After a short inspection of my condition and realizing that I really had indeed blasted right through the Origin Returning Realm. I looked over in the direction Huo Lei had flown in. "Hmmm, I wonder why my father is here? Did something happen? But if something happened then why would he come and ask me about it?" I wondered, having another thought but it's best not to get my hopes up for that to be the answer.
"Your father likely came here in response to the abnormal Tribulation. Young Master is fortunate to have such a caring father." Shandain smiled.
"Ah, you just had to say it didn't you. Oh well, I'll collect the monster cores first." I said, waving my hand, followed by thousands of monster beast cores flying up and into my space ring. "Alright let's go and great father as well as the two mothers." I said, disappearing in a bolt of lightning.
The originally displaced water crashed back into place and the intense air relaxed. That is until the Thunder Typhoon began to swell once again. Though it was indeed a fair bit smaller and less intense as compared to before. The monster beasts in the area seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief. Seemingly having been worried about their condition after having been so close to death.
~~Where Yang Kai was~~
I appeared before my father without letting the sound of thunder resound from my transportation. "This child greets father, mother Bai, and mother Feng." I said, cupping my hands.
"You've done a good job Leiji." Yang Kai said, patting my head. "Is there something you wish to ask?" He continued, and mentioned this as a way to reward me for the effort he just saw.
"Thank you father. This child is just curious, why did you show up? I thought you said I wasn't going to see Mother Bai and Mother Feng until I succeeded in that test you gave me last time." I asked, trying to place the reason.
"Simple, I noticed you were undergoing a unique situation and wished to observe it." Yang Kai answered plainly. "Now then, tell father about your progress." He continued.
"This… I was more focused on increasing my abilities' usefulness. So this child is still unsure. If father is willing to wait and watch I shall make an attempt now." I said, cupping my hand bowing a bit deeper.
"Go ahead, I'm curious what you're capable of now." Yang Kai motioned with his hand for me to go ahead with the test.
This was the first time that Bai Yi and Feng Ying were going to see this. And they were going to see a more advanced version of the technique from the start. I pulled out the Source Crystals not caring about the rank of them. Since I had long felt I could handle them. Now that I had some source Qi in my body they would become trivial to digest. I didn't even need to summon a large Sphere to completely dissolve them.
"They didn't last too long… let's try the Emperor Crystals…" I said surprising even myself since the idea of instantly refining anything was unheard of. As such the others were also surprised.
I summoned my Lightning Sphere and pulled out the Emperor Crystals. Each of which dissolved nearly instantly. Though each persisted for a few seconds. Even the High Grade Emperor crystal was not spared this fate.
"Interesting, you have dissolved Emperor Level Crystals yet the energy in your body has not moved by much in relation to yourself. You have quite the high capacity of Qi. Good, I think you are able to try the rank 1 materials now. So give it a shot." Yang Kai praised and directed.
I pulled out a set of rank 1 materials and circulated them around me inside the sphere. The energy level was quite a bit more advanced than the Crystals. But even still they only persisted for half an incense. While my strength soared to the peak of the 1st Order Origin King. I was surprised. Such a result had it happened before it could have made my body explode. Yet now it wasn't even a small pressure.
"He is an Origin King yet possesses such strength he might be able to come out sooner than the average cultivator." Feng Ying mentioned, accidentally out loud.
"I will bring him out when the time is right and not a moment too soon. It is best if he becomes even stronger than this before that happens." Yang Kai said, waiting for me to continue.
"If the effects of Rank 1 Resources were so small to him then just what kind of resources would he need to promote through the other realms?" Bai Yi questioned.
"Father, I don't think I am able to deal with the rank 2 elements. At least, I don't think I alone can do it. Would you mind if I tried something? If it works I might be able to help boost your own cultivation as I grow further." I asked, rubbing my chin in thought.
"Go for it. The sooner I can reach the 8th rank the better. Even if it's only a small difference it will save me some time." Yang Kai said. "Just don't over do it."
I took the 2nd rank materials and refined them using the same method and drawing upon the energy they created. However this time I tried to keep the formed energy at the level of World Force. A pure world force formed and shot down below and up above. Spreading into the Void World. Since it was a pure World Force there was no inherent conflict with the World Force in my fathers Void World. It wasn't a massive change in the Void Worlds strength but it did help me breakthrough to the 2nd Order.
"Good, it seems that you can in fact do this. I will continue to provide you with resources. You may cultivate with them as you please. While the effect is negligible for now I suspect that there will be a day when you are able to manage higher ranks." Yang Kai said, almost unfazed that I had completed most of the task.