The second time his cultivation fell, Xiao Yan sank into a brief spell of despair.
Then, unwilling to accept it, he began cultivating once more.
This time, Xiao Yan took even less time than before. In just one year, he fought his way back from Three-Stage Dou Qi to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi!
Even "terrifying beyond belief" fell short of describing his cultivation speed.
Last time, Xiao Yan had taken more than a year.
If it happened again, he probably would not even need a year to return to his peak.
Of course, Xiao Yan hoped it would not happen again.
A third time would truly drive him to despair...
When Xiao Yan reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi for the third time, he was not yet twelve!
Despite losing his cultivation twice, his talent still placed him among the foremost of his generation in the Xiao Household!
Xiao Ning, who was only a few months older than him, had reached just the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi.
Still, compared with the same point in the original story, Xiao Ning had clearly improved quite a bit.
After all, the Xiao Household could now provide its younger members with far more resources than it had in the original story.
Leaving aside Foundation-Building Liquid, there was certainly no shortage of the most basic resource: Low-Tier Magical Beast Meat!
Because of this, quite a few people in the Xiao Household were considering raising the standard for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
With so many resources at their disposal, it was now genuinely difficult for a Xiao Household clansman to reach the Coming-of-Age Ceremony without breaking through to the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi.
If someone still failed to meet the standard, perhaps cultivation simply was not for them.
After what had happened