Time flowed on.
Xu Qing soon withstood the Fire of Death and began to temper his body. His Life Wheel and Annual Rings emerged. As the tempering process continued, he slowly condensed one Red Annual Ring after another.
Outside the Death Furnace.
Kadina and the others waited quietly.
"Which layer do you think the Lord Envoy will be able to enter?"
"I don't know."
"When the Eldest Prince was at the Great Zhenren Level, he only made it to the 8th Layer before he had to stop. This Lord Envoy will probably reach the 7th Layer."
"That's right."
"He can't possibly surpass the Eldest Prince."
"..."
Quite a few members of the Abyss Race were discussing among themselves.
Throughout it all, Kadina said nothing.
Time flew by.
One year.
Xu Qing entered the second layer, and his number of Red Annual Rings increased to 261,000.
Two years.
Xu Qing entered the third layer. His Red Annual Rings increased by another 1,000, reaching 262,000.
Three years.
