Advancement

== Quality ==
The quality of advancements was split into flawed, imperfect, flawless, and perfect. 
In the secular world, almost all advancements were flawed. Such an advancement would have a destabilizing effect on one's foundation, becoming a great hindrance in one's future cultivation.
But there was no way around it. Most martial artists didn't have the powerful resources required to build a solid foundation. That was a kind of destiny that was very difficult to change.
The next level was imperfect, which was usually the highest level most powerful family's disciples could reach. It would leave a slight imperfection on the foundation when advancing. It would definitely have an effect on their future cultivation, but it was much, much less than the impact of a flawed advancement.
The third level was flawless, something countless experts dreamed about obtaining. If they could reach that mark, then the impact left behind by their advancement would basically be nothing.
As for the final level, that was called perfect. It was even more flawless than flawless, a level of advancement that simply could not be hoped for. Even monster-class geniuses would need to rely on luck and opportunity for that. And so most people wouldn't even try for such an extravagant level.
In their eyes, a flawless advancement was already perfect. Such an advancement would give one hope for reaching Xiantian one day, even if that hope was extremely remote.Chapter 180
== Story ==
Long Chen directly absorbed all of the Ten Thousand Beast Essence Blood into his body. He used his body's blood energy to suppress that beast blood.
Suddenly, an explosion rang out from within his body, and qi waves surged out, destroying a couple of small trees in his surroundings.
Long Chen sighed gently. He had finally broken through. His physical strength had once more increased, but his qi and blood had decreased. He would need more time to form more qi and blood.
Calculating the time, Long Chen realized that each time he advanced a level, it would require double the time of the previous level. This time he had used over a month of time.
He was now at the seventh Heavenstage. According to that speed, the eighth Heavenstage would require two months, the ninth Heavenstage four months, and then advancing to the Tendon Transformation realm would require eight months.
According to that calculation, wouldn't he need a year and a half to reach the Tendon Transformation realm? That would really be an extravagant waste of time.
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