Li Shiming did not rush his breakthrough, instead giving himself a month to reflect slowly and consolidate the insights he had previously gained.
This is also what most cultivators do before a breakthrough, as advancing in this manner significantly increases the chances of success.
Although Li Shiming was confident in his upcoming breakthrough, this was still his physical body, the foundation of his cultivation, where not a single flaw was permissible, let alone any hurried mistakes that could harm the fundamental.
It was only with his avatar, Li Yuanba, that he was comparably more casual, as it was just an avatar, after all.
That month, he abandoned all other affairs, reviewing his understanding of the Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique and the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique to deepen his mastery of these two cultivation techniques.