At the same time.
Outside Starlight Island, beneath the deep sea surface.
A shadow as massive as a mountain quietly surfaced from the dark abyss.
The seawater parted, revealing the huge head of the Tiger Whale Emperor.
His gigantic eyes calmly gazed towards the sky above Starlight Island.
After a moment of observing.
He nodded slightly and silently submerged back into the deep sea.
To him, True Master Profound Ice's breakthrough to Golden Core Late Stage was natural and not surprising.
If it were to fail, that would be an unprecedented rarity.
...
A month later, inside the practice room.
The Ice and Fire Tai Chi Golden Core within Shen Xuan reached its rotational limit.
With a low rumbling sound, the Golden Core suddenly expanded!
Not merely a simple increase in size, but a kind of fundamental sublimation.
Like a fledgling breaking its shell, a new world opened.
The surging Pill Essence Spiritual Power flowed like a flood to every corner of his body.
