Advancing to the Venerable Realm, Cultivating the Black Tortoise Phenomenon!

Even Nie Xinghai, the top-ranked prodigy among the Core Disciples, had to acknowledge Duan Jingt​​ao's courage and fortune.

Because the danger was simply too great.

Though it was rumored to contain the Blade Saint Inheritance.

If one was not a dedicated blade cultivator, who would risk entering such a secret realm?

Nie Xinghai himself was fearless, but he was not a blade cultivator and would not venture into such a secret realm.

Back when Duan Jingt​​ao was still an Inner Disciple, Nie Xinghai had been keeping an eye on him.

He had believed that this man could one day become an absolute standout among the Core Disciples.

Yet he had never expected—

That day to come so quickly!

Duan Jingt​​ao at the Third-Level Venerable Realm might not have been all that strong. Among the Core Disciples, he was likely only around the top twenty, or perhaps the top ten.

But—

Duan Jingt​​ao at the Sixth-Level Venerable Realm, with the Blade Saint Inheritance, was an entirely different matter!

It could now be said that among all Core Disciples, aside from Nie Xinghai, no one dared contend with Duan Jingt​​ao.

Many even speculated that Nie Xinghai was no match for Duan Jingt​​ao either.

After all, it was the Blade Saint Inheritance! That was a Blade Saint!

How towering a figure was a Saint Realm expert who had attained sainthood through the blade? There were surely many cultivation methods related to the Blade Saint within it.

With such a blessing, it did not seem impossible for Duan Jingt​​ao to cross a minor realm and fight Nie Xinghai...

Who could have imagined that after losing to Lin Feng, Duan Jingt​​ao would improve so explosively that one could not help wondering whether he possessed Heaven's mandate?

"Senior Brother Nie, what do you think of that