Huo Hai was in no hurry to rebuild the sect. After all, the new spirit formation still needed to be replanned. At this stage, the people of the Celestial Star Sect remained gathered within the two Sect-Guardian Grand Formations.
Meanwhile, throughout the area surrounding its territory, the Celestial Star Sect had begun a full-scale purge of Ironwood Sect members. The Ironwood Sect's low-level disciples had no way of returning to their sect, so amid this pursuit, they could only flee and hide. How many would ultimately escape, no one knew. The Celestial Star Sect disciples, stirred by hatred and rewards, had no intention of worrying about such things.
Besides, after being suppressed by the Ironwood Sect for so long, everyone carried resentment in their hearts. Being able to vent it properly on Ironwood Sect disciples was something many were more than willing to do. Quite a few people were now scrambling to join the pursuit teams.
After spending an intimate night with Fang Biya and the others, Huo Hai began his work the next day. First, he forcibly broke through the bottlenecks blocking Huo Feng and the others from reaching the Ninth-Heaven Spirit Venerable level, then sent the three of them away to rest and recuperate.
Next came the death warriors from before. Huo Hai broke through their bottlenecks one by one as well. For those who had not reached the Spirit Venerable Realm, he only temporarily opened their bottlenecks to the Spirit Venerable level. For those above Heaven Grade, he opened them directly to the Ninth-Heaven Spirit Venerable level. Even so, the expenditure was far from small; Huo Hai could create only a few such people each day at most.
These people had also consumed a great many Venerable-Grade Heaven-Seizing Pills and needed time to recover from their injuries.