Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

"About the Dao Domain Lord Realm? Hm... Although I do know a bit, I don't think it will be of that much use considering how hard it is to go beyond the Intermediate Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm…" Muttering this to himself, the old man came to a stop when he noticed Xuan Hao looking towards him filled with anticipation. "Well, even if it's hard, I don't think it will hurt you to know about it. Just remember it was me who taught you if you manage to somehow reach the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm in the future!"

"Of course, I will make sure to remember senior if I manage to reach the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm in the future!"

"Senior… Hehe… Ehm! Well then, I will start with the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm…"

How easy… Seeing how easy it was to convince the old man with a tiny bit of praise, Xuan Hao could not help rolling his eyes as he began listening to the old man explain the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm. Considering that he was already in the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm, there wasn't much new information to be gained. The only real thing of substance that the old man said regarding the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm was that the birth of the Dao Lotus before going through the tribulation was indeed a special characteristic of the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm.

Apparently, if he decided to go through the tribulation in the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm like the person from the old man's family had done in the past, his dao lotus would go through some kind of special transformation that would allow him to enter a state of enlightenment.

In the past, this state of enlightenment caused by the transformation of the dao lotus had according to the old man allowed the Late Stage Dao Domain Lord Realm Expert from his family to directly comprehend a dao from the Large Success Realm to the Perfection Realm and at the same time help some of his other Daos go from the Elementary Realm to the Small Success Realm.

"…And after my senior managed to finish his comprehension, he ended up with a 30 layered Dao Seed and chose to use the chance to breakthrough to the Breaking Dawn Realm in one go!"

Dao Seed? Breaking Dawn Realm?

Hearing the old man mention something he had never heard before; Xuan Hao could not help tilting his head in confusion as his brain worked overtime trying to figure out what the two realms mentioned by the old man were about.

"Ah! I almost forgot, you shouldn't have heard anything about the Dao Seed Realm or the Breaking Dawn Realm before." Noticing the confusion plastered all over Xuan Hao's face as he finished talking about how amazing his senior was, the old man could not help smiling a but awkwardly as he said this. "Ehm… Guess I will have to explain the realms properly for you to understand how amazing my senior is! First of all, the Dao Seed Realm is just what you call the Earth Immortal Realm. The only difference is the name and the fact that you call the seed in your dantian a dao lotus. In reality it isn't really a lotus and can only be considered a seed at the moment, thus the name dao seed was born and the name was named as such due to the realm being about nurturing the seed..." Knowing what he had to do for Xuan Hao to understand just how amazing his senior was, the old man narrowed both of his eyes before he began explaining the two unknown realms to Xuan Hao. Starting with the Dao Seed Realm that was relatively easy for Xuan Hao to understand.

In the end, the Dao Seed Realm was the exact same as the Earth Immortal Realm, the only difference being the name and the fact that the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm was far higher than the Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm.

In essence, the Dao Seed Realm was split into four minor realms, Early, Middle, Late and Peak Stage.

Each of the minor realms being symbolized by 8, 18, 24 and 30 layers respectively and a transformation taking place to the dao seed in the Middle, Late and Peak Stage of the realm.

The Half Bloom Stage that took place at the Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm was the transformation that the Dao Seed went through upon reaching the Middle Stage of the Dao Seed Realm and not a final transformation that symbolized that one was ready to reach the Celestial Immortal Realm like was currently known across the Ewaria Continent.

In truth, there was still two more transformations left according to the old man, the first at 24 layers where the layers around the dao seed began to integrate into the dao seed itself instead of just staying around it and the transformation at 30 layers where the layers around the dao seed fully integrated into the dao seed.

Above the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm, there was still one transformation left that the dao seed could go through, but that was not something the old man had any knowledge of. The only thing he knew about it was that only those in the Dao Domain Lord Relam could go beyond the 30 layers symbolizing the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm.

So, he doesn't know about the Radiant Bloom Stage…

Feeling a bit surprised that the old man didn't know anything about the Radiant Bloom Stage, Xuan Hao felt a bit worried about whether or not the old man had any information about the Peak Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm.

After all, according to his own research of the realm so far, the Radiant Bloom Stage was related to surpassing the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm.

"… And that is all for the Dao Seed Realm. Back then, my senior managed to directly reach the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm before he chose to directly breakthrough to the Breaking Dawn Realm above the Dao Seed Realm.

Given my current cultivation realm only being in the Domain Lord Realm, I don't really know a lot about the realms above the Dao Seed Realm, but I do know that the realm above the Dao Seed Realm is known as the Profound Immortal Realm, the Breaking Dawn Realm is considered the first minor realm of this realm. Symbolizing the birth of the Dao Lotus in the dantian." Shaking his head as he said this with a hint of awe on his face after mentioning the Profound Immortal Realm, the old man finished his explanation.

"Hm? Profound Immortal Realm? Isn't the realm above the Dao Seed Realm called the Celestial Immortal Realm? Is it perhaps another name for the Celestial Immortal Realm?" At the same time, Xuan Hao could not help showing a confused expression on his face after hearing the name of the realm above the Dao Seed Realm being called the Profound Immortal Realm. After all, he had never heard about the Profound Immortal Realm before.

"Ha?! Oh god… I almost forgot that, no, the Profound Immortal Realm and the Celestial Immortal Realm are different. The Celestial Immortal Realm can be considered an inferior realm for those who couldn't integrate the dao layers around their dao seed into the dao seed. Even a Peak Celestial Immortal is at most comparable to someone in the Middle Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm, while their future hope of advancement is pretty much cut off without the support of certain ancient cultivation techniques that has long since been lost during the calamity.

In the future, make sure you don't try to breakthrough before you reach the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm or your future progress won't have any hope of going beyond the Celestial Immortal Realm!" Showing a somewhat offended expression on his face as he said this, the old man made sure Xuan Hao understood the difference between the Profound Immortal Realm and the Celestial Immortal Realm, while also reminding him to not breakthrough before reaching the Peak of the Dao Seed Realm.

"I see…" Feeling a hint of pity on behalf of the Celestial Immortals of the Ewaria Continent, Xuan Hao nodded his head in understanding. Even if the old man didn't say anything, he didn't plan to try and breakthrough before he reached the Peak of the Dao Domain Lord Realm.

In the end, Xuan Hao and the old man's conversation about the different cultivation realms and the Dao Domain Lord Realm soon came to an end, with Xuan Hao discovering that the old man had no idea about the Peak of the Dao Domain Lord Realm, let alone how to reach the Peak of the Dao Domain Lord Realm.

From the looks of it, he would have to explore on his own if he wanted to surpass the Late Stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm in the future…

damn information heavy chapter, but at least need to get the information on future and current cultivation realms out at some point. ___