The moment he used the sovereign cauldron, his mind became active and everything started to become clearer.

The effects were naturally weaker on a transcendent level compared to those below that realm. After all, the higher the level, the harder it became to force rapid improvement.

Yet even so—

The enhancement was terrifying.

His speed of comprehension and understanding increased by more than tenfold. To ordinary transcendentals, such an effect would be heaven-defying.

The process of creation of his sword’s divine ability became faster. But the outside world was in chaos, as the change this time was too much.

Ancient monsters fully awakened, and they have completely adjusted to the rules of Rion and returned to their peak.

They had fully regained their strength, and naturally the first thing they did was occupy territories.

Although Rion’s size had expanded tremendously after the seals weakened, it still wasn’t enough to satisfy the countless ancient factions that had resurfaced.

Conflicts erupted everywhere.

They were merely small-scale clashes between forces competing for resources, cities, and spiritual lands.

Although these battles might be small for ancient clans, for people of this era it was a terrifying war. Many small clans without backing were annihilated even without knowing why or who destroyed them.

Nobody seems to care, as most of the ancient clans didn’t hesitate to destroy warriors from the current era. For them, they were the weaker and degraded version which could be annihilated with their thoughts.

And the current-era warriors cannot do anything to stop them. Many overlords of the current era either submitted or closed their eyes, like not seeing what was happening. They could not do anything, as the difference in strength was too much to overcome.

At the same time, when Rion was in chaos at the border of the Fletcher family’s territory, a group of unknown warriors appeared.

"Are you sure there are crystal blood stones mine here?" A young warrior six feet tall with reddish hair said, looking at the servant beside him.

"Yes, young master, I am absolutely sure." And then he takes out a compass like treasure. "This crystal treasure compass that was used by ancestors to found crystal blood stones reacted immediately as I was travelling through this area. " The hunched-back servant said with certainty.

"Oh, then why didn’t you find it yourself? "This land doesn’t seem to belong to any ancient clan?" he asked, as he wasn’t stupid to believe this hunched-back servant wouldn’t take treasure like crystal bloodstones himself but instead came to him when his strength itself wasn’t bad as a peak true god.

The servant lowered his head respectfully.

"Young Master, while this land does not belong to any ancient faction, the people living here are not simple."

"There appear to be several Void Gods and True Gods guarding the territory. There may even be stronger experts hidden within."

"I did not dare investigate further."

"Oh, this place had many void gods and true gods!" It surprised him, as from what he knows, the current era was very weak, and only a few clans or powers had void gods and true gods or above, but most of them were also branches of some ancient clan.

This land doesn’t seem to be claimed by any ancient clan, or any ancient clan is hiding on this land, yet they have such powerful force.

"Interesting."

"You really wanted to use me as your spear, hah," he said with a calm voice with a smile, but it sent a chill down the spine of the hunched-back servant.

He immediately dropped to his knees.

"Young Master, this servant would never dare!" he said hurriedly. "It’s only because this place seemed mysterious that I sought your help. I had no other intentions."

The young master stared at him silently for a moment before finally speaking again.

"Who controls this territory?"

"It belongs to a small noble family from a kingdom of this era," the servant replied carefully.

"The Fletcher family."

"Oh, is there anything special about them and why they have such strong warriors?" Young master asked.

"They do have something special; it said the youngest son of the Fletcher family seemed to manage to join Sky Tower a few decades ago." The hunched-back servant quickly answered as he did research about the Fletcher family.

The young man’s expression changed instantly.

"Sky Tower..."

A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.

Unlike ordinary people, he fully understood what that name represented.

In truth, nearly every ancient clan knew of the Sky Tower.

It was a true behemoth—an existence so powerful that even the strongest ancient factions avoided provoking it lightly. Because it said the Sky Tower was created by a terrifying entity that was born at the beginning of time in the first era.

It still remained one of the strongest forces in the universe, as nobody knows how many terrifying beings are hidden in it.

But he quickly calmed down as the Sky Tower took disciples in every era; it had quite a lot of disciples from ancient clans of Rions, so although it was a bit surprising, he calmed down.

Still, he cannot figure out why there would be so many void gods and true gods stationed unless he became a disciple of some high-ranking member of Sky Tower. Though troublesome, the crystal blood stone was a very tempting treasure, especially for him.

He needed crystal bloodstone, as they can help him improve his strength and purify his crystal dragon bloodline.

Even if the Fletcher family is backed by some transcendent of Sky Tower, he is still going to take this land. And he isn’t exactly messing with Sky Tower, as it had numerous warriors and numerous factions within it.

He was just taking care of some new disciple of the current era. What the hell can he do? With that thought, he made up his mind.

He was going to get the crystal Blood stone no matter what.

"Hm. Very well."

The young man smiled faintly.

"This place has earned my interest. You will receive your reward."

He looked toward the distant territory of the Fletcher family.

"Let’s go."

"And hopefully... they know their place."

Then the group made of ten people made their way to the Fletcher family’s estate.