For the young ones going to the get together and making a name for themselves was very important since who didn't want to be famous except for Thadius. He had already left for the beast region with his father going on another training spree. The result of the get together came and it made some youths well known as young saint prospects but for the Leone clan which already had a young saint it didn't matter but the young saint didn't participate which also disappointed others since they wanted to see this talent which caused a heavenly phenomenon just from his birth. From the Ma clan Hercule made a name for himself along with another youth named Ajax whose parents where ordinary fourth stage clansmen but he was born with single wind meridians which gave him incredible speed. His talent was a nice surprise for the Ma clan since usually single meridians were born to single meridian parents. His father was made an auxiliary elder because of him and the clan was also pouring resources for his growth. Auxiliary elders were those who had significant contributions to the clan or had extremely talented offsprings.
Usually fourth stage elders were core elders in ordinary clans but in Ma clan sixth stage was the benchmark for elder position. One had to be at the seventh stage to become core elders which was the current level of Maximus and Mathius and for one to become a grand elder they had to be at the eighth stage but they usually didn't participate in the clan decisions and daily activities. They were similar to nuclear weapons and were usually in seclusion or looking for opportunities to break through and leave for the major world. The reason the four great clans had such strength was because each one of them had a few eighth stage cultivators. As for how many no outsider could know even in the clan only the clan head and core elders had the right to know.
Heishin Fang and Yon Tribirius from the other two great clans also made a name for themselves among few others. Thadius also came to know of the result but didn't had much interest in this, the only thing he was interested in was his own strength.
Time passed and it's been five years since the get together. Another generation was growing turning from inexperienced youth to full fledged cultivators, more and more talents were making themselves known even in the Ma clan many forgot about the kid with double mutated attributes and battle heart . The kid was currently facing a two headed python at the top of third meridian stage. The python was agile and with two heads didn't leave an opening but Thadius had no intention of backing down. He utilized his meridians making ice spears and vibrating them giving them more prenetration power and attaced. The snake was fast but because of the continuous attacks but a mistake Thadius immediately closed the distance and threw a punch stacking vibrations together giving the punch incredible power. The moment his first made contact he used ice to penetrate the wound and after that the python with the serious injury fought an uphill battle and was killed.
Taking the pythons core Thadius went to his father and asked what next to which Maximus replied they should go back to which Thadius was a little reluctant since his mother has started to pester him to get engaged. He was almost fifteen and after the meridian opening kids develop very quickly may it be physically, mentally or biologically so it was common for young chosens to get engaged during their teenage but Thadius had no interest in this. It wasn't that he was completely against it or something but when it came to marriage he wanted to marry someone who would be strong and pursue the peak of cultivation together with him rather than just being someone who just looked pretty but had average strength but his mother just refused to understand this.