Pei Jingque sat upright in courtly attire. A gilded, kingfisher-feather Phoenix Crown inlaid with golden pearls rested atop her Cloud-Soaring Crest. Spiritual Lights of every color shrouded her body, making her seem like a celestial or a goddess, her bearing dignified and imposingly noble.
The unique aura of Perfection, characteristic of a Golden Core Grandmaster, filled the entire hall. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi churned like a tempestuous sea.
Zhu Ju sat to one side, his expression shifting repeatedly, his eyes filled with utter confusion.
"What in the world happened?"
He asked,
"You clearly failed."
Pei Jingque's attempt to advance to the Golden Core realm had failed. This was undeniable. At the time, the collapse of her aura had been cataclysmic.
In fact, the very fact she had survived was a miracle in Zhu Ju's eyes.
And now, Pei Jingque had not only survived the backlash from her failed Golden Core breakthrough, but had even broken through again.
