Fifteen Thousand Strands of Inner Qi

Before her marriage, his daughter had only been in the Skin Tempering Realm. That little cultivation could practically be ignored. Yet less than a year after marrying, she had actually stepped into the Bright Force Realm, her cultivation a full major realm higher than his own.

Seeing her parents' stunned expressions, Su Qingwei lowered her gaze slightly and nodded softly. "Father, Mother, yes. Several months ago, I broke through the barrier and entered the Early Bright Force Realm. Lin Fan warned me that this absolutely could not be leaked to the outside world, and that I had to conceal it as much as possible. So I deliberately suppressed my aura and never mentioned it to anyone in the family. Today, when I came to pay my respects to you two, I let my guard down for a moment and exposed it."

"Several months ago?!"

Su Yuanshan sucked in a cold breath. His feet instinctively retreated half a step, his face filled with shock.

Overwhelming joy mingled with disbelief, the two emotions surging and crashing within his chest. His eyes widened as he examined Su Qingwei again and again, as though he were meeting his own daughter for the first time.

"Your father has cultivated day and night, yet I have been stuck at the Late Bone Tempering Realm for nearly twenty years, with the Bright Force Realm still as far away as the horizon. How many heroes of the martial world spend their entire lives unable to cross that heavenly chasm? You... you actually went from the Skin Tempering Realm to the Bright Force Realm in just a few months..." Su Yuanshan muttered, his tone a tangled mix of joy, shock, wistfulness, and loneliness.

After rising to her feet, Madam Su hurried over and took hold of Su Qingwei's arm.