The liquid-like Dharma Power was at least twice as powerful as the mist-like state, able to move twice as fast through his meridians while half of its volume was required for the same actions compared to before. The kind of power this begot upon Li Ling was truly inspiring, and he felt that with this liquid Dharma Power, he could have operated his Grandmist Dharma Power to not just grind the eighth bolt of the One Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but even digests at least half of it.
He only spent a brief moment feeling his power, because he still had a lot to do and the third realm was only one of the many stops he would cross. Immediately, 9000 Slaughter Points were paid and he ascended to the fifth level of Core Formation.
Now, there was something to be said about the specific changes in the structure of the core with each breakthrough from the early to mid to late stage of cultivation, and that is the fact that each realm had a specific name for the core that was formed.
