Gaining Sight of the Martial Temple's Martial Champion Stone, Where Lies the Youth's Limit

In the secluded garden by the small pavilion, emerald blinds hung low; thin clouds and pale sunlight cast a faint spring glow.

At Lin Manor, the gentle spring breeze stirred, sending ripples across the Great Pond.

Madam Hua sat upright on the couch, looking at the young man who had grown ever more handsome, her brows and eyes brimming with surprise.

Spirit Refinement Transcendence was a great threshold among the five realms. If cultivation initiation was a screening that separated ordinary people from cultivators,

then the Transcendence Realm distinguished the mediocre among cultivators from the gifted.

Those who entered Transcendence naturally had cause for a measure of pride.

But... Madam Hua had watched An Le grow up with her own eyes. She had bestowed upon him the "Five Animal Body Tempering Technique" and the "Sword Waterfall Diagram," and at that time, the youth had only just undergone cultivation initiation.

Yet only a few days had passed, and the youth had already stepped into Spirit Refinement Transcendence. Such cultivation speed was truly so fast that it surpassed imagination.

Although a few fortuitous encounters had been mixed in, and painting had aided his Spirit Refinement, making his mental state improve remarkably, Madam Hua was still shocked by it.

An Le walked into the main hall of the waterside pavilion and cupped his hands in salute to Madam Hua and Madam Ye.

Madam Hua looked at him, reined in her surprise, and smiled. "Your Spirit Refinement broke through again?"

An Le smiled and nodded. Knowing that Madam Hua must have seen through him, he said, "Last night's battle gave me some insight amid the fighting. I did not sleep all night, condensed a sword furnace, and stepped into the Transcendence Realm."

Within the waterside pavilion, the breeze flowing through the hall was gentle.