"First tempering!?"
Zhang Baicheng stared at Chen Qing and said gravely, "Not only have you entered the True Origin Realm, you've actually completed your first True Essence Tempering?!"
Every expert present understood what "first tempering" meant. It was the first small step of qualitative transformation on the path of True Origin Realm cultivation—a marked improvement in True Essence purity, total reserves, and one's ability to sense Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi!
Yet Chen Qing had silently completed this step already!
On the high platform, Luo Ziming fixed his eyes on Chen Qing, as though he wanted to see straight through him, inside and out.
"This kid... he'd hidden himself so deeply!"
Torrents crashed through his heart. The first tempering might not have been earth-shattering on its own, but combined with Chen Qing's age and cultivation speed, the potential it represented was simply terrifying.
It meant Chen Qing's True Essence foundation was so formidable that it might even have reached the sect's very highest tiers!
Zhang Baicheng suddenly bit down on the tip of his tongue. His hands rapidly formed an ancient, intricate seal before his chest, and the crimson True Essence around him was no longer merely scorching—it now carried a savage, violent aura of primordial desolation!
Xuan Yang Secret Art! Heaven-Burning Blazing Flame!
Vast crimson True Essence surged out wildly, condensing into form behind him!
It was not illusory fire, but the phantom of a colossal, savage beast!
It resembled neither lion nor rhinoceros. Burning rock armor covered its body, and its head bore only one enormous eye blazing with white flames. It opened its huge maw, baring fangs as it gave a soundless roar that nonetheless shook the soul!
Supernatural Skill Secret Technique!
This was a supreme killing art that surpassed martial techniques—one that drew upon the power