He's basically the golden child of the Lingxi Sect—the kind of once-in-a-generation talent that actually lives up to the hype. By the time most cultivators are still grinding through the early stages, he'd already hit the late Foundation Establishment realm while still young. That's partly why he ended up as Bai Xiaochun's mentor, tasked with guiding one of the sect's most promising (if chaotic) disciples through the fundamentals of cultivation.
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