Meanwhile.
Inside Long Aotian's cave dwelling.
Golden light shot out from the cave dwelling, illuminating half the sky.
Within the light, a Golden Dragon Phantom appeared.
The golden dragon stretched dozens of zhang long, its entire body golden, every scale distinctly visible.
Its eyes blazed like torches, its whiskers streamed in the wind, and its claws were razor-sharp.
It circled, roared, and danced through the air.
Its roar shook the heavens and echoed through the clouds.
The entire mountain trembled faintly beneath the dragon's cry.
Inside Su Qingwan's cave dwelling.
One phantom after another flew out from the cave dwelling.
They were phantoms of the four treasures of the study.
Brushes, ink sticks, xuan paper, inkstones...
Each emitted a faint glow.
They danced, spun, and intertwined in the air.
Brushes moved like dragons and serpents, ink painted mountains and rivers, paper carried heaven and earth, and inkstones contained the four seas.
Phantoms of calligraphy, painting, and scholarly arts filled the sky, shrouding the entire mountain in poetic beauty.
Within the phantoms, mountains and waters, people, flowers and birds, insects and fish could faintly be seen.
They were lifelike, as though a real world flowed within them.
Time came to May 15.
Inner Academy, East Academy.
Inside a pavilion, several Inner Academy disciples sat gathered together, quietly discussing something.
Their expressions varied—astonishment, envy, solemnity, and helplessness.
"Have you heard? Lin Ruoxi, Long Aotian, and Feng Wuji seem to have condensed Supreme Grade Intent!"
One disciple lowered his voice, his eyes full of shock.
"We've heard something about it too."
Another disciple nodded, his expression grave.
"And Su Qingwan—her mental strength seems to have reached 499.5 Hz. Her strength has undergone an enormous transformation as well."
Su Qingwan had already been one of East Academy's strongest Mental Strength Cultivators, and