Flowing Flame Shaping (Yellow Tier)

Because of interference from Su Bai's Nascent Soul Realm divine sense.

The Sword Tomb Secret Realm's spatial barrier shattered.

This Sword Tomb Trial ended four hours early.

All the disciples were teleported back to the stronghold ahead of time.

Xun Lu counted the disciples at the stronghold and discovered that several had fallen.

Most of the disciples, however, had reaped considerable rewards.

Su Bai's acceptance of a disciple had not been publicized with any fanfare.

Xun Lu had thought Yun Jianming had fallen as well.

That was until later that day, when, escorted by Xu Qing, Xun Lu brought the disciples back to the Lord's Mansion to bid Su Bai farewell.

Su Bai appeared and offered some words of encouragement to Starlight Academy's Meridian Sword Disciples.

At the end, he mentioned to Xun Lu, "By the way, Yun Jianming has good aptitude. I've accepted him as my disciple."

Xun Lu was quite astonished to hear this. "Huh? For that foolish boy Yun Jianming to catch your eye, Palace Master-he must have cultivated blessings for eight lifetimes!"

The surrounding academy disciples were also deeply envious, wondering why they had not been the ones to catch the Palace Master's eye.

Su Bai smiled faintly. In time, they would see what made Yun Jianming formidable.

Powerful spell talents truly allowed one to fight above one's stage, especially a Sword Dao talent focused on killing.

The reason Su Bai was now hailed as the Demon Star Sea's Number One Sword Daoist was his feat of killing enemies above his stage.

In the Nascent Soul Realm, advancing even a minor stage was a qualitative leap, increasing one's lifespan by several hundred years.

Generally speaking, someone at the Nascent Soul middle stage could completely crush someone at the Nascent Soul early stage. Feng Lingchen, for instance,