In Ancestral City, two young men chatted and laughed, standing out from the crowd.
What made them so conspicuous was how weak their cultivation was.
One was a Taiyi Golden Immortal, while the other had only reached Great Perfection as a Golden Immortal. Such people were a rare sight in Ancestral City.
Xiao Chen had been in this world for a hundred years. When he first arrived, its vastness had stunned him.
In the Longevity World, he had been a prodigy rarely seen in a generation. Here, even within a single faction, his talent ranked below average.
Compared with the monstrous heirs of great clans, sons of emperors, and princes who were born as Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, or even Da Luo cultivators, his foundation fell far short.
When he went to train at Ancestral City Academy, he ranked near the bottom of his class. That only fired up his fighting spirit.
Even someone as dazzlingly talented as the Little Stone Emperor had fared poorly in the class and suffered plenty of defeats.
His master's family had few members, but they were terrifyingly powerful.
The family kept to themselves. They had few maids and guards, but they did have some.
And some of those servants were immensely powerful Quasi-Saints. A few were even a single step from Hunyuan.
The Three Thousand Dao Provinces were a vast world the old master, Shi Zhongtian, had created to temper several of his great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Long years had passed. The old master had never lacked talent, and with help from Shi Hao and Shi Yongheng, he had entered the Hunyuan Realm, even if his cultivation had not risen much beyond that.
The old master was not alone. Shi Ziling and Qin Yining had also reached Hunyuan.
Shi Yi had revived his