Battle Through the Heavens: Obtaining the Extraction System at the Start

Such a rate of advancement was something even he had never achieved in his younger days. A mere three years in the Heavenly Tomb had allowed Xiao Ling to leap from the peak of the Half-Saint realm into the ranks of Dou Saints. Such talent and fortune had already surpassed the conventional understanding of the continent's strongest throughout history.

Yet Gu Yuan was, after all, a figure standing atop the continent's pyramid. Having weathered countless storms and upheavals, though inwardly astonished, he revealed not the slightest loss of composure. He remained as calm and dignified as ever, though the approval in the depths of his eyes deepened further.

The current Xiao Ling was no longer the rising talent who had needed others' protection in the past. The title of Dou Saint was a pass into the continent's highest ranks. Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, there were only a handful of beings with such strength.

Even the Ancient Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans with deep foundations and countless experts, would never again regard Xiao Ling as an ordinary prodigy.

A young Dou Saint possessed potential and future value far more astonishing than those aged, established Dou Saints. Such a person could become the stabilizing pillar of a faction and was enough to make any peak force treat him with utmost seriousness.

Gu Yuan grew increasingly certain that Xun Er's judgment had not been wrong. A person like Xiao Ling would surely carve out a path that shook the continent in this chaotic age. And his bond with the Ancient Clan would undoubtedly become a great source of support for the clan amid the storms to come.

The heavy atmosphere in the hall, brought about by the incident in the Spirit World, had yet to fully dissipate. The three