Heavy panting could be heard throughout the whole room inside the whole training hall of Fang family. On the middle of it, a chubby boy is lying down covered in sweat while trying to catch his breath.

"Why are you tired already? It's only been a few hours" In front of him, his father kept lecturing despite seeing him being so tired.

"But the weights you placed on my body are very heavy..." Fang Tanxing's face looked miserable as if he was about to cry as he pointed at the clothes he's wearing.

"It's just twice heavier than before, you'll eventually get used to it" His father casually replied.

Seeing that he's still not getting up, he sighed and said "You can train your chi then, try advancing your cultivation."

Not even a second passed before Fang Tanxing's chubby body miraculously gained energy hearing those words. He hurriedly went into a lotus position and closed his eyes.

'This kid...' Fang Kou helplessly shook his head knowing that Fang Tanxing pretended to be tired to skip training. He sighed and turned his head to watch the scenery outside with his eyebrows drooped as if he's worried about something.

...

Inside Fang Tanxing's dantian, a miniture sized version of him woke up as soon as his body from the outside closed his eyes.

"It's time to climb the next step" He said to himself as he stood up and looked at the place around him.

Countless sparkling nodes made of chi are floating all over the 40 meters space where he's currently in. At the center of it are stairs with a height that seems to surpass his current dantian size.

But despite being seemingly limitless, only 10 steps can be currently seen while the others above it are blocked by a shroud of fog.

"It's unbelievable to think that this is all inside me even though father said that it is" He exclaimed.

He walked around for awhile feeling amazed at wondering how his tiny body could have the ability to have all of this. Not too long after, he stopped in front of the huge stairs.

"Now then, I need to go to the next step" He patted both his fat cheeks to calm himself down before climbing up the stairs.

He only stopped when he arrived on the 4th step. "This is where I stopped the last time"

Nodding to himself in satisfaction, he looked towards the next one with fear in his eyes.

"The last time I arrived at the 4th step, it gave me so much pain that I couldn't stand up for a whole day!" He swallowed his saliva while wiping off the non existent sweat out of his forehead.

He gritted his teeth before placing his feet on the next one.

After doing so, he tightly closed his eyes expecting the pain he felt before to come... He closed it for a few seconds before curiously opening it since he didn't feel any pain. He noticed that the space he was in expanded to 50 meters and the amount of chi slightly raised in quantity.

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He let out the breath he was holding in when he found out that there was no pain. The expression on his face slowly started to become cocky when he realized that his dantian didn't give him any pain this time.

"Ha! Is it just today that you remember who's the real master in here?" The place remained silent despite his provocation.

Already expecting this, he continued his way towards the next step with a smug look on his face.

But as soon as he placed his foot on the step, his chubby face quivered and eyes widened when he felt pain all over his body. "Ah!!--"

Without even having the chance to cry, his miniture self was thrown off the stairs while his consciousness returned to his physical body.

...

Fang Tanxing directly fell down from his lotus position because of the overwhelming pain he felt.

"Why are you in pain? You should have easily stepped up the 5th step without any problems since your strength is already more than enough" Fang Kou curiously asked him.

Laying on the ground, Fang Tanxing didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. He didn't dare to say what happened knowing that his father will just make fun of him.

"Fang Tanxing! Are you fine?" At the entrance of the training hall, Fang Hai hurriedly went to him when she saw him crying on the floor.

Fang Tanxing eyes brightened when he heard his mother's voice. His shouts of pain visibly became louder when he saw her getting closer.

When he coincidentally glanced at his father for a moment, he saw the corners of his mouth twitch. 'Must have been my imagination.'

...

Somewhere away from their house, a panting female servant is hurriedly heading towards the manor of Yu family.

After passing through numerous rooms, she finally arrived in front of the room of their family head.

"You may come in" The door opened itself without her even having the chance to knock.

Going inside the room, she respectfully kneeled in front of a middle aged man with a saber on his back.

"Family head Yu Xiulan, there's something important I need to report"

"What's so important that you need to directly come here?" He said with a voice filled with slight killing intent.

"It's related to young mistress Yu Xiu fighting Fang Tanxing" She directly strike his weak spot.

"Did my daughter win against the child of that old geezer?" As expected, his expression instantly lightened when he heard his daughter being involved.

'Why do both of you call each other old geezers when both of you are only middle aged?...' She speechlessly thought when she also heard the other side call him old geezer.

"She lost without even having the chance to resist, I couldn't even call it a fight. I suspect that he's already in process of climbing up the steps" She explained.

Yu Xiulan slightly nodded, letting her continue.

"After seeing his strength, I realized that Fang Tanxing will become an obstacle on the path of family head towards the position of Chieftain. That's why I tried to kill him with poison but I was stopped by the pressure coming from senior Fang Kou" She said while trembling when she remembered what happened.

Although it's already been quite some time when that happened, she still vividly remember the overwhelming power which she doesn't have the power to even resist.

*Bam!

Without even noticing, a pressure with the same strength from Fang Kou forced her to stick on the ground and spurt out blood. But unlike last time, the illusion she saw this time is a coiling dragon. She tried to raised her head with much difficulty and looked at him in bewilderment "Family head?..."

With a red glint in his eyes, Yu Xiulan positioned himself near her and slowly said in a cold voice.

"I wont resort to such petty tricks even if that old geezer's son is stronger than that. Be thankful that you've been my attendant for many years or else you wont just be spurting blood." After saying so, he released a bit of his qi to take her away from his room and closing the door.

'But I just wanted to help. Spurting out blood two times in one day, what luck...' The servant crawled away with a miserable expression on her face.