'Alatreon' Albertrion had been stripped of his status as one of the 'Shichibukai' by Imu.
Besides needing him as a familiar to watch over the 'Heavenly Pool,' the reason was to prevent the Dragon Folk from ever stealing what they were supposed to guard.
Imu also felt that having two ancient dragons at the super Danger Beast level among the 'Shichibukai' was somewhat redundant.
Although their ranks were still far from full, he took the opportunity presented by the 'Heavenly Pool' to ask him to leave.
After all, having one more or one less made no difference to Imu.
Once Alucard's strength reached the level of an admiral, the 'Shichibukai' would return to four members.
He intended to reserve the remaining three positions for powerful individuals from other worlds in the future who were suited to serving as his hounds.
As for the Heavenly Pool,
Imu had decided to create it for two reasons.
First, he had noticed that more and more people and places under the World Government required natural energy.
For example, mages, ninjas, and yin-yang masters—and there would certainly be more in the future.
Yet relying solely on the human body to absorb natural energy from the outside world
not only made cultivation extremely difficult and dangerous, but also terribly inefficient.
Second, Sea Star itself constantly leaked enormous amounts of natural energy into outer space.
Once the 'Five-Star Sea Unification' was complete, the scale of that leakage would grow even greater.
To Imu, that was far too wasteful and could be fully utilized.
In the end, he thought of the spirit stones often mentioned in xianxia novels.
That was, using rules to draw the natural energy leaking out from Sea Star into a single location.
Then, as the energy became highly concentrated, it would inevitably undergo gaseous,