone to deliver the Centennial Warm Jade. Bai Hengwan wrote that she would soon send a trusted subordinate to bring the Spiritual Material to Jade Belt Lake.

At present, only Bai Hengwan knew about Lin Changheng’s alias, Li Feiyu.

He couldn’t wait around for the Yun Family’s messenger himself, so he had asked Bai Hengwan to receive the "thank-you gift" on his behalf and then arrange for a more convenient handover.

Bai Hengwan, of course, had not refused. In fact, she had taken extra care to help cover his tracks and prevent his true identity from being exposed.

It was imperative that no one connect the names Lin Changheng and Li Feiyu.

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After emerging from his seclusion, Lin Changheng settled into the leisurely life of an Isle Master.

Aside from his necessary Cultivation and Alchemy, he spent his days tending to the flowers and Spirit Plants, teasing his Spirit Beasts, playing Go with Yan Mingyi, and even fishing. He would often sit by the azure water for half a day, simply watching the clouds drift by.

Why was such a tranquil state so precious?

Because the Outer World had long since descended into a bloody, chaotic mess. The tranquility of his Moonrest Island felt like a different world entirely.

On the battlefields of the Jin Country, the allied forces from the Song Territory were long past the Early Stage of small-scale infiltrations and raids. They had fully fortified the first border towns, Resources Marketplaces, and Cultivation Clan territories they had captured from Jin Country, turning them into strong bridgeheads from which they could attack or defend.

Using these as their base, they brought in a constant stream of Cultivator armies from the Song Country. Like a swarm of locusts, they continuously pushed into the heart of the Jin Country, carrying out a brutal campaign of occupation, plunder, and purges.

As two nations with a long-standing feud, the methods of the Song cultivators were exceptionally cruel—especially since the Song Territory had long been the weaker, bullied party and was now seizing its chance for retribution.

Periodically, another small Jin Country Influence would be completely uprooted, another resource point claimed with the mark of the Song Country. But the resistance from the Jin Country Cultivators, their attempts to reclaim what was lost, was just as fierce.

Two years was a long time, but for a war between Cultivator armies—which could easily be measured in years, if not decades—it only marked the beginning of a strategic stalemate and a war of attrition.

After the initial chaos and routs, the upper echelons of the Jin Country had finally reached a consensus: they would unite to repel the invaders.

Through a newly established, unified command, the Jin Country Cultivators managed to stabilize their lines. They began to mount a tenacious resistance, using their familiarity with the terrain and the towns, Marketplaces, and Spirit Veins they still held, engaging in a bloody, back-and-forth war.

Battle reports from the border were filled with news of strongholds changing hands, squads falling into ambushes, and the deaths of Foundation Establishment Cultivators—or even Fake Core Cultivators.

The meat grinder of war had been switched on. Countless Low Tier Cultivators were fed into it like chaff, and even High Tier Cultivators were rendered fragile and vulnerable by the aftershocks of large-scale Battle Arrays and clashes at the Core Formation Level...

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