During the second Soul Master Tournament, Xiao Xiao had relied on a single cauldron to leave the Bright Moon Sect utterly unable to fight back.
Under Xuan Zi's devoted guidance, Xiao Xiao had also successfully gone from being the team's support to breaking through as one of its main attackers.
Later, when the Tang Sect faced the Body Sect, despite the huge gap in their levels, Xiao Xiao hadn't fled from the fight. Instead, she had single-handedly left the Body Sect's captain, Long Aotian, flustered and helpless.
Ning Tian read the lines, admiration almost overflowing from her eyes.
The Body Sect was one of the most powerful sects on the continent, renowned for its Body Martial Souls. Every Core Disciple was among the best of their level.
And Long Aotian, the Body Sect's future captain, was likely to be one of the brightest talents in the Soul Master World at the time.
There had been an entire major rank between him and Xiao Xiao.
Any other Soul Master at her level would probably have been intimidated by such an overwhelming opponent and backed down without a fight.
But Xiao Xiao hadn't retreated. Not only had she stood her ground, she'd charged forward, relying on her Twin Martial Souls, her hard-won Soul Skills, and the toughness in her bones to leave Long Aotian, who was far above her in level, scrambling in confusion.
Ning Tian sighed softly to herself.
With courage, strength, and character like that, how many Soul Masters of their generation could compare?
Yet a genius like her had ultimately been reduced to a mere background character, without even a decent ending. What a waste. What an injustice.
[Unfortunately, the gap in levels between Xiao Xiao and Long Aotian was still too great. In the end, even after giving