Chen Changming returned to the courtyard in Purple Bamboo Grove.
"Chen Shan, did you really break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm?" Du Xiaoliang asked in delighted surprise.
"No. When I first set foot on Golden Turtle Island, my body-tempering cultivation was at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm."
Chen Changming looked at Du Xiaoliang without hiding anything and told her truthfully, "I obtained some fortuitous opportunities on this trip, and only then did I luckily break through to the eighth level of the Nascent Soul Realm."
"At the eighth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, you could already trade blows with the Second Ancestor of the Spirit Transformation Realm?"
Du Xiaoliang stared at Chen Changming in shock.
She knew that over in Eastern Jin, some peerless prodigies could fight above their realm, but no one could contend with a second-level Spirit Transformation cultivator while only at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Unless they were one of the Beast Taming Immortal Sect's top prodigious disciples.
They possessed level-eleven Beasts that could fight in their master's stead.
Seeing how shocked Du Xiaoliang was even after he had told the truth, Chen Changming gave a helpless, wry smile. "Xiaoliang, the things I've learned throughout my life are rather varied, so my overall strength is somewhat greater."
"All right."
Du Xiaoliang nodded.
She did not ask further, because she knew that Chen Shan also hid many secrets.
"Don't tell anyone about my true cultivation."
Chen Changming smiled at Du Xiaoliang and spread his hands. "Since everyone thinks I've broken through to Spirit Transformation, then let it stay that way."
"All right, I understand."
Du Xiaoliang inclined her head.
Although Chen Shan had displayed the combat strength of the first level of the Spirit Transformation Realm in his battle