Lu Zheng returned to his cabin and spent the rest of the consolidating his cultivation base.
Only when the next morning came did he stop.
~To breakthrough to the second tier of Sky realm, one has to search for the Soul Lake in the brain and tear open its natural barrier. Searching for the Soul Lake would take a little while but that isn't the true problem. Tearing open the Soul Lake's natural barrier can take many years…~
Lu Zheng's eyes were closed as he used his psyche to delve into his body.
In his forehead, exactly where the glabella was resided an infinitely tiny pearl.
The pearl was extremely tiny that if the glabella was cut up into the smallest bits possible, the pearl would still have plenty of space to stay in.
If Earth still had technology, it would be impossible to locate the Soul Lake even after ten millennia of development.
This was how small the Soul Lake was.
~The Soul Lake and the aperture are the two wonders of cultivation. They are both infinitely small but they can contain an infinite amount of space~
Lu Zheng gathered his soul power and struck the thin barrier that wrapped around the Soul Lake.
"Thud"
A dull sound reverberated in Lu Zheng's ears as his vision became hazy. A strong headache coursed through him that made him feel like he was being hammered hundreds of times by a metal mallet.
Despite his willpower, Lu Zheng immediately felt like tearing up from the pain.
"As expected, it is too early" Lu Zheng muttered.
Tearing through the Soul Lake's barrier required strong soul foundation.
If one was too impatient, they would only do themselves more harm than good.
For most martial practitioners, travelling around the world to observe different lives was the only way to increase their soul foundation.
The wealthier ones with strong backgrounds would use soul stones to increase their soul foundation.
But for Lu Zheng, all he had to do was consume the souls of dead martial practitioners and his soul foundation would rise steeply.
Before he even reached the Sky realm, his soul foundation had reached the three hundred man level.
Although he left China at the hundred man level, he consumed the souls of a few martial practitioners in Hawaii.
Especially the souls of the three men that Nakao had attacked them with, Lu Zheng made sure not to miss their souls.
Hence, he had reached the three hundred man soul level.
Even so, he was still far from the requirement to tear the Soul Lake's barrier.
For that, he would need to be at the thousand man soul level.
Most martial practitioners only reached that level after many decades of observing different lives and receiving insights.
Lu Zheng only had to kill people and absorb their souls.
He was definitely lucky.
"This is why, there must be chaos wherever I go, the more the better. Only then can I swiftly advance through the realms of cultivation"
As Lu Zheng reached this thought, a cold light shimmered in his eyes.
Two more days passed swiftly and the ship reached the shores of the North American continent.
Lu Zheng, Themur and Olina's group got down from the large ship and the many guards stayed behind.
The guards were not needed to protect the Void Passage realm martial practitioners since the guards themselves were merely Sky realm experts.
Suddenly, just as they walked a little bit away from the ship, the sound of space tearing could be heard distinctly.
A spatial passage was created as six figures emerged from it; three men and women all garbed in similar clothing.
"Nakao Bellx!" Lu Zheng exclaimed.
"Ha? So this fool is also here, good" Nakao said as he licked his lips.
"Nakao, Nohea, the two Bellx sons! What is the meaning of this?" Olina asked.
"What does it seem like to you? My junior brother was attacked by a man from your Blazing Flame Palace by the name Alaka'i Dilt. Nakao nearly lost his life during this fight. For this reason, we have come to claim his life" Nohea said licking his lips as he exaggerated the story.
"I did not attack him fiercely. I was only defending against him" Alaka'i said but when he saw that Nohea wasn't interested in his words, he heaved his shoulders. "Fine then, do to me what you want but leave Miss alone"
"Such courage, but I have a counter offer. Since I, Nohea Bellx, an Acquisition realm martial warrior at the first tier has moved, I believe I should dispose of the rest of you" Nohea said.
"This means that all of you are dead! Don't even think of contacting anyone for help. We have used an artifact that creates a special space that restricts external communication of any means. Hahaha" Nakao laughed maniacally.
Olina's expression was grim. Nohea was at the first tier of Acquisition realm and held extraordinary battle strength.
Against him alone, Olina and the others had no chance of winning.
Now that Nakao and four other Void Passage realm experts had joined the fray, survival was impossible.
Only a miracle could save them.