Ever since he had killed Silver Branch, Huo Hai had anticipated this situation. But he also knew that with Silver Branch dead at his hands, Ironwood Ancestor was the only person in the Ironwood Sect stronger than him.
The Ironwood Sect had many enemies as well, so for the time being, it could not devote all its strength to dealing with him. Although it now had the tacit approval of the Ghost Medicine Sect and the Mu Family's support behind the scenes, the Ironwood Sect still had to proceed cautiously. This gave Huo Hai ample time. After cultivating to the Spirit Saint Eighth Heaven, he no longer feared Ironwood Ancestor in terms of cultivation.
Afterward, Huo Hai shifted his focus to other matters. In any case, his cultivation did not take up much of his time each day. The Celestial Star Sect could not compare to the Ironwood Sect. Its greatest flaw was not its lack of top experts, but the fact that it had virtually no experts at all.
The Ironwood Sect also possessed its own Nine-Turn Saint-Breaking Method. It was not as extreme as the Azure Sky Palace had once been, but it certainly had no shortage of Spirit Saint experts. Recently, Huo Hai had learned some news: it seemed that, in order to deal with him, the Ironwood Sect was using large quantities of special materials to cultivate mass-produced experts—the same kind as Huo Feng, forcibly elevated to Spirit Saint.
Moreover, Huo Hai knew that their methods were even more extreme. These cultivated Spirit Saints might have combat power comparable to others who had used the Nine-Turn Saint-Breaking Method, but they carried far too many hidden dangers within themselves.
Even their Inner Worlds were extremely unstable. A single misstep could very well cause an Inner World to