While the pond returned to its original state, Ye Tian continued to stay within the serene pond, isolating himself yet again from the outside world. The images and characters swirling within the typhoon had made a profound impact on him. Even though, those flashing images and information flowed for a second, they would all remain in Ye Tian's memory permanently. The biggest benefit he obtained was an ancient insight, called the "Elemental Intent." In the cultivation world, "martial intent" and "sword intent" were the most recognized insights many cultivators strive for; however, the concept of "elemental intent" had never roamed across the world. Therefore, this insight had been lost since the ancient times until Ye Tian had gained some knowledge about it.

Grasping "elemental intent" was much harder than expected for Ye Tian even with his high comprehension ability. Losing track of time, Ye Tian didn't realized he'd been inside the pond for a few days, but he had gained partial insight from those few days of isolation.

"Beyond creating, shaping, and manipulating, there is a power that could exponentially enhanced an individual's strength through elemental ability. This mysterious power, according to the ancient primal scrolls, were used in battle between gods and demons. During those primordial times, they called this power, "Elemental intent." The stronger the elemental intent was, the more invisible the attacked appeared. The deeper understanding the individual has over his/her own elemental intent, the more visionary and ingenious his/her skills would become.

Ye Tian knew he could create, shape, and manipulate his dual elements of fire and water, but there were times he felt the power was lacking against cultivators of a higher realm. The possibility of enhancing his own elemental powers through "elemental intent" would offset the limits of his cultivation, and he would possess enough power to withstand attacks from cultivators of higher realms.

Meanwhile, the other typhoons surrounding Ma Qian and the rest continued to swirl around, unaffected by the retreat of the crimson stars. The continuous absorption of transferred energy from their fated moons, slowly increased their cultivation base. An hour passed, a full noon passed, a whole day passed, two days passed until a bang could be heard.

"Boom!"

The young woman opened her eyes, a smile showed on her face, because the absorption of energy had increased her cultivation to the mid-stage of the supreme dao realm. A few hours later, Lin Yang had awakened, and he was astonished that his cultivation base had also increased to the mid-stageof the supreme dao realm. Song Han became the next person to reach the supreme dao realm, but at the late-stage! He had gained the most out of the three. Later on, Ma Qian had also opened his eyes  feeling a sensation of bliss as he hadalso reached the late-stage of the supreme dao realm! Xiang Jiao also awakened nearly the same time, his expression lacking visibly, but deep inside his heart, he felt the same way Ma Qian felt. He also reached the late-stage of the supreme dao realm!

Although Lin Yang had only reached the mid-stage of the supreme dao realm, he had obtained another benefit that others did not obtained. This benefit of enlightenment would cause the world to call him the "Sword Saint" in the years to come. What Lin Yang had learned was also a lost ancient art, called "Sword Soul." Throughout history, very people were able to master such skill due to its extreme difficulty. Many heroes have spent tens of thousands of years to master this ancient skill, only to fail and go insane, because it had destroyed one's soul.

Everyone were excited with the significant increase in their cultivation, putting themselves in a new realm at such a young age. Ye Tian was the first to do it at age 15, but no one else in history had reached the supreme dao realm before they turned 25 years old, and even then, it was a single genius that appeared a long time ago. Now, another history had been made with Xiang Jiao and the gang reaching the supreme dao realm before they  had turned 18 years old. Powerful sects, empires, and clans would use all their resources to recruit and nurture unparalleled geniuses.

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Besides Ye Tian having such strange expressions, Xiang Jiao was the other individual who had similar expressions. He was thinking of past events, such as the gigantic hand that appeared and annihilated the waterfall and its surrounding areas into ashes, or the strange event where time had suddenly "froze" briefly. Xiang Jiao knew these were somehow related to him, and after looking at the flashing images, it made him even more confident that he could awaken these divine skills. Such divine skills weren't for ordinary people, so Xiang Jiao seriously thought to himself, "where was he really from?"; "Did his master lie to him?"; "Where was his family?"; "Could he be a crown prince or an exiled prince of some powerful empire?"; "If he was a prince, then he's missing out big time!"

What started to be a calm pondering gradually turned out to become a more furious pondering.  A tear drop could be seen falling from Xiang Jiao's eyes, but he was determined to find out his true background, otherwise, he'd still be stuck reading boring scrolls after scrolls. There was only one scroll he valued, and that was the Karma Sutra scroll. Cultivation enhancement? Screw that! He felt that he was wronged by someone else if he really was a prince, and he had even envisioned that someone had to pay for a lifetime for putting him in this situation!

Ma Qian, Song Han, and the young woman also saw the flashing images. They had some suspicions that these images were related to them somehow, but at this point, they were too ecstatic with their new cultivation realm. Besides, even if those flashing images were ignored, they would forever be inside their memories.

Ye Tian already finished gaining the benefits, but he continued to stay within the pond. The others finished a day after, walking out arrogantly in search of Ye Tian. When they finally realized Ye Tian was still inside the pond, they thought Ye Tian was still waiting for that calling. Although they felt some joy towards Ye Tian's lack of success, they were also a bit puzzled on why he didn't received any benefits. After all, in terms of talent, Ye Tian was more talented than anyone else in the world, and in the future, he would also shock the world as well. Of course, the others were also confident in their cultivation, even prior to the benefits of the treasure mountain, but they were hoping that they would be shocking the world together in the years to come.

When Ye Tian came out of the pond, he looked exhausted, but they all realized that he did gain some benefit, although very little compared to the rest. Ye Tian increased his cultivation to the mid-stage of the supreme dao realm, but others could perceive something even more overwhelming about his  presence. His glare had a covertly devastating effect that could put other cultivators in high alert. His aura transformed into something oppressive that could suffocate others. It was as if a blood awakening had occurred revitalizing Ye Tian to newer heights of mysteriousness.

Such a turnout demoralized the gang after gaining a bit of confidence from their fruitful cultivation increase. Some were at the mid-stage, while others had even reached the late-stage of the supreme dao realm, but compared to Ye Tian, they could sense a destructive power within him; however, it was elusive enough that no ordinary figures could detect such a feeling. The only reason why Xiang Jiao and the rest could feel this destructive power was because their senses were far superior, comparable to infinite dao cultivators.

"Ye Tian, I can sense a destructive power or aura within you....did you possess this before, or did you benefit this power from the pond?"

Xiang Jiao, who rarely talked, didn't beat around the bush as he asked directly.

"I never felt something like this before, but for whatever reason, I felt it was a natural part of me...." Ye Tian replied with some certainty.

"Do you know what it does?"

"No, I have to figure it out later on. By the way did you guys also see flashing images?"

"I did, but I'm not sure if it was the same you had. I saw that ancient war, and those ancient heroes. I even saw certain things that would allow me to gain enlightenment if I focus a bit more on it in the future," Lin Yang said.

Everyone nodded, seeming to agree that the flashing images they all saw were the same.

"Little brats! It's time for you all to go out!" the ancient voice hastily spoke out as if he was trying to kick them out as soon as possible.