Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Trying to see if he could glimpse something from the other party as the person in question continued to examine the lingering formation fragments, Xuan Hao soon enough gave up after realizing that he couldn’t sense anything more through observing how the other party examined the lingering formation fragments.

A clear solution would be to approach the other party, but considering that this was someone from an actual hidden ancient sect, he feared that any potential interaction might end up exposing the fact that the Star Shattering Sect wasn’t an ancient hidden sect and thus cause the image that the sect had built up to protect itself against any potential hostility from the major powers within the Southern Central Region of the continent.

Because of this, after thinking things through and knowing that he still had to deal with the situation regarding the chaotic situation in the Blue Sea Empire, he decided to ignore this person from another hidden ancient sect for now. Doing his best to push down the curiosity he felt bobbling up inside.

After all, from just observing the other party, it was clear that this person knew far more about the formation that had seemingly altered the environment of the entire northern region of the continent. Having likely shown up specifically to examine the state of this formation after a rather sizable chunk of it had been destroyed by the demonic cultivators during their conquest of the Blue Sea Empire’s territory.

Whoosh~

Leaving the border between the territory of the fallen Sky Empire and the territory of the Blue Sea Empire that had ended up meeting a similar fate at the hands of the demonic cultivators, Xuan Hao rapidly moved towards the core of the Blue Sea Empire’s territory. The massive lake or inland sea that was considered the true core of the Blue Sea Empire and at the same time also the location of the Blue Sea Empire’s capital city.

Although he didn’t know too much about what had ended up happening to the Blue Sea Empire during their last struggle with the demonic cultivators as he had been in secluded cultivation trying to break through to the Land Creation Realm during most of their battles, he could still sense the remnants of the battles that had played out centered around this core territory of the Blue Sea Empire and found it rather simple to find out the locations where battles were still playing out.

Surprisingly, the area around the core of the Blue Sea Empire’s territory, though devastated by the final battle that had been the last struggle from the Blue Sea Empire in the face of the demonic cultivators, no battles were taking place near this place. Instead, most of the battles he could sense playing out throughout the Blue Sea Empire’s territory were centered close to their borders with different major powers.

But then again, considering that most of these battles were playing out due to outside influence that were curious about the strength of the Star Shattering Sect, it wasn’t that surprising. After all, being far from the core of the Blue Sea Empire meant that they would have a far easier time retreating if the situation ended up turning sour for them.

Not to mention, they likely didn’t want to get anywhere near the core of the Blue Sea Empire or more specifically the capital city of the Blue Sea Empire, as that was the location where the Blood Sea Demon King had temporarily settled down after destroying the Blue Sea Empire. Not bothering to hide his presence in the slightest as he had taken control of what little remained of the once lively capital city of the Blue Sea Empire.

For Xuan Hao, there were essentially two ways for him to proceed. The first heading to the capital of the Blue Sea Empire to face off with the Blood Sea Demon King, while the second would be to go deal with the troublemakers around the borders of the Blue Sea Empire.

Considering the requirement that had been spread by those neutral factions was just that the Star Shattering Sect would step in to deal with anyone causing trouble after a said deadline, it might be more understandable to go with the second option, but with the demonic cultivators essentially being the instigators behind the chaos in the first place, it would still be understandable for him to go after the Blood Sea Demon King for not properly dealing with the situation on his own.

However, out of the two options, the first was by far the most dangerous given how powerful the Blood Sea Demon King was. Rumored to only be a single step away from reaching the Late Stage of the Demon King Realm, a realm equivalent to the Star Creation Realm of the Profound Immortal Realm.

Strong as he might be after having both broken through the Land Creation Realm and awakened his divine physique, he understood full well that he was still far away from being comparable to someone at the Peak of the Land Creation Realm, let alone someone who already had a step into the Star Creation Realm in terms of strength.

Even if the Blood Sea Demon King had ended up suffering injuries that he had yet to recover from after his battle with the Blue Sea Empire, he wasn’t an enemy he could fight with his current strength.

But… Going to the capital of the Blue Sea Empire didn’t exactly mean he would have to fight the other party, as he could always solve the situation peacefully.

The problem with this was that he wouldn’t be able to gain any of the combat experience he had originally wanted from coming to the Blue Sea Empire to help Elder Song deal with the situation and wouldn’t exactly be able to properly establish the reputation of the Star Shattering Sect.

After all, showing off a Land Creation Realm cultivator would be enough so to say, but the impact would be far less than if he personally went to clean up the situation and beat up a few of the Land Creation Realm cultivators from the different major powers who were still causing trouble at the borders of the Blue Sea Empire’s territory.

In fact, he had originally wanted to also beat up the Blood Sea Demon King upon first taking off for the Blue Sea Empire, but after sensing the remnant power lingering around the capital city, he gave up this idea, as he understood that it wouldn’t be possible.

Feeling somewhat conflicted over what to do next as he unknowingly arrived at the edge of the inland sea that was the core of the Blue Sea Empire’s territory, Xuan Hao found himself slowly drifting through the air towards the capital city of the Blue Sea Empire.

Although he understood that he stood no chance in the face of someone like the Blood Sea Demon King who was only a single step away from the Late Stage of the Demon King Realm or Star Creation Realm in terms of strength, he couldn’t stop himself from being drawn towards the danger. Feeling immensely curious about whether he might be able to make up for the difference between himself and this powerful demonic cultivator by relying on his profound comprehension of the Dao of Space or the unique abilities granted to him by the awakening of the Stellar Dao Body.

Even in the worst-case scenario, he at least did feel fully confident in being able to leave. After all, though his strength might not be anywhere near comparable to the Blood Sea Demon King, his current comprehension of the Dao of Space alongside the assistance of his divine physique had essentially made it impossible for anyone to easily lock him down and prevent him from leaving if he wanted.

After awakening of the Stellar Dao Body and the unique ability to more directly sense the spatial environment around himself, not to mention the Blood Sea Demon King, Xuan Hao even felt confident in escaping from someone in the Star Creation Realm.

For now, at least, his goal in going to the capital city of the Blue Sea Empire wasn’t to confront the Blood Sea Demon King in a battle directly, but more so to make his presence known and see what kind of reaction the Blood Sea Demon King would end up having to his appearance.

If that ended up with a battle, he would be more than happy to accept… And with how demonic cultivators usually acted, even if the other party might be on friendly terms with him and the Star Shattering Sect for now, the Blood Sea Demon King would almost certainly still test his strength to some extent. Meaning a short battle should be unavoidable.

Feeling a bit of excitement as he thought about this, Xuan Hao felt that he was starting to act more like his second disciple as he directly revealed his presence after reaching the edge of island that the capital city of the Blue Sea Empire was placed on top of-

RUUUUMBLE~!

Almost instantly getting a reaction from the core of the capital city, as a blood red light suddenly surged into the air before rapidly flying in his direction with a terrifying speed that seemed even faster than what he could accomplish with the help of the Dao of Light… And along with that blood red light, a terrifying pressure befitting of the Blood Sea Demon King followed, as even Xuan Hao felt somewhat surprised by the terrifying might of the Blood Sea Demon King’s presence alone.