Tian Ming didn't rebut his Master's words. He was content at being a good ruler for the Southern Empire no matter how small and insignificant it is compared to the Godly Cauldron Association.
"Since you didn't find being a cultivator important enough, forget about your Male Empress. Go back to your subjects. You don't actually need an Empress to rule the kingdom anyway. Why bother chasing someone you don't need so desperately?" The Old Master clearly is getting impatient over his most prized student.
He's been trying to make him ascend into the cultivation world since 5 years ago. Unfortunately, this good student of his felt like it was good enough to be the strongest in the lower plane and no longer feel the need to continue getting stronger in the Middle Plane.
Even though he clearly had the aptitude to do so, he's too lazy to face disputes, fight for resources, and maintain the so-called fame and achievements.
"I owe him an apology Master. I had to find him" he replied. Head submissively lowered. He was ashamed of all the misunderstandings that happened last night.
He also knew without getting help from his Master he won't be able to get the simplest clue of his Male Empress's identity outside the Lower Plane.
The only clue he got is, he seems to know White Lily from the Qilin Sect. Even his most resourcefull hidden guards can't find anything else related to Yue Ming other than his identity as the 6th Prince of the Northen Kingdom.
Based on his judgement since Yue Ming is a Divine Realm Cultivator, he must be a member of certain sect. Just which sect is it? What is his Dao?
Is he a Beast Tamer who could tame spiritual Beast and contract them? Or is he an Armament master, proficient in making spirit artifacts? Is he a Martial Artist like him, focusing on tempering the body and mastering weapon wielding? Could he be an Alchemist as well? Making elixirs and pills that benefits cultivations?
There's 1001 Dao in the middle plane alone, where do he starts looking for him?
To find him, he need to go back and be the Alchemist everyone knew. That way, he could slowly search for him using his connections. He doesn't mind offering benefits just to find Yue Ming. He owes him that much.
"Sigh... Dear child. You do know it will be troublesome to find him right? For someone to stay hidden for 16 years undetected, he can't be a nobody" The tone of the Old Master soften up. Looking at the dejected apprentice of his, he can't help but get soft.
"I know Master, I am ready to get a breakthrough" Tian Ming replied with determination. He bids farewell to his master and be on his way.
He could still remember the heavy feelings of oppression coming from Yue Ming's cultivation. Yue Ming must be at least a realm higher than he is for him to not feel anything from his cultivation pressure.
That alone gave him a clue, someone of his caliber definitely can't be a nobody. He just feel the need to be stronger just so he could match his 'wife'. To be someone who is worthy enough to stand by his side, he needs the Godly Cauldron Association successor title. For that, he is willing to fight once again.
The news of his return spread like a wildfire in the Association. Some were jumping in joy, others, not so much.
Not that it affects Tian Ming even for a little bit. He was used to being envied and worshipped at the same time.
"Senior Brother! Are you going to the 11th Mystic Pagoda to train?"
"No, I'm going to the Heavenly Orchard"
"oh my... This is a big News! I'm going to tell everyone to root for you! May you have a safe Breakthrough!"
The Heavenly Orchard is a place designated for the disciples of The Sect to when attempting breakthroughs.
The Sect Founder erected a special Array to assists the disciples to resist the tribulations. As long as they are truly ready for a breakthrough, the Array would increase the success by 30%.
The only downside was, if one fails to breakthrough the first time, the second time would be doubled in the difficulty. so unless one is truly at the bottleneck for a while, they won't dare to try a breakthrough less the array backfired.
Tian Ming had been at the peak of the Profound Realm for a year... He was determined to get a breakthrough to the next realm.
The cultivation starts from The Earth Realm. Under the Earth Realm, it's further divided to 5 stages, starting from the lowest, Breath Tempering. It is followed by Body Tempering , Bone Tempering, Meridian Opening, and Spirit Tempering.
Only when someone breaks through to the Sky Realm were considered to be officially a cultivator.
After the Sky Realm came Profound Realm. It is at this Realm one starts to find their Dao and perfected it until they could break through into the Divine Realm. Usually one would only choose one path to cultivate. Cases like Tian Ming where he could successfully cultivated in 2 Daos were rare. One had to be 'Fated' to the Dao before they could starts their journey.
Tian Ming was one of the well known Genius in the Middle Plane. What's more, he came from the Lower Plane, a place where cultivation was on the lowest due to lack of Heavenly Blessing. The strongest was mostly in the Profound Realm. An existentence like Yue Ming, who was in the Divine Realm could be counted in one hand.
After the Divine Realm, came the Godly Realm, this is the Realm which Yue Ming last life was at. He failed to ascend to become a god and thus, reincarnated in the lower plane on his third life.
Tian Ming was just a step away from breaking through to the Divine Realm. He was confident he could breakthrough. If he did, then he would be the first cultivator under 18 to breakthrough into the Divine Realm in his sect.
In the whole current Middle Plane itself, someone who could breakthrough into the Divine Realm before 20 years old won't exceed 15 people. If he succeeded, he would be recorded in history as the 16th person to breakthrough into Divine Realm within 100 years.
He would also directly be chosen as the Godly Cauldron Association's successor. He would use the identity to find Yue Ming. Even if he had to turn the whole Middle and Lower Plane upside down!