"No."
Aurora Saint Ancestor looked at Li Tianming with an exceedingly strange gaze. There was tenderness, coy reproach, gratitude... In any case, it was very complicated.
"No? Then why do I feel like you've become much more terrifying?" Sui Shen Yao asked blankly.
"That's because..." Aurora Saint Ancestor's eyes bloomed with an even more dazzling light. Looking at Li Tianming, she enunciated each word: "My realm has broken through, from the Ten Directions Sanctuary Realm to the 'Small Perfection Sanctuary Realm'!"
"Wha!t!"
Sui Shen Yao let out a shriek, hurriedly flung Li Tianming aside, and rushed up to embrace Aurora Saint Ancestor. She planted a hard kiss on her cheek and said excitedly, "Small Perfection Sanctuary Realm! Doesn't that mean you've become one of the top ten experts of our Sui Shen Clan at just over two thousand years old? My father and eldest uncle hadn't reached your realm at your age! They only reached the Small Perfection Sanctuary Realm after three thousand, and the 'Great Perfection' after four thousand!"
"Top ten?" Aurora Saint Ancestor smiled softly. "With my other methods and the battle power they bring—such as the 'Twin Moon Sui Shen Art'—if we truly fought, even the older generation at the Small Perfection Sanctuary Realm should be no match for me. I should be in the top five."
From what she said, it was clear that there was an enormous gap between the Ten Directions Sanctuary Realm and the Small Perfection Sanctuary Realm.
Li Tianming knew that, at the peak of the Sanctuary Realm, a single breakthrough could very likely take a thousand years. It was exceedingly rare, so Sui Shen Yao's excitement was understandable!
The Ten Directions Sanctuary Realm stood extremely high in Myriadpath Valley, but among the Three Daoyu Families, it still could not enter the