Red Fox Ridge, Purple Cloud Cave.
When Zhouyang broke through and emerged from the Purple Cloud Cave, he was already a bona fide Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
By this time, nine years had passed since he went into seclusion for cultivation, and it had been sixteen years since he last advanced to the Sixth Layer of Foundation Establishment!
It took him sixteen years to advance from the Sixth Layer to the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment, something he had not anticipated beforehand.
Mainly, after reaching the Sixth Layer of Foundation Establishment, pills like the "Nourishing Essence Pill" and "Golden Marrow Pill," which are Tier Three Lower Grade Spirit Pills, had little effect on him.
Moreover, he had taken too many of these elixirs, and although he could use the "Qianyang Immortal Light" to remove erysipelas, he couldn't eliminate his body's resistance to the medication.
