Having collected those eight strange stones, it was naturally time to properly test the eight newly acquired divine abilities.
With a slight turn of his thoughts, Chen Yang arrived within the Stone-Body Grotto-Heaven.
Most of the Yang Clan cultivators were currently outside carrying out missions. Only the three children, Yang Xuancang, Yang Xuanhao, and Yang Xuanxi, remained in the grotto-heaven to cultivate.
Yang Xuancang was not far from the age of Dao Entry. At present, he was tempering the foundation of his physical body within the Sea of Grotto-Heavens where Xiao Yao had previously cultivated.
His parents were also making many preparations for their son's Dao Entry. Dongfang Yingcai was forging a custom spirit-forged battle armor for him, while Yang Yuanhong was still seeking an opportunity connected to the Azure Dragon Clan lineage in the Azure Dragon Clan Lands.
Yang Xuanzhou's unexpected death years ago had dealt the couple a devastating blow. This had indirectly caused them, after their second child was born, to no longer treat Yang Xuancang as they had once treated Yang Xuanzhou.
It was not that they loved Yang Xuancang any less. On the contrary, precisely because they loved their child deeply, they did not want Yang Xuancang to become a replacement for Yang Xuanzhou in their subconscious minds.
Thus, Yang Xuancang's childhood memories had never lacked his parents' care. Yet compared to his deceased elder brother Yang Xuanzhou, he had received less of that unconditional doting and indulgence from the past.
From the perspective of personal growth, however, this situation was actually more beneficial to Yang Xuancang's development. It had kept him from developing the same arrogant temperament Yang Xuanzhou had possessed in his early years.
Moreover, because he was not much younger than Yang Yuanzhen, Yang Xuancang had companions and guides his own age