Li Fan quietly suppressed his aura back to the Foundation Establishment realm. Within the Cosmos Branch Academy, his breakthrough had gone largely unnoticed. Aside from Ji Hongdao casting a brief, surprised glance his way during a lecture, almost no one knew Li Fan had already stepped into the Golden Core realm. 0

But then, even if the other disciples had known, they likely wouldn't have given it much thought. After all, the Golden Core cultivators were utterly commonplace among this group. Compared to cultivation levels, what they truly valued was one’s mastery of arrays. 0

The intensive training for the Tianxuan Soul-Locking Array was nearing its conclusion. 0

Ever since witnessing the encapsulation of the Tianxuan Mirror surfaces firsthand, many disciples seemed to have grasped some...1