"Xu Yang?"
"That Fourth Heavenly Origin cultivator is Xu Yang?"
"Xu Yang broke through to Fourth Heavenly Origin-and he did it outside the academy!"
"He went into Jade Dragon Mountain to temper himself and really broke through to Fourth Heavenly Origin."
Once they saw who had entered, everyone cried out in surprise. The man radiating a Fourth Heavenly Origin aura, setting their five senses on alert, was actually Xu Yang. He had broken through!
"Xu Yang, you broke through to Fourth Heavenly Origin?" Qiu He's face was full of shock.
Back when he had decided to temper himself in Jade Dragon Mountain in search of a breakthrough, he had invited Xu Yang, who had defeated him in the Azure Dragon Trial Secret Realm, to go along. Xu Yang had refused, so he had invited Fan Yi instead.
Yet after spending four or five months tempering himself in Jade Dragon Mountain, he had returned to the Heavenly Strategy Academy and still failed to break through.
He had never expected Xu Yang, whom he had thought lacking in courage, to succeed in Jade Dragon Mountain and return as a Fourth Heavenly Origin expert.
For a moment, Qiu He felt shock, envy, and even a little jealousy.
If Xu Yang had not taken his Azure Dragon Token during the Azure Dragon Trial, he might have received the Azure Dragon Blood Pool's cleansing and broken through by now himself. In his eyes, all of this was thanks to that cleansing.
He had not cared much about the matter before, but now an uncomfortable feeling welled up inside him.
"After some tempering in Jade Dragon Mountain, I was lucky enough to break through," Xu Yang said with a smile.
"Congratulations. You can enter the Middle Court now." Qiu He forced out a smile, his words