Heavenly Wolf Howling at the Moon Painting! Complete!

Song Zhiyan successfully tempered her skin!

This news was like a massive bomb, stirring up towering waves among the first-year students of Immortal Gate High School!

From the start of school on September 1st to September 8th, there had only been seven days.

Completing Skin Tempering in seven days was a speed comparable to top Human Race powerhouses such as the Seven Swords King and the Skybreaker King!

Jiang Chuan was shocked when he learned the news after his first class.

Looking at the Heavenly Wolf Howling at the Moon Painting, more than half of which he had just finished visualizing in his Sea of Consciousness, Jiang Chuan deeply realized for the first time just how vast the gap was between himself and true geniuses!

Then, while heading home after school that evening, Jiang Chuan heard Wei Dong say that he had seen a Public Security Bureau vehicle in their neighborhood yesterday. But when he asked around, he was told only that someone's home had been burgled.

Wei Dong was very curious about what had been stolen to warrant the Public Security Bureau's involvement.

The moment Jiang Chuan heard this, he understood that the Bald Man's corpse had likely decomposed, and a neighbor had called the police.

After the Public Security Bureau officers arrived and discovered the gravity of the situation, they had feared alerting the enemy and claimed it was merely a burglary.

"I hope the Public Security Bureau can wipe out the Blood Sea Divine Cult Branch this time."

Thinking that, Jiang Chuan continued toward home.

The moment he pushed open the shop door, Jiang Chuan saw a man in a Camouflage Military Uniform, unshaven and sporting two dark circles beneath his eyes.

"Dad, is the battle outside the city over?"

Jiang Huai'an shook his head. "Temporarily, but there will probably be more fighting. City Lord Duan Hong has led many cultivators deep into the mountains."

"There are countless demonic beasts in the mountains. City Lord Duan and the others won't be in danger, will they?" Ji Min asked worriedly.

Deputy City Lord Sun Yanfeng had been injured and had yet to emerge from seclusion. If Duan Hong and the others encountered danger deep in the mountains, it would be a devastating blow to Nandu.

Jiang Huai'an hesitated before speaking again. "Don't spread this around. I only heard it from your Uncle Zhao. He said that while killing demonic beasts, they found an unprecedented treasure on one of them."

"City Lord Duan Hong and the others suspect that the immortal light which burrowed underground back then may have nurtured a heaven-shaking treasure."

"Now, that treasure may be about to mature. To prevent it from falling into the hands of the demonic beasts, City Lord Duan Hong and the others have no choice but to venture deep in alone, either to seize it or destroy it before it can fall into the demonic beasts' hands."

"The immortal light nurtured a heaven-shaking treasure..."

Jiang Chuan was somewhat surprised. He had not expected that Duan Hong and the others had ventured in because of the immortal light.

Thinking back to the Blood-Patterned Iron he had obtained from the outermost edge of the mountains, Jiang Chuan's heart filled with curiosity.

"Even the outermost edge can produce a treasure like Blood-Patterned Iron. What treasure could the immortal light possibly have nurtured?"

Then a sense of crisis surged from the depths of Jiang Chuan's heart like a raging tide.

Nandu City Lord Duan Hong had led many cultivators deep into the sacred mountains. If they could not return to Nandu before October 3rd...

Then the Public Security Bureau might not be able to deploy enough personnel to deal with the Blood Sea Divine Cult Branch, which was preparing to sacrifice to the Blood Sea Demonic Immortal!

If the Public Security Bureau failed to completely wipe out the Blood Sea Divine Cult Branch and its elders and cult leader escaped...

When they reviewed what had happened afterward, they would likely discover that he, the fish that slipped through the net, had killed the Bald Man and exposed the sacrifice!

Their retaliation against him would inevitably be the fiercest—and the most lethal!!!

In that instant, Jiang Chuan felt as though he had truly been swallowed by the sea, unable to breathe.

Then his thirst for power surged from within once more!

After the family of three finally shared a meal together, Jiang Chuan returned to his room and resumed visualizing, striving to enter the Elite Class as soon as possible.

The next day, as soon as Jiang Chuan arrived at school, he heard some news.

Song Zhiyan's twin sister, Song Zhiyi, had also successfully tempered her skin, becoming the second student to enter the Elite Class!

The pair of genius sisters became the hottest topic of discussion throughout the school.

Before afternoon even arrived, another piece of news came.

Zhang Lingyun from First Year Class 2 had successfully tempered his skin!

