"Confident you can break through to Nascent Soul within ten years?" Zhou Qing'ang stared at the smug-faced He Zhenghao, shock flickering across his features.

This was no act.

He studied him closely for a long moment, and only then did he realize that He Zhenghao's boast might not be empty after all. Concealed within his body was an extremely subtle, profound aura. Had He Zhenghao not revealed it himself, and had "Zhou Qing'ang" not actually been Li Fan's true self in disguise, it would have been impossible to detect.

Replaying the records from the Dao Transformation Stone in his mind, Li Fan instantly traced the source of this transformation. It came from He Xinxin, who had handed He Zhenghao a plain white jade before she left,...