Forward Momentum

Feeling the new power coursing through his body, Hong Zhao marveled at the change. It felt as if he had doubled his strength since he had hit the ninth star student rank. Though he was nine years old, he had entered the second stage of cultivation, something that was near impossible to do even when cultivation could bring those past the student realm without concern. By many standards, he would be considered a genius at his age, yet he knew better. It was mostly because of Lan that he had gotten so far, but what was wrong with that? Li Wuhan and Li Wei were only a little behind him in terms of power, and they were around the same age as him. Even though he had been given much by fate and a solid relationship with a senior cultivator, he had given just as much.