Thor's cheating happened three years ago. Since then, Arthur had reached the ninth transformation of the third mortal coil.
Once the 512 life seeds within him fill up with energy, he will be able to advance to the peak of the third mortal coil.
The third significant thing that happened was that a young lady with a special physique was accepted into the sect. Her physique was called the God Physique.
The God Physique allows her to use all the power of a secret realm for whatever she wants. With this kind of power, her power isn't reliant on her cultivation but on the world around her.
Her appearance caused a great stir in the Five Veins region. The sect elders sent to oversee the regional sect examination had fought for her.
The regional sect examination was put on hold just for her. It didn't resume until a winner was decided in the fight.
The winner was the Blood Skull sect. The key to their victory wasn't just that the elder from the Blood Skull sect was stronger. The Blood Skull sect had won because they had a teleportation platform that led directly back to the sect.
When anyone else tried to take her, they were besieged by everyone else. Anyone who tried to take had to fend off everyone else during the process of traveling to their sect.
The elder of the Blood Skull sect didn't have this problem. They were able to fend off everyone briefly and then teleport to safety.
She was essentially stolen during the struggle. She didn't gain admission through the exam. So it wouldn't have surprised anyone if she had been given an S-grade admission into the outer sect. But that wasn't what happened.
When the elder arrived to the sect with her, she was quickly ferried to the inner sect. Everyone noticed her as soon as she arrived.
The moment she entered the inner sect, the mana in the world stagnated briefly. Then everyone felt her presence regardless of where they were.
When that had happened, Arthur had been surprised by the commotion of the environmental mana. He was also curious about the person who could cause such a commotion, so he went out of his house to see who it was.
As he rose into the air and looked in her direction, he saw her for the first time. His overall impression of her was that she was very beautiful.
As for details, she was tall for her age. She also had striking golden hair. That golden hair was glowing as mana swirled around her and cuddled her as if she were the child of heaven itself.
The other thing he noticed was that he wasn't the only one who came out to see her. There were many people who rose into the air to gaze on her.
The amount of attention that she had garnered surprised him. But it wasn't the end.
Even the nascent soul patriarchs came out to see her. All three of them appeared in the air in their avatars to see her. Then they whisked her away.
He returned to cultivating after she was gone. But he later heard that she had been an inner disciple and even accepted as a disciple by the Thunder Drake Patriarch.
Apparently, her physique was highly compatible with the lightning element. So a patriarch decided to dedicate one of their avatars to guiding her on the path of cultivation.
He also heard that because of her special physique, her power in the rank 4 secret realm matched that of a cultivator at the fourth mortal coil.
Her power output was only at the beginning of the fourth mortal coil and couldn't match the power of the golden core elders of the sect at the early stages of the fourth mortal coil because of the boost of their armaments.
But her power was still strong enough to match the weak golden core elders of the other sects. This was very impressive because she was only at the seventh transformation of the first mortal coil.
It became clear that she had a lot of potential. So it became understandable why a patriarch would want to take her as a disciple. It also became understandable why the other sects would feel bitter and want to kill her.
Arthur's attention to her would have ended there and then because he had a lot more important things in his mind to consider. But his attention was drawn to her again because she happened to be a fan of his work.
She joined the Red Alliance and asked to see him. She used the Red Alliance to reach out to him with her request.
He would have rejected her request like he did everyone else's if not for her talent and her status. She was the disciple of a patriarch, so he didn't want to offend her if he could.
Even so, he only agreed to meet her sometimes in the nearest future after he reached the tenth transformation of the third mortal coil.
He didn't give her a definite time because he wasn't sure when he would be free. His plan is to see her after he is done cultivating and has reached the peak of the third mortal coil.
Aside from that, the fourth significant thing that happened to him was his father's attempt to transcend the second mortal coil.
Augustus tried to reach the third mortal coil and succeeded in his attempt to do so. He was injured slightly during the process, but he survived it and managed to transcend.
His success was good news to the family because an elder of the Dyson family had previously died of old age. So Augustus was filling in for the lost manpower.
After this happened, his mother contacted him about her plans to transcend the second mortal coil too. She contacted him to ask him for his support.
He gave her his support by sending the life-preserving pills and materials that she would need. He also sent over life essence so that her chances of success will be higher.