He transcended the second mortal coil when he was 43 years old. He is now 53 years old and has reached the peak of the third mortal coil.
This kind of progress is even more impressive than the achievement of reaching the third mortal coil at a young age of 43 years old.
To put things into perspective, he had advanced to the third mortal coil before his parents that gave birth to him.
He has also reached the peak of the third mortal coil and is beginning to prepare for his breakthrough to the fourth mortal coil, while his parents are just entering the third mortal coil.
But perhaps more impressive than his speed of progress is his power output. He has a power output of 563,000F or 56.3D.
In comparison, a normal cultivator at the seventh mortal coil of the third mortal with 128 life seeds within them and a 100% mastery of the host technique will have a power that is 10 (Body) × 11 (Internal Energy Quality) × 128 (Life Seed Power), which is 14,080F or 1.408D.
1.408D is the minimum threshold of power for anyone who wants to advance to the fourth mortal coil. So the possession of power of D ratings is the mark that a cultivator has moved into the domain of the power of the golden core.
Of course, 1.408D is the lowest level of the D rating of power. Geniuses at the third mortal coil can output more power than that.
The disciples of the Blood Skull sect are some of those geniuses. The best of them have reached the peak of the third mortal coil like him and have mastered the host technique to 100%.
These people are the best of the best in terms of cultivation and comprehension. Plus they have an armament to double their power.
So they can output power that is equal to 10 (Body) × 22 (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Life Seed Power), which is 225,280F or 22.528D.
The power of 22.528D is firmly within the domain of the power of cultivators at the fourth mortal coil. To be fair, this power rise is twice that of geniuses at the third mortal coil from other sects. So the disciples of the Blood Skull sect can be said to be cheating in order to acquire this kind of power.
But his situation is far worse than cheating. This is because he has a power output of 56.3D, which is 2.5 times higher than the power output of cheaters even though his mastery of the host technique is only at 50%.
Only half of his current life seeds have the terminals within them fully mapped and connected. The new 512 life seeds that he just gained will require him to fill up all of the life seeds before he can connect the terminals within them too.
When all the 1,024 life seeds within him become full, the quantity of internal energy that he has within him will increase from 512,000 to 1,024,000 units, and his mastery of the host technique will increase from 50% to 100%.
Once his mastery of the host technique reaches 100%, he will be able to use all the 1,024 life seeds within him for power, not just the 512 ones he connected when he reached the limit of the ninth transformation of the third mortal coil.
At that time, his current power will double. He will reach a power output of 112.6D. Not only will this power be 5 times greater than the power output of the geniuses of the Blood Skull sect, it will be 10 times greater than the power output of geniuses of other sects.
As for the people that only stopped at the seventh transformation of the third mortal coil, he will be 80 times stronger than them.
And if his power is compared to the golden core cultivators, he will be strong enough to match those who are at the seventh transformation and transcended the third mortal coil when they were at the seventh mortal coil.
He will be much weaker than the golden core cultivators who transcended with a perfect foundation because they are usually about 8.25 times stronger than their peers who transcended with a foundation that was only at the seventh transformation.
Of course, golden core cultivators who transcended at the seventh transformation of the third mortal coil are rare because those who attempt such feats only have a 10% chance of advancing to the fourth mortal coil.
Most cultivators at the seventh transformation of the third mortal coil who try to transcend usually die because of the low chance of success.
This is even though they mastered the host technique to 100%. If they hadn't, then their chances of success would be even lower.
This is why most cultivators from sects who advance to the fourth mortal coil do so at the tenth transformation. They have the resources and the time to hone their foundation.
The fact that only cultivators from sects advance to the fourth mortal means that most of the golden core elders in the Five Veins Region transcended with perfect foundations.
Even so, because of the enhancement of the Mountain Karma divine ability, once he masters the host technique to 100%, he will be able to match these golden cores with perfect foundations who are at the early stages.
As he thought of this, he grinned to himself and said, "This is just the beginning."
He has not harnessed all the power that he is capable of at the third mortal coil yet, but he is already formidable. So he will be much stronger when he reaches the third mortal coil.
The kind of power that he will gain once he advances to the third mortal coil made his eyes light up with anticipation. He began reviewing the steps he had to take to advance to the fourth mortal coil.