Suppression

Time flew. In the blink of an eye, Dai Mubai was twelve.

His studies at Star Luo Royal Academy were approaching a crucial turning point.

Star Luo Royal Academy assigned its students to classes strictly by age and Soul Power Level.

It was time for Dai Mubai to move up to the next grade. His Soul Power had reached level twenty-nine, leaving him just one step from level thirty and the crucial third Soul Ring.

Soon, he would enter a new class.

At his age, reaching level twenty-nine would place him among the continent's greatest talents, someone any faction would value.

Yet Dai Mubai felt none of the joy of his advancement. It was as though a boulder pressed down on him, heavy enough to steal his breath.

In his spacious but cold chambers, Dai Mubai finished a day of cultivation. He felt level twenty-nine Soul Power surging through him, but there was no trace of a smile on his face.

His cultivation was his greatest asset. It had also become a curse that might cost him his life.

It was all because of the investment he had received from Ge Duo. Her potent pills had made his cultivation far more efficient, raising his Soul Power much faster than most people's.

But that speed made him like a firefly in the dark. There was no hiding its glow.

Naturally, Dai Weisi had noticed. The pressure—and the suspicions—had followed.

Dai Weisi was no fool. When the Star Luo Delegation returned from Heaven Dou City, it brought news of Ge Duo and her pills.

Although Zhu Tianlin had brought most of the pills back to present to the emperor, Dai Weisi had some himself. He knew exactly what they could do.

And Dai Mubai, the younger brother who had accompanied him to