Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Chuckling a bit to himself as he thought about Gong Cheng’s breakthrough to the Saint Realm in the past and how spectacular it had looked, Xuan Hao didn’t spent too much time reminiscing about how different his own breakthrough to the Saint Realm had been and soon enough found himself turning his attention back towards the small pearl sized special core that had formed inside his dantian and was now floating just above the surface of his spiritual sea.

The strange power flowing through his body from the small core didn’t interfere with his spiritual qi and seemed to exist in perfect harmony without doing any harm, something that meant he would be able to use it alongside his normal power without any problems. The only unfortunate thing being that the power in question was far too weak for him and wouldn’t really be of much use in actual battle.

Only if he somehow managed to reach the Grand Saint Realm would this strange power be of any use in actual combat and even then. Not much considering his current strength could be considered to have exceeded the Sea Formation Realm.

All things considered, while this strange power might have been useful to someone like Gong Cheng who was far below the Dao Seed Realm when he had broken through to the Saint Realm in the past, it was essentially useless to him. Meaning that he didn’t really have any other use for the small pearl sized core inside his dantian other than allowing it to merge with his spiritual sea to further strengthen his foundation and make his breakthrough to the Peak of the Sea Formation Realm easier in the future.

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With that in mind, after playing around with this strange power for a bit and trying to see if there might be some other use for it, Xuan Hao allowed the faint pull that had come from his spiritual sea the second the special pearl sized core had formed inside his dantian to take over, as it drew the special core down into the waters below. Swallowing it completely before the pearl sized core started dissolving on its own, causing a small yet visible transformation to take place throughout the spiritual sea, as small almost translucent formation symbols began flowing through the spiritual sea. Fading in and out of existence like they had done before when they had come from the special core, causing the spiritual sea to take on a more mystical appearance compared to the relatively normal sea appearance it had before.

In turn, Xuan Hao also distinctly felt the strength of his spiritual becoming far more stable than it had been seconds ago. Transforming from a somewhat wild sea into one of complete calm.

A clear indication that he would be able to continue expanding his spiritual sea without any issues for the foreseeable future before he had to worry about strengthening his foundation any further.

But, to make sure of the current state of his spiritual sea, Xuan Hao decided to look at his status for the first time in quite some time…

Name: Xuan Hao

Daos: Perfection (Space, Sword, Ice, Formations), Large Success (Illusions, Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Corruption, Yin, Light), Small Success (Fire), Elementary Realm (Life, Time) Spiritual Sea: 142 kilometers circumference Depth: 212 meters Sword Intent: Sword Soul Realm (Sword Refinement Realm, 1 Refinement) Talent: ????

Physique: Stellar Dao Body (99% Awakened)

Realm: Late Stage Sea Formation Realm Profound Immortal (Calm Sea) Professions: Alchemist (Pinnacle Grandmaster), Formation Master (Third Heaven Saint), Blacksmithing (Senior Grandmaster (Pseudo Saint)) Sect: Star Shattering Sect Status: Ancestor of the Star Shattering Sect Disciples: Qing Yi, Chu Yang, Bai Ning, Mui, Chun Hua Pet: Lazy Winged Lion (Early Stage of the Dao Seed Realm), Rabbit Demon Beast (Middle Stage of the Dao Seed Realm) [Personal Techniques]: Descend of the Ice God’s Sword (High Earth Rank), Ice Lotus (Defensive) No Rank yet [Movement Techniques]: Illusory Light Steps (Mid Heaven Rank), Drifting Cloud Steps (Incomplete, Peak Heaven Rank) [Sword Techniques]: Rain Sword (Peak Mortal Rank), Heaven Splitting Sword Art (Incomplete, Mid Heaven Rank), Void Sword Art (Incomplete, Low Heaven Rank), Untold Sword Mantra (Incomplete, Unknown) Looking through his status, the state of his spiritual sea had indeed changed from a wild state to a calm state, while the overall depth and size of the spiritual sea had also clearly improved from when he had last checked his status. Along with that, his Formation Master status had also been updated from the Pinnacle of the Grandmaster Realm to the Third Heaven of the Saint Realm.

Outside of that, there weren’t that many changes, with neither of his two demon beasts having made any improvements since last, something that was rather understandable considering how much more difficult it was to improve in the Dao Seed Realm compared to the Soul Ascension Realm.

Thinking about those two demon beasts, Xuan Hao felt like it might be a good idea for him to take some time to see those two demon beasts and how they had been doing during his absence. After all, those two had spent their time in the sect quite differently, one of them still lazing around on one of the Star Peaks, while the other had already established itself outside the sect with the help of its growing number of human subordinates.

As for which of the two had decided to take in human subordinates? It was obviously the rabbit demon beast that had ended up growing fond of having humans work for it to gather spirit stones and other delicious things to eat, whose subordinates had grown far larger over the past few months.

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Then again, looking for those two would have to wait for a bit, as he had no intention of leaving the sect to go search for the rabbit demon beast that could almost certainly be found somewhere in or near the Iron Sky Kingdom of Yi Min, where it had decided to establish itself and built up its own territory with approval from Elder Song, who was more than happy to see it help stabilize part of the sect’s territory with its powerful presence.

Focusing his attention back on the current stable state of his dantian, Xuan Hao found himself eager to continue expanding his spiritual sea. Taking out another vial of Stardusk Essence before consuming it. Wasting no time before starting to refine the pure energy contained inside the Stardusk Essence to expand his spiritual sea.

Although part of him also wanted to test out his new comprehension of the Dao of Formations and try to set up a Saint Realm Formation for the first time, he decided against it for now. Instead, planning on improving his strength as much as he could with his current foundation before going to the four ancient dao seals.

After all, now that his cultivation realm had broken through to the Sea Formation Realm and his comprehension of the Dao of Formations had reached the Perfection Realm. Meaning that he should have the qualifications to repair the ancient dao seals. Hopefully ensuring that he would be able to buy himself and the Star Shattering Sect some more time to grow stronger and prepare before the being sealed inside those ancient dao seals broke free.

The only reason why he didn’t immediately leave the sect to try and strengthen the ancient formations that sealed away that being, was because he didn’t feel entirely confident in his own strength and wanted to be as strong as possible. Not really expecting the seals to break over the next year or two that it would take for him to reach his current limit before he would have to strengthen his foundation further to ensure his spiritual sea could endure the rapid expansion without going out of control.

Of course, there was also the fact that part of him still hoped that those elder figures from the Fallen Immortal Archipelago would show up, as they would undoubtedly have a far better understanding of those seals compared to him.

Even if they might end up being weaker than him, they would at the very least be able to be of assistance when it came to strengthening those ancient seals. After all, they should have come to do so if possible, according to what he knew.

Outside of just that, he also hoped to potentially learn more about the Fallen Immortal Archipelago from them, as it was the only place outside the continent, he knew about that still seemed to have the ability to traverse the ocean and reach the Ewaria Continent.

Although he knew about other continents, he had never seen anyone from those other continents before. Only ever having heard that some of the different major powers might have connections to those other continents.

But then again, what he had heard was at most rumors and nothing substantial.

After all, the major powers involved were all far too powerful for him to investigate in depth with his current strength. At least having someone in the Land Creation Realm in charge.