Accumulation and Fulfillment

Over the next two-plus months, Ye Qi set clear goals for himself: to focus on improving and filling in gaps in his theoretical knowledge, with Soul Power cultivation as a secondary priority. Before advancing to the Intermediate Division, he wanted to make up, as much as possible, for the professional knowledge he had missed over the years or failed to grasp solidly.

Every day, aside from completing the necessary classes and physical training, he spent most of his free time in the academy library. He borrowed a great many foundational theory books, from the most basic Detailed Introduction to Soul Power and Complete Illustrated Guide to Century Soul Beasts to the more advanced Case Analysis of Martial Soul Mutations and Preliminary Study of Elemental Attribute Soul Skill Counters. He read them with great interest. Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he either wrote it down to ask a teacher later or discussed it with his roommates and classmates.

Though Ye Qi was young and both his parents were still alive, so he had not experienced much hardship in life, his parents were simple and kind people who had taught him gratitude and cherishing what he had from an early age. Deep down, he knew with perfect clarity who had given him the opportunity to enter Heavenly Phoenix Academy and enjoy such outstanding learning conditions and resources. It had been Young Master Li Xuansheng's appreciation and invitation, as well as the Li Family's acceptance and cultivation. This kindness of recognition and hard-won opportunity left him not daring to slack off in the slightest. He studied harder than anyone else. His small figure could be found either in the classroom, in the library, or on the road between the two, becoming a diligent sight in the Junior Division.

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