6000 Years Into Army Seclusion

Xiao Ling, Xiao Dan and their 10 brothers and sisters came out of Lei Jin's Inner Domain. Where they met with their mothers and explained what happened and settled the worried hearts. After speaking with their mothers all 12 of the children split off into different directions. Each attempting to discover something on their own. They did this in hopes of perhaps one day finding something new they might bring to the table at the next group discussion. 

Lei Jin's 4 disciples remained in his Inner Domain just the same as always. However, the four of them were vastly different from before. With a much deeper understanding of the Limitless Heaven Realm, they each took turns managing all of their disciples. If they weren't managing the disciples, they were in seclusion, cultivating. Each of them attempting to reach the complete fourth ring. And preparing for their eventual breakthrough into the rule of 4s. 

Lei Jin spent his time wisely. He was still working on the numerous Resource Production Artifact World's. But he was also increasing the number of worlds he had in all of his regions. 9th rank worlds still took a little bit of time to form completely. Even for someone of his power, it was simply not an easy thing to just create a new peak world. This wasn't all he did either. He would occasionally scan his entire Inner Domain searching for good prospective disciples. Then he would send his Disciples to go and pick them up. The idea being that until the 2nd generation Disciples breakthrough, all disciples accepted would join the 2nd generation of disciples. 

"It's been quite a while now. I wonder when my first generation disciples will come to attempt breaking through to the rule of 4s? In any case, it's up to them to decide when they wish to ascend. And I get the feeling that it will be quite a massive change when they do." Lei Jin thought to himself, opting not to inspect their condition and only peaking in on what they were currently focused on. 

Lei Jin, continued constructing his Universe Worlds with the help of the World Creating Chaos Arrays. "Interesting. Even with how slow this is in relation to the other way of building the World Arrays… It does give a decent boost to start off with. Starting with a complete ring of 9th rank worlds is far superior to making low rank worlds and then letting them grow." He thought. "However, if I wasn't already so powerful, this would have destabilized myself. But when it comes to the rule of 3s… it really isn't difficult. Even my Disciples were able to handle it. Perhaps this… Rank 10 is not something easy to achieve. Perhaps the only ones to ever reach it were the first 10 Open Heaven Realms in ancient history." He continued muttering to himself. 

~~6000 Years Into Army Seclusion~~

Lei Jin opened his eyes and stretched, letting out a breath. "Yeah that feels fantastic. All 10 regions have four completed rings now of the rule of 10s. My power has not only grown, it's become much more solid and stable. As of right now, I am 100% confident I can defeat Ink once and for all. Regardless of any gimmicks or unfair advantages." He thought, with a satisfied smile. "Now, the rest of this time will be devoted to training the Army up as much as possible." He continued. 

Some of the Army were awaiting to exchange their Resource Producing Artifact Worlds when… the number of available worlds jumped by a significant margin.

"Wait? Only two things could make this happen… one everyone returned their Artifacts. Or 2 The Supreme Master has added several more to the pool of availability himself." A new 8th rank said, accidentally speaking out loud. 

"You idiot. The supreme Master made it so only one person at a time can come and go for each level. So it couldn't be the first thing you said. It must be the second one. Supreme Master Lei Jin, really does take care of his people. Where I come from, there is no way that I could have achieved this level. I wouldn't have had enough time, or resources." Another new 8th rank said. "My growth is naturally not as good as others so it took me a while to reach this point. Even with all the aid given, I'm just satisfied that I haven't been a complete waste. Even if I'm not a 9th rank, I'm still an 8th rank now. And that is something to be proud of achieving." She continued, with a smile and a few other thoughts she dare not speak freely. 

"Everyone, I have filled the stock of these artifacts up to a good average. There shouldn't be any worries about there not being enough auxiliary resources to go around. Starting now, the Artifact refiners will receive orders to begin their craft. Every single one of you needs Artifacts to fight with after all. As far as pills go… I won't lead on that. But we should prioritize healing and strengthening pills. Everything else can be made for teaching purposes. But they won't play a pivotal role in the battles to come. So no need to focus on them." Lei Jin announced. "Further, only a maximum of 50% of the Artifact refiners should be refining Artifacts at any given time until I say otherwise. The same goes for Alchemists. You can not ignore your own strength." He added. 

With Lei Jin's announcement, the Army went into the next phase of training. It was time to improve all other aspects of their cultivation. Firm foundations were already in place. Mastery over their own energy was perfect and flawless by the time they reached the peak of 7th rank. It was now that the soldiers would need to practice their Daos to the fullest. 

Sure they had the ability to practice their weapon Daos previously. But no one had sufficiently strong artifacts, causing them to hold back far too much. Though… that granted them complete control over their energy, so it ended up being a blessing in disguise. With new on par Artifacts, the situation would change.