~ 1 month later ~
Yang Kai and all of his wives exited their seclusion. Each of his wives had a radiant glow about them, leaving very little to the imagination. The event I had waited a whole month for, my lips curled into a warm smile and then a smirk as I landed on the ground, stretching.
"Master, I'm about to…" The maid servants said, struggling to make sense of their breakthrough.
"Hmm, you all need enough space." I said, waving my hand. Immediately a rush of spatial energy fluctuated, creating the distance between all of them. "There, you'll be fine to break through safely now. I must leave for the moment but I'll return later, Good Luck." I said, vanishing from my residential mountain peak.
~ Yang Kai's Residential Peak ~
I appeared from thin air, much in the same way I had just disappeared. Along with me were my wives, they had wanted to come with me the moment that their in-laws had exited. They wanted this for at least a couple of reasons, one was to show their respect, the other… Well, girl talk. Something that is still incredibly difficult to understand, let alone wanting to talk about it. Though, this time I had a pretty good idea about what it was going to be about.
"Congratulations Father, Mothers I trust you are feeling well?" I said as I arrived, bowing respectfully.
"I'm not even tired. Those pills you made, son, worked wonders." Yang Kai stretched with a big smile on his face. "Now then, I suspect you'd like to begin refining those resources…" He added, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"If Father allows it, I'll go into seclusion immediately." I said, holding back my eagerness as best I could.
"You should go, make sure not to overwork yourself and don't forget to come out before too long. Otherwise you'll miss your baby brothers and sisters." Yang Kai chuckled with a couple of shoulder pats.
"Go my son, I'm eager to see your future growth. Your father and the other Supreme Elders can handle defense." Su Yan smiled at me, also giving permission.
"Thank you, Mother. But before I go, while I trust my father's strength. It's always a good idea to have an ace up one's sleeve. So, Mother smiles, take this…" I said, creating a ball of energy. It was a hyper dense one at that. "If the need for you to fight ever arises while I'm in seclusion, activate that and it'll protect my sibling while empowering you to use my lightning for a limited time. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary. I'd prefer it if you didn't need to use it, but it's there if you need it." I explained.
"Why not give it to someone else then?" Smiles asked, as she then began inspecting the ball… "Oh, you really meant it when you said, your lighting. Which means only your father and I would be strong enough to handle it." She said after a cursory inspection of the ball.
"That's right, and since my father would already be fighting, it doesn't make much sense for him to have it. After all, I'm pretty sure you're both stronger than I am currently." I explained further.
"Alright, now go and change that son." Smiles giggled slightly.
"Then with that, father, High Heaven Cave Heaven is in your hands once again." I said, with a proper salute and bow. Then once again, vanished into thin air.
"He really likes that move, doesn't he." Yang Kai chuckled. "Sticking me with control again." He mumbled.
"It's only right that you're in charge, Husband. Our boy is powerful, there is absolutely no doubt about that. But he is still a Great Emperor in the eyes of others. Even if he can kill a pseudo Royal Lord." Su Yan quickly stated the obvious, to avoid Yang Kai having doubts of his position.
"Sister Su Yan is right, Husband, you must be the Master of High Heaven Cave Heaven. At least until little Leiji breaks through. How are the Disciples supposed to react if their Headmaster doesn't feel like they should be the Headmaster?" Xia Ning Chang added, in a shyly cute voice.
"I understand, I just feel like he's a better fit for it. It'd be great if he would inherit it soon. I'd get to spend more time with all of you." Yang Kai said with a nervous smirk.
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~ In Seclusion ~
After teleporting away I sealed up my secluded room atop my mountain's peak. I was now as isolated from the outside world as I could possibly be, without leaving the 3000 Worlds all together.
"It's been quite some time since I last entered a retreat… No, it's just been quite busy and a lot has happened since then." I spoke aloud to an empty room. "Well, are you ready now?" I asked.
"Of course, Young Master. Let's refine the Earth Element at once!" Fang Qing energetically and enthusiastically said.
"Alright, I already know which one you want but, I'll let you pick." I replied holding each of the two 8th rank elements, one in each hand.
"Seriously! Of course I want that one! The Divine Earth Source! It looks the prettiest of the two of them. So it must have some fun ability tied to it." Fang Qing explained with a smile.
"Alright then I'll take the Consecrated Mountain Range. Probably for the best, this one is going to take some more effort than the other one." I said, assuming the Lotus position.
"What about those maid servants?" Fang Qing asked.
"Oh, I created a soul clone that can help them once they are done. It doesn't take any real effort to make one strong enough to handle Emperors let alone Dao Sources. That Soul Clone is as strong as a 4th rank open heaven realm. I doubt there will be an issue it can't handle." I answered calmly.
"Then let's begin the refinement!" Fang Qing said as a relaxed and concentrated look appeared on her face.
The room filled with a torrent of Earth Elemental Energy as the two 8th rank resources were refined simultaneously. Beads of sweat poured from my brow as a result of the inevitably intense struggle.