Unaware of the trouble that her daughter was trying to cause, Xu Yue silently continued her seclusion without paying attention to the outside world.
Every single moment, Xu Yue's understanding of the Dao grew, and as time passed, this understanding became a foundation to be used for further progress in other Daos.
Of course, occasionally, Xu Yue would pay some attention to Xu Huan, and made sure that the latter was still doing alright.
Thankfully, though, Xu Huan did not seem to need any help, as she continued focusing on her own cultivation as well.
...
In but a flash, over seven hundred more years passed, marking over 1200 years since the beginning of this seclusion.
And on one day, 1243 years after beginning her seclusion, Xu Yue suddenly opened her eyes and stared at Xu Huan, whose body had now reached several meters in size.
At this moment, Xu Huan was undergoing a transformation, as a fifth tail had now begun growing from her back.
As this tail grew larger and larger, Xu Huan's aura became more powerful as well.
In just a month, whilst her fifth tail grew, Xu Huan's aura grew over ten times in size.
As for her power, Xu Yue could not perfectly know that without looking into her daughter's fate, which was something that she didn't want to do unless it was truly necessary.
But even so, Xu Yue estimated that Xu Huan grew in power fifteen to twenty times thanks to this breakthrough.
"Sadly though, it looks as though Huan'er can't catch up with her big sisters just yet," mumbled Xu Yue as she looked at two certain foxes.
As she did not want to disturb her seclusion, Xu Yue did not pay much more attention to the outside world, she just made sure that nothing bad had happened.
A moment later, Xu Yue had arrived inside of her Sea of Consciousness, and was staring at her utterly humongous Dao Tree.
Looking at her Dao Tree, which had subtly changed in colour in these past twelve hundred years, a faint smile appeared on Xu Yue's face.
In these past twelve hundred years, Xu Yue's Dao Tree had more than tripled in size, from being around 560 Li tall, to around 1940 Li.
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Not only that, Xu Yue Sea of Consciousness expanded as well, making enough space for the extremely powerful tree.
But as she looked at the enormous tree, that had faintly changed in colour, Xu Yue couldn't help but frown.
At this moment, both the bark, the leaves of the tree, and the fruit of the tree had adopted a faint silver colour, causing her to suddenly think of a certain name she had heard.
Golden Dao Fruit, that was the peak of the Dao Saint Realm.
'So I need to turn the tree a golden colour, that should take quite a long time,' thought Xu Yue as she stared at the tree, which had not yet become silver.
Although Xu Yue had made great progress after all these years, she still felt as though she had a long way to go till she reached her goal, especially since her Dao was so powerful.
A few moments later, Xu Yue shook her head before exiting her Sea of Consciousness and looking at Xu Huan, who was about to exit seclusion.
Seeing that her mother had opened her eyes, Xu Huan couldn't help but smile.
"Mother, will you be exiting seclusion as well, or did I disturb you?" asked Xu Huan as she looked at Xu Yue, causing the latter to shake her head.
"Don't worry, although I'm not yet going to exit seclusion, You didn't disturb me, don't worry," said Xu Yue as she appeared next to her daughter and pinched the latter's cheek.
"Now go, don't waste any more time here, you don't have much time to waste," said Xu Yue before throwing Xu Huan out of the room.
After that, Xu Yue sat back down cross-legged and continued her seclusion.
...
Looking at Xu Huan, who had just been thrown onto the ground, Ye Qiao, who had been walking nearby, couldn't help but chuckle.
"Huan'er, did you finally anger your mother enough for her to throw you out?" asked Ye Qiao as she waved her hand, causing Xu Huan to fly back up to her feet.
"It's not that, I wanted to go out of seclusion myself, I can't spend all of my youth holed up in a cave abode, can I?" asked Xu Huan, letting out a chuckle as well.
A few moments later, Xu Huan and Ye Qiao, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, began talking.
...
As she looked at her little sister who was currently quite cheerful, a faint smile appeared on Ye Feng's face, when suddenly, the eyes of her main body opened.
The moment that happened, Ye Feng's tiny incarnation disappeared, having been absorbed by the main body, who was currently staring into the void with enlightenment flashing in her eyes.
"So that's how it is, how unexpected," mumbled Ye Feng as countless memories went through her mind.
In but an instant, Ye Feng had remembered many things, but even, at this moment, she was not very happy.
In fact, a rather heavy mood hung on Ye Feng's face.
'Someone from the upper dimension invading the lower dimension, that's impossible...' thought Ye Feng as she stared in front of her.
Although she had already sensed that there was something quite wrong with this 'invasion' back when it first happened, now that she gained back some of her memories, she knew just how horrifying this truly was.
'I need to regain more of my memories, otherwise I won't be safe in the slightest once the new battle starts,' thought Ye Feng as she immediately closed her eyes and entered seclusion once again.
Originally, Ye Feng planned to finally go out of her nest for the first time in ages, but after obtaining some of her memories back, she was sure that her current strength was nowhere near enough to be safe.