On Chifeng Mountain, Li Taixing walked towards the wooden house where his master resided.
Wang Xuanwu saw him approaching and couldn't help but murmur in amazement, "Is this disciple of mine even human? In less than three months, he has reached the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm."
Although she had anticipated his rapid progress and had prepared Golden Core realm weapons and equipment for him in advance, seeing it firsthand still left her astonished. Predictions were not always 100% accurate, but Li Taixing had surpassed her expectations. Regardless of the secrets he harbored, he was still her disciple, and his generosity toward her made her even more grateful.
Wang Xuanwu was particularly touched when she recalled how he had given her 100 million spirit stones at once. To her, someone who had never possessed more than a few thousand spirit stones, such a gift was truly staggering.
"Disciple greets Master," Li Taixing said respectfully as he approached her in the courtyard.
"Tsk, tsk, what did you eat to grow so strong so fast? You're already at the Golden Core Realm, but this won't do," Wang Xuanwu remarked, crossing her arms in front of her chest, unintentionally accentuating her figure.
Li Taixing, a bit puzzled, responded, "Master, I came to seek your guidance for breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. You just mentioned that it's not possible—what does that mean?"
Wang Xuanwu blinked in surprise, not sure she had heard him correctly. "You said you're preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"
"Yes," Li Taixing confirmed.
Wang Xuanwu was once again taken aback. "You're too powerful. How are other cultivators supposed to live when you progress so fast?"
Li Taixing was still waiting for her explanation. "Master, you haven't answered my question."
"Oh, right." Wang Xuanwu snapped back to the conversation. "Your growth is too rapid, and it may arouse suspicion. That's one thing. Secondly, progressing too quickly can weaken your foundation, making it easier for you to experience cultivation deviations, get stuck at a bottleneck, or even suffer in battle due to lack of experience, leaving you vulnerable to being assassinated."
However, Wang Xuanwu suddenly realized that none of these issues applied to Li Taixing. With his wealth of magic weapons, the ability to infinitely summon resources, and the capacity to teleport, he had nothing to fear.
"It seems like none of these are problems for you," she finally conceded.
With his current abilities, including a spiritual root that had reached the level of immortal comprehension, Li Taixing was practically invulnerable to the usual risks of cultivation.
"Master, please don't worry about me. Just tell me how to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm." Li Taixing smiled and took out another interspatial ring, knowing how much his master loved them. Inside, he had placed a large amount of spirit stones, food, and fine wine, all of Wang Xuanwu's favorites.
Anticipating that she had likely consumed all the gifts he had given her last time, this was the perfect opportunity to offer more.
Wang Xuanwu's eyes lit up at the sight of the ring. "Hey, if you don't listen to your master, you'll suffer losses in the future. But since you're so sensible, I'll tell you." She swallowed her excitement and led Li Taixing to the table in the courtyard, where they both sat down.
"Come, disciple, take a seat," Wang Xuanwu said enthusiastically, pulling out a chair for him and even wiping it clean.
"Master..." Li Taixing sighed internally, seeing her behave in such a servile manner. 'Where's the dignity of a proper role model? If being a role model could be sold, she wouldn't have any left to give,' he thought helplessly.
After they both sat down, Wang Xuanwu casually waved her hand, and all the food and wine from the ring appeared on the table.
"Wow, disciple, you've really outdone yourself this time! Look at all this meat, these vegetables, and so much wine," Wang Xuanwu exclaimed with satisfaction.
As she began indulging, she explained the process of advancing from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm. "Breaking through is like a woman giving birth to a child, transforming an embryo into a baby."
Li Taixing was left speechless at her metaphor.
"Ahem, I was just kidding. In essence, the process isn't difficult. The challenge lies in the transformation itself. But if you follow what I say, it'll be easy." She resumed eating and continued, "You have to use your imagination to mobilize your spiritual power and condense a new golden body. Once the golden body is complete, it will naturally transform into a baby."
Wang Xuanwu's explanation was surprisingly simple, but it felt like a sudden moment of enlightenment for Li Taixing.
"Boom!"
In that instant, Li Taixing's realm broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Wang Xuanwu, who was still eating, was so shocked that she dropped her food. "Did he just break through to the Nascent Soul Realm?"
And yet, before she could even fully process it, his cultivation skyrocketed again. Li Taixing's strength rapidly increased, and in no time, he reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
Wang Xuanwu stared at him in disbelief. She knew there was something special about her disciple, but she never expected him to be this monstrous.
"Good thing you're cultivating on Chifeng Mountain. If this had happened anywhere else, it would've caused an uproar," she muttered, then casually returned to her meal.
Chifeng Mountain's formations kept it isolated from the outside world, and no one could easily see what transpired within unless they entered the mountain themselves. And only she, Zhao Wentian, Li Taixing, or someone with a Chifeng Order could enter.
"Master, what about breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage?" Li Taixing asked.
"Don't be in such a rush!" Wang Xuanwu glared at him. "Why are you so impatient to advance? You're already invincible among the disciples of the Xuantian Sect with your current strength."
The strongest cultivator in the sect, aside from Zhao Wentian, wasn't even at the Divine Transformation stage yet. As for Wang Xuanwu herself, she was only pretending to be on the verge of breaking through.
"Understood, Master," Li Taixing said, calming himself. His current strength was indeed more than enough.
As he reflected on this, the system's voice echoed in his mind.