The place was immaculately clean, free of dust from the decorative furniture common to the sect's properties. Despite the clothes and a few cushions on the floor, the place wasn't too cluttered, considering the absence of Mary's belongings.
Last night, his women in the inner sect area had returned home after finishing their cultivation in City Four, each having arrived at different times, but all in more or less the same situation. They had advanced in level, and two of them had advanced two levels in a row!
Joan and Ann had reached the 3-Star, the same level Mary had reached in her one-level advance. Meanwhile, Electa had reached 4-Star, leaving the beginning of the third realm and entering its middle level.