Gotta say, having the right sparring partner really makes a difference.
*Lu Yi mulled over whether there was any way to improve Elder Ming's Sword Tao Domain.*
Later, Lu Yi took advantage of a convenient excuse, claiming he had stumbled upon some Sword Intent Pills and other Sword Dao elixirs and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. He gifted these treasures to Elder Ming in hopes of speeding up his progress.
Not long after exiting seclusion, Elder Ming went right back into a closed-door cultivation state.
Meanwhile, apart from Liu Ningshuang, Donggong Ming Yue also broke through to the Golden Core Realm, reaching the Nascent Soul Realm. Her rewards similarly became more generous.
During downtime sparring sessions, in just two short years, Lu Yi successfully condensed his Thunder Element Realm into the Thunder Domain.
This marked the third domain Lu Yi had mastered!