Xiao Yan, within the thunderclouds, sensed the changes in his soul power and felt like testing it. His soul power then erupted like a volcano, tearing the thunderclouds that covered half the mountain into fragments.
After the thunderlight dispersed, a charred human figure drifted down to the ground. Xiao Yan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. His blackened skin peeled away in flakes like a snake shedding its skin, revealing a newly regenerated body as lustrous as jade—his body as the furnace, lightning as the hammer, he had finally reached the mid-stage Spiritual State Soul!
The feeling of soul power permeating everything and controlling all things filled Xiao Yan with immense satisfaction. Yet that satisfaction vanished completely the next instant at Wei Jiangyuan's words.
"Old Xiao, you're exposed. Get dressed already..."
Xiao Yan was startled as well and immediately used Dou Qi to cover himself. After changing into a new set of fitted black clothes, he finally noticed that the commotion from his breakthrough had been far too great, drawing quite a few spectators who had come specifically to watch the excitement.
Meeting their gazes now, even Xiao Yan, with his steady temperament, felt somewhat embarrassed. Fortunately, most of them knew when to leave. After offering Xiao Yan a few words of congratulations, they departed.
Still, many of them could not help sighing in amazement. After all, the sight of Xiao Yan charging into that sea of lightning with his body had been far too visually shocking to forget.
Wei Jiangyuan stepped forward to congratulate him as well. "You broke through to the Spiritual State Soul and then charged straight to the mid-stage in less than a year. Old Xiao, that speed is downright monstrous..."
With the Heart Bamboo Pill finally successfully refined, Wei Jiangyuan had returned to his