Li Meirong left her meditative state, her eyes were still shut as her consciousness gradually surfaced to shore. Feng Huang was already waiting awhile for her to come back, sitting on her lap and couldn't help but notice that as soon as Li Meirong took control of her hidden powers, the dimension stabilized. It actually seemed brighter and better looking than before.

The air turned thick with spiritual essence. It was a perfect place for cultivating! Feng Huang figured that if she were to cultivate here for a hundred years, it would be the same as cultivating outside for a thousand!

Meanwhile, Li Meirong was waking up. Feng Huang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as she saw the heavenly aura emanated from the girl. All of her impurities disappeared, her cuts and bruises dissipated. Everything about her became altogether enhanced. Her skin picked on a healthy glow and her hair grew longer and darker still.

This girl is some sort of…Some sort of goddess reincarnation!

She must find a way to hug Li Meirong's heaven-defying thighs!

Li Meirong's lashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Feng Huang's shimmering red orbs, staring at her in deep reverence.

Well, this turtle did a one hundred and eighty degrees turn with her personality. The looks she received from her before were only of undisguised disdain.

It felt great to gain some power!

Li Meirong kept her thoughts to herself as she still felt incredibly thankful to the turtle and ended up grabbing Feng Huang and lifting her to face her at eye-level. She gave her a small peck on the top of her head in thanks, "Thank you for guiding me. I wouldn't have been able to reach the flame without you."

Feng Huang giggled nervously and covered her face with her stubby feet. "Don't mention it! It was nothing, hehe…"

Li Meirong felt her senses had heightened. She could see further, hear better. Her nose could even smell the herbs in the field outside. She placed the cultivation scroll back in place, and with one arm holding the strangely silent Feng Huang, she walked towards the shrine's back entrance.

This dimension had deemed her the owner, whether it was true or false, it now means she had access to this storeyed building.

Now that the blue flames coursed inside her meridians, she felt power brimming in her fingertips. She wanted to stay longer and research, but she needed to escape the volcano, find Snowball, and escape from Sheng Jing Wu.

She exited the building and walked nearby to a pond filled with giant red lobsters. A speculating eyebrow arched as she wondered if the dimension reshaped itself according to her demands.

Shame it couldn't provide her with a computer though…

Shortly after, her footsteps halted as she discovered a good empty meadow to practice. Feng Huang was gently placed to the side, a safe distance away. Li Meirong went to the middle of the barren field and lifted her hand high in the air, pointing one finger towards the heavens in the shape of a gun handle. Following the beginner's guide scroll instructions, she visualized her energy to focus on her fingertips and guided the Qi coursing through her body to condense into one area. A ball of fire emerged from her finger, blazing red and flaming hot.

Li Meirong concentrated harder, envisioning a shape to the little mass of flame. It morphed itself into an arrow, and with a tap of her finger, flew straight to the skies!

"That was easy enough!" Li Meirong happily thought out loud, and proceeded to experiment with her newfound abilities.

If her fellow disciples would have heard her now, surely they would have coughed up blood from sheer anger due to her careless words.

This time, she closed her eyes and envisioned herself covered by four impenetrable walls. Analytical thinking was never her strong suit, but creativity? She had tons of it!

The wall was made of the toughest substance possible she could think of defending against the lava's temperature. She covered the wall with the most indestructible, resilient titanium, and made several layers of walls, one against another. The wall changed and materialized physically into the shape of a rocket made of blue flames.

Li Meirong opened her eyes and saw herself inside a see-through rocket made of blue flames. She sniffed the air and discovered a coppery, metallic smell.

Interesting…

Feng Huang who spectated this whole time was now sure of it! Li Meirong is definitely not human! And what happened to the flames?! They turned into such a weird looking shape!

The most frightening of all her discoveries is that, for certain, Li Meirong's cultivated energy had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

She simply skipped the Qi condensation stage altogether!

Feng Huang really wanted cry tears of blood. After a thousand years, she was still at the peak of Qi condensation and was unable to breakthrough the bottleneck in order to reach the foundation stage!

Any cultivator would know that harnessing internal energy was in essence spiritual growth. Cultivation had its developmental stages, not unlike a mortal's life cycle. However, some cultivators were never able to breakthrough and only a select few were able to ascend to immortality and join the ranks of the gods. Qi Condensation was the beginner's floor. It had nine layers that must be passed through before ascending to a higher level. Each breakthrough between stages required innate ability, tremendous effort and a whole lot of luck! It wasn't something you can just decide to skip through, alright?! Foundation Establishment came next, filled with all its nine layers, each more harder to break through than the last one.

Oh, and Li Meirong? She just hopped from nothing to the end of the second stage! That's what it meant.

"Well, I think I'm ready! Feng Huang, I'm going to leave the dimension now, are you coming?"

Li Meirong's question made the turtle snap out of her daze. She hovered her way to the cheating cultivator.

"Wait a minute! You must let me join you!" Feng Huang announced, her voice full of determination. She's never letting go of this golden goose!

Li Meirong looked at the sparkling, crystal filled turtle in contemplation. After a moment of thinking, an all familiar voice rang in her head, 'Master, don't!'

A tiny carnivorous plant hopped right out of Li Meirong's sleeve and onto the dry meadow ground.