Chapter 442: They're back... They're all back
Wang Mingyuan's heart was filled with countless emotions.
This was the talent he should have possessed all along.
His thoughts drifted back several decades.
Back then, he too was a Proud Son of Heaven renowned throughout Vermilion Bird Academy, the possessor of an SSS-grade Life Soul spiritual energy mastery, radiant and brilliant, seen as a rising star destined to reach the pinnacle of the Ocean Realm.
He was high-spirited and ambitious, advancing with sharp determination, his cultivation speed progressing a thousand miles a day.
However, a brutal mission and a severe injury that damaged his foundational source firmly imprisoned him at the Tide Realm, unable to advance even a single step.
Decades of time flowed by in this endless stagnation and torment.
He watched as peers and even juniors surpassed him one by one. That former pride was gradually worn down by reality, buried deep in his heart, transforming into silent sighs in the dead of night.
He became a respected veteran instructor at the academy, yet one no longer harboring great expectations.