Traditional cultivators absorbed Qi slowly, reverently.
Xu Yan did not ask.
He stole.
Days passed. His body strengthened at an unnatural speed. Muscles hardened. Bones screamed, then adapted.
By the seventh day, he reached Qi Condensation Stage—First Layer.
Impossible.
Such progress should have shattered his body.
Yet the scripture consumed the damage along with the energy.
Xu Yan realized something terrifying.
As long as there was something to devour—
He would not stop.