Ye Han had released his clone because he sensed that the seven gourds born from the Three Realms Gourd egg, which the Purple Cauldron was absorbing, shared something in common with the aura of the Rebirth Gourd.
He was at a crucial point in cultivating the Nine Ancient Dragon Mysteries and still needed to spend time absorbing enough Star Crystals. In particular, absorbing the Star Crystal excavated from the Mountain Giant's abdomen would surely give his cultivation a considerable boost.
So he had no time to deal with this gourd.
However, improvements in his clone's cultivation and realm would also increase his combat strength considerably. Moreover, the clone's cultivation progress could feed back into his own.
That was also one of the reasons Teacher Lan Qing had always urged him to condense his own clone as soon as possible.
In fact, if his guess was correct, Teacher Lan Qing had probably already recondensed his clone's physical body, but simply had not brought him out to use him.
In any case, he had already experienced the benefits of having a clone and was considering refining another if he could find a way. Although having more clones would divide his mind and soul further, they could indeed improve his cultivation even more and open up more possibilities.
His clone continuously formed spell formulas, releasing streaks of astonishing runic spirit light into the gourd. Wisps of life breath and mysterious auras emerged, surging out without cease and entering the clone's body.
Ye Han could clearly sense that as his clone continued absorbing the gourd's aura, his life force, sentience, power of the stars, and power of life laws were all rising steadily...
This was no ordinary pleasant surprise for Ye Han. His clone's cultivation improving and his comprehension of the power of law