back at aster''s shelter, things were pretty different, camila mixed some of the yang crystals which they found at the cave earlier, into the metal walls so that the beasts wouldn''t notice them and since they were hidden underground the undead won''t bother them too.

while the girls were sharing the bathroom, aster threw himself on the bed, using the giant version of the armor requires him to use a lot of physical energy, and he also used spirit energy since he injected annihilation into it.

not to mention the battle of soul energy and murderous aura he had with the evil spirit, in a sense he used powers of the three paths in the fight earlier, so it was normal for aster to feel tired.

while aster laying down on the bed resting, the door of the portable bath opened and the girls who looked refreshed and relaxed came out of it, they were wearing casual clothes and were chatting with each other.

"phew, nothing beats a nice bath after fighting, i can''t believe i ventured without this treasure of yours~", playfully said felicia referring to the portable bathroom.

the other girls agreed with felicia on this, even tiana, normally cultivators have to spend long periods of time in the wilderness whenever they go out on a mission, and while is true that the higher the realm, the harder is for female cultivators to get dirty in any meaning, which girl didn''t like to be clean and fresh at the end of a day.

aster comes from earth and he is also used to modern commodities, so he asked eris to make this little luxury for the girls and him to enjoy when they are out, luckily it seems that it won''t be needed for too long, if lilia''s training goes well.

this time aria accompanied the other girls to bath, since she knew aster was tired and if they entered together, they will for sure end up flirting and playing.

"go take a bath, i''ll prepare the dinner with miss felicia''s help", cutely said aria, acting like a proper wife who welcomes her husband after a day of hard work.

aster laughed and after kissing aria''s pretty face a couple of times he entered the bathroom, in the meantime the girls prepared the table, nerissa was surprised to see the family dynamic that everyone had here.

besides aria who she obviously noticed is aster''s lover, the others have some vague relationships with him, at the very least she can confirm all of them are quite comfortable around him, which is a first for her.

her experience with guys isn''t exactly a fond memory, when she was little, she saw her master being courted by male cultivators everywhere they went, but besides those guys ending up with their asses beaten up by valentina, nothing else happened.

when her beauty bloomed with years, she got to experience something similar, since she became renowned, nowadays in galatia there is no guy from the young generation who hasn''t heard of her, and most also think of her as their dreamed lover.

''i guess, big sister agnes wouldn''t be so close to him, if he was a bad guy, so there is nothing to worry about'', she concluded.

after aster finished his bath, he joined the girls at the table and they enjoyed a nice dinner together, tomorrow things will be getting more serious since the elders of all the families and forces of the participants will be joining, it''s probable that they won''t be getting a full rest from now and onwards.

that''s why aster didn''t make the girls travel at night, even if they could open a path through the spirit beasts, the real battle will start tomorrow so why not take the chance to have a good rest before that.

after that everyone parted ways to do their own thing, camila and nerissa polished their weapons, while sitting on their respective beds, felicia was happily combing tiana''s hair.

and aster was naturally cuddling with aria, enjoying the smooth sensation of her skin in his embrace, just by doing so he had started to feel fully recovered.

aria happily snuggled on aster''s chest enjoying his caresses, she actually fell asleep before aster since she was feeling so comfortable in his arms, aster noticed it and he gently patted her head before he closed his eyes to sleep.

for aster''s group the rest of the night went on pretty uneventful, but on the outside the forest trembled as larger spirit beasts had started appearing, a couple of thousands of kilometers away from where aster and the girls were resting, a couple of crystal trees were suddenly knocked down as a large figure emerged from a zero-illuminated area.

aster resorted to the way of flying in which he is the most skilled, using his soul energy to levitate through telekinesis, he really took a liking to this way of moving, since he could move and react as fast as his capacity of process allowed him to.

the group flashed through the forest, ignoring any obstacle and dead spirit beast, some still had their yin cores intact, but in comparison with the big prize they were targeting, those little yin crystals weren''t worth mentioning, besides yin accumulation crystal that the evil spirit had created to ease its revival, was more than enough to guarantee a minor advance for everyone in the group, without weakening their bases.

camila which was somewhat competing with felicia to see who was faster at flying, approached aster who was flying next to them to say.

"we are almost there; i can feel a rich treasure aura one kilometer ahead of us".

aster nodded, he slowed down the pace and the girls who were following him did the same, the reason is that the temperature had started to go up quite a bit as sign that they were approaching a piece of land rich in yang energy.

and they fully stopped advancing around five hundred meters away from their destination, they couldn''t advance more without any safety measures, well that applied to the girls, because for aster this yang filled area couldn''t do affect him at all, he swam in the lava pool rya created in her dragon form without any problem after all.

aster smirked as he saw the area ahead of them, the earth and also the nearby vegetation were all bright amber colored, as a sign that they were rich in yang energy, not to mention the steam released due to the high temperature of the ground.

he waved his hand and all the girls were covered in a dazzling golden light, aria could have protected them with her cold rigel flames, but there might be a reaction due to the clash of yin and yang, so aster instead used the light protection of the paragon body, which works against both.

the girls saw their skins being covered by a pretty golden glow and then noticed that they weren''t being affected by the increased temperature anymore, only then aster told them to follow him, they had to find the area which used to be the central point of all the yang that has now overflowed all over the place, creating this mini yang garden.

camila''s eyes suddenly glowed, she used her pretty index finger to point at a specific area where there was a small crater.

"there is something there, aster!", she happily said, she didn''t notice it, but finding treasures for him made her mood improve quite a bit, a trait she probably developed due to her wolfstein lineage.

aster nodded and then his eyes became those of a dragon, as he inspected that small crater, he then walked towards it and covered his right hand with the golden armor before he grabbed a small shining object that stuck out of the ground.

"mm?", aster frowned, not only the object didn''t come off, his hand lit up in yellow flames, the girls were alarmed for a moment, but they quickly noticed he was fine, so they remained calm.

aster smiled seeing their quick judgement of the situation, the golden armor was blocking those fierce yellow flames, so he didn''t feel any pain, at the same time the thing wasn''t coming out of the ground.

aster took a deep breath and then he covered his other hand with the golden armor before he used both of them to grab onto the thing that was trying to fry his arms.

"humph, come out!", with one last pull, aster managed to take out the thing which was stuck on the ground, or more accurately he teared off and lifted a piece of rock of around fifty meters of size.

it was a rock with a porous surface and a dark red hue, similar to the result of lava when it cools off, turning into a volcanic rock, the difference is that this rock was created due to the heat of the object aster pulled out off the ground.

aster casually left the giant rock land on the ground and then punched it, breaking the layer of rock which was covering the object, as a result a bright yellow light flooded the whole area.

the temperature went through the roof on the spot and the ground near aster started melting to form lava, in fact aster''s whole body was covered in yellow flames, but he softly snorted and used the light of the paragon body to put them off.

what was hidden inside that layer of rock was actually chain link, a bright yellow chain link of around fifty meters of size to be more accurate.

"well, that explains why a diamond bone orchid was able to bloom in this place", mumbled aster.