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Tang Yue wanted to stabilize her cultivation at the mid-Nascent Soul stage and wouldn't be increasing her strength for the next few years. After all, she had already advanced from a Novice to a Nascent Soul in just over a year, and Tang Yue felt that such a speed of cultivation was too heaven-defying.

This is very unreasonable. Her cultivation level keeps improving, but her mental capacity simply can't keep up.

The greatest fear for cultivators is a lack of mental discipline. She is currently in that state. With her current strength, she could roam freely throughout the world; she doesn't need to constantly pursue further increases in power. She should spend more time doing things appropriate for the human world.

While Tang Yue was having her moment of enlightenment, the others weren't idle either. Tang Bei and Tang Nan had attempted to break through to the first level of Qi Refining countless times on the Southern Island, but without success.

Having just witnessed their younger sister suddenly walking on air, the two were deeply moved. They both sat down on the spot and began their attempt to break through to the first level of Qi Refining.

Just now, their younger sister stepped into the air, radiating a powerful and awe-inspiring spiritual light, which deeply moved them.

They knew they couldn't match their sister's incredible speed of cultivation; her success both amazed and made them feel ashamed. And now, the immense power she displayed during her enlightenment stirred them deeply.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with determination. Then they quickly sat down cross-legged on the spot, closed their eyes and focused their minds, devoting themselves entirely to the breakthrough of the first level of Qi Refining.

Tang Bei took a deep breath, trying to calm his chaotic thoughts. Images of his countless failed attempts to break through to the first level of Qi Refining on the Southern Island flooded his mind like a tide.

Each failure was like a heavy hammer, pounding on his confidence. He couldn't help but ask himself why he was so clumsy. His sister and Tang Dong's cultivation paths were going smoothly, while he always hesitated at the threshold of the first level of Qi Refining.

He was clearly the first to sense the Qi, yet why couldn't he break through to the first level of Qi Refining? Was he really not suited for cultivation? This intense self-doubt, like a heavy gloom, shrouded his heart, making him consider giving up at one point.

Tang Nan also kept his eyes closed, his young and honest face full of focus and determination, but the lack of confidence in his heart was ever-present. He recalled the relaxed way his sister taught him the methods of cultivation, and then thought about how no matter how hard he tried, he could not grasp the essence of it, and he couldn't help but feel frustrated.

He felt that he might not have been born with the talent for cultivation and was simply no match for his sister and Dongzi. This thought took root in his mind, causing his movements to become unconsciously slow and his breathing to become increasingly heavy when he tried to break through to the first level of Qi Refining, as if even the courage to try was about to be worn away.

However, when they calmed down and tried to guide the accumulated energy within their bodies, a sense of resentment gradually welled up in their hearts.

Tang Bei tried hard to put those negative emotions behind him. He told himself that he couldn't give up like this. If his sister and Dongzi could do it, he could too. Besides, he was the eldest brother, and it was his natural responsibility to protect his younger siblings. He was already powerless; did he have to continue like this forever?

No! I can't! That would be cowardly. He began to focus intently on the subtle changes in the Qi within his body, carefully guiding it to slowly travel along his meridians, trying to make it stronger.

Each slight increase in his Qi sensation was like a ray of dawn in the darkness, giving him the strength to persevere.

Tang Nan was also fiercely battling the urge to give up. He kept recalling his sister's usual encouragement and what she had said about everyone having their own pace of spiritual practice. His sister had said that spiritual practice was like constantly eating delicious food, a feeling he understood very well.

At that moment, he realized that he couldn't let a temporary setback define him. Just like when there wasn't anything good to eat, didn't he also rack his brains to find a way to get it?

With sheer stubbornness, he patiently soothed the unruly, chaotic force within his body.

Although his forehead was soon covered with fine beads of sweat and his breathing became rapid, his eyes grew more determined, and he had only one belief in his heart: he must succeed, he could no longer be so weak, and he could not let his sister down.

As time went by, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn to the two of them, slowly converging towards them.

In the once tranquil mountain forest, the sound of flowing spiritual energy grew clearer, like a babbling brook. A faint halo of spiritual energy gradually formed around Tang Bei and Tang Nan's bodies, flickering rhythmically with their breathing.

Tang Bei felt that he had gradually found the knack. Under his guidance, the wisp of energy became stronger and stronger, and flowed more and more smoothly along the meridians.

However, just when he felt he was about to break through, that familiar self-doubt resurfaced, and a voice whispered in his mind:

"Can you really do it? You've failed so many times, you won't succeed this time either." But Tang Bei wasn't defeated by that voice. He gritted his teeth and roared inwardly:

"No, I can do it! I can't lose to myself!" He increased his control over his spiritual power, trying to break through this obstacle.

His body trembled slightly, and a look of pain appeared on his face, but his eyes were incredibly firm. His determination to prove himself was like a sharp blade, slowly cleaving away the gloom in his heart.

Tang Nan also encountered difficulties. Just as the power within his body was about to condense into spiritual energy at the first level of Qi Refining, it suddenly became chaotic, like a wild horse that had lost control, charging around in all directions.

At this moment, the urge to give up once again tried to pull him back to the brink of surrender, as if he could see the dejected look on his face after countless failures.

But at this critical moment, he remembered his sister's fearless eyes when facing difficulties, and all the efforts she had made to protect their family.

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