It had been 10 years since Yang Rai went into seclusion. The Palace and Void Land had been holding together nicely. It was mainly his wives who were getting rather impatient. It wasn't that they couldn't wait. No, it was just they really wanted to see him again. They weren't used to their husband not being around and visible for longer than a few years at a time. It has now been a decade. There were no signs of Yang Rai Coming out of seclusion for any reason.
Hua Qing Si was doing an excellent job of handling the matters of the sect. The members that came from Yang Rai's world respected her ability. Which made it rather easy for everyone. There were plenty of High Rank Open Heaven Realms that existed in Void Land as a direct result of Yang Rais efforts. Even the Cave Heavens and Paradises were frequently asking about them.
The short was that this was proof that Yang Rai was not needed to make things run smoothly. He was simply the one who helped get through the tough times. As a result he decided the next time troops left for the battlefield he would also go. Regardless of his own cultivation. He was sick of not being able to go.
This provided him the needed motivation. Rapidly strengthening his many glyphs. Which in turn strengthened him and the Artifact worlds. He did this while taking in a great many of personal disciples to train. All of which were quite talented but under his guidance they were guaranteed to reach the 8th Rank without any issues. Most would comprehend their Divine ability Manifestations as a direct result of training with him. However, 9th rank was always what he shot for people to reach. Which led to thousands of 9th Rank Open Heaven Realms.
Many would do their best to prove worthy in the eyes of their elders and masters just to have the chance to be taken in by Yang Rai. This was how effective his training was. The disciples who came back from training with him would always become overwhelming powerhouses. For a while he didn't have the means to teach that many people at once. But this actually gave him a perfect chance to train his Soul Clones.
10 thousand years of training later and Yang Rai had over a thousand soul clones he could manifest at once. And with each being capable of mentoring several dozen disciples at the same time. This proved to be a massive benefit. There were so many more people joining the High Heaven Palace branches in his Artifact Worlds. They saw this as a chance to see their World Master. The one behind the heavenly way.
With so many new potential masters he knew that the Ink Clan stood absolutely no chance of conquering the human race. Yang Rai, so long as he lived, there would always be a way to nurture powerful Masters. Far beyond the abilities of the Cave Heavens and Paradises. As well as there would surely be a truly powerful force heading to the battlefield next time.
It wasn't until 2 years before he would leave that he left seclusion. The others could feel the weight of his strength even without him trying. His presence was heavy and domineering in nature yet oddly soothing. It was as if his presence strengthened Universe Worlds.