This news caused an even greater sensation than Song Zhiyan and Song Zhiyi's successful Skin Tempering.

Because Zhang Lingyun had no spiritual root!

A person without a spiritual root had successfully tempered his skin on the ninth day of school!

It was nothing short of a miracle!

Jiang Chuan could not help but marvel at how many geniuses there were in this world.

At the same time, he heard some rumors claiming that Zhang Lingyun's family had likely violated the Great Xia Education Law by teaching Zhang Lingyun cultivation methods ahead of time.

As for why such rumors had arisen...

It was because Zhang Lingyun's father was the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau.

Jiang Chuan offered no opinion on the matter.

After all, were they really supposed to expect the Public Security Bureau to investigate its own Deputy Director?

When school ended that day, Meng Nanxi came to bid farewell to Jiang Chuan, one of her few good friends in the class, with her squirrel in tow.

"I'll successfully temper my skin tonight, Jiang Chuan. You need to work hard too. Let's meet in the Elite Class."

"See you in the Elite Class!" Jiang Chuan nodded solemnly.

The next day, as soon as Jiang Chuan entered the classroom, he heard that Meng Nanxi had successfully tempered her skin and entered the Elite Class.

Five other students had been selected for the Elite Class alongside Meng Nanxi that same day.

Starting from September 11th, the number of students successfully completing Skin Tempering surged.

On that day alone, fourteen students successfully tempered their skin and entered the Elite Class.

On September 12th, as many as twenty-five students successfully tempered their skin and entered the Elite Class.

Among them was Kang Bo, one of only four students in First Year Class 42 who possessed spiritual roots.

Seeing that two students from First Year Class 42 had already entered the Elite Class, Jiang Chuan grew even more eager to join it.

When he got home, Jiang Chuan saw Ji Min still cooking. He immediately returned to the table, ate two pieces of cake, then declared himself full and ran back to his room to begin visualizing.

The Transcendent Factors in the air continuously gathered toward Jiang Chuan.

A full moon six meters in diameter hung in Jiang Chuan's Sea of Consciousness like a true bright moon, illuminating it.

Thirty-two giant wolves, each over three meters long and seeming to have been cast from Silver Water, stood neatly beneath the full moon, bathing in its light.

"Awooo!"

Accompanied by a long howl.

The thirty-third Heavenly Wolf was visualized by Jiang Chuan.

With the appearance of the thirty-third Heavenly Wolf, Jiang Chuan felt his yin spirit becoming increasingly solid, while his Divine Sense grew stronger and stronger.

"Come here!"

While continuing to visualize, Jiang Chuan controlled his Divine Sense to capture the Transcendent Factors in the air.

His invisible Divine Sense was like a vast net reaching out through his room's window, catching the Transcendent Factors within five meters.

With the support of his Divine Sense, Jiang Chuan's visualization grew faster and faster.

"Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

The thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth Heavenly Wolves were quickly visualized by Jiang Chuan.

"One more! Just one more!"

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself as he continued visualizing with all his strength.

The Transcendent Factors streamed endlessly into Jiang Chuan's Sea of Consciousness, transforming into a ball of silver-white light.

The silver-white ball of light began expanding at a visible rate.

When the ball expanded to four meters, it burst apart with a bang.

"Awooo!!!"

A four-meter-long Heavenly Wolf King appeared in Jiang Chuan's Sea of Consciousness beneath the full moon's radiance, throwing back its head in a long howl.

"Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

"..."

The other thirty-five Heavenly Wolves also threw back their heads and howled.

"I finally succeeded in visualizing it! I can finally enter the Elite Class!"

Jiang Chuan looked at the thirty-six Heavenly Wolves in his Sea of Consciousness, his eyes filled with excitement and joy.

At the same time, a peculiar sensation welled up in his heart.

He felt that the thirty-six Heavenly Wolves faintly formed a profound formation.

"Thirty-six perfectly matches the Number of Heavenly Stems. Could the Heavenly Wolf Howling at the Moon Painting actually be a formation, with the full moon as its Formation Eye?"

Jiang Chuan suddenly regretted not choosing formation studies as an elective.

Checking the time, he discovered it was already 1:46 a.m. The exhaustion brought on by prolonged visualization began washing over him.

"Forget it, I'll sleep first. After entering the Elite Class tomorrow, I'll study the Heavenly Wolf Howling at the Moon Painting again."

Jiang Chuan then drifted into sleep.