Jayce had his eyes closed, busy controlling the spiritual Qi present in the Magma Pools towards his Dantian. He originally thought that he would only need another hour or so in order to reach the middle stage, however the Qi was getting thinner by the minute.
'I guess I need to go a little deeper.' He thought, sinking deeper into the Magma.
It wasn't until he reached the 5 meter mark that he felt the Qi in the surroundings thicken. Once again, he stopped in place and began to absorb Qi into his Dantian.
The heat from the Magma was a little uncomfortable, but it was not at the stage where it would affect him just yet.
After only 10 minutes he felt as if he had absorbed all of the Qi around him, causing him to frown in response. Now that Jayce was so close to a breakthrough, he would not give up easily.
Which was why he began to descend once again.