Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

”Another illusory beast at the Pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm…” Feeling the terrifying aura the accompanied the roar, the East Sea General could not help narrowing his eyes as he muttered this to himself.

Given that he was already struggling when it came to dealing with a single illusory beast at the Pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, it was obvious that he had no way to face off against two of them at once. On the other hand, if the two teamed up to attack him, they might be able to seal his path of escape and kill him through their terrifying soul attacks.

I have to get out of here…

With this in mind, the East Sea General didn’t think twice before turning around to escape in the same direction that the flying ship had escaped in. Not caring about the task that had been handed down to him by the imperial family.

Even if his enemies would make use of this chance to try and weaken him and his East Sea Army, it was still far better than dying. Not to mention, the strength of the illusory beasts had far exceeded the estimations given by the imperial family when they gave him the task.

In their estimation of the illusory beasts that they had made based on the information sent in by the different Soul Ascension Realm Experts who found themselves inside the Fae Mountain Range when the illusory beasts had emerged from the ground, the strongest among them would only be a bit above that of an ordinary Earth Immortal Realm cultivator given the fact that these Soul Ascension Realm Experts managed to stay alive, some even escaping the Fae Mountain Range by the time the East Sea Army arrived at the Fae Mountain Range. Far from being at the Pinnacle of the Earth Immortal realm…

From this alone, it was obvious that the stronger illusory beasts had either decided not to attack the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators or that the imperial family had lied to the East Sea General about the strength of the illusory beasts.

No matter what it was, the East Sea General understood that there was nothing to do about it in his current situation other than trying to negate some of the punishment that the imperial family would try and push on to him and his army.

”I hope that kid is okay…”

As he transformed into a ray of light and disappeared before the two powerful illusory beasts could catch up to him, the East Sea General could not help glancing towards the deeper parts of the Fae Mountain Range where the entrance to the Sea of Mist was located.

Given his status and the fact that Chu Li was one of the most talented people in his army, he had of course learnt about his departure for the Sea of Mist and the Valley of Illusory Beasts that it was connected to.

Unfortunately, he didn’t stop him in time and just when he was about to set off to pick him up before he encountered a dangerous situation, the illusory beasts somehow managed to free themselves from the Valley of Illusory Beasts and appeared in the Fae Mountain Range.

In the end, there was nothing he could do other than pray for his safety as he flew in the direction of the flying ship to meet up with his subordinates and inform the imperial family about the situation and learn about the next plan of action now that he and his army had failed in suppressing the illusory beasts.

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At the same time that the East Sea General retreated together with his army after being faced with the two powerful illusory beasts at the Pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, Chu Li was helplessly staring towards the wooden gate in the distance.

”I wonder when the general and the rest will show up to deal with the illusory beasts…” Muttering this to himself as he remembered what Xuan Hao had said about the illusory beasts running rampant outside the Sea of Mist, Chu Li could not help wondering if his seniors from the East Sea Army would show up and help him get out of the Sea of Mist without being attack by the powerful illusory beasts outside.

After all, even if he hadn’t informed them about where he was going when he left to try and break through to the Earth Immortal Realm, he understood that it wouldn’t be difficult for them to find out where he was going… And knowing the general it wouldn’t be surprising if he already knew about him going to the Valley of Illusory Beasts to seek an opportunity to increase his comprehension of the Dao of Illusions and breakthrough to the Large Success Realm.

The reason for this was rather simple, as the number of places inside the Blue Sea Empire that would allow someone to comprehend the Dao of Illusions was extremely limited, let alone places that would be helpful for someone like him who had already reached the Peak of the Small Success Realm and was close to reaching the Large Success Realm.

Outside of the Valley of Illusory Beasts, the only other location he knew about was a special location tightly guarded by the imperial family where their younger generation went to comprehend the dao, a place they would never allow anyone other than direct descendants of the imperial family to enter.

Hm? Now that I think about it, with all of those illusory beasts gone, won’t I be able to freely explore the Valley of Illusory Beasts without having to worry about being attacked by them?

Suddenly realizing this as he was thinking about when he would be saved by his seniors, Chu Li’s eyes started shining as he turned towards the wooden gate connected to the Valley of Illusory Beasts in the distance.

Although the Valley of Illusory Beasts might be dangerous to enter given that the situation inside was difficult to understand after so many illusory beasts had escaped, he felt like it might also be an opportunity for him.

After all, outside of the illusory beasts that would be able to help increase his comprehension of the Dao of Illusions after he killed them, he had also heard a few rumors about spiritual herbs growing in the deeper parts of the valley where the Earth Immortal Realm illusory beasts would normally live.

The spiritual herbs were said to at least have reached the Transcendent Grade and were said to have the ability to increase one’s comprehension of the Dao of Illusions after being consumed. Working in a similar way to the mysterious power that left the body of the illusory beasts after they were killed and could be absorbed to increase one’s comprehension of the Dao of Illusions.

If it was under normal circumstances, he would never think of trying to explore the deeper parts of the valley where these spiritual herbs were rumored to grow, but now that the Earth Immortal Realm illusory beasts had managed to escape from the valley and were running rampant in the Fae Mountain Range outside the Sea of Mist, he felt temped to try and enter the Valley of Illusory Beasts to get his hands on the spiritual herbs…

As time passed and minutes turned into hours and hours into days, Chu Li understood that he wouldn’t be saved any time soon, as it seemed like the illusory beasts were far stronger than he had first expected. To the point where even the Blue Sea Empire had a hard time dealing with them.

During this time, he had tried to poke his head outside the Sea of Mist for a few seconds to check if the illusory beasts were still around and just so happened to witness a large bird demon beast in the Earth Immortal Realm unlucky enough to pass through the Fae Mountain Range being torn apart by a group of illusory beasts.

This scene alone was more than enough to make him obediently stay inside the Sea of Mist without daring to poke his head outside again in case he was discovered by one of the illusory beasts.

But…

At the same time, he also began growing more interested in reentering the Valley of Illusory Beasts to try and get his hands on the spiritual herbs he had heard about.

Even if the method to reach the Earth Immortal Realm given to him by Xuan Hao was useful, increasing his comprehension of the Dao of Illusions was not a bad thing as it would only make him stronger. In the end, he still intended to use Xuan Hao’s method to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm because he felt that it would make him stronger in the long term and give him a better foundation.

At least, if his Dao of Illusions reached the Large Success Realm, he would be able to break through in case no help arrived, and he had to escape on his own!

With all of this in mind, after over two weeks of no one coming to save him, Chu Li finally came to a decision, as he made his way through the wooden gate connected to the Valley of Illusory Beasts-

”Huh!?”

Instantly finding himself trapped inside the valley without any way to return…