War Begins

Another three months passed.

Wu Rong.

He was a direct descendant of the Wu Lineage of northern Qianyuan.

Before the age of eighteen, his cultivation had progressed slowly. It was said that there was something unusual about his aptitude, but at twenty-two, after long accumulation, he burst forth in a single stroke.

In just a few years, he went from Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment, reaching the late Foundation Establishment realm and condensing a false core. Perhaps before long, he would condense a Golden Core and become the first Golden Core cultivator among Taiyi Sect's younger generation.

It was not as though no one in the sect had formed a core, but they were all from the older generation. It was said that there were even old men who had crossed the sea alongside the Second Patriarch back then. They did not count as the sect's younger generation.

As for that senior brother who had formed a core early on, and Senior Brother Qiu, who was already quite advanced in years, neither counted among their generation.

Among this generation, Yu Long was undoubtedly the most competitive.

He was likewise in the late Foundation Establishment realm and had formed a false core even earlier than Wu Rong.

Wu Rong did not regard Yu Long as a formidable opponent. The difference between a Heavenly Spirit Root and dual spirit roots seemed small, but in truth, if not for the peculiar nature of his innate aptitude, he should have formed his core long ago.

Take the Ascension Assembly the sect would hold in ten years. The three new Heavenly Spirit Root cultivators would be a full two or three Qi Refinement stages ahead of cultivators with dual spirit roots.

Such a vast gap had already opened at the starting stage. If dual