"I don't know either, Master! That day, while I was refining Source Qi, I suddenly couldn't feel your power anymore."
"Without your power to help, refining Source Qi at full strength while keeping the Creation Cauldron running all by myself was far too exhausting."
"I had no choice but to shut down all the Creation Cauldron's functions and focus entirely on refining Source Qi with Unfixed and the others."
"Unfixed? Unfixed was helping you too?"
"Yes! Oh, Master, listen to this-the Demon Beasts you were keeping in the Hundred Herbs Garden have already reached the peak of the Origin Tracing Realm! Once they leave the cauldron and survive their Thunder Tribulations, they'll become Great Demons in the Demonic Core Realm!"
Li Bufan was overjoyed.
The peak of the Origin Tracing Realm was only one step away from the Demonic Core Realm.
He had brought those Demon Beasts out of the Ten Thousand Insects Secret Realm. Their bloodlines were extraordinary to begin with, and with the abundant vital energy inside the Creation Cauldron, they cultivated far faster than they could in the outside world.
Now they had actually come this far. Once they survived their Thunder Tribulations, they would become Great Demons in the Demonic Core Realm, powerful allies he could rely on.
"Good!"
"Once I've finished dealing with things here, I'll let them out to undergo their tribulations. By the way, how is the Gold-Eating Ant Clan doing?"
Small Cauldron giggled. "Don't worry, Master. Those Gold-Eating Ants are living comfortably in the Spirit Gathering Cave. And they deserve much of the credit for finishing refining that strand of Source Qi. If some of their Demonic Core Realm members hadn't helped me, it would have taken much longer to finish."
Li Bufan nodded, then asked, "And how strong are you now,