Deep within Spirit City, the Young Master Hall stood silent and still.
Inside the hall, Qian Renyou sat cross-legged. Her long silver-white hair cascaded over her shoulders like a waterfall, making the face identical to Qian Renxue's look a little more bewitching.
Her pupils were a pure violet. At that moment, they were tightly shut, her long lashes trembling faintly as wisps of black Soul Power swirled around her.
She was breaking through to the second layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
For half a year, she had trained hard day and night, the Soul Power within her surging like a mighty river against the bottleneck.
Now, at last, the obstruction began to give way. An overwhelming force surged from her dantian and coursed through her meridians, flowing throughout her body. Wherever it passed, her Soul Power grew denser and purer.
"Bzzz—"
A faint buzzing sounded within her, and the bottleneck shattered.
Qian Renyou snapped her eyes open. A flash of delight crossed her violet pupils, and a brilliant smile spread across her lips. "Wonderful! Half a whole year, and I've finally advanced from the late stage of the first layer of Qi Refining, crossed the threshold of perfection, and stepped straight into the early stage of the second layer!"
Feeling the surging power within her, she was exhilarated. With a full-force strike, her Soul Power attacks now rivaled those of an eighty-first-level Soul Douluo, and she could unleash ten attacks in a row.
If she activated her Martial Soul, her combat strength would soar even higher. Combined with her Soul Skills, her power would be enough to approach that of a Titled Douluo!
"That wretched Qian Renxue!"
At the thought of all the pent-up frustration she had endured these past six months, her smile instantly crumpled. "She's been treating