Chu Yuan Calendar, year one hundred.
The Sixth Peak.
Qi Shiyun smiled as she felt the fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from her disciple's cave abode.
Any cultivator would experience unstable control over their spiritual power when breaking through their realm, due to the sudden surge in strength that comes with advancing to the next realm.
It seemed that her disciple's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage would not be far off.
Having been in seclusion for fifty years, the effects of the shattered infant fruit were almost completely absorbed.
Yet, this aura seemed different—it appeared her disciple wasn't practicing the cultivation technique given by the sect.
The Mount Dan Sect's cultivation technique was Yimu Jue, but it wasn't mandatory for all disciples to follow; if they found a superior technique, they were not required to cultivate Yimu Jue.