CHAPTER 657: MANA SEED.

Sword Flash explained saying, "In a normal situation, most of you will just give up once you hear that only Void Claw can advance. But there are extra nascent souls to create more nascent soul pills in this situation, and you don’t want to let them go to waste."

"I, too, don’t want these extra nascent souls to go to waste. Not only do I need to use them to raise our strength so that we can pass the leadership assessment, but I must also use these nascent souls for something, or we won’t receive the reward for eliminating the Red and Blue Fire sect."

"The reward for the elimination of the Red and Blue Fire sect will only come when most of the members of the sect and all of their elders and patriarchs have been killed. These nascent souls can be used to restore the Red and Blue Fire sect. After all, their patriarchs aren’t dead yet."

"So, as long as we still have them, our mission to completely eliminate the Red and Blue Fire sect won’t be completed. Fortunately, I have a way to resolve the two issues. The method I have in mind is related to the things we looted from the Red and Blue Fire sect."

After saying this, he took out a white ball from his space ring. He presented the white ball to them and said, "This is the solution to our problem."

When he saw that no one understood what he was saying, he explained to them, "This is a mana seed. It can create a mana source once it is activated."

"It is a rank 5 mana seed, so it can create a mana source that can elevate any secret realm to rank 5."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up in both shock and excitement.

Sword Flash saw and chuckled. He said, "You heard me right. If we use this in our secret realm, it can elevate it to rank 5. I took it from the space ring of their leader, Dancing Fire."

"My guess is that they brought it to elevate the rank of the secret realm of the Purple Flower sect. So once the mana tide comes, all of the mana that should go into elevating the secret realm from rank 4 to rank 5 will go into elevating the rank 3 secret realms attached to our secret realm to rank 4."

"This way, we will be able to have as many nascent soul patriarchs as he can produce, and the secret realms we use for growing resources will be upgraded to rank 4. I will also be able to stay here a bit longer, so it is good news all around. You can clap and be joyous now."

Even before he gave them permission, they had wanted to express their happiness. They had wanted to jubilate, but they maintained decorum so as not to offend the patriarchs. So when they got the permission to do so, many of them cheered.

It was the older golden core elders who cheered the most. This was because they were the ones who would benefit the most from this new development.

Everyone else will also benefit. After all, with nine to ten patriarchs now in the sect, the sect will be able to produce and maintain ten nascent soul patriarchs steadily from now on, instead of the three that they were limited to before.

This means that they wouldn’t have to wait for so long to get an opportunity to advance from now on. So everyone had something to be happy about.

Only someone like Arthur, who didn’t need the assistance of the sect, was able to remain unimpressed by the new developments. But he, too, became impressed when he heard what Sword Flash said next.

"Not only can we produce more nascent soul patriarchs from now on, but the chances of advancing to the fifth mortal coil will increase by a permanent 10% since the concentration of mana will increase."

"This will eliminate the need to create a breakthrough pod for advancing. Anyone will be able to advance in the comfort of their own room."

The breakthrough pod is a coffin made to assist with advancing to the fifth mortal coil. Its function is to provide high-concentration mana that reaches rank 5 during the process of advancing.

Usually, anyone in the sect who wants to advance to the fifth mortal coil must spend a lot of resources to create this breakthrough pod. Then they will put it in a secure location because any damage to it can reduce its effectiveness and make the process of advancing fail.

After the other preparations for advancing are made, the person will enter the breakthrough pod and initiate the advancement. The breakthrough pod will improve their chances of success by 10%. If they succeed, they will come out of the breakthrough pod. If they die, the breakthrough pod will be their coffin.

The better the quality of the breakthrough pod, the longer it can assist in advancing. A breakthrough pod of poor quality can run out of high-concentration mana before the person inside it is done with their advancement. This can lead to failure and death.

But once the mana concentration of the whole secret realm is elevated to the fifth rank, no one will need the breakthrough pod anymore. Not only will they not need to advance in a secure location, but the supply of mana also won’t end throughout the period of advancing.

These benefits are things that will affect Arthur even if he manages to get the resources he needs to advance. So he, too, became impressed with the mana seed.

After everyone was done jubilating, Sword Flash said, "Be that as it may, only four of you can begin to advance now, as they are the only ones who have cultivated the vessel sigil technique and reached the limit of their cultivation in the fourth mortal coil. The rest of you are still lacking in one way or another."