Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Caught by off guard by Xuan Hao’s reaction to him wanting to retreat from the battle, the injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator could not stop Xuan Hao from seizing the advantage to push him back slightly.

Although it wasn’t that major of an advantage to onlookers, to the already injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, this sudden shift was of critical importance, as the equal stalemate he had relied on to fight back against Xuan Hao without using too much of his qi so far, had also allowed him to preserve much of his remaining strength and focus it on recovering his injuries while defending against Xuan Hao’s attacks.

However, now that this stalemate had been broken by Xuan Hao, he could no longer dedicate most of his strength to recovering his injuries and instead had to focus most of that strength towards fighting Xuan Hao.

This was normal in a battle. Nothing odd, but... His current state continued to worsen because of this, as he had no way to continue focusing part of his attention on healing the injuries he had received in the past.

Worse yet, whenever he had a little bit of strength left to focus on recovering, Xuan Hao always managed to interrupt him. Preventing him from recovering his strength.

Because of this, as time slowly passed with the battle between those in the Celestial Immortal Realm soon spreading to those below.

Although still restrained, it was clear that their attention had shifted somewhat from what had happened before, as outside of fear and awe, there was now a very real glint of greed in the eyes of some people.

The reason for this was simple, as the injures on not just the one Xuan Hao found himself facing, but also the other one who had attempted to size resources earlier on, both found themselves at the center of attention...

This-! These weaklings actually dare to think about stealing from me!?

And among the two, the one who found himself facing off against Xuan Hao was the first to discover the intentions of these Dao Seed Realm cultivators who were slowly moving closer to his and Xuan Hao’s position.

Having seen the injuries he had faced, they understood that this might be their only opportunity to get their hands on the treasures of a strong Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, something that could potentially secure their path to reaching the Celestial Immortal Realm themselves in the future. Even if this came with the risk of death, there was no lack of Dao Seed Realm cultivators willing to gamble on this rare opportunity. Especially those who found themselves already on the opposite side of one of the two injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators.

Not to mention, the Dao Seed Realm cultivators weren’t the only ones eyeing their situation with great interest, as the rest of the Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators were also keeping a close eye on them. After all, it wasn’t just Dao Seed Realm cultivators who were interested in their wealth.

And... They also had their fair share of enemies among them, who would be more than happy to see them fall today.

Whoosh-!

Whoosh-!

With all of this in mind, the two injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators glanced briefly at each other before coming to some sort of understanding, as they both forcibly broke free from their opponents before charging towards each other at a terrifying speed.

From a single, it was obvious to anyone watching that these two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators intended to stand together and hopefully weather this storm by cooperating.

”Stop the one from your side, I will take care of the one on my side. Don’t hesitate, the two of them don’t have any significant backing and their interspatial rings contain a large protein of their legacies. Hehehe! Hopefully we can get rid of these two permanently today!”

And just as Xuan Hao found himself pondering whether to chase after his opponent or do something different that might cause a bit more chaos between the rest of the Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, an unfamiliar voice echoed out inside his head.

Even without him tracking who sent the message, it was rather obvious to him who it was, as the one who had been locked in a deadly battle with the other injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, rushed forward filled with a terrifying killing intent that could easily kill weaker cultivators through its terrifying presence alone.

This kind of terrifying killing intent directed towards a single person was more than enough for him to think that the other party had murdered his family and at the same time made him wear a green hat.

”Okay... I will do my best to hold off the one on my side, but no promises...”

Knowing that it was best not to offend this kind of person as he genuinely felt the other party was far from mentally sound after further observation, Xuan Hao decided to go along and hold back the escaping Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator with relative.

No matter how fast he might be, it was rendered useless in the face of the Drifting Cloud Steps that relied on the Dao of Space-

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Soon enough resulting in the battle between the two of them returning to what it had been before. Only now, he held a far greater advantage and began to subtly start threatening the life of this Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator.

As for the reason why he didn’t outright try to press for the kill? That was because this was ultimately still a Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator who had lived for who knows how many years and he didn’t want to be the one who would end up facing the items he had prepared for a life and death struggle.

For now, keeping a consistent pressure on the injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator was more than enough for him, as he could fully exploit the opportunity to teach his disciple watching the battle playing out from a distance.

At the same time...

BOOOOOOM-!

The battle that broke out between the second injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator and the one chasing after him was nowhere near as peaceful, as the one filled with killing intent had already pulled out some kind of ancient looking talisman that directly exploded forth with a power rivaling that of someone in the Land Creation Realm, while the injured one pulled out a cracked mirror that deflected the terrifying attack into the distance at the cost of more cracks appearing on the cracked mirror.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But this was only the beginning, as Xuan Hao found his eyes being opened to a brand-new world by these Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators, as they began throwing all kinds of terrifying artifacts, talismans and other things at each other. Not one of them stopping for a second, as both seemed intent on killing the other.

Confirming his earlier fear that Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators that had lived for a long time would have also managed to save up a lot of things to keep themselves alive.

Although... Looking at the expressions of some of the other Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators who had slowed down their battles a bit to observe the life and death clash between the two, it was clear that they stood out even among Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators when it came to the sheer number of lifesaving artifacts and talismans they had at hand.

One thing that was especially glaring to him was a kind of special spatial disruption talisman that was used by the Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator whenever his opponent attempted to flee by using a spatial talisman.

The spatial distribution talisman itself wasn’t that powerful, but when used at the right time, it could create a small wave that swept through the surrounding space. Interrupting any kind of delicate spatial manipulation like spatial teleportation.

Of course, that was not to say this kind of spatial disruption talisman was omnipotent and rendered the Dao of Space useless.

In fact, with his current comprehension of the Dao of Space, he could overcome this kind of disruption with little difficulty, but... For a spatial teleportation, even he might not be able to succeed in the face of perfectly timed spatial disruptions. For that, he felt that he would either need to recover his full strength again or have his Dao of Space take another step towards breaking through to the Origin Realm, both of which were unlikely to happen in the current situation...

”Aaaaaah! YOU! MY GRANDFATHER WILL KILL YOU IF YOU DO THIS!”

Having dedicated part of his attention towards the spatial disruption that swept through the surroundings every now and then, Xuan Hao found himself taken aback by the sudden loud screaming from the injured Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator facing off against the one filled with killing intent.

Looking closely, one of his arms had just been cut off, causing him to scream about his grandfather seeking revenge if he died.

Something that he could care less about... And the one filled with killing intent couldn’t care less about this kind of threat as he continued advancing with a now clear smile on his face as he cut off the second arm before directly piercing through the chest of the now defenseless Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator-

BOOOM-!

Wasting no time as he directly infused his own power into his dantian to forcibly blow it up alongside the soul inside before he could even think about running away. Killing him on spot. Marking the first official death of a Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, as the one Xuan Hao had dealt with upon his arrival had managed to escape with his soul and wasn’t entirely dead and could still rebuilt his body in the future.