As he absorbed the spirit marrow, Huo Hai once again gathered the power needed to shatter his own star cores. At his current stage, he improved himself by shattering his own crystal cores, which was far more effective than absorbing spirit marrow directly.
Huo Hai's spirit insects had no crystal cores of their own, but they could use the power of the spirit marrow as a guide, bolstered by his inner space, and draw on his law power to forcibly condense laws within their own inner worlds. These spirit insects were taking a shortcut too. Otherwise, what could such a small amount of spirit marrow accomplish? Its power was pure, but there was not much of it.
At least, that was how it seemed to Huo Hai. Others could only use it to break through their own limits, but Huo Hai was completely different. In his eyes, time was always the most precious thing, even now that his lifespan was infinite.
As they absorbed the spirit marrow, Huo Hai's spirit insects were the first to begin improving. Drawing on his law power, their inner worlds were slowly refined under the spirit marrow's influence, and a new halo gradually appeared outside their inner world barriers.
After an unknown amount of time, Little Butterfly and Little Gold broke through first, reaching the second heaven. Their powerful auras forced all sorts of spirit insects and spirit beasts within Huo Hai's inner world to flatten themselves against the ground. Many objects would probably have been damaged by that pressure if not for the protection of the spirit formations he had set up inside his inner world long ago.
After advancing, the spirit insects gained no special abilities. Their existing abilities simply became considerably stronger, and their combat strength rose by a large margin as