Vin sat down cross-legged in his room and entered into meditation, he wanted to get a good understanding of his strength from his recent Breakthrough.
First of all he assessed his physical strength, and he was amazed by it, his body had absorbed a lot of blood essence from the spirit blood pool and they had been strengthened to a very high degree.
Now with just his physical strength, he could defeat anyone in the early stages of the Spirit sea realm. The nine stages of each realm void still be further divided in three sub stages.
The first, second and third stage can be said to be the early stages. The fourth, fifth and sixth stages could be said to be the middle stages. Then the seventh, eight and ninth stages could be said to be the late stages.
So with Vin's physical strength combined with his currently suppressed realm he could defeat even those in the third stage of the Spirit sea realm.
If his cultivation were to be released, then with his full strength, even those in the sixth stage wouldn't be his match, only those in the late stages could give him problems.
But with his speed, they wouldn't be able to keep him if he wanted to leave. After this assessment he was quite satisfied, it meant he didn't suffer all those pains for nothing.
The second thing he focused on was his spirit sea, his spirit sea was about six hundred meters wide, which was equal to what was possessed by what someone in the sixth stage would have.
It was because of that he had such amazing combat prowess, even then that should have only made him equal to someone in the sixth stage, but Vin's spirit sea wasn't just as wide, it was also thicker than some in the sixth stage.
That's why he was stronger than one, 'Well it's a good thing my bloodline took control of my Breakthrough, that's what's made me this strong. And speaking of bloodlines'
The next thing he focused on was his bloodline, because of his Breakthrough, his bloodline had evolved even more and now he had unlock alot of inherited skills and even traits.
'First of all, this eye traits that allows me to see through almost anything and because of that, I can go almost anywhere with Hermes Celeration as far as my eyes can see it, and that's not all, my this trait allows me to assess others.
'Whether it's finding out their true cultivation level and combat strengths, or identifying natural resources, it's quite amazing.
'But I can definitely say that the best gain of it all is that I can use it to imprint on anyone, and with that imprint I can locate and find them anywhere, anytime.
'I'm pretty sure there are lots of other uses that I'm not aware of yet but I'll find out as time goes on. There are also some pretty good skills that I unlocked too, although some of them have quite that names too but as far as they serve their purpose of guess it's fine'
'There are defensive skills, attack skills and even support skills, but the best of all should be this one. The Wings of Seraph. Naturally only those in the Core Formation realm were able to take flight in the air.
'As it was only in that stage where they'll be able to sustain the that drain on their spirit energy and there was also another reason, it was only in that stage where you'll be more attuned with nature.
'But with these Wings of Seraph, I don't need to wait that long before I can take flight, but there's a downside to this though. First of all, I can only use it when my cultivation has reached at least the sixth stage.
'And even with that I won't be able to use it for very long, only when I reach the Sea Expansion realm would I be able to use it more freely, but that's still good too, if I'm able to use it in conjunction with Hermes Celeration at that time.
'Even those in the Core Formation realm wouldn't be able to keep me, but the Wings Of Seraph also has three states called; Demon wings, Hell wings and lastly Void breaker.
'Each stage was more powerful than the other and the first stage is this Demon wings, although it's going to be difficult, if I'm able to get my true cultivation back, I'll definitely be able to activate it, even if it's only for a short time.'
'Then there's these two more skills that still seems to be sealed, The first one Dark Nebula seems like a transformation skill, reminds me of the Stellar Transformation but it quite different since it's related to the Hell Phoenix bloodline.
'And there's the other one called the Nebula Chains, seems like they go together but can also be used separately, and the versatility of these chains are a wonder. With my Sword, my gauntlets and these chains, I don't think I need any other weapons.'
Vin used the next three days to arrange his thoughts and properly assessed his new skills and current strength as they would be his routine training for the next three months.
After the three days of rest were over, he left his palace and went towards the location his master had set as their location for his training and surprisingly it was a place Vin would never have expected.
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"I Wonder why Master has decided to use the base of the Exodus Order as the location for our training" Vin said as he looked at the husky only man standing beside him.
"It's so that I can also help you to monitor the Exodus Order, although I wouldn't interfere in any of their developments, giving you bits of advice once in a while would still be good.
"Besides I can't think of any other places that's more discrete for our training than somewhere no one comes to. This place is at the border of the inner layer and the core layer so it's a perfect spot.
"Besides there's going to be a lot of destruction when you're training your skills, you don't want to cause such destructions on the sect now, do you?!. The sect master is going to have my head" old Bai said in his usual husky only voice as he stroke his beard.
They were both standing in front of the mountain that housed the base of the Exodus Order, with old Bai's speed they had gotten here in almost a second.
"Now then let's go in, don't keep your subordinates waiting." old Bai said as they walked into the mountain.
The base hadn't changed much just from physical appearances but didn't mean it didn't change at all, there were a lot of improvements which Vin could see as he headed straight toward the large carven room.
Which had now been made into the throne room as the place was now well decorated.
The intricate, glowing crystals that adorned the walls and ceilings, pulsing with a soft Ethereal light that reflected the vibrant, shimmering tapestries and murals depicting battles of ancients.
The alter in the center of the cavern had been turned into a crystal clear fountain that seem to flow with liquid starlight, adding to the Ethereal ambience of the new throne room.
The floor had been laid out with violet colored rugs and even the three stone carved thrones at the head of the throne room were designed to perfection.
Another thing to note was the addition of thirty more smaller throne like chairs that were added on both sides of the throne room. And on those chairs sat thirty young people with a good bearings.
The moment Vin walked into the throne room, those thirty people stood up and gave a deep bow in salute.
"Welcome back. Lord Zero."
Vin walked majestically towards the head of the room and took his place in the center throne, his master standing beside him not saying anything, but he couldn't hide the praise in his eyes.
'This deciple of mine is quite capable' he thought to himself with a faint smile on his face.
Vin stood in front of his subordinates with his hands behind his back with a bearing befitting of a natural leader. He took a good look at the impressive transformation of the new throne before he brought his eyes back to the people responsible for it.
"You have all done well. It makes me proud" he said with a warm smile on his lips, he was truly proud as well as surprised at their hard work.
"Take a seat everyone" Vin said as he took his seat on the center throne before he continued "I see you've all broken through to the first stage of the Body refining realm, I'm glad you didn't fail me"
Vin said a few more words of praise for all their hard work especially towards the development of the base.
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