Without strength, how could he take revenge, how could he search?

So, he would not give up!

To give up cultivation was to give up hope; for him, living would be worse than dying.

As long as he was still alive, he would keep training!

After a year, John Reed had long since put aside what others thought of him.

Whether it was the elders of the Luo family, the younger generation, or any other guests, he no longer cared about their opinions.

The only thing he cared about was the persistence in his heart.

Just like the sharp gaze he cast when his three-thousand-jin strength was first questioned, he always believed:

I, John Reed, will definitely break through the limits of the physical body.

Spring passed and autumn came; another year went by.

The younger generation of the Luo family, one by one, increased their strength, and some with outstanding talent gradually surpassed John Reed.

Because John Reed's strength was still stuck at the three-thousand-jin limit of body tempering, for a whole year.

No!

Not a whole year!

Today was December 10th, with two days left until the strength test on December 12th—two days short of a full year.

John Reed's persistence had finally paid off.

He couldn't describe the feeling; it came so suddenly.

At that moment, while John Reed was running with the cauldron on his shoulders, he suddenly felt the cauldron become lighter, and all his exhaustion vanished.

A strange sensation arose within his body.

John Reed stopped, looking dazed for a moment, but in the next instant, he was wild with joy.

He had broken through!

He had finally broken through the physical limit!

The cauldron was still the same three hundred jin; it hadn't become lighter. The feeling of lightness was because John Reed's own strength had suddenly increased.

The physical limit was three thousand jin; unless one cultivated true qi, it was impossible to break through further.

Now, there was no sense of qi in John Reed's body. He was born with blocked meridians and could not cultivate true qi at all. The only possibility for this breakthrough in strength was that he had surpassed the physical limit.

John Reed laughed, tears streaming down his face. He had waited too long for this day.

After two years and nine months of extreme training, he had finally taken this step. Although the increase in strength just now wasn't much—at most about a thousand jin—it meant that from now on, his body had hope of further improvement.

John Reed cheerfully returned to the martial training ground, set down the cauldron, and then quickly ran back to the Luo family main residence to tell his father Nathaniel Reed the good news at once.

"Father, I broke through! I broke through the physical limit...!" John Reed was so excited in front of Nathaniel Reed that he almost jumped up as he spoke.

After thirty-three months of extreme training, he had finally succeeded in breaking through. Such immense joy would make anyone leap for joy.

All the more so since John Reed was only a thirteen-year-old boy. Although these three years had made him much more mature, he still couldn't contain such happiness.

Chapter 007: Completely Giving Up

On December 12th, the Luo family's strength test for the younger generation was held as usual.

"Eugene Reed, strength: 5,300 jin, True Qi Realm, just entered qi sense."

The surrounding guests exclaimed in amazement as Eugene Reed walked back into the crowd with a proud smile.

To reach the True Qi Realm at fifteen was quite impressive; in the future, there was great hope of forming a Dao Embryo, stepping onto the path of immortality, and becoming a cultivator who could fly and traverse the earth.

"Hugh Reed, strength: 14,355 jin, True Qi Realm, minor achievement in external true qi release."

When the testing steward announced this with pride, the entire martial training ground instantly became lively. Hugh Reed held his head high, his wild gaze sweeping over the crowd before finally landing on a girl in a black dress, his eyes full of smugness as he walked back.

Compared to last year's strength of just over six thousand jin, this year Hugh Reed's strength had soared by more than eight thousand jin.

Since John Reed had fallen from the altar and Jane Taylor had not yet fully grown, Hugh Reed's strength was now the highest among the Luo family's underage younger generation.

He entered the True Qi Realm at fourteen, and at fifteen had already reached minor achievement in external true qi release. Everyone was certain that in the future, Hugh Reed had a ninety-nine percent chance of shedding his mortal status and stepping onto the path of immortality.

"Rachel Jackson, strength: 2,546 jin, minor achievement in blood exchange."

Rachel Jackson was also a focus of the guests' attention. She was only thirteen, and judging by her strength, it was almost certain that next year she would enter the True Qi Realm, on par with Hugh Reed.

At thirteen, Rachel Jackson's body was beginning to develop, making her beauty even more alluring and causing many of the Luo family's younger generation to be infatuated with her.

She lifted her head slightly, a confident smile on her face. As her gaze swept the crowd, it paused briefly on John Reed before moving on, her expression unchanged.

John Reed's strength had been stuck at three thousand jin for over two years. Although her own strength had not yet reached three thousand jin, next year, when she entered the True Qi Realm, her strength would skyrocket and far surpass three thousand jin.

In her eyes, from now on, she and John Reed were people from completely different worlds.

"Jane Taylor, strength: 7,742 jin, True Qi Realm, minor achievement in qi sense."

If Hugh Reed's performance had made the martial training ground lively, then Jane Taylor had made it erupt.