The one who broke through was a young man called Yun Zheng. At that moment, his aura was pulsing around his body, his aeth power roaring and his imposing manner steadily soaring.
The stone platform that he was sitting cross-legged on was producing wisps of golden light resembling beautiful raindrops.
Many instructors couldn’t help but sigh out loud. Golden dipper rain was a sign of a second-grade aeth power reservoir.
In other words, Yun Zheng had, with the help of the Dipper Transformation Lake, opened up a second-grade aeth power reservoir. It was a little disappointing.
As everyone knew, the Spirit Dipper Stage was divided into three further realms, namely the Human Dipper, Earth Dipper and Heaven Dipper.
When a cultivator reached the Spirit Dipper Stage, they were considered to have become a Human Dipper cultivator.
The opening of an aeth power reservoir in the sea of qi was a symbol of reaching the Human Dipper Realm. At that stage, dipper power would temper a cultivator’s aeth power and transform it into spirit dipper power.
An aeth power reservoir was divided into three different grades according to its quality.
The first-grade aeth power reservoir was collectively referred to as heaven’s blessing, which implied that the aeth power reservoir was formed with the blessing of heaven.
Such aeth power reservoirs could take different forms in a cultivator’s body. In the thousands of years of history in the empire, there had been many different types of aeth power reservoirs. For example, the fire-born azure lotus, coffin of the blue water and wings of whirlwind, golden pagoda, and Xumi pearl. All of which were first grade aeth power reservoirs.Those who possessed such an aeth power reservoir were often hailed as a genius seen in tens of thousands of years. Their cultivation foundation and power could suppress cultivators at the same cultivation level!
The second-grade aeth power reservoir was collectively referred to as the bell spirit of the earth, and the phenomenon it produced was an accumulation of earth qi. For example, the golden dipper rain produced when Yun Zheng broke through was a type of second-grade aeth power reservoir.
Those who possessed such an aeth power reservoir were called an outstanding and extraordinary talent seen once in a thousand years.
The third-grade was an ordinary aeth power reservoir. It was the most commonly seen aeth power reservoir and the majority of human dipper realm cultivators in the world only possessed a third-grade aeth power reservoir.
The difference between the three different grades of aeth power reservoirs was tremendous.
A different grade of aeth power reservoir was equivalent to taking a different cultivation trajectory. It determined a cultivator’s future path, the power they possessed and the achievements they would obtain.
Of course, nothing in the world was absolute. It was just incredibly difficult and almost hopeless to change it.
This was the importance of an aeth power reservoir!
The second-grade aeth power reservoir that Yun Zheng opened up meant that there would be a gap between him and cultivators with first-grade aeth power reservoir. If he wanted to achieve greater things than them in the future, he would have to put in hundreds of times more effort.
This was the reason why the instructors were sighing.
Cultivation was similar to rowing a boat against the current. In a boat race, one step made a world of difference!
Having gone through the same thing in the past, the instructors knew how difficult it was better than anyone.
“It is still pretty good to possess the Golden Dipper Rain aeth power reservoir. At least, once Yun Zheng leaves Blood Kill Camp, he could be considered an outstanding figure and could become an influential figure of the empire with hard work.” Cao Shiliu reminded them gently. “Our expectations can’t be too high. Compared with most cultivators in the world, the students in our Blood Killing Camp are already rare top talents.”
All the other instructors agreed.
Indeed, it was rare to find a cultivator with a second-grade aeth power reservoir in the world. Only around one in a thousand people would have a second-grade aeth power reservoir. Yun Zheng was already extremely remarkable to obtain such an achievement.
However, compared with the other Blood Kill Camp students, he seemed very ordinary.
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Not long after Yun Zheng’s breakthrough, he awoke from cultivation and he immediately glanced around at the students still silently cultivating. A bitter smile came to his lips.
He hadn’t been successful in opening up a first-grade aeth power reservoir even with the help of the Dipper Transformation Lake. As a result, he couldn’t help but feel glum.
Before long, a vortex suddenly emerged near Yun Zheng’s stone platform. It immediately engulfed him and teleported him out of the Dipper Transformation Lake.
A few hours after Yun Zheng left, several other students made a breakthrough. The duration between each student’s breakthrough wasn’t particularly huge.
Unfortunately, Xu Sanqi and the other instructors who were closely watching hadn’t witnessed a single student opening up a first-grade aeth power reservoir.
All of them were second-grade aeth power reservoirs.
However, the number of second-grade aeth power reservoirs would no doubt cause a huge stir in the outside world and make countless cultivators dumbfounded in disbelief.
After all, second-grade aeth power reservoirs were very rare and were possessed by cultivators with a supreme aptitude.
However, in the eyes of Xu Sanqi and the others, the number of second-grade aeth power reservoirs was very normal and it wasn’t worth paying much attention to. After all, the students were originally exceptionally remarkable and they had the help of the Dipper Transformation Lake, a god-given opportunity. It would be more strange if they failed to form a second-grade aeth power reservoir.
