Ever since Qi Dao and Dugu Yan had risen to prominence, nearly every faction had studied the two of them.
Qi Dao, in particular, had been their main subject of study.
Every faction wanted to know how he had managed to overpower all the young geniuses of his generation despite having only Innate Half-Level Soul Power.
But when they examined Qi Dao's past, they found that his rise defied all logic.
At first, Qi Dao had possessed only Innate Half-Level Soul Power. Yet he had cultivated remarkably fast, reaching level ten and absorbing his first Soul Ring in just three years.
Before Qi Dao, no Soul Master with Innate Half-Level Soul Power had ever broken through to level ten in three years.
Of course, while that cultivation speed was absurd for someone with Innate Half-Level Soul Power, it had remained within a range the major factions could accept until he turned fifteen.
After all, every major academy and sect had two or three geniuses whose cultivation speed was no slower than his.
Back then, what had truly shaken the factions was his formidable fighting strength.
With his Self-Created Soul Skill, he could always cross an entire major realm and defeat his opponents.
But from the time Qi Dao turned fifteen, things began to change.
First, his cultivation speed became utterly unfathomable.
In just four years, he had gone from barely reaching Level Thirty to approaching Level 60.
That rate of advancement was simply terrifying.
Of course, news of Qi Dao's breakthrough to Level 60 had yet to spread. Otherwise, the major factions would likely have erupted.
And the sudden surge in Qi Dao's cultivation speed inevitably brought up Dugu Bo's medicinal herbs.
After all, everyone knew that Dugu Yan's cultivation had begun advancing by leaps and bounds only after she