Xiao Mei frowned slightly. Watching her cousin, once a genius and now a cripple, walk away with an indifferent expression, she felt a surge of irritation in her heart.
Do you still think you're that genius from before?
Xiao Mei pursed her lips. As a genius at the seventh stage of Dou Qi, she had lowered herself to greet this good-for-nothing, yet he had treated her with such disregard.
Still, she did not dwell on it. She stepped onto the platform, placed her hand on the surface of the Magic Stone Tablet, and skillfully closed her eyes.
"Xiao Mei, Dou Qi: seventh stage! Rank: high!"
As the middle-aged man announced the result, envious chatter rose from the Xiao Family crowd. Xiao Mei's vanity was satisfied, and she completely cast aside the minor unpleasantness from before.
She and Xiao Yan had long since ceased to be on the same path.
"Brother Xiao Yan."
Xiao Xun'er stood gracefully in her elegant purple dress, looking pure and otherworldly. She took the initiative to stop Fang Yang, bending slightly as she greeted him. A smile appeared on her lovely face. Though still somewhat youthful, her future peerless beauty was already apparent.
"Now it's your turn to test your Dou Qi."
Fang Yang looked at the familiar girl before him. Though he had only just crossed over, it felt more like he had awakened memories from a past life; there was not the slightest sense of unfamiliarity. Smiling, he spoke to her.
In the Battle Through the Heavens World, practitioners cultivated Dou Qi. From weakest to strongest, the realms were:
Dou Qi, Dou Practitioner, Dou Master, Grand Dou Master, Dou Ling, Dou King, Dou Emperor, Dou Ancestor, Dou Venerate, Dou Saint, Dou Emperor.
Although Xiao Xun'er bore the surname Xiao, she was actually the