Beneath the sunlight, the young man wore a resolute expression as he swung the longsword in his hand again and again. He was utterly focused, never slacking for a moment. Even as sweat streamed down his face, there was not the slightest hint of relaxation in his eyes.
"Chen'er!"
Standing above the courtyard, Qing Yanjing's gentle, beautiful face filled with heartache and affection. Instinctively, she wanted to rush to the young man's side.
At that moment, however, Xiao Yan suddenly caught her arm.
"What is it?"
Qing Yanjing frowned slightly. This young man was their child. Mother and son had not seen each other for more than a decade, and she had missed him desperately. The stirring deep within her bloodline made her very soul tremble.
"Wait a little. I want to see just how long this child can hold out."
Xiao Yan drew a deep breath, composing his expression. As the child's father, how could he not sense the bloodline within him that came from himself? If he wished, he could awaken the power of that bloodline in an instant, allowing the boy to enter the sovereign realm in an extremely short time. With Qing Yanjing's Buddha Pagoda Gu Clan bloodline added to the mix, even becoming an Earthly Sovereign would be effortless.
But an Earthly Sovereign was not what Xiao Yan wanted. He wanted to see the young man before him grow into a heavenly sovereign, and perhaps one day even reach his own level.
Among Xiao Yan's many children, the others might also have rarely seen him after his ascension to the Great Thousand World, but they had all truly been born with golden keys in their mouths.
Even golden keys were far too paltry a description. Powerful bloodlines, extraordinarily abundant resources, and instruction from all manner