Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Accepting Li Chi’s agreement with a small nod of approval before signaling for him to get back up, Xuan Hao didn’t pay much attention to the rabbit demon beast that was still being dangled in the air as he gave Li Chi a brief explanation of what was going to happen after they got back to the sect and how to best handle his new change in status along with a general introduction of his other disciples. Making sure to include a certain level of warning when it came to interacting with a certain someone.

Only after this brief introduction along with a few expected gifts that would be helpful for his cultivation at the Core Formation Realm, did Xuan Hao turn his attention back towards the little rabbit demon beast that had seemingly given up any sign of struggle at this point and seemed to have just decided to go to sleep while he finished his talk with his new sixth disciple. Not showing the slightest bit of the demeanor one might expect from a powerful demon beast close to reaching the Profound Immortal Realm.

Speaking of which, given the strength of the rabbit demon beast, it wouldn’t be odd for it to obtain the ability to take on a humanoid form after reaching the Profound Immortal Realm even if its bloodline was far superior to that of other demon beasts. A fact that made him immensely curious about what the rabbit demon beast would end up looking like after taking on a humanoid form.

Not just the rabbit demon beast, but also the winged lion demon beast, though he had a feeling that the other party wouldn’t even bother with trying to transform even if he did have the ability to do so, as part of him already had a feeling that the winged lion demon beast had obtained the ability to transform all the way back when breaking through to the Dao Seed Realm.

”So… Let’s get back to what we were about to talk about… Your little spiritual carrot empire…”

But for now, he wasn’t too worried about the transformation abilities of these two pets of his, as he was far more interested in the spiritual carrot empire that the little rabbit had managed to build up without him around.

The most important part of the entire thing being the relationship that it had somehow managed to cultivate with the Explorer Union thanks to this spiritual carrot empire. After all, he knew that there had to be something outside of just the spiritual carrots behind this trade agreement and widespread support for the rabbit demon beast’s little business that essentially allowed the Star Shattering Sect to bypass the trade sanctions that had been placed on them by the Explorer Union.

Kyuuun…

Knowing what its master wanted to know, the little rabbit demon beast almost instantly perked up and let out a cute sound that sounded completely different in Xuan Hao’s ears, as he understood full well what the cute sounds made by the little rabbit meant thanks to the connection that had been established between the two of them in the past.

”You… Are you sure about that? Is that really the reason why the Explorer Union decided to establish this kind of close relationship with you instead of just continuing to trade spiritual carrots without going the extra step to further deepen the relationship?”

Kyuun~!

”That is hard to believe, but I guess it does make sense to some extent…”

Kyuun!

”Yes, yes, I know, I will make sure to get you a proper reward.”

Kyuun… Kyuun~!

”Hm? You want one that will help with your breakthrough? What would even be able to help with a breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm in the first place?”

Kyuuun, kyyuuuunnn…

”That? Fine, I will see what I can do…”

Kyuunnn!

As Xuan Hao was having an in-depth conversation with the rabbit demon beast, Li Chi, standing on the side watching the incomprehensible exchange between man and demon beast playing out could not help tilting his head in confusion. Only able to understand one side of the conversation taking place. From which he didn’t really grasp much beside the rabbit demon beast wanting something for its breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm.

Still… Something that could help a demon beast break through was undoubtedly something extremely valuable, as Li Chi himself had never heard about any treasure capable of something like that after having now worked in the sect storage realm for a few years. Having learnt about countless mystical treasures and natural wonders that existed within and even more, that the sect had yet to get its hands on.

Rumble~

At least that was what Li Chi thought before he suddenly saw Xuan Hao dump hundreds of top-grade spirit stones on top of the little rabbit demon beast, who eagerly swallowed one whole before burying itself entirely int the small three or so meter tall pile of top-grade spirit stones.

Truly, to a demon beast, there was nothing more useful than spirit stones when it came to cultivation. Enviable to the extreme, as cultivation would be far simpler if all one needed to do was consume a few spirit stones or the flesh of other powerful demon beasts like what most demon beasts did to advance their strength

The detriment compared to the normal cultivation path taken by someone like himself was the fact that although the path of a demon beast looked easier on the surface, it took far longer time for a demon beast to advance their strength compared to normal cultivators. This being one of the main reasons why their lifespan was longer, as they would never be able to advance beyond the Qi Condensation Realm before dying of old age without any lucky encounters to propel them forward otherwise.

Although top-grade spirit stones were extremely useful for a demon beast, they had a limited effect on one at the level of the rabbit demon beast and would mainly serve as the final push for it to breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm.

In fact, with how fast the rabbit demon beast was eating, it wouldn’t be surprising to Li Chi, for it to start its breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm in another few minutes.

”M-Master, can we stay and observe lord rabbit’s breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm…?”

For this reason, he couldn’t help turning around to ask his master for a chance to stay and observe the rabbit demon beast’s breakthrough to the profound Immortal Realm.

Not out of curiosity–well, partly because of curiosity, but mainly because of how beneficial to his own cultivation it would be for him to observe this kind of breakthrough.

”No problem, I also wanted to see how it looks when this little one breaks through to the Profound Immortal Realm.” Hearing the request from his newest disciple, Xuan Hao didn’t see any reason to refuse his request, as he had originally been planning to watch the little rabbit breakthrough to the profound Immortal Realm in the first place.

In fact, one of the reasons why he had decided to feed the rabbit demon beast so many top-grade spirit stones, was because he wanted to help accelerate its breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm.

To this day, he hadn’t witnessed anyone other than himself breakthrough to the Profound Immortal Realm, and he knew that a demon beast’s breakthrough would be different from his own breakthrough to the profound Immortal Realm.

How it would be different, he had no idea and could only wait for the rabbit demon beast to breakthrough before he could find out.

Rumble~!

And as if on cue, the rabbit demon beast finished devouring a large portion of the top-grade spirit stones and seemed to break past the bottleneck that had existed between the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm and the Profound Immortal Realm, its aura surging with power as it reached a new high and continued pressing forward with unstoppable momentum.

RUUUUUUMMMBLE-!

But just as everything seemed to be going well for the rabbit demon beast, a loud rumbling sound could be heard from above, as both Xuan Hao and Li Chi turned to look up towards the empty sky where a tribulation cloud brimming with terrifying power was slowly starting to form. Catching the two completely off guard.

Li Chi because he was unaware of what breaking through to the Profound Immortal Realm involved and Xuan Hao because he distinctly didn’t remember this terrifying tribulation when he broke through to the Profound Immortal Realm.

A tribulation, yes, but not this kind of world ending lightning tribulation that was brewing above the rabbit demon beast.

Even this would still have been fine as he was more than capable of protecting his disciple from the aftermath, but… This tribulation cloud was forming above the capital city of the Iron Sky Kingdom on top of the most valuable spiritual metal mine under the Star Shattering Sect. Any damage to the mine or the capital would be devastating to the Star Shattering Sect and would undoubtedly cause Bai Ning to chase him down angrily in the future if he knew he didn’t do anything to stop the potential destruction of the spiritual metal mine underground.