~~At the gathering of people by the Saint Kings~~
"That Roar. It came from the Junior over there. Is it possible that the previous storm was his doing?" Someone said, anxiously.
"No! It couldn't be! That one there is only an Immortal Ascension Realm! It couldn't have been him." Another person said.
"Brother's and Sister's are we not going to talk about the roar just now? It sounded nothing like the roars of monster beasts here." A worried Transcendent Realm asked.
"Calm down everyone, If I'm not mistaken that was a…" a peak 3rd order Saint King said.
As the words came out of his mouth the eyes of everyone around widened. Mouths dropped and then they all at once stared straight at the young man that they saw floating there.
~~Back to me~~
I could see the people quite clearly over where they were all at. I knew not what they were talking about but, whatever it was it was quite clear that it was about me. In any case I went back down and entered a new room to cultivate further. I'd prefer to consolidate my realm before anything bad were to happen. Sadly I didn't advance to the 2nd layer directly this time, However, I feel like I'm about halfway into the minor Realm. So It shouldn't take long to reach the 2nd Layer.
"Time to use many more Saint Crystals I guess… I also feel an indescribable difference in myself. Perhaps I'll ask my father if he knows what has happened to me." I thought as I floated there in the room and refined the Saint Crystals breaking them down and absorbing the Qi that lay within them.
~~3 months later~~
I consolidated my realm and reached the peak of the first layer. I noticed that the saint Crystals were no longer helping for some reason. I had decided to investigate the cause of this. I found that the Saint Crystals had stopped producing True Qi and instead something else. It wasn't a flow of Saint Qi that was for sure. Rather it felt similar to the energy of the monsters I've killed up until now.
This was naturally able to pique my interest. So instead of resisting I followed the flow of this Qi and found something incredibly familiar.
"This… this is a monster core! But I'm human right? Hmm… This core seems quite weak, about equivalent to the 3rd order monster beast. Though it is rapidly growing in strength. It seems like my Lightning Qi can even change the Saint Qi into Monster Qi! This is something I must tell my father about. If I get strong enough… Perhaps I could… No! I won't bother trying now it might not work and it would just be too risky over all." I thought to myself.
~~3 more months later~~
I am now a 2nd layer Immortal Ascension Realm Cultivator. Not only that, I have the Monster Core and it has reached the 6th Order. But, I feel as though I should stop here for now. I'd like to consume the Monster Cores of those Monster Beasts I killed before. But I did promise that I would give the others many of those Monster Materials. So it's for the best if I refrain from devouring all of it for myself.
I instead took a look at the information my father had given me when both first and last saw him. It seems that the excellent training place is not just the Void Training Hall but also the Lands surrounding the World Tree SubTree. I smiled. Now that I knew where the tree was I could use proximity to the Tree to increase my overall potential and growth rate.
Once I was done with my plan I left seclusion and roamed the halls of this Thunder Temple. I had to keep myself busy while the Senior Brother and Sisters were Cultivating. It was something I had wanted to do anyway so it didn't really bother me. It was one thing to know of the things inside the Thunder Temple but, a whole nother thing entirely to see everything. Not to mention there were a couple of things I really had wanted to see for myself.
It had been a year and a half since we found this place and began our own secluded cultivation. During this time I had slowly been filled with the knowledge of this place. I arrived at the first thing I had wanted to check out. It was a pair of armlets and a pair of bracers. I knew these were excellent things. It also seemed like they were made to work together. The Thunder Bolt Armlets and the Wind Bracers. With these two One could command the power of the sky even if one had no knowledge of the Dao of Thunder.
There was no point in waiting any longer. I put on the armlets that wrapped themselves around slightly higher than the middle of my upper arm. As if they loved to be near biceps and move along with them. A symbol appeared and extended up and down. It was in the shape of a bolt of lighting with a cloud at the shoulder and the end of the bolt at the elbow. This was the same for the armlets on both arms.
I put on the Wind Bracers and could instantly feel like there was a massive connection between the two pairs of Artifacts. This was the effect of wearing both of them. It also seemed as though they were being tuned to my specific energy signature. Even with just this I felt as though my cultivation was rising and I quickly proved this correct. My Cultivation realm breached into the 3rd Layer Immortal Ascension Realm. And even stabilized.
"So with these artifacts in my possession I will be more capable of enhancing my growth rate. I won't have to worry about advancing then consolidating. Over and over again and again. I can simply advance at least until the Origin King Realm. Truly a great find." I said aloud, smiling.