The moment Gu Ding stepped out of the cultivation chamber, Sea Emperor and the others noticed him.
"You're finally out." Sea Emperor smiled.
"Yeah, this time took a little longer." Gu Ding smiled somewhat sheepishly.
"It's fine. Only a little over four days have passed outside." Bigge looked over at Gu Ding as well. He could clearly sense that Gu Ding had grown much stronger, perhaps even stronger than himself.
"Captain, your cultivation..." The auras of True Gods and non-True Gods differed considerably, so even Fa Te could clearly sense that Gu Ding had yet to reach the True God realm.
"I'm only a Nine-and-a-Half Star Half-Step True God. Breaking through in cultivation is rather troublesome for me. Reaching True God is difficult." Gu Ding did not hide anything, but to him, cultivation was not enough to shackle his Combat Strength.
"Every breakthrough of yours requires an enormous amount of energy to force it through. There's no need to rush now. When we find a treasure with vast amounts of energy in the future, you can try breaking through again." Sea Emperor understood Gu Ding's physical condition very well.
"Mm." Gu Ding nodded, sweeping his gaze over everyone present. "I came out this time because my Combat Strength has temporarily hit a bottleneck. So, I'm preparing to leave seclusion, shut down the Sea Domain Magic Waterfall, and begin our new voyage."
"Everyone has improved greatly during this seclusion, but we've stayed here long enough." Liliath nodded from the side as well.
"We really should leave soon. This is, after all, Sea Clan territory. The longer the secret realm's closure is delayed, the more attention the Sea Clan will pay to it. If they discover that this secret realm is actually a Main God Level divine burial ground, they'll definitely do