Reincarnated Great Power

"Twelve-star!?"

Qin Yuyan was completely dumbfounded.

She stared at Gu Jinlai with her eyes wide open, not blinking once.

That expression...

For some reason, Gu Jinlai found her adorably dazed.

He even felt like reaching out to pat her head.

However, considering that she was, after all, a domain lord, such behavior would be rather inappropriate, so he restrained himself.

"What happened?"

Yan Xiang came back over after finishing arrangements for the starship's passage and other matters.

"I think I just heard Junior Brother Gu say... that his mind force has broken through to the twelfth level?"

Xuan Wu was somewhat uncertain.

Twelfth-level mind force!?

Although he, too, was a Dao Venerable with twelfth-level mind force, still...

How long had he cultivated, and how long had Gu Jinlai?

Less than a thousand years, right?

In under a thousand years, he had raised his mind-force realm to the twelfth level. Was he cheating?

"Twelfth level? How is that possible!?"

Yan Xiang cried out.

Afterward, he seemed to realize that such a baseless refutation was disrespectful, and hurriedly explained, "I'm not doubting you. I mean... I mean..."

Whatever he meant, he simply could not come up with a reason.

Still, his shout brought Qin Yuyan, whose little mind was in a daze, back to her senses.

She looked at Gu Jinlai, her eyes still somewhat bewildered. "Changqing, this... this was far too fast."

"I was besieged by a large number of deities. At the moment of life and death, I broke through after being pushed to the brink."

Gu Jinlai offered an explanation.

However...

Whether it was Qin Yuyan or Yan Xiang, both felt that this explanation sounded familiar.

Hadn't he used the same excuse when his mind-force realm rose to the eleventh level?

Since when had breaking through after being pushed