"Why didn't the Old Dragon King come out?"
"Hiss, could it be that he committed suicide due to excessive grief?"
"Really, it's all your fault for emptying out the Senior's home. He's been angered!"
"Are you crazy? Dare you take your home and compare it with mine to see who emptied out more?"
"......"
The group had just completed a major battle together and were still in a honeymoon period of cooperation, with no conflicts.
However, they didn't go in to see him again because the Sea Dragon King had asked to be alone.
Not everyone was as straightforward as Zhang Xiaohu; they could already tell that the Sea Dragon King had a death wish. His words carried a tone of decline, lacking any sense of optimism.
They couldn't do anything about it. Everyone had subtly persuaded him many times, but to no avail.
They could only let the Sea Dragon King think for himself. As for Chu Yang, he left as he came, with a wave of his sleeve, not taking away a single cloud, and no one knew he had been there.
When they came out, they would surely know.
This battle was not only important for them but also for everyone who watched the livestream.
The previous footage shown by Chu Yang depicted humans being massacred one-sidedly. Now, they saw that after cultivating and becoming stronger, even by crossing two major realms, they could still tear apart the evil races that had once instilled fear in them.
They even toyed with them as if playing, completely without needing the Sea Dragon King's intervention.
This also exceeded Chu Yang's expectations. He had initially thought he would have to do something, but he hadn't expected these children to be so capable.
It was all thanks to the Immortal Emperors' excellent training. Since the release of the [Ascension Pagoda], their combat awareness had improved by leaps and bounds, and this was also due to their exquisite cooperation.
If Chen Xiaohan had suddenly lost control of her emotions and used the Azure Dragon Array Spirit on Li Qingyun, it would have been disastrous.
Chu Yang felt that it was good for this girl to be a bit ruthless, as long as she wasn't ruthless towards her own people.
Furthermore, it was the first time the audience had witnessed such an inspiring battle. Even Luo Xiaowei, who was sent flying with a single palm strike, had his moment of glory. Everyone experienced a small surge of cultivation enthusiasm.
......
Time passed quickly. Although four years needed to be spent within the [Deep Sea Dragon Palace], for cultivators, it was merely a fleeting moment.
Especially for Li Qingyun and Bai Nianchen, who had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, they deeply felt the slowness of cultivation advancement.
The previous cultivation speed of traveling a thousand miles a day seemed to have vanished.
Even with the resources obtained in the Dragon Palace, it was not easy to improve their cultivation realm in a short period.
The two finally understood that the Nascent Soul stage was a watershed for cultivators. After this, relying on resources to pile up their cultivation had become impractical.
They needed to find some new resources or experience some events, to comprehend the world and temper their state of mind, so as to regain their cultivation speed.
Otherwise, if they were to go into secluded cultivation, it would be absolutely impossible to reach the Immortal Emperor stage within the remaining three years.
By the end of the secret realm exploration, everyone had made progress, and all had entered the Golden Core stage.
Meng Zibin was already attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, while Wang Teng was attempting to break through to the Blood Refining stage.
Although Wang Teng's screen time was not much when dealing with Lamor, his strength was still considerable. The skeletal strengthening provided him with terrifying physical resilience. Upon reaching the Blood Refining stage, his vital energy surged, marking another qualitative leap.
Luo Xiaowei and Qin Xiaoxiao were both in the late Golden Core stage, but for Luo Xiaowei, his realm was somewhat stagnant. The reason for a sword cultivator's stagnation could very well be the lack of tempering of his state of mind.
The joyous seven-day journey thus ended, and Ao Qi's Dragon Palace was basically emptied by them.
They took away all the useless image crystal balls, leaving nothing behind in their wake.
This time, when they emerged, they were greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
The scene was more spectacular than any celebrity event.
......
Ao Qi was also coaching for the first time. He looked at the well-trained soldiers before him, feeling a bit lost.
In his eyes, these people were all cultivation novices.
Besides knowing how to circulate cultivation techniques and meditate, they basically knew nothing else.
"Didn't your Immortal Brother teach you any spells or battle formations?"
"Senior, there's no such thing. We only have a chance to obtain them by entering those secret realms, but we can't compete with Li Qingyun and the others! Moreover, there are no free channels to acquire such things!"
Ao Qi's scalp tingled. This was utterly absurd!
When he went to ask Chu Yang, he learned that the world had only been exposed to cultivation for just over two months. Although it had a glorious history in the past, that history was so ancient that it had been forgotten by the world.
So, Chu Yang intended to train a human race from scratch to a level that could contend with the Heaven-Slaying Race within the remaining two years and ten months?
At first glance, it seemed like he had boarded a pirate ship, but upon closer consideration, it was quite a miracle that those people could be trained to this extent in just two months!
Fortunately, he had plenty of resources. The Dragon Palace had no treasury, because the treasury was within him.
"Disrupt the formations! Break all the current formations!"
"Don't divide them by aptitude. Divide them based on the similarity of their cultivation techniques!"
"Regardless of cultivation, regardless of cultivation! With such disorganized squads, how can they fight?"
The higher-ups, upon hearing that Ao Qi was brought in by Chu Yang as a coach, naturally granted him absolute authority, eager for all the cultivator armies to be trained by him.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' phones were ringing off the hook, with foreigners strongly demanding that their cultivator armies also join.
And Ao Qi also broadened their horizons, showing them what a true cultivator army should be like.
Battle formations were a secret technique they had to master.
The sects in the cultivation world all possessed such secret techniques, using people as array flags, sharing glory and suffering together.
This was the fighting method of low-level disciples in sect battles, preventing them from easily becoming cannon fodder for high-end combatants.
"All sword cultivators, step forward! I will now teach you a sword formation called the Boundless Sword Formation..."
"......"
Wang Zhicheng looked at the swift and decisive Ao Qi with great satisfaction.
These battle formations formed by the collective efforts of many, if not for the Old Dragon King, who would understand them?
He had initially worried that the Sea Dragon King, due to his race and plane, would not feel a sense of belonging and would slack off.
Now, it seemed that would not happen. He wondered what kind of bewitching words Chu Yang had used to make him contribute so tirelessly.