Ye Lingyue encountered a cultivation bottleneck, which in the past, she would have been calm and patient, consolidating her cultivation before attempting a breakthrough after a year or so.
However, times have changed. The plague and chaos off the Xixia Plain is fierce, and with Luo Song and Hong Mingyue, these two plague gods, trailing along, if she doesn't breakthrough quickly and ensure she can find a way to protect her life, this time her venture into the Xixia Plain might be a one-way trip.
Ye Lingyue began martial arts training at thirteen, and in just two years, she charged headfirst into the Elixir Realm.
This, no doubt, included a component of diligent cultivation, but a larger part was because Ye Lingyue had assistance from the two powerful artifacts: Hong Meng Heaven and the Qian Cauldron.
After breaking through to the Seventh Rank, her cultivation began to stagnate.