When Liou Yuan left, Bai Ling was still at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
It's common knowledge that the transition from the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer can be achieved directly with elixirs. Cultivators can do so, and it seems demons can as well.
Bai Ling's cultivation advanced so quickly; in Liou Yuan's view, it must have been the benefits of following Qiu Ming's marauding adventures.
"Don't look at me like that. After Qiu Ming and I robbed Sheng Zeming at the second peak, we went to face punishment at the Disciplinary Hall. We realized it wasn't sustainable and quit a long time ago."
Bai Ling understood the look in Liou Yuan's eyes, and quickly explained, shaking its bird head:
"The elixirs I used to improve my cultivation were actually obtained by teaming up with Qiu Ming to take tasks from Shoushan Tower."
