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Wang Anfeng this time did not break through to the Eighth Rank of Cultivation.
However, his innate talent had finally shrugged off the suppression of the backlash from Dragon Qi and began to emerge gradually, like a pearl whose surface dust had been wiped away, only now revealing its true luster. Born with long and uninterrupted meridians, his Inner Strength already matched that of an early Eighth Rank Martial Artist.
It was only that he had not yet fully breached the second barrier, unable to continue accumulating Inner Strength, and thus could not further refine his Golden Bell Shield Martial Body.
But this was not a problem. After a period of adaptation, perhaps half a month at most or merely a few days at least, he would naturally progress to the third barrier of the Golden Bell Shield with no further obstacles, as easily as water flows along its course.