"Cheng Tianyou, Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"
Cheng Tianyou withdrew his hand.
Light flickered on the testing stone, gradually dimming.
"What!?"
"He's already at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage."
"He only entered the Foundation Establishment Realm three months ago, and now he's already at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage!"
"What kind of prodigy is this?"
"How old is he? He's only four this year."
"A four-year-old in the Foundation Establishment Realm!?"
"..."
Amid the buzzing discussions, four-year-old Cheng Tianyou walked off the platform.
Father Cheng nodded in gratified approval. His wife had not died in vain.
"Rong'er, watching over us from heaven, you must protect our Tianyou!"
On the day Cheng Tianyou was born, his mother had died after spiritual power burst through her body.
Cheng Tianyou had been born with Qi Refinement cultivation, drawing qi into his body.
He had even achieved Foundation Establishment at four years old, shocking everyone for a time.
The Cheng Family's testing came to an end.
Cheng Tianyou sat quietly atop a hillside. Every breath he drew was like inhaling the essence of nature into his body, and every breath he released was like expelling the foul air within him.
Gradually, sweat began to seep from Cheng Tianyou's forehead, sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto the ground.
His clothes were soaked through with sweat, yet he was utterly unaware of it, remaining focused on cultivation.
Finally, when the force throughout his entire body had surged to its limit—
Cheng Tianyou suddenly opened his eyes.
A sharp gleam flashed through his gaze, as though it held boundless power.
At last, he had taken another step forward!
Cheng Tianyou wiped the sweat from his face.
Every bit his cultivation advanced brought him one step closer to Lin Wanqing.
*I never thought that I, Fanyue, would have