At this moment, Kong Xuan, the protagonist of the event who was about to break through, was not particularly nervous.
Having experienced condensing a spirit ring for the first time, he knew that this process carried no danger whatsoever.
The entire process was quite simple: Yun Ming would condense a spirit ring based on his current physical limits.
The spirit ring's age limit would not exceed Kong Xuan's physical tolerance, nor would there be any soul shock or similar issues.
So, Kong Xuan only needed to close his eyes and pretend; everything was completed under the control of Yun Ming, who was in his mental force sea.
In Kong Deming's perception, he could clearly feel a surge of spirit power emanating from Kong Xuan's body, but it didn't dissipate directly; instead, it converged.
Subsequently, these spirit power seemed to undergo a change in form, transforming from ethereal to solid, forming a circle that enveloped Kong Xuan.
Kong Deming's breathing clearly became much heavier; such a scene was something he had never witnessed, even with his vast experience.
If he hadn't thoroughly investigated Kong Xuan's background and physical condition, he would have suspected that Kong Xuan was a 100,000-year Spirit Beast who had reformed and cultivated again.
The spirit ring encircling Kong Xuan's body was almost transparent at first, but as time passed, its color gradually deepened.
From transparent, it turned white, then a light yellow.
After the yellow deepened, the spirit ring's color gradually shifted to a deeper hue, becoming a light purple.
While Kong Xuan appeared to be diligently breaking through in Kong Deming's eyes, he was actually chatting with Yun Ming in his mental force sea.
"Teacher, later, please release some divine sense and exert a little pressure on my grandfather. That way, he'll fully believe in the god-bestowed spirit ring."
Yun Ming, while controlling his original spirit power to help Kong Xuan condense the spirit ring, couldn't help but glance at his 'dutiful son' who was asking his teacher to act against his grandfather.
Outside, the spirit ring around Kong Xuan's body had completely turned purple.
Feeling the disappearance of the spirit power fluctuations, Kong Deming also guessed that Kong Xuan's breakthrough had reached its end.
But just as he let out a sigh of relief in his shock, his expression suddenly changed.
Just now, Kong Deming suddenly felt a powerful soul fluctuation.
Although this fluctuation merely swept past, it sent shivers down Kong Deming's spine.
Because that feeling, as if being looked down upon from a higher dimension, made him, a Titled Douluo, unable to even think of resisting.
And in Kong Deming's wary expression, the spirit ring on Kong Xuan disappeared, and he opened his eyes.
"Grandpa, I've successfully broken through! I'm now a Level 22 Spirit Grandmaster!"
Kong Xuan's voice brought Kong Deming back to his senses, and at the same time, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
That terrifying soul fluctuation just now, could it have come from the deity who bestowed the god-bestowed spirit ring upon Kong Xuan?
With his strength, he figured only a deity could make him feel such pressure.
Many things, no matter how others explain them, one might not necessarily believe.
However, content one conjures in their own mind is easily accepted.
Suppressing the urge to question Kong Xuan, Kong Deming gave him a satisfied smile: "Excellent! Breaking through to a Spirit Grandmaster at eight years old—even Shrek Academy's most talented students are probably no better than this!"
For the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy was an unavoidable force.
Therefore, for all the geniuses of the Sun Moon Empire, teachers always couldn't help but compare them with the talented students of Shrek Academy.
Kong Xuan said confidently, "I will be stronger than them!"
With the guidance of the Sea God Pavilion Master from ten thousand years later, Kong Xuan believed his strength would not be inferior to any peer.
At the same time, becoming stronger had always been his goal; his opponent was never anyone else, only himself!
This was not Kong Xuan's blind self-confidence, but rather stemmed from Yun Ming's teaching.
To wield the sky-supporting spear, one must possess such an unyielding spirit!
According to Yun Ming, if one lacked even this much self-confidence, then they shouldn't cultivate the sky-supporting spear, because they might not even be able to comprehend Spear Intent in the future.
Looking at Kong Xuan's confident expression, Kong Deming laughed heartily: "That's right, my grandson will definitely be stronger than those people at Shrek Academy!"
Then Kong Deming reined in the smile on his face and said seriously, "Since you've broken through, then you and your sister will go to school in a couple of days."
Enrollment?
Hearing these two words, both Kong Xuan and Kong Ling widened their eyes, looking at Kong Deming with expressions that suggested they had no idea what their grandfather was talking about.
Meeting their confused gazes, Kong Deming couldn't help but pat his forehead and laugh, "Look at me, I've been so busy I forgot. I forgot to tell you earlier."
Kong Deming had indeed been quite busy these past two years; originally, he was only immersed in the research of spirit tools, but now, due to Kong Xuan and Kong Ling's education, he had truly gone to great lengths, thus adding a lot of work.
The three walked out of the underground cultivation room, and after returning to their room, Kong Deming explained, "At your age, you naturally can't stay at home all the time; you also need to interact with peers!"
"I've already made arrangements. In two days, you two will go to the Royal Soul Engineer Academy and become the first batch of students in the Soul Master Class!"
Although Kong Xuan had been immersed in cultivation for the past two years, he had also learned about some changes in the outside world from Kong Deming's fragmented words.
He knew that due to his and Kong Ling's appearance, Kong Deming had intervened in the Sun Moon Empire's education system.
Unbeknownst to them, the butterfly effect had already begun.
However, at least for now, it seemed to be a good thing.
On the night of Kong Xuan's breakthrough, Kong Xuan, who appeared to be meditating and cultivating in his room, was actually entirely immersed in his mental force sea.
For the past two years, he seemed to be cultivating under Kong Deming, but in reality, his true teacher was Yun Ming in his mental force sea!
As soon as he appeared in his mental force sea, Kong Xuan felt a difference from before, but he couldn't pinpoint what was different at that moment.
"It seems you've also noticed the changes in your mental force sea."
Yun Ming's voice reached Kong Xuan's ears, and then a figure appeared out of thin air before him—it was his teacher, Yun Ming.
Kong Xuan asked directly, "Teacher, do you know what's going on?"
After more than two years of interaction, their relationship had grown much closer.
Although Kong Xuan held many secrets, he had already acknowledged their master-disciple relationship.
Even though he sometimes spoke without much thought, he actually deeply respected Yun Ming, his dedicated teacher.
"It's a good thing!" Yun Ming said with a smile, hands clasped behind his back, "Your mental force is inherently stronger than ordinary people. I didn't expect that when your spirit power broke through to Level 20, your mental force would actually break through to the Spirit Abyss Realm."
Kong Xuan naturally knew about the mental force ranking system from ten thousand years later.
Spirit Origin Realm, Spirit Insight Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Spirit Abyss Realm, Spirit Domain Realm, Divine Origin Realm.
Kong Xuan reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm at Level 22 honestly surprised even himself.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Kong Xuan asked again, "Teacher, are there any special changes in the mental force sea after breaking through to the Spirit Abyss Realm?"
"Firstly, of course, is the improvement of your mental force. Secondly, this mental force sea has become much larger."
Kong Xuan swept his gaze around and found that it was indeed true; the white mist in the distance seemed to have thinned considerably.
Looking at Kong Xuan's surprised expression, Yun Ming added, "However, to talk about the biggest change, you should go and see it for yourself."
After Yun Ming's words fell, Kong Xuan felt himself lose control of his body.
Even though this was Kong Xuan's mental force sea, under Yun Ming's Divine Origin Realm mental force, Kong Xuan was carried away without the slightest power to resist.