Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 565: Zhan Tian's Path of Re-cultivation

At the gateway.

Zhou Hao's nine-person team stood out remarkably.

Spies lurking in the shadows hurriedly gathered intel on these nine figures.

Through Zhou Hao and his group's chatter, the spies swiftly verified that the fresh stranger was yet another disciple under the Seven Stars Dominator. This update raced to the top factions, sparking immediate hunts for details on him.

Still, Taihao Holy Hall's intel networks failed to unearth any background on this individual. He appeared to have materialized from nowhere.

Within Taihao Holy Hall.

Upon getting the report from his underling, Venerable Yuanhao pulled up the data.

A clip of footage appeared in front of him, revealing the latest vessel of the Taihao Dominator.

"Yet another Dao Venerable cultivator popping up out of nowhere?"

These days, Venerable Yuanhao stayed extra alert to such reports, since the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign had emerged just as abruptly. When he finally noticed Seven Stars, that one was already a supreme expert rivaling Wudaizi in power.

With this new arrival, he had to take notice too.

He refused to swallow his defeat at the Seven Stars Dominator's hands. Reality overpowered him though; unable to beat the Seven Stars Dominator, he turned his vengeance toward the disciples.

"Hmph, I'll slaughter your disciples till their Dao hearts shatter, easing the hatred burning in me!"

Venerable Yuanhao seethed with rage inwardly.

He planned to strike mercilessly against the Seven Stars Dominator's disciples. He doubted the Seven Stars Dominator would fault him for it. To him, such deaths served as prime trials for them. A true Dominator like Seven Stars might even approve.

"Haha, didn't you revive me to serve as their sharpening stone? I'll fulfill that plan!"

Venerable Yuanhao rejected any notion of fattening the foe. Once he pinpointed the Seven Stars Dominator's disciples, he'd unleash devastating attacks, mustering hordes to overwhelm the outnumbered with sheer might!

Wasting no time, his main body rushed to the Nine Stars Land's entry and plunged in.

Teleportation complete, he emerged in an ocean expanse.

A dreadful force bore down from above. Even at quasi-Dominator level, Venerable Yuanhao buckled under it, slammed straight into the sea's surface.

This water proved incredibly thick, hampering motion severely. Yet the energy brimmed here, water essence abundant everywhere, with Water-attribute Dao Principles surging vigorously.

Venerable Yuanhao swept his divine sense around. In quasi-Dominator state, it spanned a whopping nine hundred light-years.

In that span, countless cultivators roamed the depths, alongside weird native beasts!

"Did Dominators craft life alongside the landscapes?"

Venerable Yuanhao spotted plenty of Dao Venerable natives. At his sense's limit, a quasi-Dominator native loomed too.

Venerable Yuanhao drew a cold gasp.

Beings like this had been forged. Though such created life capped potential low, it underscored a Chaos Dominator's fearsome prowess.

Yet nearby that quasi-Dominator beast bloomed a white lotus. Unmistakably, a quasi-Dominator Dao Flower!

"What a prize! The Myriad Waters Thousand-Layer White Lotus!" Venerable Yuanhao's gaze ignited.

Its petals stacked a thousand deep, each layer perfect for forging quasi-Dominator gear like combat robes or Daoist attire. Devouring the lotus boosted grasp of twelve Dao Principles, Water Dao Principle included, with stunning results.

"This Killing Battlefield overflows with treasures, and fortune smiles on me, landing such a gem right at entry!"

A scheme formed in Venerable Yuanhao's mind.

Right then, his clone got word from minions: five Seven Stars disciples located.

Random drops had flung these five apart, none in the Ninefold Waters.

"Never mind, grab this treasure first!"

"Have Holy Hall forces probe these disciples' strength initially!"

Venerable Yuanhao felt no rush for the disciples. Why abandon a treasure in plain sight?

He surged toward it straightaway. Navigating the sea slowed him over ten thousandfold. Even he needed time to arrive.

Meanwhile.

Zhan Tian (Taihao) had stepped into Nine Stars Land.

He materialized amid fiery realms, engulfed by boundless infernos.

Zhan Tian (Taihao) scanned casually, then settled cross-legged, mulling his breakthrough route afresh.

"The Scavengers' erasure is brutally effective. They wiped my realm clean, even the Great Dao's Origin Place. A curse for me, yet a golden chance too!"

Zhan Tian's thoughts stayed razor-sharp. Post-breakthrough, Chaos Dominators couldn't rework foundations. His old one leaned on twelve Dao Principles alone. Restarting now, twelve wouldn't cap him—he aimed for thirty-six at minimum, or beyond!

Prime moment to recast his Chaos base.

"Center on Annihilation power, weave in other Dao Principles—solid direction!"

Zhan Tian had mulled this route ages. Here in Nine Stars Land, he locked it in.

"Post Annihilation Dao Principle, what follows?"

"Wind Dao Principle, Thunder Dao Principle, Fire Dao Principle!"

His picks nailed the ideal core Dao Principles.

"Fire power, assemble!"

His murmur echoed.

Flames from the fiery zone rushed to him en masse. Fire Dao Principle power got yanked into his Origin Space directly.

His forming vortex ballooned, soon rippling over a light-year plus.

Cultivators scoured the fire zone. Spotting the stir, they assumed treasure birth and swarmed nearer.

The pioneer cultivator reached first. Seeing the truth, shock hit him.

"He's cultivating?"

Zhan Tian's cultivation stunned him. Looked like sudden enlightenment?

"Who's this guy? Enlightenment hits right as Killing Battlefield opens, and he cultivates openly—no fear of death?"

"Maybe it struck too fast; no chance to hide."

He'd meant to depart.

Suddenly, a fire pearl rose from the flames unaided, drifting toward Zhan Tian willingly.

"A treasure selecting its owner!"

One look showed the fire pearl's rarity, so he edged closer to Zhan Tian.