Breakthrough to Soul Grandmaster

Teacher Han was deeply shocked. He had Jin Yan fight several more Soul Masters in their teens, and without exception, these geniuses ranked among the academy's best could not withstand even a single move from Jin Yan. They could not even force him to summon his martial soul.

Still unwilling to believe it, Teacher Han eventually summoned a student who had broken through to Soul Grandmaster to spar with Jin Yan. At last, the student forced Jin Yan to summon his martial soul, but the Soul Grandmaster still lost. Moreover, Jin Yan clearly had strength left to spare, because he had neither released his soul rings nor used any soul skills!

This convinced Teacher Han beyond doubt that he had discovered a truly peerless prodigy, one he even dared say was no inferior to the geniuses of the Golden Generation!

In truth, this was only what Jin Yan had deliberately allowed him to see. Otherwise, those few would never have been able to force out even his martial soul!

Hu Liena, who had witnessed everything from afar, stared wide-eyed throughout. If she were honest with herself, she could have defeated those people at the same rank as Jin Yan, but she absolutely could not have done so as effortlessly as he had.

With the charm ability of her Demon Fox martial soul, using soul skills at around ten-plus levels to defeat those Soul Grandmasters who had only just obtained their second soul rings would have been easy. But Jin Yan had not used any soul skills—he had not even released his soul rings!

And she was certain that even Yan, who possessed the highest-quality martial soul among their Golden Generation, could never have accomplished this at ten-plus levels!

Most importantly, her teacher had said that he was only six years old. He had obtained his soul ring not long ago and was, at most, only level thirteen or fourteen, yet he could already achieve such a feat!

"He really is an interesting fellow.

Brother, perhaps we can get in closer contact with him in the future," Hu Liena said to Xie Yue, her eyes sparkling.

"When we compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in the future, he will be an enormous help to us!"

Xie Yue looked at his sister's serious expression and, after confirming repeatedly that she was not joking, could not help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

Good grief. In less than half a day, she had already forgotten the Pope's task. That really was something his dear little sister would do!

After the day's lessons ended, Jin Yan had nothing to do, so he simply returned to his villa in the residential area by the central artificial lake.

Time passed quickly, and Jin Yan had soon spent nearly a month at Spirit Hall Academy.

His days had been quite fulfilling. During the day, he studied the cultivation insights given to him by several consecrated elders, and at night, he meditated to cultivate Soul Power. Unless something unusual happened, he rarely returned to the Worship Hall.

That evening, Jin Yan sat cross-legged on his bed. A faint golden glow flickered around him as countless specks of Soul Power in the air streamed into his body.

Jin Yan closed his eyes and carefully guided the Soul Power as it slowly circulated through his body.

Half an hour passed. Jin Yan slowly opened his eyes and clenched his palm.

"I've broken through to level twenty."

The next day, Jin Yan did not ask his teacher for leave. He went directly to the Worship Hall and found Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"You've broken through to Soul Grandmaster."

The moment Golden Crocodile saw Jin Yan, he sensed the fluctuations of Soul Power from his recent breakthrough and said it outright.

Golden Crocodile had long expected his grandson's breakthrough speed. With so many resources poured into him, it was perfectly normal for him to advance quickly in the early stages, so he was not overly surprised.

Golden Crocodile grabbed Jin Yan by the collar. A month later, grandfather and grandson once again set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Golden Crocodile did not stop at the town on the forest's outskirts and headed directly toward the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Xiao Yan, how many years of cultivation do you plan for this soul ring?"

In the mixed zone, Golden Crocodile set Jin Yan down. As they walked forward, he asked casually.

"I plan to absorb a soul ring with at least seven thousand years of cultivation," Jin Yan declared firmly.

In fact, he spoke with the Golden Dragon King for a while every day and knew his physical condition very well.

According to the Golden Dragon King, absorbing a seven-thousand-year soul ring would be more than manageable for him now. That was why he was so certain.

Golden Crocodile did not speak for a moment. He merely placed a hand on Jin Yan's shoulder and silently assessed his body. Only then did he smile and say,

"Good boy. It seems that even at the academy, you haven't neglected training your physique. That's a good thing."

Just as grandfather and grandson were talking, Golden Crocodile's expression suddenly changed, and he looked into the depths of the dense forest ahead.

"What is it, Grandpa?"

Jin Yan sensed that something was wrong and asked.

Golden Crocodile slowly shook his head. "Nothing. A group of people is running this way."

Sure enough, not long afterward, Jin Yan heard rustling from ahead, along with several deliberately hushed voices. Yet they all sounded extremely weak.

Soon, several bedraggled figures appeared before Jin Yan. At their head was a plump middle-aged woman, whose luxurious snow-white robes were now torn in many places.

On her right, she tightly held the hand of a little girl who looked around ten years old. The girl followed beside her mother in fear.

Behind the plump beauty, two Spirit Saint-level experts stood guard, though both had already suffered serious injuries.

They also spotted Golden Crocodile and Jin Yan, and their steps could not help but pause.

In that brief moment, more swishing sounds came from the woods. Seven or eight figures emerged from the dark, dense sea of trees and stood atop the higher branches.

"Patriarch Ye, give up. The sect has issued a kill order. You cannot escape."

A shifting voice drifted through the forest. Immediately afterward, a middle-aged man wrapped from head to toe in a black cloak emerged in midair, eight soul rings slowly appearing around him.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black.

The middle-aged man also noticed Golden Crocodile and Jin Yan standing nearby. His expression shifted, and he gave the people beside him a look.

"You two really are unfortunate. Since you happened to run into this, you have only yourselves to blame!"

The middle-aged man spoke with an arrogant expression, showing no regard whatsoever for Golden Crocodile.

With his formidable level eighty-seven Soul Power, he could roam the continent almost without restraint aside from a few Title Douluo. Naturally, he had nothing to fear!

It was not as though he could casually come out once and happen to encounter one of the continent's rare Title Douluo experts.

How could that be possible? There were only so many Title Douluo on the continent. How could he encounter one so casually?

"What force do you belong to? Who sent you here?"

Golden Crocodile asked calmly.

"Hehehe, you're about to die, and you're still thinking about that?" The middle-aged man let out a sinister laugh, but did not answer Golden Crocodile's question.

Instead, the plump beauty shouted, "They are experts sent by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"

She had originally not wanted to reveal it. She thought that since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect prided itself on being righteous and honorable, Golden Crocodile and Jin Yan might survive if she said nothing. But she had not expected them to spare not even uninvolved bystanders. At this point, whether she spoke or not no longer mattered.