Changes

Spring gave way to autumn.

Half a year passed. Although Hogg and the others had many daily affairs to handle, they still kept up with their training. Most of the people were left to several older individuals who had originally migrated from Wushan Town, working together with Hiri to manage things, allowing them to devote most of their time to cultivation. Wharton also occasionally took time to guide their training. Over these six months, Hogg broke through the peak of Level Seven; after transforming, he was now comparable to a weaker Level Nine Warrior.

Wharton had also reached the peak of Level Eight in both warrior training and magic, and had already comprehended the Force Realm. Yet there was still no sign of a breakthrough, and his strength remained stalled. Wharton began to feel restless and decided that after the Yulan Festival, he would leave the O'Brien Imperial Capital to gain experience. He also planned to visit Linley. Although guiding Linley, as a child of the plane, might bring danger, it would not endanger his life. Even so, Wharton could not help but worry.

Over the past half year, everyone else's strength had improved greatly as well. Kane broke through to Level Eight Warrior, Kateburen reached Peak Level Seven Warrior, Jason and the Guangming brothers broke through to Late-Level Seven Warrior and Mid-Level Seven Warrior, while Hillman and Hiri also reached Peak Level Seven Warrior.

Lisa possessed exceptional magical talent. Although her White Tiger Bloodline had not reached the critical threshold during testing, with Wharton's help, she swallowed Little Gold's tiger blood like Jason and the others, awakening the power of her bloodline. Perhaps what happened at the Dark Church had deeply affected her; she trained with extraordinary diligence.

When she swallowed Little Gold's blood, she endured the immense pain for five or six full minutes before fainting. That was remarkable for a little girl of only six. Even Linley had not lasted thirty minutes before passing out from the pain. After all, activating the bloodline meant scales and a tiger tail would begin growing from within the body, bringing immense agony not only to the body but also to the mind. Of course, the progress was equally enormous. Before even reaching seven, she had already broken through to Level Two Warrior and Level Two Mage.

Over the past half year, many things had also happened around them. First of all, Wharton had unexpectedly met Princess Nia O'Brien of the O'Brien Empire at a ball, and he and Nia had already confirmed their relationship.

It was strange. Since crossing over to the O'Brien Empire all those years ago, Wharton had never once seen Nia. He had even thought that the butterfly effect caused by his transmigration had altered the course of certain events. After all, Nia had been Wharton's wife in the original story and had even borne him children. She simply had never broken through to the Saint Domain and eventually died of old age. But ever since coming to the O'Brien Empire, Wharton had wanted to see what the original Nia was like. The O'Brien Emperor had many princesses, and Wharton had spent all his time training bitterly, so he never had the chance to meet her. As time passed, even Wharton had nearly forgotten that he had such a wife.

He had never expected that Kane and the other two would drag him to an academy student's evening party, only for him to meet her under such circumstances.

The moment he first saw Nia, perhaps due to the plot or the laws of heaven and earth, his gaze immediately fell upon her. He was completely drawn to Nia. Even her every movement tugged at Wharton's heart. He did not know why. Among all those attending the ball, Nia might not have been the most beautiful, but the aura she possessed utterly captivated Wharton.

Nia was talking with three other girls. Unlike most people on the Yulan Mainland, she had long black hair like Wharton's, though her eyes were blue and glimmered with faint starlight. Wearing a pale blue dress and standing around one meter seventy-five tall, she stood out so vividly amid the crowd. Combined with that unique aura of hers, she completely overshadowed everyone else's splendor.

"Third Brother, look at that girl over there. Yes, that one with black hair like yours," Kate said to Wharton, completely failing to notice Wharton's current expression.

"Third Brother, Third Brother!" A voice suddenly called out, and Wharton felt someone shove him. Only then did he snap out of it and withdraw his gaze.

"Ah... what? What did you say?"

"Hahaha, look at Third Brother. He's gone into heat! Hahaha!" the other three laughed beside him.

Their actions clearly drew the attention of those around them, including Nia. However, seeing that they were friends of Kate and Bulen, everyone resumed their own socializing.