Jade Purity Immortal Sect.
Cloud-Dwelling Residence, One Peak Cave Abode.
Xue Tianyi slowly opened her eyes, surging spirit vigor churning wildly around her.
"How difficult it is to attain the Dao as a Dao-Proven True Lord!"
Looking inward at the radiant Yang Spirit embryo in her sea of consciousness, Xue Tianyi ended her cultivation with a long sigh. Chen Beiwu's figure involuntarily surfaced in her mind. Although she was a prodigy ranked among the top five on the Jade Void Ranking, an enormous gulf still separated her from Chen Beiwu.
For her, without preferential allocation of the sect's resources, her chances of forging a Yang Spirit, bringing Yin and Yang together, and attaining a Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul in the future were only thirty percent. Her chances of attaining a Pure Yang Nascent Soul were virtually zero.
But Chen Beiwu was different. As a prodigy the sect valued immensely, his appointment as Immortal Sect First Seat was practically set in stone. His chances of attaining a Pure Yang Nascent Soul in the future were probably as high as eighty percent.
"My aptitude, comprehension, and cultivation companion are all mediocre. O boundless heavens, why do you treat me so poorly!"
Xue Tianyi sighed inwardly, a trace of bewilderment flashing through her eyes.
Losing to someone of her own generation was one thing. Watching a latecomer surpass her step by step and become the sect's most celebrated rising star was another. The more Xue Tianyi thought about it, the less she could accept it, even though she knew full well that Chen Beiwu thoroughly deserved to be Immortal Sect First Seat.
Should I try again? Thoughts raced through Xue Tianyi's mind, her expression wavering with hesitation.
She had been stuck at the Golden Core peak stage for years. The only reason she