After cultivating for all night long, Xu Ming had broken through to the second stage of Gold Core Realm.
He had already finished the battle, and he didn't have to fight anyone else.
For the next four months, Xu Ming rarely left his courtyard and spent all his time inside, cultivating and only went out when it was time to battle.
He had four more battles in the last four months and fought Rank 8, Rank 6, Rank 4 and Rank 3 in the Inner Sect rankings.
Although he was allowed to enter the Cleansing Pond in the Core Sect for one day, because of him being ranked in the top 10, he didn't select it as he knew that it was not the best way.
He was confident that he would be able to get the 1st Rank and get to enter the Core Sect for seven days. He didn't want to select the smaller advantage and lose the chance of the bigger one.