It shocked Charlie to learn that Penny had reached the Transformation Realm at sixteen—it was likely that everyone in Ten Thousand Armies would be embarrassed if he told them.

Porter Waldron was already supposedly a genius, but he had only reached the Dark Realm at twenty, and with Charlie's help, at that.

If he had to cultivate on his own, reaching the Transformation Realm at forty would still be an extraordinary feat.

However, Penny hadn't just reached the Dark Realm at sixteen—she had gain