Only a few minutes after Cleo departed, the worried figure of the duke rushed into the room and immediately gave his daughter a big hug. Sophie wrapped her arms around him and could feel the silent shaking of her father as he tried to suppress his visible relief that his daughter was okay.
Warmth filled her chest and she gave a short prayer to the gods to thank them for giving her such a wonderful parent.
"Dad I did it! I finally broke into the qi spirit realm!" Sophie shouted with joy and released a small wisp of qi energy for her father to inspect.
"Congratulations my dear daughter," the duke spoke in a gentle tone. When he saw the figure of Sophie laying down on the floor covered in blood…. his heart ran cold.
In fact, he was tempted to persuade Sophie to just stop cultivating.
