Suppressing his heartache, Huo Hai exhausted the power within the Soul-Gathering Crystal. At last, within two days, he polished the final Star Core to the utmost limit. The surrounding Stellar Spiritual Power slowly gathered in glowing streams, finally enveloping him.
If he had not feared that Pavilion Among Flowers was stronger than he imagined, Huo Hai would not have been in such a hurry. Once the final Star Core reached its limit, his foundation in the Spirit Emperor Realm finally reached the Perfection Stage. As someone who pursued perfection, every breakthrough was far more difficult for Huo Hai than for others. Yet at every level, he was beyond the reach of his peers.
He glanced into the distance. Those people were still waiting where they had been. Some had even gone off to secluded places, doing who knew what. Huo Hai paid them no mind. So long as the passage had not opened, he did not care.
Taking out a Spirit Energy Bead, Huo Hai swallowed it directly. Under its effects, a mass of airflow began to form within his next Spirit Acupoint. As the airflow steadily expanded, it gradually formed a vortex.
With the special power of the Spirit Energy Bead assisting him, condensing a new Star Core was extremely easy. In less than half an hour, the new Star Core had successfully formed. He had only spent so much time because he was breaking through a major realm. As the eighty-second Star Core condensed, the spiritual aura around Huo Hai continuously rose.
A vast amount of Mental Power streamed endlessly from his Sea of Consciousness, swiftly merging into Huo Hai's spiritual power. At the same time, the range in which he could control the Power of Heaven and Earth finally expanded to two hundred meters.
The spiritual power