Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Too far away from the Frozen Wastelands to feel the full extent of the terrifying clash that took place there by the time that the golden palm and blood sea crashed into each other, Xuan Hao only felt a few aftershocks of the battle due to his powerful divine sense as he was in the process of attempting to convince Gong Cheng to join the Star Shattering Sect.

Even then, the little he felt from the terrifying clash was still more than enough for him to get a general idea of the strength of the two people who had ended up clashing with each other. Determining them to at least be in the Land Creation Realm, likely stronger than a normal Land Creation Realm cultivator as well.

As for who it was that clashed? He had no idea, the only thing he knew for now was that it should have happened in the Frozen Wastelands and should have something to do with him.

However, he did at least manage to confirm that the Frozen Wastelands was at least guarded by a powerful demonic cultivator that was stronger than a normal Land Creation Realm cultivator.

How many such demonic cultivators existed inside the Frozen Wastelands was uncertain, but for the Frozen Wastelands to challenge the entire Northern Central Region, he was certain that there shouldn’t just be a single demonic cultivator with this level of strength hidden away inside the Frozen Wastelands.

If there really was only one, the demonic cultivators wouldn’t stand a real chance at taking over the Northern Central region, as that would require strength beyond that of those who had long since entrenched themselves deeply in that region. Especially considering that the Southern Central Region would almost certainly make a move if demonic cultivators were about to take over one of the Central Regions, something that might be far more difficult to deal with compared to a local power like the Blue Sea Empire.

At the end of the day, Xuan Hao wasn’t really that knowledgeable about the different major powers on the continent and how they behaved, but one thing he had managed to learn with the help of Elder Song was the fact that the Southern Central Region where most of the continent’s power was concentrated wouldn’t allow demonic cultivators to run rampant.

Though… From past experiences dealing with religious organizations, he was almost certain that the different major powers in the Southern Central Region that was mostly made up of different religions would only help out the Northern Central Region as a way to spread their faith and expand their influence in the region, they shouldn’t have any real interest in the continuation of a major power like the Blue Sea Empire.

Deciding not to think too much about any of this, Xuan Hao focused his attention back on trying to convince Gong Cheng to come back with him and officially join the Star Shattering Sect.

Unsurprisingly, Gong Cheng wasn’t that easily convinced even after he deliberately showed off part of his strength to the old man.

The reason for this wasn’t so much that he was against becoming part of the Star Shattering Sect and more so had to do with the fact that he had grown rather attached to the Blue Shore Kingdom that he had helped build up and had ended up becoming the de facto ruler of after breaking through to the Saint Realm.

Even if the Blue Shore Kingdom wasn’t powerful by any means compared to a major power, it still had a total of three people in the Dao Seed realm outside of Gong Cheng himself and could be considered a kind of holy land in the barren outer regions of the continent where even Core Formation Realm cultivators were seen as rare.

He understood that the place would be fine with those three around, but he still felt unwilling to leave the Blue Shore Kingdom behind and go to the Star Shattering Sect. Feeling reluctant to leave his friends behind just because he had managed to succeed in breaking through to the Saint Realm.

After all, all four of them had come to this place for the same reason, to escape the persecution of the different major powers who wanted to take advantage of them and forcibly recruit them.

Even though those three were still far from reaching the Saint Realm, they were still skilled Pinnacle Grandmasters of their own fields who had the chance to reach the Saint Realm in the future.

If not, they wouldn’t have been forced to escape to the edge of the continent and live in the small Blue Shore Kingdom, unable to return to even the outer regions where the Star Shattering Sect was located without having to fear being hunted down.

Of course, when Xuan Hao learnt about this from Gong Cheng, he could not help feeling his lips twitching slightly.

Not because he was angry or anything along that line, but because the problem of leaving his friends behind to join the Star Shattering Sect wasn’t a problem in the slightest in his eyes. If anything, he was already feeling more than excited to bring Gong Cheng and his friends back with him to the sect after learning that they were all extremely skilled in different fields of knowledge like Gong Cheng himself.

This would not just be helpful in helping convince Gong Cheng to join the sect but would also be extremely helpful for the Star Shattering Sect when it came to expanding the scope of the sect’s profession. Especially so because this group of people didn’t seem all too interested in anything other than what their profession involved. Providing them with enough resources would be more than enough to ensure they found a new home in the Star Shattering Sect in the future.

So, with that in mind, Xuan Hao brought up the matter to Gong Cheng, who in turn left to discuss the situation with the other three… And not long after he got an agreement from Gong Cheng that he was willing to join the Star Shattering Sect if those three could also join, something that he was more than willing to agree with.

In the end, it was decided that the four of them would hand over the Blue Shore Kingdom and its management to a few talented juniors they had been looking after before they left, something Xuan Hao was more than willing to wait for considering that he had just managed to secure four highly skilled Dao Seed Realm cultivators for the sect, one of them even having reached the Saint Realm.