The night passed in silence, and the fire went out. Only a few strands of white smoke slowly drifted up into the sky.

Through the broken walls, one could see that the sky had slowly brightened. San Wu looked at the two of them with interest and then closed his eyes. Pei Su Su looked at Zhao Jiuge tenderly for a while before closing her eyes to rest.

At this moment, a spirit force fluctuation echoed across Zhao Jiuge’s body. The spirit force around him became more condensed.

Pei Su Su and San Wu were awakened by this fluctuation. Both of them were shocked—they didn’t expect Zhao Jiuge to make a breakthrough.

San Wu stared at Zhao Jiuge. The short moment when Zhao Jiuge leaked his aura, he was able to determine Zhao Jiuge’s cultivation level: late stage of the Spirit Core Realm. However, his spirit force was much more dense, presumably due to his spirit core being a high grade. This would explain why he was able to become the Chief Head Disciple of the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, given his strength. According to the information he received, when Zhao Jiuge attended the Seven Holy Land Exchange, he was only at the mid stage of the Spirit Core Realm....