The Final Battle

Early stage One-star Dou Sheng?

Feeling the strength Hun Yan had revealed, Xiao Yan was slightly startled. Although he had guessed that after three years, the strength of Hun Yan and the other two might have improved, he had expected them to reach, at most, high-level Half-Saint. He had never imagined that she had cultivated to such a level.

And Hun Yan was not the only one surprised. Hun Mei and Hun Shu behind her were as well.

Even after three years, their strength had remained fixed at Nine-revolutions peak Dou Zun. After all, if breaking through to Dou Sheng were truly so easy, so many people would not remain stuck at this level for their entire lives.

But Hun Yan was completely different from the two of them. For some reason, although Hun Yan herself had barely cultivated during these three years, her strength had begun to rise smoothly. She had bought and consumed some high-grade medicinal pills at auctions, but normally, those pills only played a supporting role. If one could break through to Dou Sheng just by relying on those pills, there would not be only a little over two hundred Dou Shengs across the entire Zhongzhou Continent.

According to Hun Yan herself, after narrowly escaping death that time, she had suddenly understood something. It was as though she had let go of some obsession she had been clutching tightly all along. The fog that had always clouded her mind had completely dispersed, and cultivation had become smoother than ever before.

Yet although things had gone smoothly, Hun Yan had only broken through to high-level Half-Saint not long ago. There was still quite a considerable gap between her and One-star Dou Sheng. This was precisely what shocked Hun Mei and Hun Shu. During this period, they had