Another two days had passed since Yun Zheng’s breakthrough to the Human Dipper stage. In those two days, thirteen students had made successful breakthroughs.
However, no one had opened up a first-grade aeth power reservoir.
Many instructors couldn’t help but wrinkle their eyebrows. Almost half of the students had broken through yet they still hadn’t seen one first-grade aeth power reservoir. This wasn’t a good sign.
Regarding the situation, Xu Sanqi remained silent.
The current students were indeed different from those in the past. The number of students who entered the Dipper Transformation Lake was already far more than that of previous years.
According to Xu Sanqi’s estimate, even if six or seven students opened up a first-grade aeth power reservoir among the thirty students, it would already break the previous records.
Will that happen?
Xu Sanqi couldn’t be sure.
Three days flashed by.
The instructors gathered in the campground felt a little tired. They had almost run out of patience from the long period of waiting.
At that moment, twenty one students had made breakthroughs, but the aeth power reservoirs formed were all second-grade
In other words, only nine students remained to break through in the Dipper Transformation Lake. How many of those could form a first-grade aeth power reservoir in the end?
No one dared to guess.
This was cultivation. Even things that seemed certain often had unpredictable variables.
This variable was also called luck in cultivation.
With luck, even a pig could obtain intelligence. But with poor luck, the most outstanding genius would suffer setbacks.
Amidst the dull atmosphere, someone exclaimed, “It appeared, it appeared!”
Shua!
All the instructors were startled, and their eyes moved swiftly to the huge light screen reflected by the Figure Projector Compass.
On the light screen, a striking fire cloud suddenly emerged above Gong Ming, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone platform. The cloud continued to expand and spread until it turned into a funnel-shaped pagoda.
The fire cloud pagoda blazed in the sky, illuminating the mountains and rivers!
It was a first-grade aeth power reservoir--Fire Spirit Pagoda!
Xu Sanqi and other instructors widened their eyes in amazement. The Fire Spirit Pagoda was just a name, but it referred to the fact that aeth power reservoir that Gong Ming formed resembled a pagoda and contained Origin Aeth Fire, which had unbelievable uses during cultivation!
It was a first-grade aeth power reservoir, also known as heaven’s blessing. It was like a gift from heaven and contained unimaginable mysterious power.
“Gong Ming is from the Never Falling Geezer Gong Clan and the Fire Returning Yuan Art he practices is a perfect match with his aeth power reservoir. It is indeed remarkable,” someone marveled.
It was then that another student made a breakthrough on the Dipper Transformation Lake. Thunder rolled and lightning flashed in the sky like silver snakes dancing wildly. The force shook the sky and quaked the earth.
It was Ning Meng!
He had also made a breakthrough. Moreover, the phenomenon he produced during his breakthrough clearly indicated that it was a first-grade aeth power reservoir.
Xu Sanqi and the other instructors were astonished again. They could clearly see that the lightning was intertwining in the sky to form a scroll-like shape.
That’s—?
Many instructors were puzzled because they couldn’t recall a first-grade aeth power reservoir in the world that produced such a phenomenon.
Xu Sanqi was silent for a moment before he said, “That should be the Thunder Spirit Scroll! If my guess is right, that type of aeth power reservoir hadn’t been seen in hundreds of years.”
Everyone trembled inwardly.
Gong Ming’s Fire Spirit Pagoda and Ning Meng’s Thunder Spirit Scroll appeared in succession and both were first-grade aeth power reservoirs. The scene was too astonishing.
However, it didn’t end there. Not long after Ning Meng’s breakthrough, Shi Yu, a youngster called Ouyang Zhun, and a girl called Meng Xiulin also made breakthroughs, entering the Human Dipper Realm at the same time!
In an instant, three completely different phenomenons appeared in the sky.
Silver tides undulated like the galaxy.
Several bright and pure flowers competed to blossom in the void.
A majestic azure divine eagle spread its wings and roared proudly towards the nine heavens.
The three phenomenons represented three completely different aeth power reservoirs, all of which were first-grade!
“Tidal Galaxy! Enlightenment Spirit Flower! Azure Underworld Eagle!”
The instructors including Xu Sanqi were completely stunned, their eyes wide with shock. Everything happened so fast that they couldn’t take in everything at once.
A first-grade aeth power reservoir hadn’t appeared in the previous days but five had appeared successively!
Moreover, each one was a rare first-grade aeth power reservoir.
This fact alone could shake the empire, stir up waves in the world, and cause an uproar among countless cultivators!
However, it still hadn’t ended!
Five students still hadn’t made a breakthrough, including the three most high-profile students, Lin Xun, Bai Lingxi and Li Duxing!
“Based on the current situation, the number of students with first-grade aeth power reservoirs are bound to break previous records!” an instructor exclaimed.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. In the past, only five students at most opened up a first-grade aeth power reservoir. Now, five students had already achieved that and the remaining five students would no doubt do the same.
Therefore, they would no doubt break previous records.