Later, Zhang Luan succeeded in inheriting the noble title and continued to be promoted to the ranks of Assistant General and General, while Li Zhen, under his patronage, achieved the rank of Guerrilla General.
However, after Zhao Pingshan passed away, Li Zhen resigned his official post and returned to the Tiger Sect to take up the position of Sect Leader.
At that time, Li Zhen's cultivation was only at the Postnatal Seventh Layer, and at his age of around forty, it was theoretically impossible for him to reach the Innate Realm.
But the wonder lies precisely here; after returning to the Tiger Sect, Li Zhen's cultivation advanced at an astonishing speed, reaching the Half-step Innate Realm in just ten years.
Another ten years later, as he approached the age of sixty, he became an Innate Martial Artist.