Fireworks bloomed across the dusk sky, painting it in gold and crimson. Ningyan stared up at them, a soft smile tugging at his lips until a massive shadow cut through the light.
An enormous dragon swept across the heavens, scales catching the glow of the fireworks before vanishing beyond the clouds.
Ningyan gasped, rising to his feet as he watched the sky until the dragon disappeared from view.
"…Wow. That was huge."
Over the past week, his body had been growing stronger. The recovery sessions with Lan Meishan were finally showing results, and training under Yan Wuhen had helped him stabilize his first level of cultivation. His foundation felt solid and steady in a way it hadn't before.
Second stage… soon, he thought.
The academy, however, had changed completely.
