Following Xuan Hao leaving the Star Shattering Sect, it did not take long before he began searching through the first dangerous location in the core territory of the Sky Empire. However, after only a few days of searching through the place, he quickly discovered that there wasn't anything that would help his attempt to comprehend a new Dao inside.
In the end, the only thing he got out of it was a few precious spiritual herbs and an artifact suitable for soone in the Domain Lord Realm, sothing that would end up in the treasury of the Star Shattering Sect after he returned.
Thinking that it might just have been bad luck, he just shrugged it off and headed to the next dangerous location in the core territory of the Sky Empire, a place that had once been ho to an ancient sect now filled with countless traps that had even claid the life of soone in the Soul Ascension Realm according to what little information he could gather about the place.
Unfortunately, the place turned out to have long since decayed to a point where nothing inside the ancient sect ruins was working, outside of the killing arrays and trapping formation strong enough to kill soone in the Second Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm that kept most ordinary people from exploring the place.
Knowing that he might just have gotten unlucky two tis in a row, Xuan Hao didn't give up and chose another dangerous location in the core territory of the Sky Empire to explore…
A fad mountain range that was said to be filled to the brim with Domain Lord Realm demon beast and countless spiritual herbs that helped one comprehend the Dao…
A network of vast underground cavers that covered an area larger than the current Star Shattering Set, filled with all sorts of dangerous creatures and precious spiritual herbs, said to contain the tombs of ancient cultivators that had far surpassed the cultivators of the present…
A mystical flower adow filled with rare and magical flowers. Each with their own special effect when used during alchemy or ditation. From allowing one to connect to the Dao to helping improve one's inherent talent. Hidden inside a large bamboo forest with countless powerful demon beast inside of it…
Over the next two months, Xuan Hao searched through every single one of the Sky Empire's dangerous locations. Only avoiding a few special places that he felt would be too dangerous to enter, like the ancient sect located beside the Great Poison Swamp.
"Nothing…"
However, even after all of this, he had not found a single thing that would help him comprehend a new Dao. The so-called dangerous locations of the Sky Empire were mostly filled with things that would be helpful for soone in the Domain Lord Realm or below. Nothing useful for soone trying to comprehend a new Dao.
Even worse, with the war between the Sky Empire and the surrounding empires starting to grow over the past two months, so of the more promising dangerous locations located close to the capital city of the Sky Empire that he had planned to explore, had been destroyed in clashes between the Soul Ascension Realm Experts from both sides as the surrounding empires began testing the strength of the Sky Empire's Soul Ascension Realm Experts.
Thinking about it, if he had known that the surrounding empires would make a move so quickly, he would have explored those places first. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do now that those places had already been destroyed-
"Hm? Soone in the Soul Ascension Realm?"
Or so he thought, a Soul Ascension Realm Expert from one of the empires who had taken part in destroying those dangerous locations just so happened to be flying past him at this mont…
BANG!
Whoosh-!
Not a second later, the poor Soul Ascension Realm Expert in the First Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm was knocked flying before he had any ti to react-
"WAAAAaaaah…"
Only able to let out a scream as he disappeared into the distance with a few broken bones. Not knowing what had just happened or who had knocked him, flying back out of the Sky Empire after he had barely taken a single step inside the core territory.
Don't tell … Did the ancestor of the imperial family return and knock out of the Sky Empire as warning!? As his thoughts ran wild trying to co up with an explanation for what had just happened to him, the culprit was silently looking off in the direction he had disappeared in as his sowhat tensed expression visibly began relaxing.
"Haaa… I really needed that…" Muttering this to himself as he let out a sigh, Xuan Hao felt himself relaxing after knocking the Soul Ascension Realm Expert flying.
The past two months had really not been good for him, as he had essentially wasted two months of ti gathering resources that could only be used by soone in the Domain Lord Realm or below. Nothing that would help him comprehend a new Dao.
As a result, it made him start reconsidering his decision to leave the sect instead of just continuing to cultivate in peace and hope he managed to break through before the Earth Immortal Realm Expert from the Heavenly Dragon Temple appeared.
At this point in ti, he understood that if he wanted to continue searching for opportunities, he would have to leave the Sky Empire and head towards the more dangerous core of the continent where more opportunities existed.
Of course, with more opportunities, there would also be more dangers involved!
"…"
Turning to look in the direction of the Blue Sea Empire, Xuan Hao hesitated for a short mont before disappearing…
Rumble-!
Only a short minute later, a terrifying aura appeared from the direction that he had knocked the Soul Ascension Realm Expert in-
Boom!
Not a second later, a muscular figure standing more than three ters tall appeared at the spot Xuan Hao had been standing only a minute earlier, both of his eyes narrowing as a frown appeared at the corner of his mouth.
If Xuan Hao had been there, he would have been shocked to discover that this person was not soone who had just reached the Fourth or Fifth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm but was instead soone who had reached the Sixth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm. Only a single step away from reaching the Peak of the Soul Ascension Realm!
"Hmph! This is definitely not that old turtle… To think soone this powerful appeared inside the Sky Empire..." Muttering this to himself as his frown deepened even further, the titan of a man turned to look in the direction Xuan Hao had left in, a hint of unease present in depth of his eyes.
"Looks like I will have to take a more passive stance when it cos to the Sky Empire for now. At least until I figure out if that person was just soone who happened to pass by…" Shaking his head after a few minutes of silence, the man turned around and left in the direction he had co from. Deciding not to chase after Xuan Hao.
Not only because he was uncertain whether or not Xuan Hao was an enemy or just a powerful expert passing through the Sky Empire that his subordinate had happened to accidentally offend, but also because he sensed so traces left behind by Xuan Hao when he left using his Drifting Cloud Steps.
The profoundness of the Dao of space used was more than enough to make him give up any hope of chasing down the other party, as people skilled in the Dao of Space were close to impossible to catch without any proper preparations or overwhelming difference in strength.
…
"Looks like I won't be able to drag it on for much longer, the situation back ho also seems to be growing out of control…" At the sa ti, back in the Star Shattering Sect, Yi Min was silently whispering this to herself as she sat inside her room with a sad expression on her face.
Over the past two month, she had managed to fully stabilize her strength at the Soul Ascension Realm while also helping the Star Shattering Sect convince the Explorer Union to move their branch to what could be considered a small town located outside of the main city at the base of the Ninth Star Peak.
The reason why the branch of the Explorer Union had only been moved, but all the way outside the rapidly developing city at the base of the Ninth Star Peak was in part due to her effort over the past two months. Managing to convince the far too inexperienced staff in charge of the branch before any of their superiors took notice of the rapidly expanding Star Shattering Sect and sent over soone more skilled to manage the branch.
In the end, this was the main reason why she had stayed at the Star Shattering Sect far longer than she first intended.
However, now that she had stabilized her cultivation base and helped out the Star Shattering Sect, it was ti for her to return to the Iron Sky Kingdom…
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