[What? Your soul already reached nascent maturity without you forming a core?] The empress stared at Xiang Yu in shock.
"Well, yeah, it was... but not anymore," Xiang Yu explained.
[What do you mean?] The empress asked.
"Well, I don't know how, but after merging with the flame, I don't feel like a Nascent Soul anymore. I feel like..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the empress interjected with sudden understanding. [Infant?] she asked.
Xiang Yu nodded. "Exactly. It's like I've regressed, but I don't feel any weaker."
[Ah, that's understandable,] the empress said. [Since your soul has evolved, your standards have also changed accordingly. Right now, you should be just at the beginning stages of the infant realm.]
[Wait... even if you have regressed in classification, the actual power should have increased significantly. How can your spiritual sea possibly handle such a transformation?] She spoke in concern.
