Lu Yun had improved by leaps and bounds under the spirit’s tutelage. All of the Star Sect disciples were the same way. Apart from Lu Yun, the one who progressed the fastest wasn’t Xing Lingkong or Xing Wuliang, but Xing Lan.

Xing Lan… the stunning genius who could sit with the Nihil World Sovereigns and discuss formula dao. She’d been ranked number nine hundred and ninety-eight on the Serene Annex Hero Ranking before. Three years later, she was number one hundred and eight—practically the same as Lu Yun.

Serene Annex cultivators, however, were much stronger than Argent Snow cultivators. The top one hundred and seven had all entered the fourth domain. Lu Yun didn’t know if Xing Lan’s first three domains were...