However, as wasteful as it might seem to have spent money on cultivating with heavenly lightning, that money isn't something that he could have avoided spending.
This is because the only reason the patriarchs of the sect allowed him to come here was that he had reached the peak of the fourth mortal coil and was much stronger than his peers. So the money wasn't wasted.
There is also the matter of his magnetic field manipulation talent, which made the patriarchs confident in letting him lead the army, but if he hadn't spent all that money to increase his cultivation quickly, he would never have been allowed to lead the invasion.
They need someone like him to lead the army because the avatars of the patriarchs can't function well in this world because of the interference of the strong magnetic fields.
Sword Flash didn't mention this earlier so as not to lower the morale of the army. Sword Flash wanted the soldiers to believe that they were still there to support the army, but he already told Arthur and the three other nascent soul cultivators about this.
The interference of the strong magnetic field with their avatars is something that Sword Flash had suspected when he received the information about this world, so he expected it. In fact, he had expected that their avatars wouldn't be able to function at all, so he had told the four highest leaders of the army so that they wouldn't be caught off guard by it.
So the strongest forces in the army right now are Arthur and the three nascent soul cultivators who came to Aurora with their true bodies. They are present with their nascent soul, so the strong magnetic field can't interfere with the operation of their spiritual energy.
As for him, he is to be the leader of these nascent soul cultivators. He has more confidence now to do his job well after sensing the effect that the strong magnetic field has on his golden core.
His previous source of confidence was his great strength and the fact that he cultivated dual elements, so the strong magnetic field shouldn't impact his golden core too much. If he wants to see how much confidence his strength can grant him, all he needs to do is look at the details in the mountain sitting dao.
He did just that now.
-MOUNTAIN SITTING DAO
State of Existence: Fourth Mortal Coil (Tenth Transformation of the Golden Core)
Life Span: 54 > > 76/(900)
-DIVINE ABILITIES
1. Mountain Karma: Level 6 (2.5% Progress).
2. Mountain Foundation: Level 5 (4.3% Progress).
3. Fate Identification: Level 6.
4. Fate Binding: Level 5.
5. ????: ------
-POWER.
1. Power (Body Refining).
Before = 50 (Body) × (50+50) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 25,600,000 (25.6C).
Current = 110 (Body) × (110+110) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 123,904,000 (123.9C).
2. Power (Energy Refining).
Before = 50 (Mind) × (50 + 50) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 25,600,000 (25.6C).
Current = 110 (Mind) × (110 + 110) (Armament Power) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) × 5 (Mountain Karma) = 123,904,000 (123.9C).
-ATTRIBUTES.
1. Mind: 50 > > 110. Mental Energy: 16,000 > > 1,024,000.
2. Internal Energy (Quality): 50 > > 110. Internal Energy (Quantity): 1,024,000.
3. Body: 50 > > 110. Life Force: 50 > > 110.
4. Golden Core Power: 1,024.
5. Armament Power: 110 (Life Force) + 110 (Internal Energy QLTY) = 220.
-TECHNIQUES.
C: RANK 3.
1. Unification of Hearts, Mind, and Body Weapon Technique: 100% Mastery.
2. Beast Link.
3 Lightning Angel Spell: 100%.
4. Lightning Net Spell: 100%.
5. Wood Burial Spell: 100%.
6. Wood Army Spell: 100%.
D: MINOR DIVINE ABILITIES.
1. Wood Vessel Sigil Technique: 100% Mastery.
2. Lightning Vessel Sigil Technique: 100% Mastery.
3. Life and Death Lightning Vessel Sigil Technique: 10% Learning.
-TALENTS.
1. Wood to Lightning Conversion.
2. Lightning to Wood Conversion.
3. Lightning Resistance.
4. Overclock Mode.
5. Magnetic Field Manipulation.
His power output is 123.9 C. This much power from a golden core cultivator is unheard of.
He can only achieve this thanks to the doubling of his power by the armament and then the multiplication of his power by 5 times by his Mountain Karma divine ability. So he is essentially ten times more powerful than normal golden core cultivators have any right to be.
His power is already 23.9C over the power limit of this world, so he has to be careful with his power when he fights. His need to limit his power is not ideal, but it is better than that of the three nascent soul patriarchs, who can't produce power that is the limit of the world.
The maximum power of the three nascent soul cultivator at the second transformation of the fifth mortal coil is 300 (Body) × 300 (Life Force) × 1,024 (Golden Core Power) = 92,160,000 (92.16C).
Their body and life force have more raw power than he does, thanks to the enhancement of spiritual energy, but they lack an armament to double their power, and they definitely lack the Mountain Karma divine ability to increase their power by another round of five times.
In fact, 92.16C is the maximum power that they can produce. None of them advanced to the fifth mortal coil with a perfect core, so they don't possess a golden core power of 1,024. This means that their actual power output will be less than 92.16C.
The most they have is 1,000 units of golden core power, while the least they have is 900 units of golden power. So their actual power is somewhere between 90C and 81C. This kind of power is why the patriarchs were not comfortable letting them lead the campaign.
It is not that there aren't other nascent soul cultivators in the sect who are more powerful than they are. There are many other nascent soul cultivators that are more powerful than these three. The problem is that the other nascent soul cultivators are too powerful for Aurora.