In the following days, everyone basically stayed indoors, refining the cultivation resources from the Star Moon Sect that they obtained. It had to be said that these resources were indeed much stronger than those from the Polar Domain.
After several days, consuming only about half of the resources, everyone’s cultivation breakthroughs were without suspense. Casey and Amber officially advanced to the ninth-rank Saint realm, while Harleen and Ivy also increased by one rank, reaching the eighth-rank Saint realm.
As for Azure Dragon and his buddies, due to their lower starting point, with the help of various cultivation resources and Opal, they directly broke through two ranks.
It’s worth mentioning that under Billy’s guidance, Casey started practicing the Celestial Blade Art.
After half a month, he had made some initial progress. After spending two to three days guiding Casey, Billy took several Divine Beast cores and a bag of spirit fruits and locked himself in the room.
For several days in a row, except for Harleen occasionally going in to check, Billy basically didn’t meet with everyone.
One evening, Opal, Casey, and the others gathered in the courtyard in front of the inn chatting.
“Boss is still cultivating, Harleen?” Bob looked at Harleen and asked.
“Mhmm,” Harleen nodded.
“Boss has been in the room for ten days already. How come there’s been no breakthrough yet? Could something be wrong?” Stout frowned.
Before he could finish, Ivy slapped the back of his head and scolded, “Shut up!”
Night Orchid chuckled.
“I’m serious!” Stout rubbed the back of his head.
“Boss used to break through in just one or two days at most. Why is it taking so long this time?”
“Between the half-step Divine Realm and the true Divine Realm, there is a huge gap!” Opal explained.
“To break through this gap is not an easy task. While cultivation resources are important, personal insights into martial arts are even more crucial.”
“Nolan Ochoa and that Prince Ronan, they were able to break through to the Divine Realm at such a young age for sure had external help. Most likely, it was the result of the intervention of powerful individuals behind them.”
“This is also the reason why their combat power is slightly weaker compared to others at the same level!”
“And as for Billy Boy, he has to rely entirely on his own insights, so it’s naturally not as easy!”
“I understand!” Stout and the others nodded in agreement.
“Opal, in your opinion, will Boss succeed this time?” Soul Chaser asked.
“I’m not sure,” Opal shook her head.
“But Billy Boy’s martial talent is beyond ordinary, and with the Golden Bloodline, he will succeed!”
Boom!
Just then, a deafening sound rang out.
Soon after, the three-story inn collapsed as if it had been hit by heavy artillery, raising a cloud of dust.
The people in the yard were pushed back several dozen meters by a powerful wave of energy, causing their blood and energy to surge. At the same time, a terrifying and immense pressure enveloped the space, making everyone shudder involuntarily.
“Quick, look!” Felicia said after a brief pause, pointing to the sky above the inn.
Looking up, everyone saw Billy sitting cross-legged in mid-air with his eyes closed. A phantom dragon circled around his body, a familiar sight from when Billy awakened his bloodline at the Ravenwood family.
In no time, the dragon soared into the sky, let out a long roar like a living being, then swiftly descended, disappearing into Billy’s heart.
With the dragon gone, the oppressive pressure in the air dissipated. After a few more minutes, Billy opened his eyes, descended from the air, giving off a reborn feeling.
“Boss, did you succeed?” Bob was the first to ask.
“Yeah,” Billy smiled faintly as he walked toward them.
Fortune favors the diligent. In ten days, he officially stepped into the Divine Realm. He might be the first person in Glavale’s history to break through to the Divine Realm at his age without external intervention!
“Boss, you’re incredible!” Judge exclaimed.
Joy filled their faces.
“Oh, I just remembered, Boss, you brought the house down. Our luggage is still in the room!” Stout smacked his head and hurried to the ruins.
Their luggage naturally referred to treasures like spirit stones and spirit fruits, not clothes or the like.
Chuckles echoed as they watched Stout’s figure.
“Let’s go, let’s leave this place for now!”
Shortly after, Billy had Stout compensate the innkeeper with some high-grade spirit stones. He didn’t want to attract any unnecessary attention after causing such a commotion.
“Honey, shall we head straight to Criesgan?” Outside the town, Harleen asked Billy.
“Yeah,” Billy nodded. “Let’s find a place to stay first.”
About an hour later, everyone arrived at the gate of Criesgan.
“Criesgan is quite magnificent!” Judge remarked, impressed by the sight.
Casey and his group also showed surprise at the grandeur of the city’s gate, which surpassed that of Ouverford they had visited before.
After paying a certain amount of spirit stones, they entered the city. As expected, both the buildings’ specs and the number of pedestrians exceeded what they had seen in Ouverford.
Azure Dragon inquired with a shop owner and learned about the situation of the inns in the city. Finally, they chose to stay in the most expensive one.
In the following days, apart from meals, everyone stayed indoors, consolidating their cultivation without going out. Time passed quickly, and before they knew it, five or six days had gone by.
“Boss, we’ve been cooped up for so long. Can we go out for a walk?” Judge asked one morning after breakfast.
“Yeah,” Billy nodded. “I’ll go to the city lord’s mansion with Stout later. You guys can go out and explore, getting to know more about the forbidden world.”
“Also, try to find out some news about Crazy Beggar.”
“Alright!” Judge and the others agreed.
“Honey, how about Ivy and I go with you? It’s better to have more people around just in case something happens,” Harleen suggested.
“No need, you two can accompany Opal and Amber to the streets, buy some daily necessities,” Billy smiled and declined.
“OKay then!” Harleen didn’t insist further.
After that, Billy went to the city lord’s mansion with Stout.
The inn was about ten kilometers away from the mansion, and twenty minutes later, they arrived at the gate of the mansion.
“Make way, move aside!”
Just then, a man’s voice rang out as a young man rode a horse galloping towards them.
Before they knew it, the horse was right in front of Billy and Stout, showing no intention of slowing down.
“Courting death!” Stout furrowed his brows, raised his hand, and sent a palm strike.